Today's Ride

[raidan73]

Nice because it's certainly not here

First ride in a month. A whole funkin' month Not one pedal was pushed in February thanks to appalling weather, and in the handful of opportunities (literally 3) where I could ride, I was away with work. Absolute shit show.

However, today, NWN 14mph, 7 degrees but felt like 3. A yellow thing in the sky, not sure what it was. High cloud and some blue stuff, equally baffling. Even the moon was confused.

I hear you! Ever since I got back from the hospital I seem to feel the cold more too.

 

[al-onestare]

I hear you! Ever since I got back from the hospital I seem to feel the cold more too.

The NW breeze has been particularly chilly! Was fully layered up the morning

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Got a little bit of a scare from a deer. It was laying down in the long grass less than a meter off the paved path, jumped up to flee when I rode past. I was so startled, I let out a good shout. In fact, I turned back and gave it a good scolding. It did not seem phased, not concerned with rush hour traffic happening another couple of meters behind me. Can you see it? Nearly invisible until they move
Also, flocks of hundreds and hundreds of geese are arriving. It's too soon, we'll be under snow again shortly
Geese are actually standing on the ice still covering the canal

 

[dorset boy]

Got a little bit of a scare from a deer. It was laying down in the long grass less than a meter off the paved path, jumped up to flee when I rode past. I was so startled, I let out a good shout. In fact, I turned back and gave it a good scolding. It did not seem phased, not concerned with rush hour traffic happening another couple of meters behind me.View attachment 826955Can you see it? Nearly invisible until they moveView attachment 826956
Also, flocks of hundreds and hundreds of geese are arriving. It's too soon, we'll be under snow again shortly View attachment 826957
Geese are actually standing on the ice still covering the canal

Could have been much much worse

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Once upon a time when MattiThundrrr was just a little rumbler, maybe around age 6 or 7, we were driving through some pretty remote wilderness in the heart of Algonquin Park. Matti needed to relieve, so we stop to water some trees beside the road. Zipper down, equipment prepared, and I hear rustling in the bushes. Aww,, how sweet, a lil baby moose comes out of the bush a few meters to my left. Oh, more rustling to my right? Hmmmmm, is that Mom coming out of the bush a few meters on the opposite side? Suddenly, finding myself between Mom and calf, the need dried up, I said "good evening" to the young family, and sloooowly made my way back to the car.

 

[dorset boy]

The sun decided to come out late afternoon so i went for a short ride,17 miles with 1,198 ft of going up.Sun was getting low but nice and bright.
Beacon put up for the millennium on the site of an old one,Hambledon hill is in the background.

 

[dorset boy]

Rest of the ride. The hill is Hod hill,picture taken from the trailway.

 

[Mark Manley]

A very nice day in East Devon/West Dorset yesterday so I took a spin up to Lamberts Castle to take in the view, I rode my Roberts which after several months of running around on a 3 speed was a revelation, the right gear for every occasion and disc brakes, although I do think there is a mark on my camera lens.

 

[nic0]

back home this morning, sunny but cold weather

 

[reindeer]

Nice detour to Alsace today, les vosges at the horizon

Half the way I noticed a slow puncture in the rear, I wasn't able to locate. Unfortunately it showed that there was a big hole in my spare tube as well which I fixed, storks watching me from the roof

But it didn't last long and I put the other tube back in again and pumped my way with a Lidl mini pump to a Decathlon which was luckily only 10 kilometers away, vive la france!

I guess the whole action cost me at least 2 hours but on a Sunday I would have been totally f****d