And your plans for the weekend are...

stage_fright

With the weekend virtually here, what is everyone planning for the weekend?

For my weekend:
sat morning take my wife to the hairdressers (on plus side am then free for 2 hours to tour local bike shops - anything recommended in reasonable range of Bracknell?)

afternoon - back home and aim to be out on bike either up into south downs east of Winchester or over to New Forest

Sunday - another ride while my wife gives music lessons, maybe watch the Grand Prix (or Wolrd Superbikes), - then chill!

anyone else willing to share?

Rob Sallnow

Announcing my ride plans always seems to ensure they get changed. I'll tell you on Saturday night.

Yorkshireman

Rob Sallnow wrote:

Announcing my ride plans always seems to ensure they get changed. I'll tell you on Saturday night.

Tempting Providence and Sod's Law seem to go hand in hand around here too

georgee

way to put a dampner on things chaps.

I was hoping to get out on the club run on Sunday but I need wait in for a bed to be delivered... thats about the 5th weekend on the trot I havn't made it! trouble and strife is in college all weekend so I guess it's a lot of relaxing in peace and quiet.

Eat My Dust

I thought Bracknell had a couple of decent bike shops?

stage_fright

Bracknell may - but I live near Southampton and don't know them!

My good lady has her favourite hairdresser to visit there and I seem to have agreed to driver her up the M3 in the rmoning.

If you have shop names I will look them up...it will be better then reading magazines in the hairdresses!

thanks!

heavymental

I'm off to a little festival type thing. Hopefully it'll stay dry. Should be good though.

schlepcycling

I have my daughter's christening on sunday, so no sunday club ride for me.

ColinJ

Resting Saturday before my extended Pendle Pedal ride on Sunday.

wastelander

Fingers crossed for a nice easy 20-30 miler early Saturday am, then if I'm feeling brave enough I may be tempted to have a crack at Home Moss on Sunday morning

DavidBelcher

Have fun on Holme Moss - I've only tried it the once and it was damned hard work. Rode up the Huddersfield side (stopped for 2 rests on the way up, only had a double chainset on a 653 road bike with no flashy lightweight bits and 42 x 23 as the lowest gear), but no chance of getting up speed descending to Woodhead as I was stuck behind a horsebox (and still more uphill work to come once I was on the A628)! Chose a baking hot Bank Holiday for my attempt; water bottles didn't quite last all the way home, fell asleep for 2-3 hours almost as soon as I got back!

As for my imminent weekend, off to Surrey armed with chequebook to see a man about a Look KG241

David

wastelander

DavidBelcher wrote:

Have fun on Holme Moss - I've only tried it the once and it was damned hard work. Rode up the Huddersfield side (stopped for 2 rests on the way up, only had a double chainset on a 653 road bike with no flashy lightweight bits and 42 x 23 as the lowest gear), but no chance of getting up speed descending to Woodhead as I was stuck behind a horsebox (and still more uphill work to come once I was on the A628)! Chose a baking hot Bank Holiday for my attempt; water bottles didn't quite last all the way home, fell asleep for 2-3 hours almost as soon as I got back!

As for my imminent weekend, off to Surrey armed with chequebook to see a man about a Look KG241

David

Well, the bike's no real weight weenie but a respectablely light Ti/Carbon 18lbs with 50/34 12/25 gearing. The biggest problem is my 81kgs and weedy legs! It's approx 25 miles from home to Holmefirth with a couple of reasonable climbs én route - I just hope that I have enough left in the tank when I get there!!!!! (Thinks...do I just drive to Holmfirth with the bike in the back? )

L60N

Dalby forest for me and 3 friends on sunday morning ^^

jibi

Sunday plans are to do a local loop

Preston Longridge Waddington Fell, Lamb and Tatham, Quernmore, Scorton, back to Preston.
now it seems like some of the route is going to be busy with the Pendle Pedal
sportive.

See you on the road, as you all fly past me

george

Jeff Jones

If I can manage it, 10 hours of riding around Bath and its extended surrounds. Gotta get properly fit again.

MrKawamura

Stage Fright wrote:

My good lady has her favourite hairdresser to visit there and I seem to have agreed to driver her up the M3 in the rmoning.

You're driving from Southampton to Bracknell to go to the hairdressers? No wonder there are so many cars on the road. I confess my initial reaction to reading this was a bit indignant, but I guess I've made journeys that others could see as excessive.

No offence meant, enjoy the bike shops.

Crapaud

I'm off to Forfar for the Kirkmicheal & Glenisla 100k audax as the beginning of my quest for a Randonneur 500 before the 31st Oct. Weather looks sh.... cr... rubbish. Still, it's better than shoppiing, laundry, DIY etc. From the map, the mid part of the route looks a little 'scenic' - Bingo!

It'll be a good chance to try out my new Polar CS200 HRM.

floatman

spend saturday with the gf to allow sunday to be long club run followed by club drinks on sunday night

Eurostar

No riding plans at all - bike is in bits, has been for a while. Will be mooching around London on the motorbike seeing friends. TBH I hate cycling in London, or anywhere in the South East. Just biding my time til I can become a permanent nomad on my new tourer - should be around Oct/Nov - start in Florida, winter in Mexico and Cuba, head north in the spring, prolly to San Francisco, might never come back to the UK.

grayo59

This evening my 16 mile route to the Severn including two tough hills (for me that is - each one is over half a mile and the last one is at the end of the run) - I still can't get below 1 hour but the last two times have been less than 1 hour and one minute! Cuz I'm a lardy out of condition forty eight year old on a H**fords bike and am 13st 10lb on a 6ft frame.

Tomorrow 280 mile (drive) round trip to walk/clamber up my favourite mountain (Cadair Idris) with a mate.

Sunday - crash out. But might pootle round my 13 mile route by the Bristol Avon in the evening.

Rob Sallnow

georgee wrote:

way to put a dampner on things chaps..

Sorry but experience has shown that whenever I tell people in advance that I have a ride out of the ordinary planned for a weekend come Monday and they ask how it went I have to tell them I didn't go there but went the same distance but only 'locally'.

As it is I am booked on the train for tomorrow for a ride around Shaftesbury-Corfe Castle and then on to the New Forest. On Sunday, subject to weather I'll do a local 60 mile loop.

stage_fright

MrKawamura wrote:

Stage Fright wrote:

My good lady has her favourite hairdresser to visit there and I seem to have agreed to driver her up the M3 in the rmoning.

You're driving from Southampton to Bracknell to go to the hairdressers? No wonder there are so many cars on the road. I confess my initial reaction to reading this was a bit indignant, but I guess I've made journeys that others could see as excessive.

No offence meant, enjoy the bike shops.

I think there is some special link between a woman and 'her' hairdresser, no other will do it seems - maybe any lady forumers can shed light on this.

What I hadn't mentioned was that we are also delivery a bike to Bracknell for my wife's neice, my daughter having grown out of it.

jongooligan

I'm off down to the flat lands near Goole where I've got a fixie in me Mam's shed. Hope to do 40 to 50 miles around there while the kids fight with their cousins.

Daren't ride the fixie round here - I'm OK going up the hills but bloody terrified going down the other side.

piedwagtail91

i'm not straying far from the pc this weekend, the weathers not good but theres a tandem trike attempt on the lejog record,
http://www.timetriallingforum.co.uk/ind ... opic=14224

comments ,schedule link and a couple of early morning pics in this thread
http://www.timetriallingforum.co.uk/ind ... opic=14225

Bunnyman 5.5

Fixing (hopefully) a puncture on my MTB (flatted on 2nd ride but such is life ) and working....ah well. :idea:

hevipedal

To get back on my bike after an enforced week off - cyst at the very top of my leg burst.................. do you want details?

jibi

hevipedal wrote:

To get back on my bike after an enforced week off - cyst at the very top of my leg burst.................. do you want details?

Photos???? :twisted:

Sounds painful, hope the ride goes well

george

wastelander

Rob Sallnow wrote:

georgee wrote:

way to put a dampner on things chaps..

Sorry but experience has shown that whenever I tell people in advance that I have a ride out of the ordinary planned for a weekend come Monday and they ask how it went I have to tell them I didn't go there but went the same distance but only 'locally'.

As it is I am booked on the train for tomorrow for a ride around Shaftesbury-Corfe Castle and then on to the New Forest. On Sunday, subject to weather I'll do a local 60 mile loop.

Somtimes true - othertimes...we do what we say!



It killed me and had to stop more times that I care to admit but I didn't walk one step of it...climbed the entire thing!

hevipedal

jibi wrote:

hevipedal wrote:

To get back on my bike after an enforced week off - cyst at the very top of my leg burst.................. do you want details?

Photos???? :twisted:

Sounds painful, hope the ride goes well

george

Photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't even want to think about it never mind look at it.