Cranked Up Really High

Jon

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos There’s hills between the flat bits around here.

CharlieG

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos Fixie?

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

CharlieG Yes mate. Challenging sometimes but great to ride in the right situation

CharlieG

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos
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Foxy_Dread

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos I rode my geared bike as a fixie, 26 miles a day about four days a week for about 8 months. My thighs were biggest they'd ever been.

All undone when bike went in for a repair, should have been a couple of days ended up being three weeks. The spell was broken and I hardly rode it that winter. Then got hit with an illness. Wasted, literally.

Jon

First ride. Just over an hour. Lot of fun. Have to remember that, unlike my road bike, the front brake lever is not on right hand side.

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

Used to have a Scott road bike with the front brake on the left. Confusing indeed

Jon

Five minutes from ours. Never knew it was there.

There are tire tracks suggesting multiple people have done the jump in the last photo. Blimey.

CharlieG

Jon

Jon There are tire tracks suggesting multiple people have done the jump in the last photo. Blimey.

Did you?

Jon

CharlieG Joking aren’t you?

Sent that photo to my sister got this reply.

CharlieG

Managed the 15 miler from home and around Derwentwater. Slow but felt good.

Jon

CharlieG Be a shame to ride around scenery like that at speed.

Placid

Anyone cycled the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Doing it in 4 weeks. Best get practicing.

http://www.towpathtreks.co.uk/llc/canal_map.html

Anchor

Placid The canal pubs map looks good.

Under-the-ground

Placid done some of the Liverpool bit but carried on to Manchester via the ship canal. Was great

Odd_Job

Placid yes I have. Difficulty comes in how many days you choose to complete it over. We did it across 3 days so that’s ~ 2 x 50 mile days and 1 x 30 odd. Biggest challenge as you say is saddle sore and for us the first hour of feeling shite after a rake of ale the night before

Jon

Placid Did you do this?

Under-the-ground

Straight out on the bike after work. What a lovely evening

Placid

Been practicing over last week, did Bramley to Silsden and back. 36 miles was not that difficult. Getting time in the saddle and miles in the legs.

Hardest thing is saddle pain.

Got train out to Burnley with intention to cycle back to Leeds on Thursday. Wind was a bastard easterly, cycled into it all day. Brought averag speed well down. Was knackering.

Got to Skipton and had to catch train back as I was fucked..

Canal from Barnoldswick to Gargrave is hard going

Anchor

Giro started today. Thank fuck.

Anchor

If you get the chance have a look at the highlights from yesterdays Giro, stage 6.

Absolutely nuts.

Remco gets taken out by a dog, Roglic crashes at 7K to go. Remco crashes again at 2.8k to go then Cav gets taken out on the line and literally slides into 4th place.

Another sprint stage today. All in for Cav.

Anchor

Anchor Cav crashed again. Was well out of it. He needs to step off now.

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