Today's Ride

[2manyoranges]

Yikes only a rear brake. Bold.

We marvel at the BMX boys with NO brakes at the pump track. It seems they slow down through telekinesis…..wow the power of the mind

 

[MattiThundrrr]

We marvel at the BMX boys with NO brakes at the pump track. It seems they slow down through telekinesis…..wow the power of the mind

"Brakes? No thanks, they'd only slow me down!"

 

[Gtpulse]

Stayed local today. I resisted for a long time but my modern 29er has had a really positive impact on my riding and I’m getting out for a decent ride at least weekly. That and the Garmin, another trinket I never thought I’d want or need but it just makes sense, new routes just flow as I’m not stopping to check my phone anymore!

Man was it hot, had to stop at the pub and get a water bottle refill!

Please ignore the heathen way my riding buddy has dropped his bike drive side down!

 

[Markybeau]

Please ignore the heathen way my riding buddy has dropped his bike drive side down!

I pity the fool

 

[Gtpulse]

I pity the fool

Does look amateur doesn’t it, he has little mechanical sympathy and wondered why I had to straighten the hanger to fix the shifting a few weeks ago.

That said the crappy bike belies his ability/fitness. We’d got to the end of about 25 miles cross country/grass tracks etc and on the road on the way back got dropped by a young roadie. The roadie pedalled by on his I’d guess £5k Specialized, socks pulled up to his knees, I had to shout hello twice to get a response out of him as he passed. My mate on his old Claud Butler let him get to the next junction then dropped him on the way home!

 

[ibbz]

From Wrabness to Manningtree then Dedham

 

[2manyoranges]

Does look amateur doesn’t it, he has little mechanical sympathy and wondered why I had to straighten the hanger to fix the shifting a few weeks ago.

That said the crappy bike belies his ability/fitness. We’d got to the end of about 25 miles cross country/grass tracks etc and on the road on the way back got dropped by a young roadie. The roadie pedalled by on his I’d guess £5k Specialized, socks pulled up to his knees, I had to shout hello twice to get a response out of him as he passed. My mate on his old Claud Butler let him get to the next junction then dropped him on the way home!

That’s the way to do it.
Van Der Poel clearly did his ‘explosive break’ thing because of the stamina he had built in off road.

…and I am trying to work out where you are riding … Cotswolds somewhere? North Wilts?

And Garmins. Ant has an efffing useless old model which gets us to a crossroads and then directs us left. 100m down the track is says ‘you are going the wrong way’ so we backtrack to the crossroads and try straight on. 100m on ‘You are going the wrong way’. It can’t be right. But we go right and 100m out it says ‘you are going the wrong way’. We backtrack and go left. It now likes this. And it did this the WHOLE DAY. A four hour ride took five. Grrrr.

 

[Gtpulse]

That’s the way to do it.
Van Der Poel clearly did his ‘explosive break’ thing because of the stamina he had built in off road.

…and I am trying to work out where you are riding … Cotswolds somewhere? North Wilts?

And Garmins. Ant has an efffing useless old model which gets us to a crossroads and then directs us left. 100m down the track is says ‘you are going the wrong way’ so we backtrack to the crossroads and try straight on. 100m on ‘You are going the wrong way’. It can’t be right. But we go right and 100m out it says ‘you are going the wrong way’. We backtrack and go left. It now likes this. And it did this the WHOLE DAY. A four hour ride took five. Grrrr.

Surprising for many if you know the area, the first photo is actually just outside Peterborough! It’s a place not known for its scenery but if you get just outside there are plenty of nice trails and the odd hill. Morborne transmitter is in the background to the left. We usually end up more into Rutland and Northamptonshire but go all over to be honest.

I don’t have the latest Garmin but it does have a map view you follow. Honestly that and the OSMaps app combined and I’ve found/planned so many new routes on trails I didn’t know existed close to home. On the topographical map on the app I just pick out bridleways, make a circular route and send it to the Garmin, takes me about 10 minutes to plan a few hours of riding. We did have one hiccup with it yesterday but that was my error, it’s amazing when I’m effectively in the middle of a field it still can tell me if I’m following the route I plotted.

 

[Totoro]

Short ride today to test a few things out, I don't take my phone with me usually so can't take pictures. I do wear my Garmin Forerunner 25 which doesn't do maps, its very basic. I think it was the last model where it was very simple to change the battery so I bought 2 and 2 new batteries which I fitted myself, the batteries were very hard to source though at the time and had to come from Germany.

I do have Orux Maps on my phone which I use while hiking but I'm only doing short local rides on my bike so I don't maps. Also old Garmin watch only does Running which is fine as on the bike I only wanted to find out the how far I could get on battery power using my cheap E-bike which is getting my out again after injury. I couldn't have even done today's short ride under my own steam.

 

[reindeer]

Fled from the heat into black forest, where it was still below 30° #endless gravel #golden sandal rides