Ride 12/10/2014 by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
So whilst down in Birmingham visiting my sister I did a little cycling basically a straight shot north and back again. Nice little ride once you get out of Birmingham and up to Cannock Chase where you get into the country side and up into he trails. Loads of mountain bikes up there so I stopped for some lunch before I headed back.
Ride 08/10/2014 by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Bit of a cold start to this morning but there was less wind and it was still sunny. Less of a hilly ride than yesterdays ride but still a few hills to climb and going an easterly route this time. Still a good ride clocking up 48 miles in under 3 hours.
Ride 07/10/2014 Tak Ma Doon loop by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Although its a sunny day it’s bloody cold and windy, so it’s just as well I was riding a hilly ride. Hills from the get go up to Shieldhill then along to Airdrie, with a head wind in ma face all the way and down to Cumbernauld and Kilsyth. It’s at this point I hit Tak Ma Doon hill, thankfully at this point the wind is behind me so It’s not such a big deal to get up it. Then it’s a wonderful 15 miles downhill ride back to Falkirk
Ride 05/10/2014 Knockhill by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Starting to feel the cold now so it’s on with the cycling trousers and base layers and a quick ride to knockhill racing circuit and back. With a brisk northerly wind but no rain it turned out to be an pretty good ride, 50 miles clocked up in 3 hours
Ride 27/09/2014 by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Quick sprint around the forth after getting my road bike back from it’s service.
Ride 21/09/2014 Gleneagles by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Another glorious sunny day in Scotland (miracle) and with my road bike in for it’s service I was left with my mountain bike, so wasn’t going to go great distances. I decided to take a ride up to Gleaneagles and the Ryder cup to see what I could see and even though it doesn’t start until next Friday it was very busy up there. Even though I had got there by going via Glendevon I planned to return via Sheriffmuir but unfortunately my curiosity got the better of me. On the road to Sheriffmuir there is a dirt track that I keep passing and not knowing where it goes, so this time I would chance my luck and ride it to see where it went which subsequently lead me to riding off road up over the Ochils, around Dumyat (big hill I sometime mountain bike up) and down to Menstrie. I’ve never know about that route and have never seen it on the maps, and haven’t even noticed it on the OS maps I have, but it does show up on it if you care to look properly Anyway it was a nice off road ride for about 3 miles with the rest back on road all the way home. 56 miles clocked up and a nice day for it
Ride 13/09/2014 by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Well it turned out to be a really nice day for cycling so decided to ride into Edinburgh and follow router 76. What I hadn’t taken into account was route 76 is an off road track around Dalmeny park, suffice to say I was riding really slow praying to god not to get an puncher on my road bike. Excellent ride for my mountain bike but a bad idea for my road bike. Suffice to say I made it around unscathed and headed to Cramond beach where I had my lunch before heading on to the Royal Yacht Britannia. I then turned round and headed back out of Edinburgh and onto Broxburn and up to Bathgate. I went back home via Avonbridge to bump the mileage up and up and over some hills onto Shieldhill, I certainly felt these damn hills on my legs but carried on around my 15 mile Falkirk loop back to home, 78 miles clocked up
Ride 07/09/2014 Comrie by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
So decided to ride to Comrie today as there was a westerly wind, so if I did a straight north south ride things would be ok. I didn’t quite take into account the hills involved in this especially the hill up to Sheriffmuir, which is bloody steep on the mountain bike but just a cunt on the road bike. Suffice to say I couldn’t get up it in a oner (like I can on the mountain bike), I had to stop cos my lungs died, strange feeling when you just can’t breath fast enough. Legs were willing, heart rate was over 200 but manageable, but me lungs gave up the get go. Anyway after a short rest stop I pushed on, up and over the Ochils. The hill by Langside was actually a nice hill to ride over, you parallel the river Knaik. It’s a steady climb that plateaus at the top so you are riding flat for a few miles before you descend into Comrie. It’s like riding in the highlands all you see are hills, took some pics but it was a bit dull by this point in time. Decided to skip out riding back over the Ochils on the return journey and returned via Dunblane and Stirling. Its a nice 70 mile ride, bar the beginning
Ride 30/08/2014 Callander Loop by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
After last weeks mammoth ride I wasn’t looking to go crazy today so decided to do a loop up to the Trossachs around Aberfoyle and Callander. Unfortunately there was a 15 mph headwind all the way to to Aberfoyle that hurts! Of course I then had to climb up Dukes Pass which is a 10% hill climb, thank god it’s not a big hill. So after getting over this I’m knackered and thank god I have the wind behind me all the way home otherwise I don’t think I would have make it without doing some damage to myself. On the way home I stopped off at the Sir David Stirling Memorial near Doune, I’ve passed here before but never took any photos. Some light rain for the rest of the ride but nothing too heavy A slower ride but again it doesn’t help with stupid head winds, “Winter is coming”
Ride 24/08/2014 Falkirk, Dundee & Perth by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Home and thank fuck! I am absolutely shattered, I don’t think I will break this one as I have no motivation to do so after today. Pushed myself to the limits as I stupidly shot out of the starting blocks way too fast and got to Dundee in 3 hours. You don’t realise that it’s not just the physical toll that takes affect, as I was riding the A91 back to Blaringone I found my mind doing strange things like staring at my front wheel rather than looking where I am going, trippy man! and potential dangerous, that’s a new one to me o.0 anyway I not only broke my own record but I did it a pretty fast time, roll on next week and back to normality
Ride 09/08/2014 by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Well it does pay to have decent tyres on your bike and my Continental’s did them selves proud. 106 miles clocked up and not a single puncture even over some rough stuff. A pretty good weather day with only a few spots of rain so did my full Ochils loop and then tagged on a few more miles just to break the century. Although the 15 mph head wind back to Falkirk didn’t help, slowed me right down, so I’m quite tired now but all in all a good cycling day.
Ride 02/08/2014 by Paul_Lund at Garmin Connect – Details.
Absolutely pissing it down not to mention not starting the garmin at the beginning of the ride. Why is it sunny through the week and raining at the weekend…