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Welcome back Dave. Glad to know that you’ve healed up. Bike looks great!Back on the bike after a couple of nasty knee/elbow issues...
Welcome back Dave. Glad to know that you’ve healed up. Bike looks great!Back on the bike after a couple of nasty knee/elbow issues...
Thanks! I've lost a little mobility in my left elbow, but as long as I can play guitar and ride my bike I'm OK with that.Welcome back Dave. Glad to know that you’ve healed up. Bike looks great!
I've got a tricky knee and I've alway had problems with my elbows. I've found that standing on the pedals over nasty ground really messes with my knee and the same ground does not make my elbows happy. So I slow down and maybe even let my butt take a little more discomfort rather than the crappy knee.Thanks! I've lost a little mobility in my left elbow, but as long as I can play guitar and ride my bike I'm OK with that.
The joys!I've got a tricky knee and I've alway had problems with my elbows. I've found that standing on the pedals over nasty ground really messes with my knee and the same ground does not make my elbows happy. So I slow down and maybe even let my butt take a little more discomfort rather than the crappy knee.
Sounds delightful but can you tell me what “pleased me as the place was manic” means?todays little jaunt ... had not decided exactly my route while eating my porridge, had it down to choice of 2 and would make my mind up once i got to the start of both at Darlington.
picked the shorter route as the wind was getting blustery ...lol headed out by the Stadium and on to Neasham-low dinsdale over the river tees and almost traffic free through Girsby over the B1264 onto Hornby- Appleton Wiske- then more quite lanes through Deighton -Brompton and onto Northallerton for coffee+ sausage sarnie,which was had in a small little cafe up a small alleyway which pleased me as the place was manic .
well spotted edited (rushed my post sorry to confuse )..Sounds delightful but can you tell me what “pleased me as the place was manic” means?
You like busy places, I assume?
I’m still not sure what you meant.well spotted edited (rushed my post sorry to confuse )..
I thought there some crazy names in Scotland but Crackpot wins!had planned to ride over the Butter tubs today ... but after i left Richmond the rain started , jacket on and time for a re-think. thought it best to stay low in the valley so headed for the Dales bike centre to get a bacon+egg sarnie and coffee, and pick another route.
Decided to ride the Swale trail (last done 2018),inspired by @Cathryn post. plus once i got to the end at Keld if weather was good i could still get up to Tan hill.
you could see the trail has been well used since i was here last .. more new signs and a few more gates been added but it still was great fun, at the cafe had a sausage roll and chocolate cake + coffee ,and had a discussion about the merits of e-bikes.
then i headed up to Tan hill which was very busy so no time for a beer. off along the road towards Reeth for about 3 miles then took the turn for a short cut to Bowes (not for road bikes).
once at Bowes picked up the A67 into Barnard castle straight through till a left turn for Little Newsham-Bolam up to RoyalOak across the A68 down Brusselton bank to Shildon aand the cycle path all the way back to Newto aycliffe and home. bloody knacked but was a really good day despite the earl showers. 79 miles done
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I thought there some crazy names in Scotland but Crackpot wins!
I miss the Gorge big time! Used to sailboard now and then at Hood River!Few pics from a ride yesterday
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