Another wet and wind day
Ride 01/08/2015
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Author Archives: Paul.Lund
Ride 25/07/2015 Edinburgh & Stirling
Well it was an eventful day, 5 miles out I sheared off my inner tube valve as I was trying to pump the tyre up. Noticed I was running on bold tyres, but decided to risk it as the bike is in for it’s service in 10 days time. 65 miles out I was riding in a monsoon my wet gear didn’t stand a chance but I was only 10 miles from home so just kept riding, I was a drount rat by the time I got home, where did the summer go???
Ride 18/07/2015 Cumbernauld Loop
Stupidly windy day!!
Ride 11/07/2015 Strathallan loop
Took a ride up to Strathallan park to see T in the Park, place was mobbed as usual and I couldn’t see very much as it’s all hidden behind trees are barriers. A little windy and cloudy today and a lot of hill climbing but it was a short ride so no big deal
Ride 05/07/2015 Forth Loop
Quick ride around the forth this morning before the storms hit this afternoon. Got stung twice for my efforts >:-( one of these being right between my eyes Hope the cunty insect died on impact.
Ride 04/07/2015 Evans cycles
Well after this mornings thunder storms I didn’t get out to ride until after 14:00 so decided to ride to Glasgow to evans cycles and book my bike in for it’s service before I do the LEJOG. Caught the train home as it was close to dinner time and I wouldn’t get home until after 18:00 if I cycled it.
Ride 27/06/2015 Faslane Loop
Well after 108 miles of cycling I don’t feel too bad, tired, slightly sore neck but all in all better than I was expecting for such a long ride. Anyway decided to ride to Garelochhead which is just past Faslane Naval base, hadn’t been this far west before and I wanted to ride against the prevailing wind and then have it pushing me home again. Not too bad a ride, not too hilly and not too flat, especially as I was cycling over towards Loch Lomond which required me to cycle over some big hill. Weather was ok, cloudy but warm and that westerly wind, but my stupid garmin dropped my sensors again >:-( and I didn’t see this as I was following the map. Giving some serious thoughts on replacing it.
Ride 20/06/2015 Pentlands
Well shite cycling day, not because of the weather, that was ok, but because 10 miles out first puncture, I had spare inner tube. 33 miles out second puncture! now I’m really pissed off cause I now have to waste time fixing 2 inner tubes in the middle of nowhere. 2 hours of fucking stoppages not a happy bunny so screw it I cut the ride short in Edinburgh and caught the train home. Oh forgot to say I was intending to ride to Rosslyn Chapel and back home again, and I did make it to Rosslyn just didn’t have the time or motivation to ride back home again.
Ride 14/06/2015 Edinburgh
Well it started out dull, cold and wet and pretty much stayed that way until well after lunch, so I didn’t go far just to Edinburgh and back. Seems we had all the good weather in the week and all the crap weather at the weekend which is typical as I miss it all for riding in
Ride 07/06/2015 Crieff Loop pt2
Second part of the ride
Ride 07/06/2015 Crieff Loop pt1
I have no idea WTF my Garmin was doing here but it went into melt down and ruined the ride data. I had to reset it to get it back up and running again in Crieff but I did get most of the the data. >:-( Anyway I did my Crieff loop which is quite hilly, over the Ochils twice, and on a windy day like today made all the harder. So the totals should have been distance 75 miles, time 5:19:55, avg 14.05 mph, just shows how windy it was my averages went to pot and elevation gain 4603 feet. The ride had to be split into 2 activities thanks to the Garmin screw up but you get the idea.
Ride 30/05/2015 Erskine Bridge
Another not too bad weekend, some sunshine, cloud and 12-15 mph wind. Decided to go a route that would take me over the Erskine bridge, hadn’t been on this bridge and I was curious. It’s a long ride and I would be riding against the wind for the most of it until I swung round and hit Paisley then the wind would be behind me I’m not a fan of riding in big cities but Paisley was quite nice until I hit Glasgow and the traffic Anyway 95 miles knocked out and I’m not too tired.