I rode cyclocross (Jake), with MapMyRide+! Distance: 23.57km, time: 01:22:41, pace: 3:30min/km, speed: 17.10km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1715620499
Still not fully recovered, but it’s time to ride after two weeks.
Back on the bike.
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Another one.
24°C, nil wind, nil cloud and simply a perfect day.
N+1=5 what have I just bought?
[Insert paragraph where I justify another bike.]
I have test ridden it and it fits well.
Broken track.
I rode with MapMyRide+! Distance: 44.30km, time: 01:23:58, pace: 1:54min/km, speed: 31.65km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1638591188
The road is painted with the names of riders who raced here. It started warm and became hot very soon.
Eventually, I arrived at the reservoir which that we saw from the plane a few days ago. The water is the same sale turquoise seen from the air. It’s one of two drinking water dammed lakes.
Since I climbed all morning, obviously the return is mostly descent. I decided to return by the same route because is should be quicker and less hot.
However, some stretches really were very hot. Still air trapped by small cliffs cooked up to temperature which must have been well into the 40s. Some cyclists were still heading up to those ovens. Oh dear, have they any idea what’s to come?
Metric Century.
I rode the Racelite with MapMyRide+! Distance: 101.83km, time: 04:21:44, pace: 2:34min/km, speed: 23.34km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1629224654
This bike is ideal for long rides. It’s light, good on climbs and smooths out road shock to some extent.
Mustang.
23°C, dry summer’s day.
This morning, I rode The Jake, Cyclocross 28.3 km Bike Ride with MapMyRide
Duration: 1:31:50, Pace: 3.2 min/km
http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/1626789359
N+1, looking at a replacement commuting bike. This one has disc brakes and an aluminium frame of the right size. It’s to be used as a main commuter with mudguards and a rack fitted.
No ride
19°C, warming up.
Sunday is cycling day, it’s been a tradition of mine for at least 25 years. But today, despite the fine weather, is different. There are no social plans, or work prep that are getting in the way. Today, I can’t be bothered.
Maybe it’s a virus sapping my energy, or cumulative tiredness, or even that end-of term approaching feeling.
I don’t know, but no cycling today.
Head sting.
Rode Home with MapMyRide+! Distance: 29.66km, time: 01:15:13, pace: 2:32min/km, speed: 23.66km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1607361776
Ordinary ride home until the wasp got into my helmet. I heard a faint clunk as it entered one of the helmet’s vents. It didn’t sting immediately giving me time to pull over and take the hat off. The wasp then seized its moment and stung just below my head buff thing.
That’s it! Three or more days of itchy head. The piercing sting sensation wore off after a few hours and didn’t even bother me while getting to sleep.
Was that little wasp trying to sting through the fabric of my hat? I can picture it probing the fabric with its sting.
Cross the Chase.
I rode The Jake with MapMyRide+! Distance: 70.44km, time: 04:40:08, pace: 3:59min/km, speed: 15.09km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1597123868
I stayed upright, I even passed some mountain bikers on a climb. Later, just as hunger dominated my thoughts, a nice cafe appeared near the Katyn Memorial. Food meant I could continue riding. So the next leg, the Glacial Bolder.
I used a leftover map from easter’s treasure hunt, a training exercise for Y9s who had signed up for bronze. My group didn’t make it to this checkpoint and I wanted to see it. It’s on the edge of a heather moorland that is dotted with warning signs about mine subsidence. Actually, there were stories about people disappearing up here, in particular, a young lad. It turns out tattie stories were nearly true, he was actually rescued by miners.
Most of the tracks were of coarse round pebbles, the Bunta Pebble Bed. The same deposit that Birmingham is built upon.
Mostly dry and dusty, they were no real hazard today.
At the Glacial Bolder, a guy was with a group of teenagers and we got chatting. There are groups of youngsters all over the chase today, in small groups carrying rucksacks. I asked whether they were DofE, but no. It was part of the NCS Scheme.
My bike at the Glacial Bolder for scale.
The Glacial Bolder is am erratic from RW Scotland.
Later, I rode north and eventually got to the canal at Great Hayward.
Here’s another curious picture:
Rhubarb?
Look at the size of it! It must be 10ft high, oh sorry I’ve gone metric, it’s 3m.
It looks like wild rhubarb to me, but is it?
Anyway, I’m recovering now. My arms have taken a battering from the vibration and my tiredness is mostly dehydration.
Double metric centuries.
I rode with MapMyRide+! Distance: 124.55km, time: 05:10:27, pace: 2:30min/km, speed: 24.07km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1581417773
Fine summer’s day, and a good way to use it? This racing bike has hardly been out this year. An oversight perhaps, it felt perfect on the route. It ran silently and there was not a glitch. Not bad for a 20 year old bicycle.
At the risk of sounding a bit OCD, I’d like to turn the rear tyre round so it matches the rim logo.
Summer canal loop.
Rode the cyclo cross with MapMyRide+! Distance:26.01km, time: 01:34:01, pace: 3:3min/km, speed: 16.60km/h.
http://mapmyride.com/workout/1578538022
a pleasant and relaxing ride along a familiar route. Vegetation has bulked up, in places, I had to weave out of their way. Mud was there too, but thinner than last night’s rain would suggest.
Cool, sunny with a brisk wind from the south. It’s July, it should be warmer than this.
Still, it was a good ride.
Micycle 