Cycling topic anyone?

Lavender glad you had a good holiday. We were up in Oban a few weeks ago and were very lucky with the weather. Wanted to go over to Mull but dd wasn't very well DP would love to do a tour of the highlands but I'm so shit at riding my bike so it's never going to happen!

Louise my DP trains to certain heart rates and has improved quite a lot since he started it. He finds it hard to go 'slow' when he sees people overtaking him and he knows he could easily keep up/go faster than them though! Although he is terribly competitive when it comes to cycling so you might not have the same problem

Just popped in to ask wise MN a gardening question Pancake .

I go with DH once a week for 30-35 miles and the rest is on my own. I would love some company at times (I would go further with company) but I only have the school day because DH works away and I am home alone with DD after school. I work from home and go to lectures one day a week so I think it is actually easier for me just to get on with it on my own.

We are a bit involved with our local CTC - really nice relaxed people who ride for 35-55 miles on a Thursday stopping for tea and scones. Not in the school hols though.

Do you usually cycle by yourself lavendersun? I'm thinking about joining a cycle club...

Back on my bike today after two weeks off, only 15 miles and I felt it a bit on the slight incline on the way home, pathetic Lavender, pathetic. I rode to our nearest NT place for a cup of tea , no cake, just tea.

DD is going on an activity day on Tuesday, an hour from home. I plan on taking my bike and riding for a few hours with a lunch stop - good use of killing 5 hours, ride, lunch, read my book!

Sounds lovely :) I live in the Highlands of Scotland and yes the weather has been awful!

I wondered what had happened to this thread after my 2 week holiday .... not much I see!

We have just returned from a trip to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, incredibly beautiful, dreadful weather, lots and lots of cycle tourers.

DH wants us to do it next year in some shape or form (meaning dropping DD off at GPs). The hills would kill me, absolutely kill me.

So if you are one of the hill tourers on Skye, Arran, Mull or any of the western peninsulas I passed in the last two and a bit weeks .... I salute you .

"Ah, give Tech a break, they're probably exhausted"
But on the other hand, "the squeaky wheel gets the lube"

Ooh I've only just found this! Yes please MN HQ to a cycling topic.

4 cyclists here.
8 bikes (3 for DH a firm believer in N+1, 2 for me and 3 variously sized Islabikes for the 2 DDs)
1 tandem.
2 tag-alongs.

I manage to get out about once a week for a ride with a friend. We're definitely non competitive and are currently touring the local cafés!

Give us our cycling topic or I'll sound my horn

TINKLE TINKLE

rigs up fiammi freeway blasters

PARRRRRRP

With so many different demands, I do really think we need different sections.....

The bell is broken on my hybrid and I don't have one on my road bike so I'll have to do with my usual,

"ExCUSE me PLEASE!"

And a little flick bell on my shopping bike:
PING! PING PING!!!

Perhaps if we all ring our bells together, we can make such a racket they'll remember their promise [hopeful]

So here goes: HONK! HONK!
(I have a hooter on my recumbent, which the kids call a "honker" )

Yes, we do.

Anyone attended a one day bike maintenance course? Would you recommend it? I'm a bit over reliant on dh to sort bike issues

I think I could have posted on a cycling topic about fifty times in the last fortnight

I keep checking but they are clearly busy

Oh well

We better keep chatting!

I have so many things to post, and nowhere to put them! C'mooooon mumsnet techy people!

brrriiingggggg briiiinnnggg

Where's our cycling topic!

MNHQ have forgotten about us, haven't they?

How awful. The kids and I watched all the cyclists go past, cheering them on from my friends driveway

PancakeHen - a 55 year old guy died of a heart attack on the ascent :(

They tried so hard to save him, and an air ambulance was sent. Everyone for the half mile or so behind him was stuck on the hill, while riders further back were directed to bypass the whole hill. There were quite a lot of crashes too tbh, which was scary!

I'm still entering the ballot again, despite saying never again! I'm going to put a shorter time though, for an earlier start. After getting stuck on Leith I ended up in amongst a lot of slower riders, and weaving around walkers on climbs.

It was amazing racing on closed streets though, and I actually LOVED box hill!

I'm off to swim in a lake this morning then go for a bit of a ride. :)