Today's Ride

[winjohn]

First sunshine here since October!

 

[doctor-bond]

Went to the shops for our evening meal (basic tomato sauce with red peppers and bow tie pasta). Perfect cool autumn windless day (breaking in new saddle. Not a dent yet ….)

 

[Janners BJJ Clunker Rider]

Had a little 8m trip this morning to pick up the van after a service. Decided to take the Marin Palisade. This was rebuilt about 2019 and painted to match the van...AA yellow! It's a parts box mix of XT, and Deore. Riser bars and squishy saddle for City riding comfort.

 

[winjohn]

King Of Wessex...meet King of Mercia!

 

[db95]

Passed by Nissans UK factory on today's ride and whilst I'd always been aware of it's existence, it never occurred to me all of their stock/produced vehicles would be kept outside in public view. Felt like a bit of a glitch in the matrix moment with what looked like thousands upon thousands of Qashqais/Leafs just sitting there. 5 mins later I look to my left and I'm passing a passenger airliner then some sort of fighter jet - turns out there's also a Land Sea Air museum nearby. Interesting route that's for sure.

 

[al-onestare]

I'd like to nominate Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR TdF as the worlds worst fitting tyre. I've never encountered such a bast7rd tyre in my life. They've ruined my hands, my temper and my tyre levers. I'll happily give them away to someone if you want them but I warn you, be ready to experience rage and frustration, and ultimately disappointment.

Last night failure meant my first try-out on my winter make-shift trainer. Massive thanks to @novocaine who shared his a while back and for answering my silly newbie questions. A solid hour trying a few things out, by the end of which I realised I can skip straight to the harder workouts. That said, there's something cathartic about maintaining 170-200w for 40 minutes.



Trainer and sensors from eBay. Mat, tyre and towel all on discount at Tredz. Bike, front wheel stand and components all from the parts bin. OneLap £4'ish a month

 

[doctor-bond]

Trying to make the most of this fab weather, so a quick lunchtime loop: 10 miles 250m. Took my old racer for the first time in yonks: what a flyer compared to the clunkers/gravel/tourers I’ve been using! 21lbs as ridden. Notes to self:

Going fast is fun
Tubs are terrific
Downtube levers are close to hand when you’re in the drops
Sell the carbon bike (give me a shout if you fancy a little-used carbon Sportive dripping with Ultegra and 1300g wheels)

 

[db95]

I'd like to nominate Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR TdF as the worlds worst fitting tyre. I've never encountered such a bast7rd tyre in my life. They've ruined my hands, my temper and my tyre levers. I'll happily give them away to someone if you want them but I warn you, be ready to experience rage and frustration, and ultimately disappointment.

Last night failure meant my first try-out on my winter make-shift trainer. Massive thanks to @novocaine who shared his a while back and for answering my silly newbie questions. A solid hour trying a few things out, by the end of which I realised I can skip straight to the harder workouts. That said, there's something cathartic about maintaining 170-200w for 40 minutes.



Trainer and sensors from eBay. Mat, tyre and towel all on discount at Tredz. Bike, front wheel stand and components all from the parts bin. OneLap £4'ish a month

Glad it wasn't just me who had a bad time with tyres today! Barely out 20 minutes, rogue thorn got me - always a 5 min job putting in a new tube when you're at home but somehow when you're actually out it turns into an almost hour long debacle trying to seat the most stubborn tyre of all time.

Also spun past the transport museum place again just to grab this picture lol

 

[bikeworkshop]

Sunset spin - minty's decals popping

 

[KayOs]

Sunset spin - minty's decals poppingView attachment 900509View attachment 900510

In that last pic you captured the essence of mountainbiking at least for me