the cat was brilliant. Everyone clearly had the sap rising it being spring and all and it bitched along close to 20 mph from the start. Bad idea as the climbs were way sharper than expected. Back onto the plain and everyone took off again. Ouch. The last hour was torrid. My! some people spend a lot of money on bikes.
My road bike was £370 new. I felt so ashamed.
bets i placed on cycling instead of horses:cancellara to win roubaix.boonen to win roubaix.lets see what happens...in other news did we all ride yesterday? amazing! and i can recommend the goyt valley (links nicely to the cat and fiddle - long hill for a circuit around buxton). beautiful! and i saw a toad carrying another toad on its back.85km - 3hrs20, roasting hot sun and loads of climbs. woooo!off to malham to get my arse kicked...
Give way lines at the junction at the bottom to the give way lines at the junction at the top. It does ease after the pub, but stop your clock when you hit the top. The target time for those who can 'do a bit' is sub 15 mins, but anything sub 18 mins is reasonable really in my opinion.
Can you do a clever multimap type thingy? In fact can anyone work out how we can have a nice road bike rides thread. Like with actual directions.