I will be riding Sat this weekend, probably the 09.30 ride
Post if you are riding Sunday. Bank holiday weekend so people will be doing different things
Cotswolds the week after. Let john or I know if you are coming.
Tried a variation on the St Ives ride today that's posted on another thread. Avoided the new chippings towards Guilden and went via Eyeworth, Sutton, Potton.
All OK to St Ives (very busy roads/streets in and around town by late morning), until my Garmin had a fit and directed me too early off the unusual busway. Directed onto a busy road towards the A14 which the garmin thought I could manage! Ended up backtracking across 2 fields, luckily had the steel winter bike with 28mm 4 Seasons tyres. Got to Dry Drayton then garmin took me off on another magical mystery tour through Maddingly, Comberton way. Eventually back on route via Bourn, Gamlingay, Eyeworth.
70 miles @16mph and no stops. The wheels well and truly came off at Potton and almost crawled home from there down Northfields! Longest ride since last summer and knackered by the finish.
Despite the flat parcours, it was an 'interesting' wind today - from the N/NW first thing in the morning (headwind up Northfields), then veered NE ( headwind on busway), finally tracking E/SE by early afternoon (headwind again on Northfields). Not that warm, either. One to do in a group next time and ignore the Garmin!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 3 months to Paris Nice, so time to build on this and step up the mileage.
Unfortunately suffering from back issue at the moment
Off all exercise
Downward spiral, but lots of food and drink
Hope to be ok soon but going on a bit, will let you know
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I can't ride on Sunday either, as at a family wedding in Kent.
As this means staying overnight Sunday, BH Monday is a write-off for riding as well.
Hence keen to do a Saturday ride as well - Need some decent miles for the Paris Nice in September.
Change of scenery and different roads welcome - Dry and light winds from the NE, so how about a reverse of one of these suggested back in January?
Plenty of train stations within riding distance from Ashwell:
Ely approx 40 miles
Littleport is 46 miles
Downham Mkt 60 miles
Kings Lynn 70 miles
All of the above are pretty flat routes.
Suggest I catch train at Hitchin, meet you at Ashwell, go onto Cambridge and get further train for how far we would like to ride?
How about:
Hitchin 08.48
Ashwell 09.02
Cambridge 09.29 a
Cambridge 09.35 d
Ely 09.51
Downham Market 10.07
Only an hour on the train, then, from Ashwell for something different.
60 mile ride @17mph would be 3.5 hours, gets us back to Ashwell around 2pm, if include stop?
FD
whilst above sounds appealing, I also have a busy sat already planned, hence stick with the club 09.30 ride. Sorry !
Looking forward to the Cotswold's though
Cheers
Busy day sat as well. Above sounds good, but sat 09.30 ride for me. Sorry.
Look forward to Cotswolds
CP
Aye aye, Sir.
Make sure you win the sprint.
FD
Tried a variation on the St Ives ride today that's posted on another thread. Avoided the new chippings towards Guilden and went via Eyeworth, Sutton, Potton.
All OK to St Ives (very busy roads/streets in and around town by late morning), until my Garmin had a fit and directed me too early off the unusual busway. Directed onto a busy road towards the A14 which the garmin thought I could manage! Ended up backtracking across 2 fields, luckily had the steel winter bike with 28mm 4 Seasons tyres. Got to Dry Drayton then garmin took me off on another magical mystery tour through Maddingly, Comberton way. Eventually back on route via Bourn, Gamlingay, Eyeworth.
70 miles @16mph and no stops. The wheels well and truly came off at Potton and almost crawled home from there down Northfields! Longest ride since last summer and knackered by the finish.
Despite the flat parcours, it was an 'interesting' wind today - from the N/NW first thing in the morning (headwind up Northfields), then veered NE ( headwind on busway), finally tracking E/SE by early afternoon (headwind again on Northfields). Not that warm, either. One to do in a group next time and ignore the Garmin!
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 3 months to Paris Nice, so time to build on this and step up the mileage.
FD
Off all exercise
Downward spiral, but lots of food and drink
Hope to be ok soon but going on a bit, will let you know
CP
That's a shame, after all the early season form you were showing.
Still, you needed slowing up a bit, otherwise you were in danger of becoming half-decent!
Get well and see you out soon, hopefully
FD