Today's Bike Ride

[anthonykay]

Thirty-four miles based on country roads - the sort where you only see tractors, cyclists and people with satnavs that are having a nervous breakdown

So what do the people do when their satnavs have a nervous breakdown?

[Graham Breeze]

So what do the people do when their satnavs have a nervous breakdown?

Flag down a kind cyclist with a map and/or local knowledge?

[Llani Boy]

A battle with a bitterly cold wind, courtesy of Bella, made for a challenging 35 miles and 2,200feet in 2hrs 36min. All mainly off road on the usual trails and tracks and I was surprised how dry, relatively, everywhere was considering the amount of rain that fell last night.
Heaps of people about, mainly the once or twice a year walkers who have a habit of getting in the way, and a few cyclists. Fortunately the Parsley Hay kiosk was open for a warming Latte.

Overall a good Christmas exercise wise, with a 35 mile ride Christmas Eve, 4 mile run Christmas Day, !0 mile walk with dogs yesterday and todays ride. Hopefully I can keep it up in the New Year.

[anthonykay]

About 26 miles, northwards through the Leakes and around the glorious scenery of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station and M1 Junction 24. My fingers never warmed up.

[Graham Breeze]

Covid Affect

Fell Races/ Bike Miles
2019

20/ 2000

2020

2/ 3800

I'm no mathematician but if 18 races = 1800 miles then if I only manage 1 fell race in 2021 I'll need to be pushing those pedals for 5600 miles.

[molehill]

Out on the bike at last, only had 1 ride in last 3 weeks. Went up and round the reservoir and back, about 30k. Got into the snow for couple of miles and discovered that cycling off road, uphill, through snow is damn hard work! I felt that today, but managed not to fall off.

[anthonykay]

Covid Affect

Fell Races/ Bike Miles
2019

20/ 2000

2020

2/ 3800

I'm no mathematician but if 18 races = 1800 miles then if I only manage 1 fell race in 2021 I'll need to be pushing those pedals for 5600 miles.

18 races = 1800 suggests to me 1 race = 100 miles, so if you want the equivalent of 20 races plus 2000 miles, that suggests 1 race plus 3900 miles. But then, as you say, you're no mathematician.

[Travs]

18 races = 1800 suggests to me 1 race = 100 miles, so if you want the equivalent of 20 races plus 2000 miles, that suggests 1 race plus 3900 miles. But then, as you say, you're no mathematician.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI

[mr brightside]

Merci et très interesant!

I did wonder why you were taking a short cut up the inner ring road from a proper circuit of the Leeds outer ring road...but I accept this is not a complete ring (although there are plans!) so chapeau!

Yeah, it's a horseshoe officially. The ring road bus tootles along the b-roads of Belle Isle to make the link, but i think the inner ring road is more worthy- being a proper dual carriageway.

[Graham Breeze]

Yeah, it's a horseshoe officially. The ring road bus tootles along the b-roads of Belle Isle to make the link, but i think the inner ring road is more worthy- being a proper dual carriageway.

Yep. Sometimes I feel the reverse in fell races - I'm not clambering up that character-building, rocky, craggy, dangerous, high mountain when I could be pootling along this nice green valley by a lovely, cooling, plashing stream.