Some proper rides, and two weeks of commuting gives me the biggest total since May, but still not a huge monthly total.
September should be better, with a century ride on Sunday, a full month of commuting and the Great Milk Stout Ride towards the end of the month. Should be 300+ miles.
Proper rides: […]
there is something special about the ebb and flow of life that I’m happy to be a part of. Injury stokes the fires of passion. Challenge brings new understanding. Failure leads to future strength and resolve. All of these phrases describe how life itself is rarely centered. You rarely experience the “perfect moment” when everything […]
Rode out to Hamsterley on the road to join in the Trailblazers August ride. It’s good to get to ride with a group, and try more technical riding than I usually do on my own. Managed my fastest time to the forest, kept up with all the people on bouncy-shifty bikes and felt […]
Rode from home to Egglestone, then on to Middleton-in-Teesdale, then via Grassholme and Hury reservoirs to Barnard Castle and then home again via (some of) Sustrans route 52 (map).
Too slow though. I’m definately not doing the Hell O’ The North fixed, but will give it a bash singlespeed.
Distance: 65 miles
Surface: Road
Time: 7 hours
Weather: Nice […]
Rode home. 24 miles, mainly downhill. My hands hurt; I think I need to move the saddle back a bit, and tilt the nose up a little.
Distance: 24 miles
Surface: Road
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Weather: Nice and warm, sunny
Bike: Solitude fixie (with 45c tyres, 34:16)
An average month, mileage-wise. Looks bad for July, which should be a major month, but I’ve been off work since the sixth and we went away on a bike-free holiday for 11 days. Plus, all my ‘proper’ rides were fixed, which must count for more. I need some big rides in August […]