Ride 28/03/2020

So it’s back to riding solo, I decided I would a different route than the usual one but roughly the same distance. The weather was ok, a bit on the windy side but sunny here and there so I decided to do an anti clockwise route today. Similar to a route I used to do going around Loch Leven but with some slight differences to go down roads I hadn’t been down before. Of doing this can lead to surprises on road conditions as I ending up on a farm road which isn’t wise on a road bike so I was down to 5 mph there and cycling on unfamiliar cycle paths doesn’t help either. So this route would require some tweaking to skip out the rough stuff and then I could get a decent speed, as it was for today my speed was down to 14 mph, that would have been a lot closer to 16 mph without the dodgy routes and roads.

Ride 22/03/2020

Well it’s a lovely sunny day but still bloody cold, frost on the ground when I awoke. Again I would be on my own and probably for the foreseeable future. I wanted to do a slightly longer route than the usual Sunday bun run so I followed the road to Menstrie rather than turning off at Dollar and the followed the usual route home once I got to Sauchie. Nearly 55 miles clocked up at a casual pace of 14 mph.

Ride 21/03/2020

Well the world’s gone to hell in a handbasket which means I’m pretty much cycling on my own now Since I can’t get into a cafe stop, since they’re all closed I took a slightly different route also because some of the roads I would normally go along were closed too due to road works! I still got my 40 mile ride at close to 16 mph but I wonder how long before I’m stopped from even doing this…

Ride 15/03/2020

So with a fully functioning Garmin today I managed to the Sun bun run without incident. There was only 2 of us today but given how windy it was I wasn’t surprised. It was a real slog into the head wind again but we decided to take a shorter more sheltered route than the usual ride over Knockhill so this helped a lot, I’m not knackered today It was the usual cafe stop for cake and coffee and a tail wind ride home thankfully. So today I only clocked up 45 miles rather than the 50 miles but kept a good avg speed of 15 mph given the wind.

Ride 14/03/2020

Well that was about as far as I got before my garmin went flat >:-( most annoyed! There was no reason for this as I charged it up Last Sunday but in the interim the battery decided to shit itself flat. Anyway it was the usual bun run this morning with abut 8 of us. the weather was overcast but little wind so it made for a pleasant ride. I’ve no idea what the stats were about the same as last time I suppose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ anyway tomorrows weather is sunnier but windier, oh well

Ride 08/03/2020

So today was the clubs first 100km ride which of course turns into a 120km ride for me by the time I get home. It was a real mixed bag of weather day with strong winds, rain and sunshine but of course we were head wind for the first 35 miles which took it’s toll on me. By the time we stopped at the cafe stopped I was knackered and I was only half way Thankfully after the cafe stop it was a head wind home but this didn’t alleviate the fact we still had Knockhill to climb on the last 10 miles. It was a real slog up Knockhill resulting in me going up quit slow compare to the normal Sat & Sun bun runs which go over it. Anyway just shy of 75 miles at 15 mph ridden today and now time to chill out for the rest of the day

Distance 44.13 mi | Time 2:51:58 | Speed 15.4 mph | Elevation 2,343 ft

Source: Garmin Connect

Another wet and windy day but thankfully not as bad as last week! There were about 8 if us today a bit more this week but thats probably due to the slightly better weather. Better ride this due to the better conditions but we skipped out Knockhill mainly because we are doing the 100 km ride tomorrow over it. Better speed and time this week hopefully we can keep it that way.

Ride 29/02/2020

Another windy day another tough ride Although it’s a fair day with no rain and some sunshine the wind is making life cycling difficult and tiresome. There were about 10 of us today and I took the lead all the way to the cafe stop which was all headwind.Although it does mean I get a good workout, my avg speed just takes a nose dive, thankfully todays ride wasn’t as far as last Sunday so I’m not quite as knackered. And again tomorrows weather is shite with 50 winds so that puts the kibosh on tomorrows ride. The clubs first 100 km ride is in 2 weeks with the first 100 mile ride a couple of weeks after that which makes me worry about getting enough training for these but there’s not much I can do about the weather

Ride 23/02/2020

Tough ride today the wind was high and I was leading the pack, although there were only 6 of us which was more than I was expecting due to the crap weather. Anyway 30 miles into a 20 mph headwind made my legs hurt but at least the last 20 miles were into a tail wind. Unfortunately one of the guys managed to blow his tyre up and take the wheel rim out at the same time can say I’ve ever seen that before so he got a lift home. Normally I would get about 6-8 rides a month but so far I’ve only got 2 the weather is a real hamper this month and that just made today’s ride all the more harder. Lets hope for better weather next weekend…

Ride 15/02/2020

First ride back after a 2 week break due to bike service and crazy weather and speaking of the weather I was surprised how calm it was out there today. I was expecting to get blown around and pissed on by the rain, in the end it only rained a little bit and the wind didn’t pick up until the last hour of the ride. I was expecting storm Dennis to be knocking me around but it looks like we managed to just miss it Anyhow I got a bit of a workout today, heart rate higher than normal bit overall I didn’t fare to bad given the extent of my break, I was again expecting to get hammered but didn’t So 44 miles clocked up at an avg speed of 15 mph I’m happy with that and since I won’t be riding tomorrow again due to crazy weather I’ll quite happily pick this up next week

Ride 25/01/2020

Dull windy day today and I’m feeling that on my legs since I spent a lot of time at the front of the group. 10 of us today and due to the wind the avg speed was a bit on the slow side and it wasn’t helped by the fact I broke my rear derailleur cable which meant I went from 22 gears to 2 gears and the toughest high gears at that Thankfully this happened at the end of the ride so I only had to ride 5 miles like that. So bikes in for a repair and service now which means no riding reports until I get me bike back

Ride 19/01/2020

Another cold day just above freezing but at least there was 3 of us on todays ride. Nothing too eventful today did the loop at my usual 15 mph for the 50 mile ride the only difference being the weather which was fogy and cloudy for most of the day with a few sunny spells here and there.