10°C, brisk chilly SSE breeze. Endless blue sky
Single speed ride with manageable SSW wind. Feeling fit and set a decent pace for March. Made possible by blazing sunshine in a cloudless blue sky.
Equinox eve.
Reply
Category Archives: Cycling
Official Legend.
8°C, strong SSE, sunny and dry.
Sunny and dry, so I couldn’t resist taking the Zing out. It ran well and was all fun. Passing a primary school, I saw the kids leaning over the fence towards the road. They wanted their balls that were in the road. They called out so I stopped to get them. There were four which I flung back over. How grateful were they? They shouted out “you’re a legend”. So it’s official!
1st day of Spring
8°C, cloudless blue sky, light Northerly.
Mawdsley pumping station.
50 miles in the sun. Okay, it wasn’t that warm but I had a new base layer to test. It feels like merino wool but isn’t. After 3 hours it was still not clammy and remained warm. Excellent for £22.
Spring soon.
8°C, stiff W breeze. Dry and sunny.
After the weather we’ve had! 3 named storms last week and some bouts of heavy showered including hail. My average milage has really suffered.
The original idea was to go out on the cross bike. Infuriatingly, it has a flat tyre. It didn’t respond to reinflation so I left it for today and headed out on the heavy Mustang.
Gales, gales gales.
8°C, strong SW, mostly sunny
Kona Jake: it’s such a good bike for me. The fit feels natural and it’s light and reasonably quick. There were a few placesa where I had to carry it over fallen trees (felled by one of the recent gales. We’ve had 3 named storms over the last week. There is debris everywhere. The beech is a mix of dead grass torn from plants and masses of human rubbish.
It’s been a worrying time at home for the roof. Last time it was like this, i had to climb a ladder and replace missing tiles. It’s fun riding in the wind at times. Some directions I can on ly do 6mph standing on pedals and then I return at 30 mph with no effort.
But for 27 metres
7°C, light SW, Frey with drizzle at end
I declare 1 Metric Century. The GPS records 27 metres short but there is some leeway. The last half hour was dark which made it feel like a long day. Sunset is still 16.27. too early.
Back to nil
13°C, moderate SW, dry and sunny (again).
Warm winter
14°C, moderate SW, dry with sun.
Weird weather, it’s like early May today. I’m clocking up over 100/week currently. This bike needs a bit of TLC, especially – the mudguards are rubbing.
Tomorrow, I reset all the Speedos back to zero
Annual Milage 2021
Image
1,000th fixed mile
8°C, light SE, dry and light
There were plenty of other bike riders on the road this morning. Conditions were good too.
Micycle 