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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!

All of our road signs are in miles, not km... ;)

I was brought up on imperial and I will never go metric!😛My Wahoo and Ridewithgps are set to imperial for a reason!;)

Another very mild day with a 20mph southerly wind once again, like a repeat of Tuesday! This time I chose to ride into the wind so I headed south on the back roads to Allanton and continued on the back roads to Carluke! We had heavy rain yesterday and it continued this morning although it was...

I had one of those rare almost perfect days on the bike, everything just clicked and I had a blast from start to finish! :D After a really cold spell our weather has changed to mild and wild, thankfully today was just mild with a 20mph southerly breeze blowing! My plan was to head north and...

After a full week off the bike due to weather and a niggling back injury I was itching to get out again, I had a 5 hour weather window to make the most of it! I left at 9am after the frost cleared into a chilly 20mph SE wind with the intention of enjoying the wind at my back on the way home! My...

I wanted to get another 100 miler done before the clocks change this weekend and yesterday was looking good weather wise, I was a little worried when I woke to fog though! Thankfully just a few miles in it cleared up and I even saw some blue sky! The mist was hanging around but it added to the...

A nice day for a recovery ride after last Thurday's epic, back to fingerless gloves with a temp of 14C and light winds! It was very damp and misty in the morning so I waited until 11.30am before setting off on drier roads in cloudy conditions! I made my way down to Garrion Bridge in the Clyde...

That's good to hear, I'm glad he enjoyed them!

I set off on the bike yesterday needing 83 miles to pass 6000 for the year and just 30 miles to pass 42000 on my bike, I had a rough route in my head involving Knockhill Racing Circuit as I haven't cycled there for quite a while!I took all 3 batteries, 2 fully charged and 1 around 80% with a 100...

Total deflation to total elation! Yesterday I was planning to ride to the final round of the Scottish Championship Car race meeting at Knockhill Racing Circuit but the weather had other ideas, despite a nice forecast with very light winds! It was very wet and very misty when I woke so I decided...