Got back from work and went straight back out on the cross bike over Caerphilly mountain. Rode up the Taff trail and then over the top and then dropped down through the woods back to the Taff trail. Took the descent quite easy, but felt good on the hills. The gears on the cross bike are great - the 34 gives plenty of options on the steep bits, and the 50 means you can big ring it over little rises. Came back through Radyr where I tried to big ring it, but failed.
Friday, 7 August 2009
Thursday, 6 August 2009
No ride tonight
Was meant to go out after work tonight, but was in a meeting until 5.30 and didnt leave work until 5.50. Slacking. Will have to go out tomorrow, but that might mean 3 days in a row...
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
The Long Way Home from Work
Today I came home from the work the long way. To be precise, it is about half a mile longer than the way I rode to work in the morning. The main difference is that I went through the park a bit further rather than riding through Llandaff North. If I did it everyday, that would be an extra 5 miles a week!
Sunday, 2 August 2009
First Road Ride
This was my first Sunday morning ride on the road bike in a long time - I cant remember the last time I went out on it. So I spent the night before checking the bike over, making sure it still worked. Given my blow up on thursday, I was a litle nervous. This was the route I was supposed to be doing, but fortunately managed to get lost. And my lowest gear was 39x23, which was not as low as I would have liked.
Distance: 51.6km
Time: 2hrs 16mins
In total the ride was just over 51km and I went a bit wrong in Dinas Powys. Fortunately the barrage was just being lowered as I arrived so there was no hanging about there like last time I went over it.
The route was relatively flat, only one climb that I was worried about - up from Peterstone super Ely to the A48. In days gone by this was an infamous 'col': one time I was dropped when out training but then managed to crawl back on and then drop the rest. But that wasnt going to happen today. For a start, I was on my own.
I took all the hills slowly, just in case. But I had a bottle and a banana, but no money which Id forgotten. The highlight was the section between Sully and Penarth. Id really suffered along here on Thursday. I found out why: it was actually a false flat, so I was able to hammer along here in the big ring. The descent down into Wenvoe and the ride across to Dinas Powys was also quite good.
Distance: 51.6km
Time: 2hrs 16mins
In total the ride was just over 51km and I went a bit wrong in Dinas Powys. Fortunately the barrage was just being lowered as I arrived so there was no hanging about there like last time I went over it.
The route was relatively flat, only one climb that I was worried about - up from Peterstone super Ely to the A48. In days gone by this was an infamous 'col': one time I was dropped when out training but then managed to crawl back on and then drop the rest. But that wasnt going to happen today. For a start, I was on my own.
I took all the hills slowly, just in case. But I had a bottle and a banana, but no money which Id forgotten. The highlight was the section between Sully and Penarth. Id really suffered along here on Thursday. I found out why: it was actually a false flat, so I was able to hammer along here in the big ring. The descent down into Wenvoe and the ride across to Dinas Powys was also quite good.
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