In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
Turning up with maps and a folding is your best ploy. At the start I reckon the thoughts will range from "yeah whatever lets drop this guy" to "ah bless"
At the finish, after you finish before a few of them, it'll be "that Adam guy, he's alright he is" and "he did it on a folder!".
An excuse (sorry reason) to buy another bike I think. As someone here has said before, the correct number of bikes is n+1 where n is the current number of owned bikes.
Adam Lea said:
In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
Adam
good luck and have fun. i keep meaning to go and have a run with the local bike club but so far haven't managed it.
In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
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good luck and have fun. i keep meaning to go and have a run with the local bike club but so far haven't managed it.
Likewise. I was planning to go out with the Ribble Valley CRC over the summer and then they changed the kick off time to 9 am from 10. This kind of knackers up my plans to have a lie in at any point over the weekend.
I could do with finding a bunch of cyclists who fancy a reasonably energetic afternoon ride so that my family don't think I'm abandoning them just as the football season crawls to a long-awaited end.
Cheers, Luke
-- Lincoln City 0-2 Southend United (AET) Swansea City 2-2 Southend United We went up twice with Tilly and Brush
In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
If you read this message then you survived. Well done.
Have a slice of cake.
Cheers, Luke
-- Lincoln City 0-2 Southend United (AET) Swansea City 2-2 Southend United We went up twice with Tilly and Brush
Well I made it. Not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I think that was because there were a few of us from the intermediates that had decided to move up a group, so the distance was somewhat less than normal and much flatter. We covered 45 miles at around 16.5 mph average. The sports energy drink and packet of Jaffa cakes at the half way point helped supply the energy for the journey home.
It is a lot easier to keep the speed up riding in a group compared to riding solo.
Next week is a more normal ride - 60 miles including Dichling Beacon.
In an attempt to improve my fitness I have decided to have a go with the sporting group of the local cycling club tomorrow morning. This will involve riding at an average speed of at least 16 mph for around 40-50 miles. No problem for people on here but normally I ride with the intermediates which go at around 14-15 mph for between 30-40 miles so it is a step up from what I am used too. I also wonder what the reaction is going to be when I turn up on the folding bike given that they tend to ride expensive carbon fibre super fast super light things.
I shall take some maps with me so that when I get dropped I will be able to find my way home :-)
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good luck and have fun. i keep meaning to go and have a run with the local bike club but so far haven't managed it.
Likewise. I was planning to go out with the Ribble Valley CRC over the summer and then they changed the kick off time to 9 am from 10. This kind of knackers up my plans to have a lie in at any point over the weekend.
that and the fact i often have things to do or am the other side of the country etc means i just havn't made it yet.
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I could do with finding a bunch of cyclists who fancy a reasonably energetic afternoon ride so that my family don't think I'm abandoning them just as the football season crawls to a long-awaited end.
Well I made it. Not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I think that was because there were a few of us from the intermediates that had decided to move up a group, so the distance was somewhat less than normal and much flatter. We covered 45 miles at around 16.5 mph average. The sports energy drink and packet of Jaffa cakes at the half way point helped supply the energy for the journey home.
It is a lot easier to keep the speed up riding in a group compared to riding solo.
Next week is a more normal ride - 60 miles including Dichling Beacon.
Adam
well done i haven't even got round to riding with a club, riding on the road for pleasure is very new to me, before it would be just hard bits between the squishy bits.
Well I made it. Not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I think that was because there were a few of us from the intermediates that had decided to move up a group, so the distance was somewhat less than normal and much flatter. We covered 45 miles at around 16.5 mph average. The sports energy drink and packet of Jaffa cakes at the half way point helped supply the energy for the journey home.
Adam - out of interest, which folder were you riding?
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Adam Lea said:
Well I made it. Not nearly as hard as I thought it was going to be, but I think that was because there were a few of us from the intermediates that had decided to move up a group, so the distance was somewhat less than normal and much flatter. We covered 45 miles at around 16.5 mph average. The sports energy drink and packet of Jaffa cakes at the half way point helped supply the energy for the journey home.
Adam - out of interest, which folder were you riding?
