by Rob
Mon May 08, 2017 11:32 am
Lots going on. Usual club rides on Saturday, I think it was Fred W in the Lakes, and I think club members are TTing and RRing as well.
It was just me and Steen for Yorkshire Alps, on reflection we might have moved this too early in the summer for most. Always a tough ride, made more so this year by the lack of wheels to follow and the stiff northerly wind over all the climbs. Hundreds of cyclists out in the lanes, including a sportif that appeared to be called Fat Lad at the Back (not joking, it said this on the jerseys...). They disappeared at Kettlewell presumably up Park Rash where they'll have been some suffering as there were a lot of novices.
So for us it was Greenhow, Fleets Moss, Buttertubs, Tan Hill and The Stang. Café in Kettlewell and Richmond, but elsewise we just kept at it. Nice tailwind down the Vale Of York to finish. 260k, 3000m ascent, 9000 kcals - a little delicate today.
Something much more sensible next Sunday. Watch this space.
It was just me and Steen for Yorkshire Alps, on reflection we might have moved this too early in the summer for most. Always a tough ride, made more so this year by the lack of wheels to follow and the stiff northerly wind over all the climbs. Hundreds of cyclists out in the lanes, including a sportif that appeared to be called Fat Lad at the Back (not joking, it said this on the jerseys...). They disappeared at Kettlewell presumably up Park Rash where they'll have been some suffering as there were a lot of novices.
So for us it was Greenhow, Fleets Moss, Buttertubs, Tan Hill and The Stang. Café in Kettlewell and Richmond, but elsewise we just kept at it. Nice tailwind down the Vale Of York to finish. 260k, 3000m ascent, 9000 kcals - a little delicate today.
Something much more sensible next Sunday. Watch this space.