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

[justin220]

Newbie here, just picked a new road bike up through my cycle to work scheme..

First ride out today



Need to get some shoes, enjoying it though. Nice change to a mountain bike

[tuffer]

Short ride out on SPTA to loosen the legs:

[Daveyraveygravey]

HoHoHo said:

However on my way down from Chanctonbury Ring towards Wiston through the forest I came a right cropper, became a passenger and have landed heavily on my right side and I'm not sure what hurting more, my right upper leg or my pride

I went up that way (the footpath up from the car park?) on Sunday morning, jeez it was slippy. I thought at the time I am glad I'm not coming down!

I then met a mate and we went to Ditchling and down at Streat and up Plumpton Bostal. I'd burned all my matches by then, first time up Plumpton, and it was HARD, especially as the sun was out by now. Until that point there hadn't been many people about, but we in the middle of some charity London to Brighton walk, and pride made me climb faster than they were walking but it was a big effort.

[Daveyraveygravey]

nammynake said:

Best climb in the UK - Great Dun Fell.

Nice write-up by Tejvan: http://cyclinguphill.com/great-dun-fell/

How was it?! On my bucket list, but the 700 mile round trip makes it unlikely!

[HoHoHo]

Daveyraveygravey said:

I went up that way (the footpath up from the car park?) on Sunday morning, jeez it was slippy. I thought at the time I am glad I'm not coming down!

I then met a mate and we went to Ditchling and down at Streat and up Plumpton Bostal. I'd burned all my matches by then, first time up Plumpton, and it was HARD, especially as the sun was out by now. Until that point there hadn't been many people about, but we in the middle of some charity London to Brighton walk, and pride made me climb faster than they were walking but it was a big effort.

The forest run was the route down to the main road at Wiston.

Equally as slippy I'm sure as the path from the car park, problem is it gets little or no sun and I wasn't the right person to try and whizz down there to be honest!

My leg is now various shades of red and brown and my shoulder feels like I've been lifting a bowling ball over my head for a week!

Ah well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

[nammynake]

Daveyraveygravey said:

nammynake said:

Best climb in the UK - Great Dun Fell.

Nice write-up by Tejvan: http://cyclinguphill.com/great-dun-fell/

How was it?! On my bucket list, but the 700 mile round trip makes it unlikely!

It's a unique climb. The road leads to a dead end at the summit radar station and has a locked barrier half way up so cars can't pass (bicycles and walkers are permitted), which means you have a traffic-free climb (and descent). Technically cars can drive up to this point so you may have the odd one or two inquisitive tourists but out of the three times I've done it I've only encountered one car. The tarmac is great quality too so the descent is pretty nuts if that's your thing. Views are incredible, although with the summit at 800m you can often be in the clouds at the summit.

It's a long slog so take low gears if possible. I managed on my compact (34*28) but was pretty tired as I already had 90 miles in the legs. I did it as part of a 200 mile ride from Leeds and back.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1010486330

[baxb]

A long way for a ride, but worth it ! (don't know how to get it right way up !)

[Gilhooligan]

nammynake said:

Best climb in the UK - Great Dun Fell.

Nice write-up by Tejvan: http://cyclinguphill.com/great-dun-fell/

Very cool. I've been thinking of doing a similar ride (closed road up to a radar station) up Lowther Hill in the south of Scotland.

[z4RRSchris]

wasn't today, but few weeks ago. Me and Cav

[Your Dad]

Me on the western side of the Roaches on Saturday, having left Sheffield a few hours earlier.

[yellowjack]

tuffer said:

Short ride out on SPTA to loosen the legs:

Armoured Engineers in "oops, we broke our kit" shocker?

...wouldn't have happened in my day!

[Daveyraveygravey]

Up above the clouds/mist again this morning

[Greendubber]

Nice evening for a ride.

[GrantD5]

Daveyraveygravey said:

Up above the clouds/mist again this morning

Wow that's nice, where is that?

[GrantD5]

[Daveyraveygravey]

GrantD5 said:

Wow that's nice, where is that?

Cheers! It's on the South Downs, Chanctonbury Ring is just behind me. The clouds are hiding Steyning in the valley below and the hill in the distance is Truleigh Hill; Shoreham and the Channel is just off to the right.

[bigdom]

[neilski]

Holmbury Hill on the shopping bike. I really can't wait to get a bike with knobbly tyres and suspension.

[Eddie Strohacker]

^^ That is a stunning sky you've captured there.

[Teebs]