Ride 23/02/2020

Tough ride today the wind was high and I was leading the pack, although there were only 6 of us which was more than I was expecting due to the crap weather. Anyway 30 miles into a 20 mph headwind made my legs hurt but at least the last 20 miles were into a tail wind. Unfortunately one of the guys managed to blow his tyre up and take the wheel rim out at the same time can say I’ve ever seen that before so he got a lift home. Normally I would get about 6-8 rides a month but so far I’ve only got 2 the weather is a real hamper this month and that just made today’s ride all the more harder. Lets hope for better weather next weekend…

Ride 15/02/2020

First ride back after a 2 week break due to bike service and crazy weather and speaking of the weather I was surprised how calm it was out there today. I was expecting to get blown around and pissed on by the rain, in the end it only rained a little bit and the wind didn’t pick up until the last hour of the ride. I was expecting storm Dennis to be knocking me around but it looks like we managed to just miss it Anyhow I got a bit of a workout today, heart rate higher than normal bit overall I didn’t fare to bad given the extent of my break, I was again expecting to get hammered but didn’t So 44 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 15 mph I’m happy with that and since I won’t be riding tomorrow again due to crazy weather I’ll quite happily pick this up next week

Ride 25/01/2020

Dull windy day today and I’m feeling that on my legs since I spent a lot of time at the front of the group. 10 of us today and due to the wind the avg speed was a bit on the slow side and it wasn’t helped by the fact I broke my rear derailleur cable which meant I went from 22 gears to 2 gears and the toughest high gears at that Thankfully this happened at the end of the ride so I only had to ride 5 miles like that. So bikes in for a repair and service now which means no riding reports until I get me bike back

Ride 19/01/2020

Another cold day just above freezing but at least there was 3 of us on todays ride. Nothing too eventful today did the loop at my usual 15 mph for the 50 mile ride the only difference being the weather which was fogy and cloudy for most of the day with a few sunny spells here and there.

Ride 18/01/2020

Another one of those very bright sunny blue sky days but bitterly cold to start with and remained cold, around 1-2 degrees, for the rest of the ride. About 10 of us today doing the bun run, first event of the day was some bike rider getting knocked of his bike by a car on the roundabout just at Cairneyhill. Not someone I new but some of the other riders knew him, I think someone said he was a member of the club, either way he was taken to hospital, from the gossip I heard it wasn’t too bad and the rider was ok in the end. After the cafe stop I was leading the way home, we decided to skip out knockhill due to the icy conditions and go up Saline hill instead. I went up that pretty damn fast hence the 199 bpm which resulted in me keeping my 16 mph avg for this ride

Ride 12/01/2020

Nearly forgot to post this Bit of a mixed bag day weather wise, rain, wind and blinding sun light. Quite a few more turned up that I expected given the weather, there were 10 of us today. I started at the bag of the group and got covered in spray so after the cafe stop I decided to lead the way back home, still had to was my rain coat though

Ride 05/01/2020

Another cloudy mild day on the bun run, today we had 5 of us. Things were going fine after the cafe stop in Dollar until one of the guys broke 2 rear wheel spokes which of course resulted in a buckled wheel. We managed to free of the sticking brake and Robert was able to cycle back at a slower pace so today’s ride was eventful but not particularly fast.

Distance 47.46 mi | Time 3:04:43 | Speed 15.4 mph | Elevation 2,556 ft

Source: Ride 04/01/2020

First ride of the new years and it was a big group we had this morning, so much so we had to split into 2 groups. I’m guessing the “new years resolution” guys will eventually fade away until we are back to the regulars. Weather wise it was another mild day with a bit of wind around but nothing too drastic as we still managed to do an avg speed of 15 mph today.

Ride 01/01/2020

First ride of 2020 and although it was a short ride it was a bit of a sprint ride. The weather for today is a bit better than yesterday, I wasn’t freezing my arse off and with it being overcast the temps were a bit higher which allowed me to go faster. I did a small loop around Dunfermline with the intention of getting an avg power of around 200 watts which I did So 18 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 17 mph, good start for the year

Ride 31/12/2019

Another very cold stupidly bright sunny day, it barely got above freezing this morning but I wanted to get another ride before the end of the year So for 2019 I’ve clocked up 5637 miles over 105 activities and staggeringly I’ve managed to climb up 293684 feet of elevation which seems a bit mad to me. I would never have guessed at doing that amount of climbing but I suppose that’s what I get for living in a hilly country

Ride 29/12/2019

Another very mild day today, warmer than yesterday around 8-9 degrees so much so that even though I wasn’t riding particularly hard I was getting quit sweaty. 6 of us on the bun run today thankfully the usual cafe stop was open today so no detour. We actually spent quite some time in the cafe stop where I had cake and coffee for no particular reason just did. This did have the affect of making me not get home until after 14:00 so it’s a very late lunch for me. 50 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 15 mph which means this year I’ve clocked up just over 5600 miles

Ride 28/12/2019

For Dec today’s temps were high in my opinion around 7-8 degrees which meant that I was quite warm on today’s ride, surprising given I was freezing on the boxing days ride :-? Anyway I was glad of this as we weren’t riding particularly fast, my overall avg speed barely made 15 mph. We also did the wrecking crews bun run route today as our usual cafe stop was closed today which made today’s ride a little bit longer than the norm