Ride 17/07/2018

Little ride around town since I spent most of the day watching the first day of mountain stages in the Tour de France

Ride 14/07/2018

Road bike still in for repairs so lets continue with the mountain bike and play in the Ochil Hills Normally I would cycle up to Ben Cleuch but I wanted to do some reps and on a windy day like today it would be very windy indeed at the summit and I was just in my cycling shorts and top so no protection from the wind. Did the first rep before lunch and then headed down to the car for lunch. After lunch I did another 2 reps but the third wasn’t all the way up as I wanted to cycle a route I had seen but never cycled along. The forth climb was up the route I had never taken before and I didn’t follow it all the way up as by this time it was 16:00 and I wanted home in time for dinner. Anyway after cycling up 4700 feet I actually feel fine albeit very hungry now and the longest day in the Pyrenees is 12000 feet so I think I could survive that So I think the issue now is do I have the stamina to keep cycling big mountains for 7 days, I think so but time will tell, lets hope I get my road bike back soon as there are still some hills I want to climb on it.

Ride 13/07/2018

So whilst the road bike is in for repairs for wear and tear I did some exploring on the mountain bike. There are a few public paths around that go through woods and fields and as you can see i got lost in a loop and a few dead ends but the public paths were overgrown (due to the good weather) so I didn’t persist down the overgrown footpaths as I was in shorts and cycling top and very unprotected but the dead ends I came up against would have been passable for not the overgrown foliage.

Ride 10/07/2018

Well another annoying ride, 1 mile out ran over a pot hole and punctured >:-( out with the spare innertube and install that and pump it up. I blow the value as I try to remove the pump GRRRRR!!!!! cheap shite innertubes from Dundee. On closer inspection the values are screw in ones which I’ve never seen or used so I was able to screw it back in and pump the tyre back up enough to get me back home. Thank God I had bought some good Continental tubes the day before so I was able to swap the tube for the Conti’s and continue the ride but all the pissing around cost me an hour Anyway today I did a loop around the Forth modified to fit my Crossgates home rather than the Falkirk flat so instead of going through Linlithgow I went through bo’ness instead. Good time and speed got 50 miles done in under 3 hours, just…

Ride 10/07/2018

Bit of a dull day so did a quick loop around Kirkcaldy.

Ride 07/07/2018

So it’s another 100 miler but with a lot of dicking around >:-( First my Garmin refused to save the course to it so I wasted 30 mins before the ride even started trying to sort that out. Then I hit a puncher on the A92, I couldn’t avoid a pot hole cause cars were overtaking me, instant flat tyre, so bad I couldn’t pump it up fast enough to find the puncture :-/. Then more time wasted in Dundee trying to find a bike shop because I didn’t have any more spare inner-tubes. Suffice to say the ride was 6:40:54 peddle time but the elapsed time was over 10 hours

Ride 04/07/2018

Another sunny day in Scotland with a little bit of cloud here and there so time to do some cycling again. This time I did my Loch Leven loop, still a little tired from yesterdays ride so not quite as fast as before but at 16.9 mph that was fine by me

Ride 03/07/2018

Another glorious day in Scotland, looks like we might actually get a sunny summer Anyway time to do some more cycling, did a loop around Kirkcaldy and then a mini loop around Cowdenbeath. Clocked up an avg speed of 18 mph which is a good speed given the hilly nature of the loops The last time I got anywhere near that speed was about 2 to 3 years ago.

Ride 30/06/2018

Another glorious day to be cycling so decided to cycle to St Andrews going along the fife coastal route. Unfortunately this was against a head wind which didn’t help as I would be up against the wind for about 40 miles :-/. Once I reached St Andrews it would be better as I would have the tail wind until I hit Powmil. Of course all the hills were at the end of the ride and then I had to ride against the wind again back home and it didn’t help that I forgot to start the Garmin for the first 4 miles :-(. Anyway 100 miles clocked up but the avg speed took a hit due to the head winds and I’m quite tired now.

Ride 27/06/2018

Another glorious sunny day so time to get some cycling done again. Did a similar route as Sunday but extended it a bit to go up Knockhill. Again a good days ride with a good speed and time.

Ride 24/06/2018

Its a nice sunny day today albeit a bit windy so I don’t have time to pussyfoot around moving into the new home it’s on the bike to do some cycling As rides go this is a good route especially on a day like this, plenty of hills in it and some nice downhills with a good flat section into Kirkcaldy. So I had a tail wind on the flat to Kircaldy with a head wind along to Milnathort and a crosswind back to Crossgates. All this equates to a good avg speed of 17.5 mph so 35 miles clocked up in 2 hours, happy with that

Ride 17/06/2018

Bit of a dull damp day today so decided to ride around the Campsie hills and a little bit over them. I was also keeping my foot down to increase my average speed which I did achieve but boy did my legs hurt for it. Did quite well speed wise with an average speed of 17 mph for the 60 mile run and time wise I got 50 miles done in 2:47:38 which was faster than the last 50 mile sprint I did but I was hammering the flat along the A811 and managed to get a 5 mile lap done in under 12 mins which is probably the fastest split I’ve ever had and the next split was 13 mins All in all a good days ride, bar my sore legs but thats what I get for cycling 10 miles at an average speed of 23 mph.