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Discovered there's a 'come-and-have-a-go' MAMIL cycling club in my new village just outside Cambridge so after a couple of emails back and forth in the last few weeks since I moved I headed along to the 'Intermediate Road Ride' at 9am on Sunday. What was advertised to be a couple of hours at 16-18mph turned out to be just that, although we came in a touch under 2.5 hours in the end due to a couple of stops to bunch up after hills/sprints and whilst the average speed came in just under 17mph, In reality I'd have liked to go a little faster. That said, the group's only been going for 3-4 months so far, so it seems people are just getting a feel for each other/abilities - it'll be interesting to see how many people turn out as the weather gets chillier/wetter in the coming months, but I'll definitely be back - with a 15 month old and another on the way, a regularly-scheduled weekend 2-3 hours leaving half a mile from my door is a bit of a god-send.
Absolute belter of a day for it with a touch of wind on some of the more exposed roads but overall a very pleasant ride clocking up around 38 miles on a loop around the outly-ing Cambridge villages. I managed to pick the pace up a little in the final few miles after mistakenly thinking a chap who had to get home quickly was 'attacking' and reeled him in (without much help from my compatriates, I must say) with a few minutes sat up at around 25mph afterwards to ensure I got my workout.
Overall enjoyed myself, met some nice middle aged men, drooled over one titanium bike, got many compliments on my steel over others' carbon/aluminium and was home in time to get a solid afternoon of family lolz in. 8/10 - would ride again.
Next weekend we're staying with some friends in Oxford and I was vaguely thinking about solo-ing the 90ish miles from Cambridge - anyone got a good, dual carriageway-less route they'd care to share before I think better of the idea?
P.S. Picked up one of those new-fangled Team Sky smoothies for afters (the coconut and pineapple one) as well and it was BLOODY DELICIOUS. Just add rum for a protein-laced pina-colada, innit.