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A beautiful day for a bike ride which made a nice change so I made the most of it and had an absolute blast on amazing roads! The wind wasn't howling also which was also very welcome, it was a direct sourtherly around 20mph so I made my way south down into the Clyde Valley at Crossford! I...

I had a very hilly and very wet ride last Friday, I think my bike was the filthiest it has ever been after the ride but I had a blast! :D Today was another wet one and very windy also but very mild at 8C so I wasn't bothered about getting a little wet when it was very mild, thankfully the...

I use the Sealskinz heated gloves, had them for years now but they don't heat the thumbs very well I'm afraid! Yesterday with the 6C temp I used a normal thin pair of gloves under a pair of Castelli Corsa winter gloves and they work very well in temps just above freezing!

Another nice day after a very wet Monday, with a temp of 6C when I set off at 11.40am there was no danger of ice this time! So I was on the back roads again and although they were very wet with some flooding I was happy to be off the main roads! It was pretty windy, a southerly around 25mph so I...

The last day of the month and November had been my worst of the year with only 379 miles covered, thankfully today was glorious but bitterly cold! I waited until almost midday to let the sun do its magic and melt the ice, I had to choose my route very carefully to avoid the very slippy back...

Been following Itchy Boots on Youtube for years, she is fearless!

Ask a meteorologist... ;)

After a week off the bike due to weather I finally caught a break today, no frost this time so I could use my back roads again! The temp was around 5C with a bitterly cold 20-25mph northerly wind blowing so I decided to make my way out to Avonbridge and head south for around 30 miles to...

Your health is much more important than any miles, Stefan! I'm glad your meds are working and I hope that continues!

Getting the thread back on topic... Today was record breaking day, I only needed 20 miles to equal last years total of 6561 miles! If the weather plays ball I may get to 7000 miles this year, today was a cold one but at least we had light winds this time! The back roads were ruled out today due...

Last Monday I left home with 2 layers on and fingerless gloves, today I had 5 layers and heated gloves...add a 40mph NE wind and you can imagine what it was like! Feels like temp was -1C, toasty! 😂 Did I enjoy it? you bet...:D It was too cold to take photos and with the odd snow flurry I wasn't...

Our mild spell has continued but its due to end soon, once again it was a southerly wind and around 20-25mph! I decided to head east this time, the Black Loch was looking pretty choppy at Limerigg! The forecast wasn't looking that great but once again they got it wrong and it turned into a...

I ride my bike on the road all the time, I'm a genuine roadie who has no interest in comparing my rides or performance on Strava! I ride my bike because I love cycling, end of story! The UCI and the GCN have no bearing on what I do whatsoever... Lets just get back to what this thread is here...

So I'm not a genuine roadie because I use imperial? 😂

Always been feet and inches and if somebody asks my weight my reply is always in stones and pounds!