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project SnowHack lives...

35psi up front 45psi back... got some knobbier 26 inch downhill tires in case traction is still an issue for the rear tire

Took full advantage of the tailwind this morning and did 65miles to Colchester. It's quite satisfying hitting 33mph on the flats!

Just about to do the TV CC 25 (an hour boring myself to death on a turbo in front of the telly).

Bit windy out there.

Very nice.

Windy 40 miler this morning. Headwind all the way round made for very hard work at the front. About 15 miles from home we hit the tailwind. Lovely 33mph on the flats indeed.

Train out to Manningtree in the early a.m. then up along the NCN cycle route via Great Yarmouth and staying overnight in YHA in Sheringham. Next day out through Wells-next-the-Sea at least until Heacham and then back East to Manningtree or until I get tired and bail at a station that will take me to Manningtree.

You're welcome to come along if you fancy it! I still need to sort the hostel tho.

I did something very similar a couple of weeks ago. Train to Ipswich on Sat morning and along the coast.

This route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3882697

On the Sunday we rode inland to Diss to get the train back. Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3882745

It was a lovely weekend. The bloke staffing the youth hostel on Sat evening was a miserable fucker. The Sunday morning bloke was lovely.

This might be too late if you are riding this weekend, but take plenty of tubes / patches / tyre boot. We found that the roads were OK, but that a lot of flints had been washed off the fields and onto the roads. Between two of us we were unlucky enough to slash two tyres and get four punctures. We restocked on tubes at Halfords in Cromer on Sunday morning.

Nice putz into Essex today although the wind was a bastard on the way back in.
https://www.strava.com/activities/112190456

Very windy ride up onto the Downs, down Titsey Hill (felt as though I was going to loose my fillings it's that bumpy now), round Hever Castle and back home via the behemoth that is Toys Hill. Nice ride. Home now re hydrating with beer.

Here's the ride with GPS file and Strava.

http://www.strava.com/activities/112215707

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/3873116

^ Kudos on that.

TTM and I were on very similar (if not the same) roads to you this morning until my spoke went and a degree of wheel-buckleage that was irremediable on the road meant an early train home from Oxted. The way out into the lanes into that wind was a total killer!

http://www.strava.com/activities/112221988#comments

Rolled around local area playing mcr bike tag, visit to coffeefix then onto check out a new bmx track that is finished but not opening until April.

Was fun.

Anyone else get trapped by the Thames breaking it's banks today?

First 30 miles or so of my ride was, in retrospect, the enjoyable bit I'd though my return east would be (with a good wind behind me. But no.

The last 40 was hell because I'd had no choice but to go through water about 40cm deep, 3 or 4 times, while still being whipped by the wind.

http://www.strava.com/activities/112194533

Good fun reaching nearly 70kph on the descent in to Windsor though, and really happy I managed 27.3 average despite being up to my shins in muddy water. Definitely going to take a few days off the bike now.

(usual easy route back to Staines - not deep but the water was pouring across the road as the tide rose)

The Thames have been slowly rising for the last couple of months, quite a lots of flooding on my commute in Surrey.

Hopefully won't be forced to make a detour.

You should've turned into Hampton Court Road from Hampton Court instead of going over the bridge, that route (to Lower Sunbury Road - Fordbridge Rd - Russell Rd etc.) as it's much nicer than going through the reservoir on the south side passing Walton.

Plus, should've said hello when you went through Walton-on-Thames.

It's a much nicer route to take but the road surface is dreadful for a good 2/2.5 miles along there. I think I was just undone by being too comfortable with my surroundings.
It just didn't occur to me that there would be any problems.

I feel like I've got a monster hangover at the moment, trained it in to Waterloo and did a huge shop of recovery foods, chicken, salads and pasta pots but I don't think it's going to be enough to stop me having to go home early today. I feel fcuked.

(usual easy route back to Staines - not deep but the water was pouring across the road as the tide rose)

You've clearly never ridden across Runnymede on my mate Howard's wheel in a crosswind. That's a long way from easy. :-)

Well that was incredible and I could not recommend that route more. Gorgeous sunshine, a little shower and some hail, a double rainbow, TAILWIND and although I guess some of the roads could be bad all I saw was like France/Belgium level quality of roads. Incredible. Proud of my average speed though it was surely just the tailwind but regardless I felt like a domestique for 95 miles (I bonked in the last 15 miles :( Thanks Scoble for the tip about Reedhams ferry btw, great to take that route and very glad I had the £1 to hand. And extra bonus free train-reading on the way out to Manningtree:

And if your into this sort of thing: http://www.strava.com/activities/112190403 (and my first KOM!)

Anyone else get trapped by the Thames breaking it's banks today?

The Thames have been slowly rising for the last couple of months, quite a lots of flooding on my commute in Surrey.

Does anyone have, or know of, a map showing where there is currently flooding? I'm planning to go to Windsor next weekend and would rather not take a snorkel.

Next week the flooding will have subsided and the roads will be a beach.

Followed the tracks of a fatbike up a snowy mountain today. I was on my CX bike...

Daimonjiyama via Hieidara - 10th February 2014 - YouTube

It's a much nicer route to take but the road surface is dreadful for a good 2/2.5 miles along there.

Y'know, I actually have not notice this one bit.

You need fat tyres than those skinny 25mm you're riding on.

Y'know, I actually have not notice this one bit.

You need fat tyres than those skinny 23mm you're riding on.

ftfy.

Might try to 25's or 28's on my new build. Reckon they'd fit between Columbus tusks?

23mm! no wonder!

28mm definitely fit, but even 25mm is a big jump from 23mm, it will fit.

Does anyone have, or know of, a map showing where there is currently flooding? I'm planning to go to Windsor next weekend and would rather not take a snorkel.

As of today;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26111598

You're lucky Rowhan, as it's worse today.

Here is one for the Severn and Avon.

So pretty! http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/142151.aspx