Show us what you did today, thread

[Mr Panda]

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Just back in wi the dug having braved Bella at the beach, no bikes involved today but daughter No3 has wrapped my Splatter Dome in tinsel. Now for second xmas dinner :xmas-big-grin:

 

[clubby]

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Out for a walk with the family this morning. Dry but breezy, thought the pram was going to take flight at a couple of points.
Got the bairn down for a nap after lunch and cracked open a bottle of champagne to enjoy while Sharron and I watched Frozen 2 in peace.
Currently waiting on the Boxing Day picnic items cooking in the oven.
Thanks god I’m riding tomorrow! Only a road ride but need to stretch the legs for Tuesday’s Festive Frolics.

 

[clubby]

Rode out to meet a friend for a wee loop. Cold and a bit frosty but a least the trails have started to drain after all the recent rain.
At least we've some pretty decent riding near to home without flouting any Tier 4 rules.

Untitled by Steven Clubb, on Flickr

Shorter ride than I'd have like but he's been riding less than me this year and was struggling on anything remotely up hill.
Hope your weather has settled down after yesterday and you get some riding in this week. Don't forget Tuesday is Festive Frolic day so get out and post up your pics in the thread.

 

[Jamiedyer]

Hi all
Hope everyone has had a nice Christmas with friends or family.
We have had a good one here for sure.
The weather has been rubbish but today while being very cold and icy, was clear and crisp. In fact there was a lot of ice on the roads as nobody has been gritting for several days so pretty treacherous.
I did manage a quick late afternoon shakedown ride on the Mercian tourer. All was good, just needs a bit of tweaking on the gears and a couple of links off the chain but otherwise very very nice. It is a smaller size than my other Mercian and this was instantly noticed, just felt more compact type feeling despite, or maybe because of, the longer stays on the tourer.
Hopefully be nice again tomorrow and I can get out for another longer ride. Must admit, my enthusiasm wanes a bit lately as I ride either my Trucker or my Jack Taylor and any other build just doesn't seem as urgent
Still need to change the hoods and bar tape and now swithering with putting more modern aero brake levers on, we'll see. But for now it is running and very nice with it.

Jamie

8 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

4 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

3 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4508 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

 

[Jamiedyer]

Back out late this afternoon on the Pugsley down to the beach near the house and then around the coast for a bit.
Nice day but very cold, don't think it got above 0 all day. This was also one of the reasons for heading out on the Pugsley as only the main road hid been gritted with all the other back roads having a nice layer of ice covering them, so thought it safer not to go out on the Mercian this time.
This really icy weather is great around the beach as it gives the sand a nice texture to ride on, though you do break through the thin frost so if it is deep sand you still sink in. The only bits that were sketchy were around the point on the rocks.
The rocks were slippery from the tide being right out so leaving the algae and growth exposed but still wet along with the smoother rocks up higher having a layer of ice/frost, hard to judge and had a couple of slippage moments where had to step off as the bike slid away from under me. This only got bad when the sun was definitely gone and it was too dark to tell what was frozen and what was just water. Thankfully I was out of most of the rocks by this point and thankfully had my winter riding boots on as they had good grip even in these conditions.
Always nice to be out riding the Pugsley.
Anyway, hope everyone is having a nice Christmas break. For me, I am back to work tomorrow but hopefully will get a few days commuting in over the next couple of weeks on the Trucker.

Jamie

IMG_4544 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4548 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4557 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4558 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4562 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4565 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4570 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

IMG_4588 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr

 

[Mr Panda]

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Nice Jamie - Caithness doesn't change much over the decades does it :xmas-big-grin:

 

[Jamiedyer]

Hi mate
No it doesn't change much at all, it's only the light that changes.

Jamie

 

[clubby]

Out early for my Festive Frolics ride.

Festive Frolics by Steven Clubb, on Flickr

Rest of photos on the FF thread

viewtopic.php?f=5&p=3096623#p3096623

 

[velomaniac]

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Nae festive frolicking for me, not well today. Will maybe try a post frolic in a day or two ;-)

 

[keithyr]

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Solo Festive frolic burl up round hill of beath hill, great wee lock down local loop.

Hope everyone doing ok.