The "Photos From Today's Ride" thread. (Vol. 2)

[Solocle]

A short spin between Westbury and Bath doing some Veloviewer tiles.

[designndrive62]

Great gravel ride discovery today. Shame I was on my 25mm road tyres!!

[oddman]

Loop around the Knapdale Peninsula today. Jura in the background.

[Tickle]

Today's ride was 5hrs of MTB coaching. Rain at first, then sun.

My only photo, slumped at a bench behind my car at the end.

Very enjoyable, great day.

[Craikeybaby]

My son was pleased that he got some air.

[defblade]

To balance out the recent hatred for cyclists that seems to be all over the media, I had 2 thumbs up, a wave and a little "thank you" toot today, all from just being aware of traffic around me and moderating my speed slightly each time so that there was room for us all to use the various single lane roads. Tho I did stop and get right out of the way for the tractor with the big spikey stuff on the back!
Oh, and 3 10-12 year old lads sat on the kerb, cheering me up the last bit of a short sharp climb

[oddman]

Logging roads and windfarm access tracks between Loch Awe and Loch Fyne. Tough day.

[Craikeybaby]

Another ride up to my son's cycle speedway training, so a rare ride when I have my "big camera" with me.

LRCX3971 by Lewis Craik, on Flickr

[klootzak]

Pushed for time this morning, so did a short loop taking in our three closest volcanic cones. Maungawhau, Maungakiekie and Owairaka (Mount Eden, One Tree Hill and Mount Albert).

[Craikeybaby]

I haven't ridden my full suss for a while, it felt fast after weeks on a hardtail. It seemed an easy ride, despite the grippier tyres I run on this bike, which was strange.

[Tickle]

Craikeybaby said:

I haven't ridden my full suss for a while, it felt fast after weeks on a hardtail. It seemed an easy ride, despite the grippier tyres I run on this bike, which was strange.

Love an orange!

If I ever go back full suss it will be something single pivot.

[mooseracer]

klootzak said:

Pushed for time this morning, so did a short loop taking in our three closest volcanic cones. Maungawhau, Maungakiekie and Owairaka (Mount Eden, One Tree Hill and Mount Albert).

How are you getting on with your Strael?
I use mine mainly as a winter bike, but do still use it in the summer months as it's such a nice ride.

[benny.c]

The rarely used old blue trail at Llandegla.

[klootzak]

mooseracer said:

How are you getting on with your Strael?
I use mine mainly as a winter bike, but do still use it in the summer months as it's such a nice ride.

Absolutely love it and haven’t ridden any of my other bikes since it arrived.

Compared to my Exploro it’s wonderfully smooth and only a teeny bit heavier. Handling is a touch edgier though, but that’s not a bad thing.

Not completely convinced by the 12-speed 105 mechanical group, but that’s mostly down to the level ergos and braking, neither of which are as good as the Force 1x I had before.

Bonus is that my average ride speeds are up by ~0.75 to 1km/h (over 50km), but that could just be new bike enthusiasm.

k

[flight147z]

Glencoe

A long drive to get here but excellent roads!

[Pizzaeatingking]

Nice ride out yesterday, on my own as everyone else was busy. First 80% was on cycle paths then over the M1 and off the beaten track a bit, through some woods and across a farm. It's surprising how far you can get without needing to use too many fast roads. 22 miles covered in total.

[yellowjack]

View from a random bridleway.

A dovecote in a village off the beaten track.


A section of Roman Road somewhere between Salisbury and Blandford Forum.


The Chalke History Festival from the adjacent bridleway.

[bobbo89]

First proper ride on the Wrekker yesterday with a stop at the local, I now understand why people like ti frames.

[trails]

bobbo89 said:

First proper ride on the Wrekker yesterday with a stop at the local, I now understand why people like ti frames.

How does it differ from the steel version...it does look good.

[Tickle]

bobbo89 said:

First proper ride on the Wrekker yesterday with a stop at the local, I now understand why people like ti frames.

Trail bulldozer!