Today's Ride

[Piotr]

Osiedle Dywizjonu 303 w Krakowie

 

[longun]

27 sunny miles to Yorkshire and back.

 

[thom04]

Not done enough climbing lately so for today's lunchtime cycle I took the Ribble up to Bristol airport & down through Brockley combe. Very cold, but determined to make the most of the sunshine

 

[Tootyred]

Just a couple of hours of rolling about the forest , whilst the suns out and its warm.

91 team marin touring / all road type thingy was ideal for the tracks and paths.

What a great day...the kind you feel you have stolen from winter.....a little win....

 

[Piotr]

today trip

 

[al-onestare]

Hot, hot, hot here over the weekend and today. Went out after 5pm when a bit of a breeze came up, figuring it would be a little cooler.

Have been trying to get the final tweaks done to the Jake -- last time out the chain kept getting caught in the spokes, so spent a while adjusting the limit screw to prevent that and it worked beautifully during a few circuits of the garden . . . but as soon as I hit a decent hill out in the wild, back the chain went, 'over the top' and into the spokes. Climbed off with much cursing and managed to get it onto the cassette again, only to find when remounted that the wheel had gone a bit out of true and the tyre was contacting the chainstay at every revolution, making a persistent 'zzk zzk zzk' sound.

I decided to continue, noting that it was the corner knobs of the tread brushing the stay, rather than the tyre casing, so less likely to blow out. But on the next fast gravel downhill, on some juddering surface corrugations, there was a twang and a loud rattling sound -- I'd broken a spoke! A first in many years' riding. Fearing the rear wheel would suddenly collapse on me, I turned around and came home, having covered about 20k with 200m climbing. Am now contemplating getting the rear wheel fixed and wondering if this bike will ever be completely hassle-free.

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Just a thought. Have you checked the original spec to see what wheelset it came with? It might give some clues to what "works". Running a single up front may be contributing to this as well.

Meanwhile, the sessions on the trainer have been a lot of fun as I find my "level". It seems 350w, 80-90rpm is my 100% at the moment. An hour to 90 minutes, intervals, really gets the blood pumping. With Burt blowing last weekend, it meant I could keep up and feel like my core is still intact. Well pleased with that.

At 500+w, 100rpm+ I'm on the verge of passing out

This morning, 8 degrees, felt like 6, 17-20mph N breeze. Very damp but high broken cloud.

Kona came to town It was great chewing the fat with Scott last night, then getting my arse thoroughly handed to me on a plate, taking him, or as it turned out, him taking me, on one of my fav 20 mile loops before brekkie. The man is a robot!

 

[db95]

Went out, 10 mins in nearly got hit by a RM van driving up the wrong side of the road on a blind bend then the heavens opened. Normally I'd be of the belief that it's always better to be out than in but today really tested that

 

[Joe_Rides]

Lovely commute, winter wonderland-esque with frost on the trees and structures. Temperature around -2, it took my fingers ages to warm up despite hand warmers in 2 pairs of gloves!

 

[bikeworkshop]

A ride around South Gloucestershire, Berkeley and Oldbury, a thousand years of radioactive concrete.
Some ice on the ground, chilly feet because road spray wetted my shoes, made me remember where my overshoes were, and why they exist.

 

[dorset boy]

This morning.