The "Photos From Today's Ride" thread...

[ukbabz]

I'm rather burned today! Was with some mates who haven't ridden in a while so it was a leisurely pace around the standard route yesterday. Which route did you do?

[Dannbodge]

Not from today but from Friday

[timnoyce]

Rode to Bristol yesterday to go to Bespoked. Should be some pics attached to the Strava.

https://www.strava.com/activities/934598261

Was quite simply the best day on the bike I've ever had. Frosty start followed by blazing sunshine. More of that please!

[Paraicj]

I decided to explore the canals and river paths of Birmingham, from Moseley in the South to Sutton Park (And back). Ended up doing about 42km in the sun on my MTB, very pleasant and very flat!

I then spent over an hour giving it a good wash, it needed it after the last couple of weekends.

[Zippee]

Thought I'd take the road bike out for a quick blast on Saturday, first a quick homage to pay respects to those who never returned;



Next a familiar spot for some local PHers, though this time pedals rather than engine;

[Celtic Dragon]

Zippee said:

Thought I'd take the road bike out for a quick blast on Saturday, first a quick homage to pay respects to those who never returned;


Next a familiar spot for some local PHers, though this time pedals rather than engine;

That underpass again!!

As your localish, you may want to swing past Tempsford Airfield (was called Gibraltar Farm before D Day) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tempsford

[SomersetWestie]

ukbabz said:

I'm rather burned today! Was with some mates who haven't ridden in a while so it was a leisurely pace around the standard route yesterday. Which route did you do?

I'm a touch red too......... ! Epic. My standard route mate pulled out last week and as i had already signed up to the epic, it was only right to do it :-) Cracking day, amazing weather...... 4 mins off the gold time, which annoyingly i probably spent gassing and waiting for the loo at the water stop ! Still....... there's always September...... :-)

[ukbabz]

SomersetWestie said:

I'm a touch red too......... ! Epic. My standard route mate pulled out last week and as i had already signed up to the epic, it was only right to do it :-) Cracking day, amazing weather...... 4 mins off the gold time, which annoyingly i probably spent gassing and waiting for the loo at the water stop ! Still....... there's always September...... :-)

Yeah my moving time was nearly 30mins into Gold time for standard but due to waiting around for them finished an hour off.. I wish I'd just done the epic loops and met them at the end!

[SomersetWestie]

ukbabz said:

Yeah my moving time was nearly 30mins into Gold time for standard but due to waiting around for them finished an hour off.. I wish I'd just done the epic loops and met them at the end!

Still a good blast though, and better to do it with slow mates than not at all ! Roads were busy though...... Lot's of sunny Sunday traffic, but didn't see any road rage at all this year.........

[mcelliott]

Pic taken at the bottom of Les Deux Alpes climb.

[CoolC]

From yesterday's ride through the mountains of Lincolnshire.

[IroningMan]

Steady 40 miler on Saturday:

'E's still a great baker...



...and then a longer one on Sunday. Scorchio, so tan lines now firmly established.

COYB



Somewhere in Wiltshire

[Daveyraveygravey]

One from the ride to work...

[Daveyraveygravey]

And one from the ride home

[Gruffy]

Possibly the most terrifying ride I've ever done. A race down the Arenberg Trench (and back). In the dark. In jeans. Drunk.

[russ]

SomersetWestie said:

ukbabz said:

A great day in the new forest at the wiggle sportive. I was in my pistonheads jersey but think I was the only one!

You must have been........ and i didn't see you ! Cracking few hours on the bike, almost hot in places !!

I also didn't see you , ut did see around 40 discarded water bottles just before Fordingbridge , why do so many cyclists think its ok to dump water bottles in the new forest just because they are empty ?

also saw a chap who looked like he was out cold on the verge with lots of peole around trying to help him , hope he's ok

[neilbauer]

[ukbabz]

russ said:

I also didn't see you , ut did see around 40 discarded water bottles just before Fordingbridge , why do so many cyclists think its ok to dump water bottles in the new forest just because they are empty ?

also saw a chap who looked like he was out cold on the verge with lots of peole around trying to help him , hope he's ok

I did see quite a few dropped bottles but quite a few seemed accidental as they looked half full. I don't get why folk don't just stop and grab them. Given the number of riders I thought the litter wasn't too bad. I heard it was around 2500 on the Saturday and 2000ish on the Sunday.

The traffic was quite irritating on the run into fordingbridge, mainly due to a few slow folk riding 2 abreast meaning a lot of cars just didn't attempt to pass and I ended up passing both cars and cycling past both (at one point I did consider the dirt track on the raised bank next to the road!)

[Maty]

I've come to terms with the fact that I am a fair weather rider. It makes getting back into it come spring even harder though, couple of short blasts locally to Dovestone's and Trigg Point (Manchester).... none of the bike however - an ageing Cube H/T.

[neilbauer]

Had a Galactic ride yesterday