Today's Ride

[Markybeau]

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Another commute, another beautiful day, spoiled only by the bit in the middle, called work. Doesn't matter, today is Friday.

18°C this morning, just getting a bit sticky. Pushed quite hard and managed a good pace. Got a bit busy towards the end.

When I went to get changed for the journey home, my shorts and gloves had salt streaks all over.

Managed to pick up some bramble lacerations on my right ankle on the way home, after getting a bit careless on a tight and twisty path.

Journey back much warmer 27°c. Fortunately it wasn't too bad, as there were a couple of places where I caught a cool breeze - needed it. Legs felt like they had lots left in them, but had a bit of a struggle releasing it today.

Passed by what remains of RAF Hunsdon on the return run. It's a very small private airfield now, which I'm thinking will probably be swallowed up by the planned housing developments that are happening in the next couple of years.

Slightly shorter today, about 45 miles.

 

[KermitGKona88]

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Bit of a cheat this one, I just took a ride to test my newly acquired camera :facepalm:

The Factory in the distance in the first picture is 5.74 miles away according to Google maps

 

[widowmaker]

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I like the Marin, what size is it ?

 

[KermitGKona88]

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I like the Marin, what size is it ?

19" and rides fantastically


viewtopic.php?f=23&t=415363

 

[widowmaker]

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It looks bigger, I like it.

 

[mk one]

Went out for a long steady ride today.

It felt like a warm day, though the initial ride to the start of todays ride is a nice roll downhill for about a mile, there was a nice cool breeze and for a moment i thought it was perfect riding weather... of course, as soon as i started to climb i realized how hot it actually was :shock:

Anyway, i decided to do a loop that heads across fields for most of the ride, a novelty of a ride as the area is covered in woods, only had to go through one the whole day. The route usually has plenty of colour this time of year but for some reason the farmers have left a lot of the crops to just die, so a lot of overgrown shrubland was encountered. The tracks are well trodden though so the going is smooth instead of the usual up down of ploughed fields, fine for a short spell but after a few hours would get very tiresome. Of course the down side in the open for many hours on a day like today, is the heat, no shade and the fields seem to reflect the heat so makes it even hotter.

Saw a few cyclists out today, none on the trails i was on though, and the M1 was packed, people going on holiday i should imagine, nothing quite like watching people scurrying about whilst sat in a field soaking up the rays and the moment.

Nice ride on a nice day.

 

[reindeer]

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60 kilometers today to give the Garmin "Explore" one last chance. After 2 1/2 hours turn by turn navigation the battery is down to 10%. Can you believe it? So you turn on power saving. What's next? It will hang up and need a reset. Every ******* time! And that's a common bug and there is no fix. Hopefully I can get a refund for this useless, .....

 

[mk one]

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60 kilometers today to give the Garmin "Explore" one last chance. After 2 1/2 hours turn by turn navigation the battery is down to 10%. Can you believe it? So you turn on power saving. What's next? It will hang up and need a reset. Every **** time! And that's a common bug and there is no fix. Hopefully I can get a refund for this useless, .....

Ever thought of using a map, they last a lot longer

 

[Markybeau]

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I didn't want to amplify the frustration, by stating the obvious, but you saved me from it Mark. I use a map. Battery never runs out.

 

[reindeer]

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I did, but got lost too often :facepalm:

Riding mainly in the forests, maps aren't a big help because there are too many ways to go and no landmarks for orientation. GPS is really fine apart from this buggy device.