hanneke you have fame ! you were mentioned in my local paper the leamington courier for a 50m tt . local girl nadine mayhew won it . ( at least i think it was you ?)
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hanneke you have fame ! you were mentioned in my local paper the leamington courier for a 50m tt . local girl nadine mayhew won it . ( at least i think it was you ?)
nice one han
72miles at a steady 12mph (5-6000 feet of climb), foolishly sunburnt arms and a slightly sore bum.
20 miles and 1000' for me. New route that I think I'll be doing again.
tis true Ady you get to know them dont you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
I tend to take them very quickly AL. Dont really ever have a problem
Yep Lilactime, that was me... Nadine had a cracking ride and is now Welsh Champion... Did another 50 miler today and pb-ed by just over 5 minutes :) admittedly, and easier course, but same elevation...Quote:
Originally Posted by lilactime
well done youQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
Thanks Daz, getting there slowly :)
Well, Saturday's ride...
Had a cracking day at Whinlatter with three mates. Early start got us there by 1000. Warmed up with the Blue Quercus trail and then rode the South Loop of the Red Altura trail. Quick spot of lunch and then the North Loop of the Altura followed by a "cool down" blast round Quercus again.... then back in Chinley in time for curry and football. Really good, flowing and well built trails. Lots of interesting singletrack climbing as well as some cracking descents.
getting there quickly more like!! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Hanneke
45 mile yesterday, quite enjoyable nice weather, done on my talon 2 with road tyres on
another ride home from chesterfield yesterday - giving a day total of 18miles.
Did anyone see Big Head take half the peloton down yesterday at the tour of swiss ??
no! but i saw on bike radar that the peleton staged a protest (delayed start) about it today.
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/a...-protest-26610
He is an idiot !
This is what I call bikehandling skills :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z1fS...layer_embedded
Biked to work 18 mile in 62 mins.
I think sub 60 is achievable this summer.
That is now a 2010 summer goal.
Well done Trevor
I said last year that Cavendish will make a lot of enemies within the peloton. His ethics on european cycling are odd.
But he certainly isnt an idiot by any means.
Sprinters by nature are aggresive souls. They have to be like this, but there is a limit.
His second big year isnt going to plan already and the pressure is building for him. He needs more friends in the peloton.
Lovely weather for a bike ride today. Went out toward the coast then to Scorton for lunch al fresco and then back via the Trough and lanes of the Ribble Valley. Great to be out on the bike with the sun belting down. Just short of 70 miles at 18 average.
Well done AdyQuote:
Originally Posted by Ady In Accy
Is the new bike performing as expected ?
I clocked 60miles on Tues night at about the same average. Was overtaken by the Heanor Clarion brigade but managed to stay on their tale until they turned off.
Bike is a dream Daz, performance is down to the rider though! I think the tyres play a key part whatever the bike & components. There is no way I would bank over like I did today dropping through the Trough with cheap tyres on. Pro Race or Ultremos all the way. Same on the motorbikes - you need to trust your rubber and make sure you have the correct PSI for your intentions.Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
I can but dream of 18mph average!!! Just returned after a lay off so only averaging about 14-15mph but never get better than about 16mph avg. Crap or what!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by daz h
Anyway, got my first MTB ride out tonight since my 3 month lay off. Not confident that I'll keep up with the lads (so they may get a bit cheesed off with me ;) lol) but it'll be a lovely night for it over the Yorkshire moors :D Looking forward to it in an insane sort of way!
well done Flopsy , certainly not a crap average ( very good)Quote:
Originally Posted by Flopsy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RNAYR3KPIg
Cocky Cav gets 'is comeuppance...or p'raps it should be go-downance?
What a horrific crash!:D
Good effort Flopsy, don't knock yourself there are one or two racing snakes on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flopsy
Just got back from work and averaged 14 mph but when downloaded there is 1500" of climb.
15 mins slower than going but 500" more ascent.
Racing snakes? On here? Nah, surely not? ;)
Did my first ever 4-up team time trial tonight, all womens team and it was great! Decided to keep all 4 of us together, which meant compromising on speed, but we worked like an oiled machine, communicating well, all four over the line at more or less the same time and... WON :) We seem to be Welsh women's team TT champs :) and some drinking money on top of that. Life doesnt get much better than this! Great evening on the bike in great company :)
Well, despite my lack of fitness, I actually managed to keep up with the lads last night and finished the MTB ride :D
2 hours of glorious sunshine and glorious views followed by a slap up meal. Doesn't get much better.
A happy bunny :D
nice one flops
to hanneke and team
llongyfarchion!
(i had to look that up)
Flopsy, sounds like a good one :)
Thank you ratfink, I had to look that one up too, my Welsh is very rudimentary :)
Hungry... why am I always hungry? Does anyone of you also find that cycling makes you more hungry than running?
And who is going to give my @rse a kick so I get back into running? Planning on doing 3 peaks CX again this year and it was time I started running again!
if you look at this sequence at 50 seconds I would not say it is all Cav's fault. please dont tell me we are going to spend this years tour slagging off our best sprinter for a long time as happenned on this forum last yearQuote:
Originally Posted by wharfeego
Both Cav and Hausler diverted off their line, think it is more or less 50/50 and apparently Hausler has admitted he was at fault... It is Cav's general attitude that isn't helping him :(
56miles 5000 feet out to small dale via mam nick, and back to shef via nearly wormhill, tideswell, litton, monsal head great longstone, froggat hill - average speed 12.3 mph, including waiting for cows :)
Are you doing an half ironman ?. It's just you cycled 56 miles thats all.
hiya mat - no i'm training for a 100 mile bike ride (sportive) - it's on the 4th july -eep!
You will be fine Ratfink :)
Good riding by Lance this week,looking stronger than last year for the TDF. Should be interesting. 2 weeks to go.
this thread has gone unusually quiet this week?
i will kick it off again to say I had a disappointing 10 mile TT at Levens on wednesday night with a 28.54. just could not get going against the head wind on the way out and did not seem to get much benefit from the tail wind i was expecting for the return
I did get my 30mile dales ride down to 1hr 38mins so knocked another minute off on Tuesday night. perhaps thats why my legs were dead on wednesday (and running Tebay and Settle Hills over the weekend?)
cheers han
i rode home from chesterfield on tuesday via horsley gate road climb to owler bar - but legs were still tired from sunday ride (and maybe monday swimming at which i am very poor)
accidently entered hathersage hilly (little) triathlon - think i'm going to swim breastroke though.
Maybe it's the heat Adrian? Well dusted my bike down this wednesday too, was short on time but there's nothing like having to rush back for the school run to make you pedal faster :eek:
23 miles done in 72 minutes the last 2 spent dodging school buses and traffic, pleased with 20 miles in exactly the hour - not completely lost it although couldn't have kept it up for another 20. Had the same problem here, chuffin head wind and never a tail one, plenty of cross wind though, glad I didn't have any deep rims on! Nice to be back on the bike after what's been far too long.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Man from Del Monte
I think it has been windy everywhere!
I have been working and racing too mcuh to post on here :D
Did a two day stage race last weekend and did rather well :) Then went on to do a couple of 10m TT's, on Wednesday on my own and my time was disappointing :( but had frgotten my HRM and I definitely do not work hard enough without it! Did another, this time a 2-up, on Thursday, which went a lot better, even though it was very windy again :)
Off for a nice 3 hrs or so ride now, then work. No races this weekend, as I decided not to do the 100m tt I had planned before I decided to do the track champs at the end of July.