Tell us about your weekend ride

I wouldn't be ashamed of that. I've been riding for years and have never managed 17mph over a century. Thats quick!

How did you measure that average speed? A sub six hour century first go is pretty impressive.

When I say quick, most first timers finish in 7 to 8 hours.

My fastest century goal is 6 hours. You just did one in 5h52. ::Runs off to put some more miles down::

^ Generous

110 miles, fixed, to Bournemouth.
Sweet roads. Sweet weather. Sweet as...

+1 and a hells yeah. sweet ice cream to boot.

Sunday. Ride to Brighton to catch the finish of the Brighton Run, where friends' friend was running. Was an absolutely wonderful day for a long ride. Am like lobster now, but it doesn't make me less happy.

Saturday:
Cheeky, lumpy, 40 miles in Kent.
Ide Hill > Well Hill > Toys Hill then Brasted Hill for desert as, apparently we hadn't climbed enough... I'm too fat for this shit!
Very nice day for it though.

Sunday:
15 London miles to mates to watch Paris Roubaix.
Beer+chips+shouting for three hours.
15 mile pootle back home.
Brilliant:-)

Apologies to everyone for the rain shower in SE this afternoon:
I took my bloody mudguards off didn't I...
Moron!!
Soz

Im going to try and improve by doing a century every sunday*

180km on the Pro VO2 Longest Day sportive in the Chilterns. 8 hrs 13 mins. No punctures. This was my first century ride. Might pick a flatter one next time. Here's the route and one of the official pics which I treated myself to. Incidentally, I raised £1480 for our school swimming pool. Here is my giving page:

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/daveshannon

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This is a route I do a fair bit in the summer, it has a nice mix of hills and roads you can get your head down, give it some, and its kind of close enough to bugger off home if you feel knackered and want to bail.

Speed and time wise, it holds up to where I normally am at this time of year so pretty pleased. Weather behaved itself and it never got windy. Tired.

^^ Congratulations on your first century.

Feels good doesn't it?

My ride was shit today. Set off for what I was hoping to be a fast (for me) and flat 100km to Cambridge only to lose front wheel turning off the A10. Not sure whether it was an oil patch or a pothole but I was leaning so once it went that was it. Front of bike just went out from under followed by rear. Didn't somebody once say something about not leaning?

Bruised elbow aside I'm fine but bent hoods round and derailleur took a fair whack. Tried roadside repairs with no luck so limped home stuck on granny chainring. Cutting my losses by baking some bread and then going to the pub to get drunk.

On plus side, given that I can't be arsed to fix up my racer for a while, this will force me to ride OHP fixed.

Cheers Stoners, not 100 miles though and have done 100Miles a few times before, but it ruins me, so 75-80 miles seems like a decent fallback.

That fall doesnt sounds great, hope you feel alright. Have a chat to Chainbreaker.

I was talking to Shannonball :)

Oh I'm fine after my fall. I'm giving CB a run for his money in terms of needing stabilisers. Thats three times this year I've come a cropper. Never seems to happen when I'm riding fixed though...

Hopefully catch you later on if you're up for a pint.

im not with it, sorry bud, ignore me, please...

Maybe you should try riding at my pace once in a while. Tires you out less :)

after a century ride two weekends ago across the cobbles of flanders.. 80 miles around the surrey hills was relatively easy. 19 riders in our club ride, pisslake PO was a lifesaver, many riders out and about esp at box hill.. and the new carbon bike was a dream ride too

Condor to London Bridge on a Ken bike. Seeing if a couple of days off the bike will fix my right arm which I appear to have fucked in a lawnmower starting incident last Sunday.

Longest ride yet (started in Fulham) at 70ish miles, really good and great day for it. Also the first time riding in a group (10 of us), which taught me I am bad at leading a group of cyclists...
Rode fixed on a GI of 63, going down some of the hills was more stressful than for my liking and I should really get a new chain for the geared bike...

^virtually rode past my house, near West Malling.

30-odd miles today on the fixie (47x18) with Brett up some north London hills (Dartmouth Park, Muswell Hill, Frognal, Holly Lodge, Swains) with a bit of Regents Park thrown in. Couple of beers in The Flask for our troubles followed by a cheeky extra one in Victoria.

New Forest Sportive

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/365693

4hrs 53min ride time. 5 mins off a Gold, bah! It's not too bad, considering I had trouble finding anyone going at a similar pace to work with, so it was pretty much 83 miles on my own.

Fortunately the weather was good, little wind and there wasn't much climbing involved (I think the inner ring was only used for the short 25%!). It was a case of head down, dodge the odd New Forest pony and try to stay upright over the cattle grids.

100km loop out of Richmond. Feeling sluggish all day but damn what a nice day

3 hours on the TT bike yesterday around RP not sure distance. Another 3.5 today, 120k and then 1.5 hours on the road bike around Regents Park tonight to get my hours done. The Adamo is proving to be pretty good though I might see if they do a skinnier version. Cheers Multi!

Princess risborough sportive 138k yesterday missed out on a silver medal by 10 minutes despite spending nearly an hour waiting for friends at a feed station only to loose them about 5 minutes after we set off again, good first road ride of the year nevertheless

The gf was doing a triathlon in Skipton yesterday so decided to get a few miles in by riding there to met her. Took the google maps suggested walking route which took me through an interesting mix of industrial heartland and open countryside. Pretty much dead on 100k with 1400m climbing. Took me five hours and being a little unacustomed to the warmth of the day ended up dehydrated and a little sunburnt. Did another 10-15k to go and cheer the girlfriend on the bike course and the running course. Plenty of long slow climbs which will do me well in Wales in a month's time.

did a 10 k forest orienteering race which was ace.

bike wise, rode to beach, went to a bar to see the BFG crew where it was like hipstergeddon, ill advised conversions, lurid freakenger bikes all over the shop....

its all easy from herein, the winter pages are the ones to read. keep it up anyway Im off with the one who never gives up for a couple of holidays.

Came up to Gloucestershire this weekend, girlfriends folks have a place here - still here now in fact. Train back to London this afternoon.

I managed 2 rides, without angering my better half too much..

Saturday, I did two loops of this: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Wotton-under-edge-Nailsworth-Hilly

Which was beautiful but also a bitch - especially when my lowest gear is 39-23 at the moment. A lot of hauling ass out of the saddle was done and I had to get off and push a little on one 25% climb.

This morning I was up early and managed to do Uley > Dursley as a warm up and then the whole climb from Dursley up through Uley and Crawley hill, followed by a blast down into Stroud and then climb back up from there, over the top and back to Uley again. Beautiful misty morning - really don't want to go back to London.

Princess risborough sportive 138k yesterday missed out on a silver medal by 10 minutes despite spending nearly an hour waiting for friends at a feed station only to loose them about 5 minutes after we set off again, good first road ride of the year nevertheless

Ah, I rode through Princes R. I wondered what those marshalls were doing.
Didn't look like a TT course :)