No, never used the alarm on it. Have worn it for prolonged periods in much warmer parts of the world than your little patch of England and it’s been fine so doubt the sun has killed it. Coincidental I’d expect.
Ahhh, fair enough, nor me!
After my re-pair routine last week it has stayed connected and behaved itself.
Went for my first decent ride since about August today. A hilly 80km or so in Kent with about 1500m elevation. Fantastic day for it, and had a whale of a time, but absolutely broken now! Need to get some miles back into the legs.
Well done! Give us a look at what you rode!
I did the Chartridge century ride again yesterday. It felt that I hadn’t made much progress since last year, but bought me moving time down from 6:45 to 6:10 and total time from 7:25 to 6:40. The average power only went up 21 watts, but felt far more confident on the bike particularly downhill. Also used the drops for windy/fast sections and able to relax and chat during the ride. I won’t be able to ride often, but it does make me think i should find a local club for group riding.
Good steady improvements, well done! Link your Strava activity/ride we all like to be nosy!
If you enjoy the social side then definitely find some local clubs. Look for one you like the sound of, nice and convenient so easy to dip in&out with low commitment, do your kinda distances/speeds (maybe only slightly more for a challenge) and ask if you can ride a few times before becoming a member. Most should let you!
Makes seeing potholes an absolute pain though! (the dappled sunlight). But yesterday was lovely, and much warmer than Saturday!
Yeah Saturday was a weird one wasn't it? Stayed overcast with us until about 3pm. Meant to be 10 degrees but starting out at 7-8 it really didn't warm up. Saw <5 mins of sunshine while riding - our morning social when we'd talked about having ice creams at a local airfield turned into coffees+cakes hiding in the cafe/shed!
We had a guy crack BOTH carbon rims in a ride yesterday. Went straight into an unsighted hole. Made a hell of a noise! Think he has insurance so he'll be alright.
The joys of this wonderful country
Ouch! Glad he held it up and only rims damaged. Bugs me when holes are unsighted when you're group riding, especially this time of year when there's a few more riders out who may not know the regular places which have been bad all winter & spring. If you're on the front you call out holes!
Especially in Herefordshire/West-midlands.
We're second worst for potholes in the country. Don't think we've been out of the bottom 3 for a few years. But have to admit there's more and more resurfacing and repairs happening late-24 and into 2025, just the roads have been so bad for such a long period of time it'll take them a while to catch back up. Allegedly They've spending £8m+ per year now after many years of spending £1m...
Both of us to blame or should the more experience cyclists given more indiciation on our path?
Yeah you're officially one of us now - but you where before, don't need to fall off to be a cyclist!
Yeah sounds like mostly his fault - he rode into you and he was the one with all the space outside of him so he didn't need to come over. Side by side? But riding with friends you're kinda 'in it together' so look after each other - which he should be doing some of for you as he was the one knowing the route/location/road. So normally maybe should be taking the lead, or he was expecting to - probably what caused it. So he should probably have been in front of you, or made it known he was going to came across. He maybe expected you to take off from the lights slower to follow his lead - at the end of the day if you're getting split up he'd prefer to be with his dad in front so he wasn't likely to hang back waiting for you to go in front unless he'd instructed you to - or was directing your turns and 'guarding' you from traffic.
But one of those things. Accidents and mistakes happen. You give your riding buddies more trust than others around you, but that does have to be earned & kept - as you say you where more wary of him for the rest. No bad thing - being a commuter he's likely an ok bike handler, but his spacial awareness might be poor/lacking from all the traffic riding. But there's bad cyclists out there - just as much as bad drivers out there. Not much we can do about it - just in that scenario you now have a direct expereince/opinion of his riding/positioning and how much you can trust him (not much), so now can act and ride accordingly around him!
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I locked the door, put it in the saddle bag and zipped it closed, not realising I was pushing it round and leaving it hanging by the end of the key. I got back home to find no key in the bag. Fortunately I found it 1/4 mile down the road still in one piece.
