Have snagged some elbow & knee pads over the last few weeks in deals, and some baggy shorts... So now all I'm missing is a MTB to ride!^^ Please remove the visor before using that helmet.
Have snagged some elbow & knee pads over the last few weeks in deals, and some baggy shorts... So now all I'm missing is a MTB to ride!
Friend has said I can borrow his second and go for a blast around some trails with him one weekend, so I'm pretty much ready now!
Where are they taking you? The black runs of BPW?
Where are they taking you? The black runs of BPW?
I think I actually have that Skyline helmet from my hybrid / half cyclist days. I use a GT Avalanche helmet off-road now. I've only worn knee pads / elbow pads once at the Forest of Dean just because workmate had some spare in his car and I thought why not try. Pretty uncomfortable really and I didn't feel like red trail there required them at all. No falls. Rode Afan the day before and they'd have been much more useful there on the wet rock. My knees and elbows are scarred already anyway
Yeah & that's what I'll probably need the pads for! I'll just make sure I rub it in during the ascents don't worry!They'll beat you down the descents / anything technical. Just make sure you beat them up hill
Depends how smooth you can get the race, if you can't remove the pitting all you're doing is delaying... But I guess that's what you're after! Cleaned race & new bearings and I'd expect it to last at least a few months of winter before getting as bad again?
Always interesting to see these! Changing it to 'All' (activities) always find some odd things dotted around! (think this is a go-carting track)New Strava global heatmap: https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#6.17/-1.86004/53.95952/hot/ride
Edit: Quite a few roads have been swam
New Strava global heatmap: https://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#6.17/-1.86004/53.95952/hot/ride
Edit: Quite a few roads have been swam
We've always been a 'cycling nation', just not seen as such by the majority of the british public until recently.
Certainly a factor, the recent resurgence of cycling in the UK also means a huge amount of 'new' cyclists using a platform like Strava, other more traditional nations less so. It'd be good to see cyclists per capita numbers as well as Strava use % of cyclists. I'm betting it'll be something like 65-75% in the UK riders and closer to 50% (maybe less!) in the Europeans.
Because they're flipping great big hills/mountains without any roads! Although to be fair the amount of Welsh riding I've done is very poor...
That was more my point
Oi. I consider myself from Sussex. Not LondonI can't get away with saying your riding out of the M25 is poor, or your riding north of the Watford gap is poor, or even your Scottish/Welsh riding as you've got around relatively well for a stinky Londoner!
