Oh, recovery drink............that will be the Magners! ;)
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Oh, recovery drink............that will be the Magners! ;)
Ady...........52 mph? :eek: was that going uphill? :D Did you do a hilly route yesterday? I need to find that cafe again although after drinking the tea I found it made me more thirsty and drank nearly all of that 500ml on the way home....
Daz I tend to use gels on the bike run where there's no cafe stop scheduled in, think once when I first started I had to find a corner shop and fast and down a can of coke and a marz bar.
I used the power bar ones though but only as they were the ones handed out at the Ironman (when they bloody had any :mad:) anyway used those so the guts would be used to them they're ok but to be honest a nice cheese butty would go down well!
I think one of the problems is i hate having a cafe stop, I just like to keep going
Gels i dont get on with but coca cola i do. Those lucozade bars are good.
The woman in the papershop at brailsford must have thought god are you mad as i staggered in and grabbed stuff.
My rides are always very hilly, climbing mostly in the peak and not a lot of flat so i should carry more food really.
52mph is about right emm. I manage that coming down into Fenny Bentley most time.
Ady when your descending do you have your hands on the drops or top of the bars.
i always feel better with my hands on the top , arse in air and nose just about touching the bars. There is no better feeling:), but always thinking shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit i hope these carbon bars hold:eek:
Em - social ride from Whalley at 9:40 in the morning if you fancy it, usually 8 or so out, prob only 15.5 mph average.
Daz - I always like to cover my brakes on a fast descent so am on the drops. Once recorded 60 on the Cateye dropping into Bishopdale from the Cray side early one Sunday morning a few years back.
It's here Em - The Priory at Scorton! (bloody prices keep creeping up though :mad:)
bugger......not been able to get on here it kept braking but since discovered a new way in! :rolleyes:
I did 25 miles last night in waht seemed a head wind the whole way round...:mad: good ride though, got off with jelly legs so did the trick :D
collected my shiny new winter hack today :D
Daz....fastest I've managed so far is 45mph....that was in the rain though!
This thread seems to have been taken over by 'proper bike riders' :eek:. As opposed to the likes of Wheeze and me :o
I've re-measured my daily bike ride - it's 2.1 miles each way..... Don't knock it, it's my entire training regime!