Wow! I do quite like the orange one.Originally Posted by Llani Boy
If I knew how to post one I would. However Mike, if you google Ridley Kanzo Fast Purple and Orange lots of photographs will appear.Just make sure you are wearing your sunnies!
But I no longer ride a bike ...
With my calf not right I decided to go out on the road bike yesterday. Over to Buxton and then down Long Hill to Whaley Bridge. On the way down there is a sharp hairpin bend near White Hall Outdoor Centre and as I was going around it a prat in a Ford Fiesta tried to overtake me on the outside. All the way around he was just on my shoulder as I was going too fast for him to pass me. By the time the road straightened up there was a car coming uphill towards us which fortunately braked and allow the boy racer to cut me up!
Into Whaley Bridge and on to Chapel en le Frith and the long drag up to Mam Nick, the last stretch running parallel to Lords Seat. I was hoping to get a latte from the Coffee Man who is always there but today he was not. A chalkboard told disappointed customers that he was attending a wedding. I assume that he had a starring role at the wedding to miss out on a sunny Saturdays takings at his spot, which is a gold mine from all the selfie takers that huff and puff their way up Mam Tor!
As I crested Mam Nick I was overtaken by 3 motorbikes but by the first sharp left hander I had caught them up as they couldn't corner as fast as me and they held me up all the way into the Edale Valley. I was tempted to re overtake them but had visions of it ending in tears, so resisted.
A quick latte and delicious date and walnut slice in the Pepper Pot Cafe near Edale Railway Station and then on to Hope and Hathersage where traffic was being held up by a convoy of at least 15 Steam Traction Engines of all sizes. There was also a Derbyshire Fire Engine with them, just in case!
From Leadmill Bridge up the lovely climb to Abney and on past the Gliding Club to Bretton where it was snided with folk enjoying the beer and the views. Down to Eyam and then Foolow and Great Hucklow. Across the A623 at The Anchor crossroads and over to Litton, Wardlow Mires before over the Scratter to Monsal Head. Through Little and Great Longstone's before Ashford in the Water, Bakewell and up the hill home.
A lovely ride out and apart from the two overtaking incidents and a couple of pothole skirmishes not a great deal to report other than it was hot!
A more than planned 65 miles, 5,800 feet in 4hr 35mins
Last edited by Llani Boy; 23-06-2024 at 08:01 PM.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Bet Mr B was pissed off today. Hard to get to the beer and pudding shop with the Ilkley Half Marathon going on. He may have had to go round via Blubberhouses.
I got conned into running this by my son and the youth had the cheek to beat me by 15 minutes. I'm using having covid in the last 2 weeks as my excuse.
Ha, no I went for the hilliest run possible in horsforth, river aire to the billing- a steady meander with no proper hills to speak of. The Ilkley half is a huge obstruction to everyone not running it.
60m today, 60 hot miles. The day trippers field at burnsall was like some sort of legionnaires winter camp, smoke rising from every corner and the occupants eating badly cooked meat.
A man died in the river at Burnsall yesterday.
Cav has been given a lifetime achievement award.
Meanwhile in the real world bike rides up to the craven arms have been windy. Yesterday I was cycling past ilkleys new stilted posh garden centre, the one where you'll see audi Q7s going in and out all day long, facing a rather strong wind. Usually I ride this flat road seated on a 50/20 at around 18mph, yesterday I was dancing on the pedals in 4th gear with 6mph showing on the speedo. So that's a 36/26 on a flat road, a ratio I normally use to go up Otley chevin.
Oh yes, Cav has a lifetime achievement award now.
Reminds me of the first time I ever cycled in Scotland. I had just crossed the border, and had to get off and walk on a flat section of the B6396 approaching Kelso, because the headwind was too strong for me to carry on pedalling. But this was on a bike with a 3-speed Sturmey-Archer hub (lowest gear about 49 inches).
Incidentally, the Dutch headwind cycling championships were held during Storm Darragh.
In his lifetime he suffered from unreality, as do so many Englishmen.
Jorge Luis Borges
My legs are suffering from no exercise, yesterday's ride up to the craven arms was a bit of a lethargic affair. When i'm running i can do these rides 2wks apart no problem, but with no running in between...
The view from the craven arms was very picture postcard, we need some rain to wash the roads clear though, massive amounts of traffic film.
Luke Appleyard (Wharfedale)- quick on the dissent
The gears have quit on the Dolan. Too much salt and sludge getting into it. I was hoping it might hold out until they stop gritting the roads, but alas, a full strip and clean is now needed.
Luke Appleyard (Wharfedale)- quick on the dissent
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