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26/01/2009 at 10:01 am
Another great run!! Had a light lunch (too light for most as it turned out)then a great scenic run on the back roads past Ilkley and then up to menston where Rich Creaser strung us out like a big long elastic band. A great pace that had us all begging for mercy.
We re-grouped at the top and into Shipley where it splintered again and didn’t see Rich again. Picked Harry up on the road into Bradford where Phil, Martin and Mike rode back with him.
Alastair, Andy, Jack (the new rider from the Netherlands) and myself looped around Bradord and through Birkenshaw. Along the ring road I felt a massive bonk coming on (thanks to just a toasted currant T-cake and Rich’s fast pace up to Menston/Guisley)which was saved by Andy’s spare bar!
THEN shock of all shocks, Alastair was riding like I do on the hills, he completely blew and had his first ever bonk (bless him!!), strugled to find a shop for what seemed like an eternity, then we crawled home like wounded soldiers. My stats were 62 miles at 15.94 MPH.
Hope the op goes well Alex.
26/01/2009 at 10:10 am
Great run going out but as Steve mentioned above, I hit the wall when we got into Bradford! Possibly the worst cycling experience of my life. It’s my own fault as I opted for only a slice of Chocolate Cake at lunch as opposed to my usual baked beans on toast (which by the way at £3.45 were hugely overpriced!).
A big thank you to Jack who very kindly gave me his Nutri Grain bar which gave a sufficient burst of fuel until we finally found a shop!
My stats, 69 miles at 15.4 mph average. Max heart rate 192. Average heart rate 151. Max speed 40 mph.
26/01/2009 at 10:59 am
I felt fine - it was an easy ride
26/01/2009 at 11:24 am
If you think that bonk on a club run is bad just wait until you get it at 70 miles in a100 or at 9 hrs in a12 hr.It then becomes what is commonly know as character building. By the way £3.50 for beans on toast is cheap if it means avoiding bonk. Gud luck & keep on bonking
26/01/2009 at 11:31 am
Doug = Sarcasm personified.
Jekyl = Filthy mind!!
26/01/2009 at 12:08 pm
I wasn’t kidding Alastair. When I got home I washed and cleaned the car, cleaned the bike, then did 40 minutes on the turbo.
26/01/2009 at 10:45 pm
I’m sure I’d feel fresh too if I just sat in the bunch all day……
It would be good to see this bunch out more often on a SUNDAY if poss!?!
It’s great to see Mike (the ref…) enjoying the rides and fingers crossed Jack enjoyed it enough to keep turning up. It seems 15+ mph isn’t an unpopular pace after all!!!!!
Allez les verts!!!
26/01/2009 at 11:12 pm
Guys, thanks for the ride Sunday, I really enjoyed it and will certainly be there more often. I am quite often travelling during the week, so thursdays will be a bit difficult, but (i hate rain) if the weather is reasonable, I will be there next Sunday. (can I bring my car as well Doug?)
26/01/2009 at 11:16 pm
Tell you what, it was great to hear Mike’s enthusiasm, and amazing to see his ability for someone with only 8 months on a bike.
Jack was one hell of a rider too, very strong all the way around,he had some interesting tales to tell, hopefully they will both return and be Thorper regulars.
26/01/2009 at 11:18 pm
Bugger, just crossed posts Jack!
Glad you enjoyed the ride. Will be a good ride next week with Glossop the intended destination.
26/01/2009 at 11:57 pm
Factory/Pilot - maybe you might get to sit in the bunch sometimes if you turned up on time. But it was good to see you on Sunday, eventually….
Jack and Mike - hope to see you both again
27/01/2009 at 12:06 am
I don’t know what you lot are bragging about,
Steve wrote ” jack ( the new rider from the netherlands) “,
if jack can go on a club run and still ride home i think you lot are soft!
Sorry i missed it but I’d been to York and harrogate on friday, then train to York on Saturday and rode back so contented myself with a swim Sunday morning and some home time
Although when i saw the weather i was cheesed off
By the way jack is down for the Etape du dales so hopefully riding with Brad , me and Dubai Craig
27/01/2009 at 12:29 am
Martyn,
Glad you explained your absence. We thought that you had either been kidnapped by aliens, or that you were somewhere in the Lincolnshire countryside surrounded by tandem riding hippies and breast feeding lesbians on one of those Audax thingies; debating the merits and joys of beards, state benefits for the travelling community and cheese sandwiches.