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

[lufbramatt]

Did a lap of the isle of grain today from gravesend to alhallows along the (very muddy in places) coast path, then accross to the river Medway and back to Rochester taking in as many bridleways and byways as we could find along the way. Some interesting forts, shipwrecks, has a stand off with a bunch of massive cows that did not want to move off the path and got a cheeky KOM to boot. Great day out.

[Anonymous-poster]

Ares said:

MrBarry123 said:

Your gravel bike does look cool Ares and well done for getting out for such a decent ride so soon after all the rain we’ve had recently.

Thanks! Rule #5 / Rule #9 etc....

Where in Rule #5 does it say get someone to clean your bike while you sit in the warm drinking in a poncy coffee shop?

[PomBstard]

Monday morning fight through the spider webs - summer’s on its way...

[PushedDover]

A lap of Kieder Water today -










The motor on the E-mtb is on the last lap so nurses it round- a great easy ride

The GF’ besties birthday - so cake and pies to end up. Great day

[maccas99]

Went out in my usual local spot and on the way back there was a strange feeling in my foot!


Not sure if repairable or not, they are about 16 months old so would have expected them to last a bit longer.... Have asked Wiggle the question...

[fuzzymonkey]

maccas99 said:

Went out in my usual local spot and on the way back there was a strange feeling in my foot!


Not sure if repairable or not, they are about 16 months old so would have expected them to last a bit longer.... Have asked Wiggle the question...

You can buy replaceable axles as unit.

[fuzzymonkey]

PushedDover said:

A lap of Kieder Water today -


The motor on the E-mtb is on the last lap so nurses it round- a great easy ride

The GF’ besties birthday - so cake and pies to end up. Great day

Why have I never hear of this place before?
Could you do this ride on a gravel bike or do you need a MTB?
Can you share your gpx of the ride as I could do with a nice ride away from the roads.

[RC1807]

104 km in the wet on Thursday from the Moselle up to Vianden and back ....

The old train station at Bettel



A view up the River Our and Vianden Castle



And me, buoyed by having eaten and warmed up!




Yesterday, 54km to and around Luxembourg’s capital village. Images taken in Hesperange, a small town I lived in from 1998-2000.

In Parc Hesper, no idea why ...



And the old castle ruins in Hesper, surrounded by more modern, crappy looking 50s / 60s buildings

[lufbramatt]

fuzzymonkey said:

Why have I never hear of this place before?
Could you do this ride on a gravel bike or do you need a MTB?
Can you share your gpx of the ride as I could do with a nice ride away from the roads.

Gravel bike would be perfect for the path round the reservoir, IIRC its pretty much all well surfaced.

[LimaDelta]

fuzzymonkey said:

PushedDover said:

A lap of Kieder Water today -


The motor on the E-mtb is on the last lap so nurses it round- a great easy ride

The GF’ besties birthday - so cake and pies to end up. Great day

Why have I never hear of this place before?
Could you do this ride on a gravel bike or do you need a MTB?
Can you share your gpx of the ride as I could do with a nice ride away from the roads.

The trail around the reservoir is perfectly doable on a gravel bike. There are other more MTB focused trails in the woods starting from The Bike Place car park.

[Ares]

Anonymous-poster said:

Ares said:

MrBarry123 said:

Your gravel bike does look cool Ares and well done for getting out for such a decent ride so soon after all the rain we’ve had recently.

Thanks! Rule #5 / Rule #9 etc....

Where in Rule #5 does it say get someone to clean your bike while you sit in the warm drinking in a poncy coffee shop?

That's just bloody common sense....

[Ares]

I'd been telling my pal about the Chocolate Guinness cake at Cleos for a fortnight, so yesterday I dragged his arse the 130km to try it for himself.

....only to discover we shouldn't have entered Wales due to lockdown (luckily discovered AFTER eating the cake )

[maccas99]

fuzzymonkey said:

You can buy replaceable axles as unit.

OK thanks for that, Wiggle asking for them to be returned to the Warranty Dept. so they will go back there in the first instance, I have my spare SPD's to tide me over in the meantime....

[bmwmike]

Try to get out most days, rain or shine, night or day, or mist.

[n_const]

Nice ride out Sunday ,22km or so.



Quick little blast at the end of the ride to my house, to measure my speed....

[Jasper3.0]

Tempest_5 said:

From a few nights ago on the MTB North of Chichester, cutting across from Binderton to Kingley Vale.

When I was a lad. Cracking riding round there.

[PushedDover]

fuzzymonkey said:

PushedDover said:

A lap of Kieder Water today -


The motor on the E-mtb is on the last lap so nurses it round- a great easy ride

The GF’ besties birthday - so cake and pies to end up. Great day

Why have I never hear of this place before?
Could you do this ride on a gravel bike or do you need a MTB?
Can you share your gpx of the ride as I could do with a nice ride away from the roads.

I was thinking today (having mentioned Gravels before on PH and debating the terrain they can do) that the loop - or at least the one we did called the Silverlake IIRC would be perfect for a gravel as I have seen someone else answer earlier.
We saw Gravels, MTB's, CX' and 'city' ebikes. the Trail is compacted and good enjoyment pottering around and we had such sunshine and broody weather it gave great views. The Drive to it is spectacular scenery too.

A change from ponding the N'York moors..

GPX is here
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zkt2667xzghkcuc/Kielder_...
and to be honest, I wouldn't start where we did, but on the South end of the Reservoir Damn car park

[Daveyraveygravey]

Waiting for the Giro to start in Lanciano today



You're never far from a glimpse of the Blockhaus, not in the route today but part of my route to the start


From the day before, but the route went past here. Was here in August, couldn't get in the car park, could hardly get on the beach.


Filling up after my 100k with a local delicacy, arrosticini. It's just skewers of mutton, which sounds a bit...meh, but so nice! The middle two are standard, the two on the right a little piccante, the two on the left, liver and onions. OMG! So this, a massive pizza della casa, a beer and a glass of red, £21.

Edited by Daveyraveygravey on Tuesday 13th October 19:52

[Squadrone Rosso]

Yesterday. Cold, soaking wet, covered in sand & looking like a knob with the helmet cover on but happy after a 20 miler on my MTB.

[Johnny]

mcelliott said:

Johnny said:

Finally got an on-bike pic taken by someone else!

Cracking weather here today in BP, spent some time riding round Margit Island and then out north of BP again. Lovely.

Very nice Johnny boy!

Thanks mate!

Of course the weather has turned to st now...