Finally a road ride! After a downpour last night the roads cleared enough for me to feel comfortable enough to ride my road bike, the first time this month & only 3 days 'till the end of December.
Trundle: v. move heavily on wheels.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Boxing Day Biking Breather: by carbon_rider at Garmin Connect - Details
After the indulgence of Christmas Day a couple of hours on the MTB was a welcome break on another cold but lovely day!
Friday, 17 December 2010
Sunday, 12 December 2010
Snow gone, Thaw Starting!
No ride yesterday 'cos I had to wait in for the boiler man to call & not fix the boiler!
Today tho' I was hoping for a ride back on the road as they are now clear of snow again but taking a look out of the window revealed a heavy frost! A closer inspection, outside, proved that the road was rather slippery. Fearing that the normal cycling lanes may be dangerous I decided it would be another MTB ride today.
Sticking with the same local park routes the riding was clearly faster but I did find myself putting in a few big efforts on the uphill drags. As it the thaw was starting there were some wet & muddy bits, so by the time I got back home I was somewhat dirty!
A quick change into warm dry clothes, recovery drink & coffee, then as the hosepipe was now defrosted I was able to jet wash & lube the bike so it's sitting poised for duty when needed.
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Social Snowy Spin:
Another cold start to the day, which I was pleased about 'cos I'd agreed to meet up with some guys from Coalville Wheelers & another local lad & I didn't want it to be mucky. Five of the Wheelers turned up so we made a group of seven which made a nice change...
The going was tough again today as the ground was very hard from the frost & the melt that had started yesterday had refrozen so it was also very slippery! We had one puncture in the group today which slowed things down a bit. Then the Wheelers had to head back after an hour so I had a short stint with the local lad before he also headed home upon whence I headed on for another hour. I just can't resist!
I'm starting to get used to the local off road routes now & thoroughly enjoying them.
Social Snowy Spin:
Saturday, 4 December 2010
The Wrong Kind of Snow on the Trails:
Not a breath of wind & warmer making the snow sticky, & after a weeks worth of dog walkers it was it was compacted underneath & very slippery:
Riding in the snow again this week but bot was it tough! The weather was turning warmer & just beginning to thaw a little, this made the snow very sticky & the bike got covered & clogged but continued to work faultlessly. Added to this as after a week of walkers around the parks underneath had become very compacted & slippery testing the handling skills to the max. My average speed was a great deal slower than last weekend & boy after 3hrs of it do I feel knackered.
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