Tell us about your weekend ride

Terrifying. I think my kentury was about half that speed. Possibly slower.

Whereas we mooched out at about 10.30 towards Box Hill and got absolutely soaked - made all the more miserable by the fact that bits of bike variously fell off, snapped and punctured.

Took tea, cake and blast under the hand driers at the top of Box Hill to raise spirits enough not bail at Epsom.

oh no! sorry to hear that katie. i started off near Box Hill, but i came back a different way if you went through epsom

^^tom that's a damn good average speed for a century!

i went on a little bonus impromptu ride with Gaz1979 and his mate Luke after today's Vuelta stage. i'd just met them in LMNH and all my friends were going home whereas these two were going for a spin up to Highgate and around hampstead heath. Yay for talking to strangers!

meet strangers in cafe, go for a ride on the heath. hmm. sounds legit...

haha. i don't remember what happened after one of them asked me "does this hankerchief smell strange to you?"

Saturday:
Race at Hillingdon. Enjoyed racing the E123 rather than the 3/4. Usual over aggresive, go with anything that looks half serious, tactical error that I always make. Big smile on face though.

Sunday:
Ride at pace to Welwyn Garden City. 40km in 1h2m. Attempt the TNRC route with workmates. Garmin fail. Get lost at Hitchin. Crash on gravel patch. Road rash. Broken SRAM lever. Lost wallet. Wish I'd stayed in bed.

^ Shitter. Your Sunday still beats a trip to Ikea. :)

Or 3 loads of laundry and a benny with 'er indoors.

What did you do now?

Ah it was nothing major. I think it went something like:
I was sitting at the dinner table with my wife the other day and I meant to say, 'Could you pass the salt please,' but instead I said, 'Bitch you ruined my life!" .

(trytheveal)
(itwasnothingseriousaminorbustupaboutlaundryandting)

Red sock in a white load. Classic.

i baked loads of cake and drank loads of ale...lame

"Cat 6 commuters" haha

Saturday solo Richmond - Box Hill loop (aka the MAMIL Classic) to see if I still remember how to ride a bike after six weeks mostly off for various reasons. Nice day for it but will need a lot more miles than that before big ride on 25 Sep.

In lieu of yet another map, cornbread I made yesterday:

KCA 12hr. 256 miles. It was wet and windy. I hurt myself.

Love,
hippy

Four miles on the Dollis Valley cycle path between Totteridge and High Barnet with my eight year old boys. Two of us got side swiped by suicide canines - I managed to stay upright while my rear wheel was bashed into by a dog oblivious to my shouted warning. Moments later, one of sons was unseated by a distracted doggie. His rear mech got bent. He was unhurt, but shook up and was overwary of animals on the return leg.

Hooked up with a different group this week, much much better. Decent sized group (20-25), decent spread of ages, but again pretty quick, apparently because they do a fast and a normal ride, the fast bunch decided to go with the slow bunch, but occasionally went for 5mile sprints leaving us mortals behind.
But everything else was spot on, good chat, decent pace, decent route, people wait for each other, decent cafe etiquette and good people. How a social road ride should be no? :)

KCA 12hr. 256 miles.

:O

Did the Skyride in london to get my friends into cycling...errr not really a challenge, unless the challenge was to avoid other cyclist then yes! HA!

Rolla on the rock.

Good to read the variety of rides here, I ran a relay race saturday, we won and I came second in 'mountain' stage
http://web.mac.com/richardsonjx/DorsetCoastPathRelay/Home.html
and did a bit of this sunday;-

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/674123

6hrs 44 mins. I'm pooped.

The climbs were not as bad as I thought they were going to be (still tough though).

Headwind all the way down the west coast and a nice 19% climb at 78 miles.

Great day out.

I added five miles on at the end just to take me over the 100.

#trainingtrainingtraining

Peter Kennaugh was first.
http://www.manxtimingsolutions.com/Results/2011/20110904_Lighthouses/full.html

I can't find Nancy in the results--what happened?

haha. i don't remember what happened after one of them asked me "does this hankerchief smell strange to you?"

Did you just hanker for a chief?

I can't find Nancy in the results--what happened?

She loves her dad, and doesn't like to show him up.

She loves her dad, and doesn't like to show him up.

Ah, and I thought it was because she was more of a weekday rider.