Tell us about your weekend ride

These things happen, but I mean, what difference does it make to them for 50m of private farm track? FFS

My last one on this: Farms are light to heavy industrial sites these days, and they undoubtedly operate heavy farm machinery on the path in question and all over their farm. Needless to say, if there is an existing right for people to ride or walk through there, then it's the farmer/farm workers who must accommodate that right and watch out properly, etc. However, they're probably worried about traffic incidents when some fast groadies suddenly appear, which is an understandable worry.

Oh, sure, I'm just pointing out what the correct way would be of ascertaining what the case is here. However, raising an issue on the Ramblers site probably doesn't take very long, and they'll undoubtedly have volunteers who can look into it.

Farmers worry for the safety of their heavy farm machinery when I suddenly appear.

#inbeforeschick

Tru dat.

@Lanterne_Rouge (reply button got lost in translation)

It's the Stayer "Space Bike" (thus dubbed because of the sparkles), a fat tyred fixed gear. I've had it for a good few months now. Groot is still with me but doesn't get as much use as when the lockdown started.

Amazing. New forum favourite.

On point
(This was posted on Strava on the 21/05)

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Finally headed out onto some dirt: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31330201

Ouch?

You should've seen the other guy

Where is that? What happend to sharing the route too? Did the other gravel riders make a fuss about the aero bars?

On an otherwise unremarkable 30 mile road ride with my wife yesterday, found my first ever example of 'hedge grumble'. Hitherto assumed to be some sort of 80s urban legend, it was eyeopening to see this cultural trope laid bare before me.

Ha!

Surrey.

Hold your horses.

"Other gravel riders"? You mean my missus? Yeah, she was totally raging about it, had a big fight with the commissaires at the end of the ride and stormed out before the medal presentation...

hedge grumble

Is that what you call discarded porn mags?

had a big fight with the commissaires at the end of the ride and stormed out before the medal presentation...

Meant this.

It's the road setup I had. When the first one was written off, I just did a parts swap of anything that wasn't fucked. I didn't want to uninstall all the dynamo stuff because initially I was using the dyno 700C wheels for commuting. Then I got the 650Bs with no dynamo so all the dyno lights and USB charger, etc are still on it but do nothing. I'm pretty stoked I managed to clear some 20% dirt climb with those slicks. She walked it and got #2 in the QOMs!

Looks like a great route. You could prolly add Newlands Corner into that too. Approach it from the same direction but carry on the NDW for a coffee break there then head south and hook up with your existing route.

I headed out to Windsor on a road ride yesterday, not a particularly pretty route, quite traffic heavy and brutally fast given my ahem stomach issues of the previous few days as I hung onto the back of the road train for 100km.

EDIT: the pics make it look prettier than it actually was.

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Newlands Corner

I just grabbed this off someone on RWGPS. I hardly ever ride in Surrey and hardly ever know where I am. I see where Newlands Corner is on the map but is there a 'known route' out to it?

I had last Friday off, so I wanted to do a big offroad loop to try some new bits, but the wett-ish conditions of last week put me off venturing into unknown trails far from home, so I reverted to a road project I had my eyes on for a while and ended up riding The Orbital, with a DIY route, adapted from the Forum approved one.

All in all better than I thought (maybe I had low expectations), with Kent and Hertfordshire being the highlights and Essex coming close. The South West from Leatherhead to Iver was the most forgettable part.

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Fair enough, I assumed you were a Surrey veteran.

As you aren't, the main reason to go to Newlands Corner would be that as it has the large if rather slow serving cafe and picnic benches there it's a more natural furthest point of your ride. It also adds some climbing to your stats and has a nice view across the Surrey hills.

I'm struggling to get the file at the moment but if you have Garmin the route I would use is here.

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/859923

It's pretty much on the NDW, right next to the A25.

EDIT: sorted - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33010861

Have you seen the 300k Orbital audax route? http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/18-238/

gravel riders

It was actually a ride over rocks, they were gravel only after the ride.

I hung onto the back of the road train for 100km.

Time for a username change to RB-Abitbusy? :)

Yeah, that's for future me, will definitely be nicer, will also be more like 400km by the time I ride to it/back.