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Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,390
Living In a Box
Vuelta starts this Saturday
 


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Pogue Mahone

Well-known member
Apr 30, 2011
10,969
Blimey, page 14!

The Vuelta has been brilliant, hasn’t it? Some superb stages, especially this last week.

It finishes today with a 24km Time Trial in Madrid.

Looks like Roglic will make it a Slovenian clean sweep of Grand Tours this year after Pogacar won the others. He has 2 minutes in hand, and only a bout of the illness that has raged through his team could stop him.

Plenty of scope for movement in the rest of the top ten though!

On Eurosport now for those interested.
 


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Wes Tupper

Active member
Feb 27, 2024
134
Good luck to Glenn Murphy who is currently on day six of the Ride Across Britain. Today’s stage is from Carlisle to Edinburgh.
 






Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,390
Living In a Box


Fignon's Ponytail

Fignon's Ponytail

Well-known member
Jun 29, 2012
4,523
On the Beach
First time out on the bike for 2+ months yesterday. Didn't really think about the route Id planned as its one I've done countless times before, but with a quick blast through Abbotts Wood added on. Bloody hell it almost killed me. Got to Arlington tea rooms feeling OK, but by the time Id got to Ringmer, via Muddles Wood / Chiddingly, I was blown to smithereens. Limped home down the river to Peacehaven, barely turning the pedals. Still aching today. It was less than 50 miles 😩
 




Motogull

Motogull

Todd Warrior
Sep 16, 2005
10,586
Fignon's Ponytail said:
First time out on the bike for 2+ months yesterday. Didn't really think about the route Id planned as its one I've done countless times before, but with a quick blast through Abbotts Wood added on. Bloody hell it almost killed me. Got to Arlington tea rooms feeling OK, but by the time Id got to Ringmer, via Muddles Wood / Chiddingly, I was blown to smithereens. Limped home down the river to Peacehaven, barely turning the pedals. Still aching today. It was less than 50 miles 😩
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Yeah I feel I am rehab riding too.

I can feel it coming back mind.
 




1066familyman

1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,247
Fignon's Ponytail said:
First time out on the bike for 2+ months yesterday. Didn't really think about the route Id planned as its one I've done countless times before, but with a quick blast through Abbotts Wood added on. Bloody hell it almost killed me. Got to Arlington tea rooms feeling OK, but by the time Id got to Ringmer, via Muddles Wood / Chiddingly, I was blown to smithereens. Limped home down the river to Peacehaven, barely turning the pedals. Still aching today. It was less than 50 miles 😩
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I feel your pain.

I went up for Newcastle away the other week, and rode the NCR 1 from Alnwick to Berwick Upon Tweed whilst up there. Setting out from Wooler, it would have been a day ride back in the day, but instead I had to split it into two days. On day two, I suffered!, even at the snails pace I now ride at.

I'm very happy though, as I was off the bike for two years due to health issues, so just being back riding again is a blessing, for which I'm very very grateful! Riding in different parts of the country is really refreshing too.
 




BrightonCottager

BrightonCottager

Well-known member
Sep 30, 2013
2,866
Brighton
Fignon's Ponytail said:
Ive set my road bike up on the turbo too, so hoping I can get some sort of fitness back over the winter months using that...
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I'm intending to do hills around Brighton at night this winter. I've got a short 4 mile circuit near me with 600ft of climbing, but there are longer hills all over the place. Peacock Lane is my current bette noire.
 


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Billy in Bristol

Well-known member
Mar 25, 2004
1,508
Bristol
Evening and one for those who are on Linkedin and are planning a charity ride in 2025.

The Albion fan led Social Impact project Legacy 300 has teamed up with several GB Cyclists to create The Purpose Peloton to showcase the charity fundraising achievements of mainly corporate people . Its free to be a supporter https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-purpose-peloton and hope you can join us. We also will have an Instagram account set up, please in the meantime follow legacy.300

I would love to create an Albion Peloton and to stage a day at Lee Valley and also a social event in Brighton . Hope you can share the LinkedIn Group and lets see if we can make this happen.

 


Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,390
Living In a Box




Fignon's Ponytail

Fignon's Ponytail

Well-known member
Jun 29, 2012
4,523
On the Beach
My dad just sent me this. Pidcock is the undisputed Master of descending these days. Its not the fastest in terms of mph, but plenty fast enough on a twisty, dusty, technical descent. Incredible bike handling skills.

 






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Marty McFly

Seagulls Over Canada
Aug 19, 2006
3,718
La Pêche, Quebec
The commute to work has become slower and icier - took a rather big tumble on Thursday night 🤕- thankfully just bruising!

Edit to add: thin layer of snow on top of rutted ice
 

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