Today's Ride

[ajm]

 

[al-onestare]

I ditched the garage sweat-box this morning for a stiff ESE 17-20mph breeze, 7 degrees felt like 5. Pretty hazy on the tops, thick cloud. Those indoor sessions are paying the bills for the headwind resistence

Que up the Pat Metheny group...

<this is not America....no!>

 

[bikeworkshop]

Riding "following" the river took me through some local countryside i didn't even know existed.
Beautiful hazy sunshine birds singing

 

[Hombre]

a short mid-day ride

 

[db95]

Managed a nice long one today on a route I'd been planning for a while; from Sunderland up to Newcastle, along Gateshead side to the Derwent Walk Railway Path leading down to Consett to get onto the last leg of the C2C route, then home. Came in at 112.76km/70.06 miles with 948m/3110ft elevation, just barely making it my longest yet. Definitely need to purchase some type of Garmin solely for routing purposes as stopping and checking Google Maps is becoming a hindrance.

 

[Hombre]

Managed a nice long one today on a route I'd been planning for a while; from Sunderland up to Newcastle, along Gateshead side to the Derwent Walk Railway Path leading down to Consett to get onto the last leg of the C2C route, then home. Came in at 112.76km/70.06 miles with 948m/3110ft elevation, just barely making it my longest yet. Definitely need to purchase some type of Garmin solely for routing purposes as stopping and checking Google Maps is becoming a hindrance.

you're the man! I've never managed to ride nowhere near 100km in one sole day. the most was around 70km on mixed on/off-road rides for me, which happened multiple times, but above 100km for "just a ride on a random day" seems like seeing an UFO for me.

 

[db95]

you're the man! I've never managed to ride nowhere near 100km in one sole day. the most was around 70km on mixed on/off-road rides for me, which happened multiple times, but above 100km for "just a ride on a random day" seems like seeing an UFO for me.

Cheers! Though I will say if you've done 70km multiple times then you'd 100% be able to do 100km or more, just make sure to eat consistently and hydrate which I forgot to do, ran out of steam around 60km and had to sit eating a full bag of Haribos to get some energy back! Obviously fitness plays a part but I think longer distances are often more to do with preparation and mindset than physical ability, although my next target would be an imperial century so 100 miles/160ishkm which will be a good way to see how well the idea of preparation and mindset holds up

 

[thom04]

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Riding "following" the river to me through some countryside i didn't even know existed.
Beautiful hazy sunshine birds singing
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@bikeworkshop where's that to? Looks like some of the roads towards Gordano but I expect I'm miles off

 

[nic0]

spring is coming

 

[thom04]

Out on the Ribble again for today's ride & found myself heading back up to Cadbury camp. Luckily I found an almost completely paved bridleway rather than slogging up the horse track like last time.

There was one very stony steep bit that the gatorskins didn't like (probably 100m up & down) that I had to jump off and push for, although the photo makes it look completely flat .

Only saw one or two cars the whole route - one of which was a big red American pickup that managed to reverse in to me at a junction (no damage done, although the tailgate did get a hammering from me)

Ended with another very quick descent in to Nailsea - I wish I'd gone the other way & home via Norton's wood for a few more mins in the sunshine