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Blame wind and clag. You remain a cycling tyrannosaurus.
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Sounds like you did more than alright. No shame in knowing when you’ve had enough! Weather seems to have been nice too, even if cold.
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This sounds like a fun route, do you mind sharing the gpx?
for the train
Are we allowed to travel by train for exercise now? I've lost track of the rules and can't wait to get out of London.
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@MTB-Idle
went out on the MTB yesterday for an old fashioned XC/gravel type ride with me on my steel framed 26" MTB chasing my faster, fitter mate on his carbon gravel whip.
Epsom > Ashtead > Leatherhead > Ranmore Common > Holmbury hill > Leith hill > back up Ranmore Common.
I rode this last year a couple of times in the summer once even riding my YT Capra. I don't know if its cos its early in the season and with the recent rain the trails were sticky and heavy all the way to Ranmore, if I'm just lacking fitness or whether it was cos I had my Covid vaccine on Monday but I felt like a dog all day.
Normally a coffee and a bit of cake is all the fuel I need but I was chucking back the protein bars and gels all day on top of coffee and cake with no noticeable improvement.
I made my way back up Ranmore the second time and my legs were toast. The thought of dropping down the next valley then up and over Boxhill was enough for me and I headed back into Dorking for the train of shame with a measly 50km in my legs while my mate cracked on and covered 80km for a very good day out.
Despite the sun it was also really chilly too although I grabbed a few nice shots from the footage on my GoPro
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