Today's Bike Ride

Brighton Big Dog MTB race, 6 hours solo. Absolutely awesome race! Great technical course, very slippy on the chalk. Loads of singletrack and rooty stuff. Loved it! Got better as the race progressed, every lap getting faster, my last one being the fastest, as I was getting better at it :)

I just LOVE that new bike. I won it some very posh carbon handlebars as well, which is great, as I went for cheap ones as that was where I could save some money :) The cheap ones can go on the old Kona.

I am now also the proud owner of a plethora of Lezyne goodies, bottle cages, pumps in all flavours! Very very awesome prize pot. First time I won cash for a race too! And I didn't forget to take my coat off when I was called to the podium, so the team jersey was visible :) Getting there ;)

great club ride Saturday
started off in a tropical deluge at 9.30am - some of the heaviest rain I've cycled in
About 80km round north-west Kent / south London - with a real tear-up over the last 15km, averaged about 40kph for that last bit.

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Originally Posted by geronimo

29 miles and 1400' climbing round the Dales today in 1.36. knocked 6 mins off my previous best.
shap and back time trial at the end of the month so thought I better get some bike training in

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good going that geronimo - nigh-on 20mph average over some big bumps

up supporting family at borrowdale - grandparent babysitting meant got to go on first ride with the bloke since baby - race field - honister-newlands-whinlatter-honister in time to do some support- only about 30 miles - not done those climbs before - was really god - honister was a bit of a brutal warm up!

week before had really good club ride round peak before men's road race (nearly came to grief on a sandy corner - eek!)

well done on your race hann!

yeah should have said well done to H too!

And good riding the lot of you! Great pace and climbing...

Ratfink, Honister is a brute!!! Did you mange to ride up it without putting a foot down? I am finding it almost as hard as Hardknott...

Good three peaks training!

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Originally Posted by Hanneke

And good riding the lot of you! Great pace and climbing...

Ratfink, Honister is a brute!!! Did you mange to ride up it without putting a foot down? I am finding it almost as hard as Hardknott...

Good three peaks training!

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Hanneke
get your road bike up to Kendal and do Shap and back at the end of August. Kent Valley RC. 28 miles and 1500' awesome TT.

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Originally Posted by Hanneke

And good riding the lot of you! Great pace and climbing...

Ratfink, Honister is a brute!!! Did you mange to ride up it without putting a foot down? I am finding it almost as hard as Hardknott...

Good three peaks training!

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Managed all climbs no dabs! Honister coming back def harder. Got a compact though. Not tried hardknot - yet!

Wow, that is great going Ratfink :)

When is this Shap TT geronimo? I have a picture to deliver to Penrith so I could just manage to convince the colleague to give me some more time off... But I do have a 12 hr MTB race at the end of the month...

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Originally Posted by ratfink

Managed all climbs no dabs! Honister coming back def harder. Got a compact though. Not tried hardknot - yet!

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Very pleased with big day of training on Saturday... did X2 laps of the Helvellyn Tri bike loop on the TT bike with a bit added on to get to and from the loop. This added up to 133 km with 1879m of climbing including twice up Kirkstone via The Struggle... averaged 31kph which, for rough Lakes roads and a fair bit of climbing, I was really pleased with... threw in a run up and down Helvellyn from Glenridding to finish off the day.