Today's Ride

[Betsy]

Pt2

.. i hate riding up Winnats Pass



..so i shouldered the bike and climbed up the hill, the only time weight-weenieism seems like a good idea, Halfway up


..at the top


..over the ridge, looking towards Mam Tor.. one of my neighbours has been living in one of these camper vans for the last 2yrs while renting her house out to some Korean academics, she and her husband spent Christams in Holland and she house sat her daughters flat in London for a few weeks but other than that, it's been van-life..



..Single track


..quadrouple track


..stopped for a pint of Heresy and a waterbottl refill at The Norfolk Arms


..and passed a field of cute newborn lambs on my way home


..and everyone lived happily ever after

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

Pt2

.. i hate riding up Winnats Pass

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..so i shouldered the bike and climbed up the hill, the only time weight-weenieism seems like a good idea, Halfway up
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..at the top
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..over the ridge, looking towards Mam Tor.. one of my neighbours has been living in one of these camper vans for the last 2yrs while renting her house out to some Korean academics, she and her husband spent Christams in Holland and she house sat her daughters flat in London for a few weeks but other than that, it's been van-life..

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..Single track
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..quadrouple track
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..stopped for a pint of Heresy and a waterbottl refill at The Norfolk Arms
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..and passed a field of cute newborn lambs on my way home
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..and everyone lived happily ever after

That's a challenging ride mate, well done

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

@Mrs GIGFY

 

[wynne]

Pt2

.. i hate riding up Winnats Pass

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..so i shouldered the bike and climbed up the hill, the only time weight-weenieism seems like a good idea, Halfway up
View attachment 945791

..at the top
View attachment 945792

..over the ridge, looking towards Mam Tor.. one of my neighbours has been living in one of these camper vans for the last 2yrs while renting her house out to some Korean academics, she and her husband spent Christams in Holland and she house sat her daughters flat in London for a few weeks but other than that, it's been van-life..

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..Single track
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..quadrouple track
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..stopped for a pint of Heresy and a waterbottl refill at The Norfolk Arms
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..and passed a field of cute newborn lambs on my way home
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..and everyone lived happily ever after

Nice bottle. Who makes them?
Match my new saddle bag.

 

[Betsy]

Sim Works

SimWorks USA had a 40% off black Friday sale.. a friend of mine in the US had a bunch of CDs he'd bought on my behalf from Discogs and combined the postage so i asked if he'd add a backpack, a bottle and a few straps from SW and ship everything over in a bundle..

 

[shepp]

Beautiful ride at the very start of the South Downs…Eastbourne end.

Hot up hill and chilly down. Doing my own little bike review with today’s weapon being the Explosif, next up is my Diamondback TT Pro. Same ride in ideally the same weather.

Amazing views

 

[al-onestare]

It has been a long long time since I have posted on this thread, or rode a bike even, I'm sure I didn't ride at all last year due to various things getting in the way, and it was looking the same this year. But with the help of everyone that posts on here, which motivated me enough to put everything else on hold for a moment and just get out, I managed a quick loop around the fields at the back of mine.

The weather is perfect, has been for a while, the ground hard and rolling fast, the loop seemed a lot quicker than I rememberd it being. Still, feeling a lot better now, and hopefully the start of me getting out again a bit more often

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Nice one dude - that was one of Pat's original intentions for this thread, to help share the vibes and good times we have in the saddle. Great to see you back on it

 

[winjohn]

Beautiful ride at the very start of the South Downs…Eastbourne end.

Hot up hill and chilly down. Doing my own little bike review with today’s weapon being the Explosif, next up is my Diamondback TT Pro. Same ride in ideally the same weather.

Amazing views

That brings back memories of the last time I rode that path...unfortunately it was after 15 hours of riding from Winchester! I can't remember too much through the pain of that last ten miles! It's like the devil's own roller coaster!

 

[nic0]

nice commute

 

[winjohn]

nice commute

Certainly beats the 6.55 to Waterloo!