STEVE SAYS...kettering loop 23rd May 2011
did this route on sunday morning.
It took a while but we did do it in winds of 25mph.

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Tue 24 May 01:17pm: Truly well done. That's a long old way and the wind training will help you on the big day. Did you know that there is going to be a team Hibs versus team Pay? You've now proved that we're in with a shot. Top stuff. (Liz Hibert)

POPSTER SAYS...Senior Cyclist Summary 19th May 2011
Marty has been quietly turning his pedals over the last few weeks but, being senior and afraid of computers, has been doing himself a sweaty mile-o-meter disservice and not reporting it. Well from my recollections of phone calls over the last few weeks he's done a 20, a 30 and a 40 followed the next day by a 27. So let's congratulate him and add 117 to the mileometer.

LIZ HIBERT SAYS...A big long 70 miler to prepare me for day 2 of the coast-coast 29th April 2011
Great route but OMG with 18 miles to go and very heavy legs I turned into the wind. Ouch!!

LIZ HIBERT SAYS...Lee and Nix do 40 round the lochs and hills of Scotland 29th April 2011
Boy didn't we take our time. We had a coffee, a proper pub lunch and a 1 hour boat trip and it was very relaxing (apart from the time when Nic stopped her bike and said "I don't effing believe this!" as I accidentally missed a turning.

The Strathyre Cabins are located on the south-west bank of Loch Ubnaig directly on national cycle route 7. The ride from there to to Callander and along the southern shore of Loch Venachar is stunning. When the track cuts back on itself as you start the climb towards Loch Drunkie the scenery is much less ...[more online at bikemap.net]

STEVE SAYS...Steve and Nic do 30 (with a generous bit of rounding up) 3rd April 2011
First trip out in April and what a morning to pick bright blue sky and just the right temp.
Did 30 miles and we both felf fine, week off next week. brap brap!!!!!!!!!!

LIZ HIBERT SAYS...West Linton coffee, Gladhouse Reservoir and back 27th March 2011
My first long cycle since last year (I'm not counting the one I did in February which didn't even make 30 miles). I felt really good throughout although knackered afterwards and I buckled my wheel going into a pot hole within the first 10 minutes. This meant my wheel juddered every time I applied the front breaks. Damn the local council! Was overtaken by three packs of cyclists and had to remind myself that I'm not playing their game. Great route all in all and the key to a good route is stopping before you get half way to have a lovely cup of coffee and slice of home-made cake. My latest favourite coffee shop is that in West Linton just past the bottom of the high street. The route had a busy section at the start followed by two busy sections of around 2-3 miles in the middle but the rest was top marks and I can't wait to do it again in a month's time when there's some more greenery around.

LIZ HIBERT SAYS...A trip to Borthwick Castle 12th February 2011
My first long ride of the year and slightly disappointed to see it a smidge under the 30 mile mark because my legs say it was at least 60 miles. Cycled to Borthwick castle - built in the 1400s and unchanged since then. Quite remarkable as it looks like someone knocked it up in the 60s. I tried having a peep inside but it is now a hotel and was closed. A great cycle back as the clouds parted and a few orange shafts of light lit up the Pentland Hills and Edinburgh city in the distance.

STEVE SAYS...A wet wide 31st October 2010
sunday morniing in the rain

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Mon 21 Mar 09:53pm: hi steve.reading with yaawwwwn. great interest,in particular,the fact you need a chill in the air, to keep, as you put it your temp down? ( strange term that )no what you need for that my lad. is lycra.the tighter the better.best get a size smaller.really you sould keep things like that to yor self. (Popster)

STEVE SAYS...Kimbolton here I come 17th October 2010
went out to kimbolton on my own, through some nice villages early this sunday. was a nice chill in the air that kept my temp down.
Sore quads now im sat down at home lol, no pain no gain.
A good bike makes a big difference i feel. the more i do each week the more i seem able to do not got much more to give than what i did today. Just a case of building up slowly but surely ( and keeping ahead of dad)
And mal you have it in you give it a try you may like it!!!!

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Sat 23 Oct 09:48pm: What do you think about cycling across the UK in 2 days? 150 miles at 13.3 miles an hour - that's 11 hrs. Hell let's do it in one. By the way Marty was talking about doing a 20 miler Sunday but was torn between doing that and sawing some wood. (Liz Hibert)

MUSICAL MAL SAYS... 12th October 2010
Get yourselves a motorbike, then you can do 100mph, its much better than that pedaling milarky ! you daft buggers.

STEVE SAYS... 10th October 2010
went out again after 2 weeks away in the sun. Nicky got her new bike yesterday so it was a good chance to test it out.
we went on a mixture of roads and trails. felt good though roll on the winter months lol.

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Mon 11 Oct 12:50pm: What a star! 20 miles at a blistering pace. You're well on track. Any tips to pass onto fellow trainee cyclists? (Liz Hibert)

POPSTER SAYS...A local loop near Staindrop 22nd September 2010
Staindrop, Winston, Gainford, Ingleton, Hilton, Evenwood Gate and back again. Feeling fitter!

POPSTER SAYS...A local cycle 17th September 2010
Made the mistake of being vane, abandoning the lycra and cycled without any padding. Bum hole felt sore for 2 days like I'd been sleeping with a homosexual (editor: how does he know?).

NICKY H. SAYS...An untitled ride... 19th August 2010
...to somewhere in particular and boy does each mile count

STEVE SAYS...An untitled ride... 15th August 2010
...to somewhere in particular and boy does each mile count

STEVE SAYS...First Trip 3rd August 2010
Hi everybody, me and nicky set off on our rubbish bikes for the first of our regular sunday training sessions. we chose a 12 mile circle route around rushden and surrounding villages. There were a few small hills ( which seamed like mountains), but all in all it was a good ride.
Only problem we had was the chain coming off nickys bike and getting stuck behind a bolt, lesson one carry a multi change screw driver.

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LIZ HIBERT SAYS...A cycle diary on the art of getting lost 25th July 2010
I thought I'd break the ice with the cycle diaries and also begin the sweaty mileometer league too, so today I chose a route that would be mainly traffic free. This is because day 1 and day 3 in particular have a lot of traffic free sections. What is the definition of cream tea (ahem) I mean traffic free I hear you ask?

Traffic free means that you won't be competing for wheel space with cars, motorbikes, vans, trucks, tankers etc. You will be competing against dogs, their owners, joggers, walkers, other cyclists and for me today a clutch of signets and three burly firemen trying to tame a near explosive acetane (or something like that) gas canister. The surfaces tend to be worse than roads too with mud, gravel and wooden surfaces and with various gates and stiles and direction stickers that don't stop you getting lost. They can also be narrower than roads. As a result of this super-combo cycling on traffic free routes is slower. And I think that's a good thing because everyone has to go slower. Indeed we'll be like a train of camels making it across the Cumbrihah desert. Anyway I'd love to see someone else be brave and start recording their own cycle diaries. Here's a link to my route.