Ride Entry – 7th March 2010
Bike: Roly
Distance: 45 miles
My GPS ran out of battery power at some point so the mileage is a low estimate. I’d check with tracklogs or memorymap but my DVD is corrupt for the former (this is the first time I’ve tried to use it since I reinstalled windows 7) and the latter has been offline for a few days now. I reckon it’s more like 55 miles but can;t check will one of the other is working. It was a bit nippy though and had to keep moving fast to keep my warmth up. I bumped into an old chap who I;ve met a few times befroe and we had a long chat this time. Roy is his name, rides an ld Colnago frame with a mixture of assorted old and new kit on it. He’s a very nice bloke, a lot like me in a lot of views he has about cars, people who ride bikes, etc etc so we set the world to rights for about alf an hour until I was freezing and set back off again.
Nice day for it though.
I’ve brought Roly up to Newcastle with me this morning too so it’s an early dart today from work and off up the North East coast to start to get my bearings and ideas of distances and times. My target for the moment is Alnwick becaue I’ve been there a few times before but that looks a bit far for a quick night ride. I reckon I’ll keep riding for about 20 miles and see how far I get and then turn round. It has been a *right* hassle getting the bike and all the kit in the car as well as all my work clothes and things.
Plus I’ve gone and left my videos USB stick in the home computer so I’m going to be a bit bored in the evening. Pants!
Hire car is a Mondeo which is pretty good. Report later.
March 8, 2010 10:07 am 10 Comments
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By Rich, March 8, 2010 @ 10:30 am
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
By admin, March 8, 2010 @ 11:12 am
Thanks Rich. Turns out 45 miles was spot on.
By NBT, March 8, 2010 @ 2:19 pm
How much gear to you have to carry if it was a struggle? I had a Mondeo for a trip last week, really nice car with loads of room, far more solid than my octavia. Swallowed the chameleon easily.
By admin, March 8, 2010 @ 2:27 pm
It wasn’t a struggle with space so much as trying to get a bike and cycling kit into the boot along with my suit and clean shirts without getting oil and dirt all over them. I still had to take both wheels off to get Roly in though. The Vectra I had last week would have got him in with the back wheel still on.
By Dave, March 8, 2010 @ 5:01 pm
that surprises me, mondeos are pretty cavernous in the boot area.
By Simon, March 8, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
Were you the idiot I say riding on the A6 towards Adlington a bit before 9am wearing shorts? It was -3C!
By admin, March 8, 2010 @ 10:06 pm
road bike innit Dave. I reckon a mountain bike would go in with the back wheel still on, plus roly has some turning circle issues. i’m not proud of it but the gear cables are so tight the bars can only turn a few degrees each way.
I’ve got new cables and some proper adaptors now to be fitted on wednesday when I get back home.
Yes! That was me Simon. Were you on your bike? I think I might have seen you, skinny bloke with a beard, looks nothing like you?
By Simon, March 9, 2010 @ 8:44 pm
Thought it might of been you. Wasn’t sure though, the sun was going funny things through my scratched sunglasses. You must have been bloody freezing! I was on a spesh roubaix borrowed from work.
By mingle, March 11, 2010 @ 9:56 pm
Woah, woah…..
“Roly” ?
Only girls name their bikes!
By admin, March 11, 2010 @ 10:25 pm
All bikes need a name