Ride 27/08/2016

Well after a month of no cycling due to commitments and shite weather I finally got my finger out and went cycling today. It’s a dry, reasonably sunny day with little wind but still only above freezing, so lots of layers on. Managed to knock out 50 miles which was probably overdoing it as I was starting to cramp up in the last 5 miles but all the hills were packed towards the latter part of the ride so that didn’t help. Anyway slowed right down and took a slow flat route home for the last few miles, but pleased with the end result. On a side note RIP my garmin it finally gave up the ghost when I got home, had a hell of a job trying to get the data off it, the USB port is fubar, so time for new one

Source: Ride 23/01/2016

Well what a difference a week makes, I was freezing my arse off last week but today it was a pleasant mild day. Stuck mostly to the country lanes with some 25% hill climbs, thankfully they were small hills

Source: Ride 16/01/2016

OMG it’s cold! nearly 2 hours at -3°C does not make a fun ride. Frozen toes and fingers

Ride 21/11/2015

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr it’s cold, the temp barely got above freezing point and the roads were icy to boot. Snow on the higher grounds but i kept to the clear roads, well at least all but one road, where I tried to ride through a foot of water and ended up with cold wet feet thankfully I wasn’t too far from home.

Ride 14/11/2015

Another wet and windy morning, although raining not as bad as last week so I didn’t get quite so wet. A short stint around the area mostly on quiet country roads with a quick visit into the Pineapple which I hadn’t been to before. I keep passing the sign that says Pineapple but never bothered to find out what it was. Well its a pineapple shaped building

Ride 07/11/2015

Well after not riding for 3 weeks I thought I should get my finger out and do some. So its a 35 miles in pissing it down rain on my mountain bike.

Ride 10/10/2015

Quick sprint around the Forth before dinner.

Ride 15/08/2015

So it’s a nice sunny day today but still windy, but rather than ride into the wind on the way home I rode into it on my outbound leg and then had it pushing me home so it’s a better ride than last week

Ride 08/08/2015

So the weather forecast for Saturday isn’t too bad, sunny with cloud later on, warm and WINDY!!! now not really windy, about 12 mph but enough to make me a very sore man :-(. Anyhow I though I would ride to St Andrews today, haven’t done that in a year so it was about due up. It took me 2 hours 45 min to ride the 55 miles to St Andrews but over 4 fucking hours to ride the 60 miles back home. Head winds are just so evil they kill all my energy reserves and make the ride home a tough one, I even ran out of water 15 miles from home which I’ve never done before, anyway 113 miles clocked and now I’m shattered.

Ride 01/08/2015

Another wet and wind day

Ride 25/07/2015

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

Stupidly windy day!!