Today's Ride

[reindeer]

A few kilometers on I’ve spotted XT V’s on an abandoned bike. Just had a few allen keys with me so I broke the chain lock with a wire I’ve found between the other junk to save the XT derailleur.



Isn’t it sad what people are throwing away these days?

 

[bikeworkshop]

The brakes probably squealed so loudly the owner gave up cycling

 

[moonlite]

Mrs Moonlite and I have just done a long walk around the village and come across no fewer than seven kiddy bikes abandoned at strategic intervals alongside the road. All of them poor-quality entry-level ones with heavy frames and basic parts; all rusted and clearly never having been cared for. Last night someone must have done a circuit of the neighbourhood and chucked them out. Sad.

As for riding, although it was nice and clear and bright today, when I set out for I ride it soon became clear that the ten days' idleness (well, working at my desk) that have intervened since the last ride had done me no favours. This, in conjunction with a stiff, freezing wind gusting up to 40kph directly from the direction of travel meant I turned tail after 5km and let it push me home. Not my finest hour (or 30min 10sec to be precise).

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Isn’t it sad what people are throwing away these days?

Nice rescue.

 

[PanoIgano]

Not my ride but a gentleman’s participating at the same event as me today. The Brussels tour 40km race.

Hundreds upon hundreds of carbon e shifting bikes in the event. Yet he was there with his MTB that he told me he owned it since new. So a 30 years bike with modest stx and lx parts.

He looked about 10 years older than me and yet I could barely keep up with his pace.

 

[Tootyred]

A few kilometers on I’ve spotted XT V’s on an abandoned bike.

Im sure the guy clearing those sheds into that skip was well pleased at home time to find his bike vandalised.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Not my ride but a gentleman’s participating at the same event as me today. The Brussels tour 40km race.

Hundreds upon hundreds of carbon e shifting bikes in the event. Yet he was there with his MTB that he told me he owned it since new. So a 30 years bike with modest stx and lx parts.

He looked about 10 years older than me and yet I could barely keep up with his pace.

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Sunset Rims

 

[Siish]

Today's ride with the youngest, shotover woods bike trails in Oxford, took the kastle out for a change

 

[dorset boy]

Windy 30 miles but missed the downpours

 

[Southville Hop]

The “bikes and bunkers” and “bikes and bridges” threads have given me a welcome excuse to cycle routes that I’ve not cycled in years. From the SDW, I dropped down into Heyshott and then explored many of the trails criss-crossing the heathland.
An odd mix of soft sandy trails abruptly turning into putrid mud!