Tell us about your weekend ride

Maybe not the weekend, but my day off....

Found this view at the top of a 4 mile climb. Fantastic ride, basically went out to ride as many climbs as possible...Great to be back on the road, I love the new bike, and the weather today was mega.

Have you seen the photos from Hardknott yet? Photog called Steve Flemming was up there (and apparantly round the course too) but he takes a cracking stylised shot. This is me:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sfleming/7211637768/in/set-72157629752661778

Wash your mouth out and then burn your keyboard.
HDR is not a photography skill, its fucking eye burning aweful'ness. Any so called 'tog who resorts to it for any reason other than when its actually needed, gets instantly disregarded as a serious 'tog IMO.

Amazed to see so many of you guys came up for the Whitton, I've never tried it, most i've done in one day was whinlatter/honister/newlands + 45miles to coast and back and that was murrrrder, though I have my choice of gear to thank for that I think (44/53 + 11-23 + autoshifting friction gears, grrrrrr).
Maybe next year :p

Friday cycling in the Lakes from Carlisle to Keswick, Saturday picked up the Coast to Coast route from Keswick to Sunderland with an overnighter in Garrigill on Saturday.

On the 29er so plenty of offroad including the old coach road out of Keswick, which felled me.

Exactly five weeks and one hour after breaking my elbow I was hurtling off road at speed and my grip failed. I managed not to land on the bad arm but took the full impact in the ribs instead. This meant cycling for two days across the lakes and Penines into a head wind with pain every breath and not able to sleep lying down. Bloody good riding, scenery and pubs so on balance, worth every ounce of discomfort.

That coffin road always has a head wind, no matter which way you ride it, good though :P

Maybe not the weekend, but my day off....

Found this view at the top of a 4 mile climb. Fantastic ride, basically went out to ride as many climbs as possible...Great to be back on the road, I love the new bike, and the weather today was mega.

Just worked out the route, turns out it was only about 50 miles, felt like more... Was planning on carrying on past and round Knaresborough but had to get back to get ready for work.

I walked the three peaks over the weekend. I was staying in Austwick, as I had a holiday cottage booked for the Etape Du Dales that I couldn't cancel after breaking my thumb. I spent the first five years of my life in the shadow of Ingleborough, but I haven't walked up any of them for over ten years.

I simply can't understand how anyone rides the three peaks cyclocross. Do they carry the bikes up and down most of the descents? I have pencilled it in as a long term goal now. Maybe 2013 or 2014.

cyclocrossers would ride with a broken thumb
HTFU
(Will Fielding broke his thumb in a track race saturday, he got back on and WON the next race)

This is where Schick chimes in with something like, "his next race went without a hitch". I'm going to laugh so hard, god help me.

I'd never have thought of that, as it's not a bad pun. That one requires lateral thinking, of which I'm incapable.

I'd never have thought of that, as it's not a bad pun. That one requires lateral thinking, of which I'm incapable.

that^ is the sort of English up with which I will not put

Pain and suffering at the Etape du Dales last Sunday. Couldn't find anything in my legs for some unknown reason - let's hope this is a blip and not a trend

http://100climbsfor2012.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/etape-du-dales.html

Well done.
Never know how people can be arsed to write proper blogs.
At least my crap is only ever few sentances.
Weekend started with poets day sea swim first of the year.
Then derny training on a sun soaked track, whoever thought of riding continuosly behind a motorbike was a Don! (was it Mr Derny I wonder)
Gonna be a cracker tommorrow.

fast boring 30 last night, gentle sun-soaked (and windy! blah!) 60 this afternoon, another 150ish planned for the weekend. Waited too long for the weather to be like this, definitely making the most of it now it's here...

Good job you can go to work for a rest ;)
Long may it continue

Work finishes when the month does. Hope the weather holds out.

that^ is the sort of English up with which I will not put

It's always interesting how much circulation this grammatically-incorrect little joke still gets in response to good grammar. :)

Ridiculously winning turn around Essex and high beech with wrongcog, bigpaintbrush and hms.
http://app.strava.com/rides/9365908
Just one of those days where everything gels, I felt like a gamboling wild sheepling on my bike, the sun shone, England looked dreamy and the company was peerless. I feel like I've been waiting for a long time for a ride as purely enjoyable as this.

Thanks to hms for thrashing through the east end traffic in order to help me get home in time to avoid incurring the wrath of my fearsome lady. Mr wrongcog: you looked real purty on your steed today. I think the bike whispering session has paid dividends. And BPB - sorry about all the nose-based racism, you know I love you blood, I just wish I could keep up with you...

Couple of laps of being buffeted around RP today.. hope it's not as windy tomorrow.

It's always interesting how much circulation this grammatically-incorrect little joke still gets in response to good grammar. :)

And how many people write it without acknowledging Churchill

Today.

Beach.

Twice.

Sea swim.

Once.

Did anyone fight you on the beach?

No, but I will never surrender

A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.

Yes indeed.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

Sat cross-legged on a wall outside a hostel in Hawkshead. More Whittoning today. Stopped at Whinlatter outdoor activities center for cake, it felt a bit like an off-road cycling Pontins.

Heading through the Dales to Skipton tomorrow, for the train home.

Marvellous.

Ridiculously winning turn around Essex and high beech with wrongcog, bigpaintbrush and hms.
http://app.strava.com/rides/9365908
Just one of those days where everything gels, I felt like a gamboling wild sheepling on my bike, the sun shone, England looked dreamy and the company was peerless. I feel like I've been waiting for a long time for a ride as purely enjoyable as this.

Thanks to hms for thrashing through the east end traffic in order to help me get home in time to avoid incurring the wrath of my fearsome lady. Mr wrongcog: you looked real purty on your steed today. I think the bike whispering session has paid dividends. And BPB - sorry about all the nose-based racism, you know I love you blood, I just wish I could keep up with you...

This was indeed lovely! Special highlights were the utterly beautiful scenery, the cool breeze, the laughs at the tea shop, HMS and Benj's risque shorts. HMS - it occurred to us that you didn't need to flee with Benj and should have joined us for a post ride Peroni. Next time man. Lovely riding with you. More of that please!

Took the rail replacement bike service from Billericay to Mersea to go sailing with upstart and the crew. 65 miles there and back, punctuated by a couple of races around the Blackwater (2nd in class for both, seeing as you ask). Switched the Garmin off for the sailing bit. Was very grateful for the tailwind coming back.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/182284270