Ride 20/06/2015

Well shite cycling day, not because of the weather, that was ok, but because 10 miles out first puncture, I had spare inner tube. 33 miles out second puncture! now I’m really pissed off cause I now have to waste time fixing 2 inner tubes in the middle of nowhere. 2 hours of fucking stoppages not a happy bunny so screw it I cut the ride short in Edinburgh and caught the train home. Oh forgot to say I was intending to ride to Rosslyn Chapel and back home again, and I did make it to Rosslyn just didn’t have the time or motivation to ride back home again.

Ride 14/06/2015

Well it started out dull, cold and wet and pretty much stayed that way until well after lunch, so I didn’t go far just to Edinburgh and back. Seems we had all the good weather in the week and all the crap weather at the weekend which is typical as I miss it all for riding in

Ride 07/06/2015 Crieff Loop

Second part of the ride

Ride 07/06/2015

I have no idea WTF my Garmin was doing here but it went into melt down and ruined the ride data. I had to reset it to get it back up and running again in Crieff but I did get most of the the data. >:-( Anyway I did my Crieff loop which is quite hilly, over the Ochils twice, and on a windy day like today made all the harder. So the totals should have been distance 75 miles, time 5:19:55, avg 14.05 mph, just shows how windy it was my averages went to pot and elevation gain 4603 feet. The ride had to be split into 2 activities thanks to the Garmin screw up but you get the idea.

Ride 30/05/2015

Another not too bad weekend, some sunshine, cloud and 12-15 mph wind. Decided to go a route that would take me over the Erskine bridge, hadn’t been on this bridge and I was curious. It’s a long ride and I would be riding against the wind for the most of it until I swung round and hit Paisley then the wind would be behind me I’m not a fan of riding in big cities but Paisley was quite nice until I hit Glasgow and the traffic Anyway 95 miles knocked out and I’m not too tired.

Ride 23/05/2015

Well it’s a nice sunny day so I decided to to my Ochils Full Loop which normally is around 82 miles but I wanted to ride 100 miles today so I continued on until I hit may mark. Not too windy but because I’m doing a loop I would hit one direction and have it behind me another and then hit it again to bump up my mileage. All in all a good days ride and even after a 100 miles i’m tired but not FUBAR which can happen on some of my long distance riding

Ride Details

Another ridiculously windy day with heavy rain, but thankfully I managed to miss most of the rain, wind was bad enough Did a loop to Glasgow and back so head wind all the way to Glasgow but tail wind all the way home Happy days.

Ride 09/05/2015 Loch Leven Loop

Bit of a dull day with a few spots of rain and the wind was manageable so did a loop around Loch Leven, even stopped by the Loch to have lunch. Can’t say I’m getting any faster in these rides but I am maintaining my average.

Ride 04/05/2015

Well it’s another not a bad bank holiday weather wise, still a little windy but the sun is out so did a quick Fintry loop. Given the wind speed that’s actually a good average speed, fighting the head wind all up the hills, and then had it behind me on the flat into Stirling, happy with that

Ride 02/05/2015

Well first long distance ride of the year and I have sore legs :-(. Riding against a 16 mph headwind just hurts, thank god it was behind me for the way home otherwise I would have caught the train home. Note to self riding on the A92 probably not a good idea people treat it like a motorway, scary just like the A9 which I avoid at all costs!

Ride 26/04/2015

Well it was a nice sunny morning so I though I would a morning ride around the Forth. All was well until I was about 3 miles from home and I hit a hale storm, not good when you are riding without mud guards in your cycling shorts a top, but I didn’t want to stop since I was so close to home. Well my legs and arms got a pelting and my bum was wet but I made it home, a little bedraggled and very red legs, and the irony is my legs are red because I got sun burnt bloody weather…

Ride 25/04/2015.

Well after picking my bike up from it’s service this morning I thought I would go for a quick ride this afternoon. Didn’t have anywhere particular in mind so headed towards Stirling and see where I end up. You can tell by my route I was all over the place not knowing where I was going anyway I went a little up to Sheriffmuir then back down to Bridge of Allan, past the Wallace Monument and basically headed along the A91 until I hit Dollar. Had a little stop there for food and it was back to Kincardine and home. Weather wasn’t too bad sunny with some blustery wind, I was expecting rain but I managed to miss that.