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I'm going to take a rain-check this time. I just go on leave to North Devon just as La Vuelta starts, so I will be missing about 9 or 10 stages. Good luck to everyone who is participating.

TdF Challenge Entries for Rider 319 Team 2 Stage Date Distance Time Ascent Ride Log URL ========================================================= 1 05/07 75.9 km 3h 14m 00s 458m http://www.strava.com/activities/161858596 http://www.strava.com/activities/162085228 http://www.strava.com/activities/162085538 2 06/07 49.3 km…

My Tour experience starts on Friday.. There are about four of us setting off from my house, with the first port of call 'Col de Jenkin'. If they survive that I'm taking them up Bradfield and onward through the stage 2 route in reverse to Holmfirth. We are going to play it by ear and either make a bee-line for Holmfirth and…

More than happy to take 319. Thank you. If anyone going to Leeds, York or Sheffield anytime over the three days, PM me and we can meet. Best regards, Carl TBY - Done

Happy to take whatever number comes my way. Really appreciate you organising this TBY. Can't believe people still have the 'bare faced cheek' to give you grief.

Giro Challenge Entries for Rider 302 Team 1 Stage Date Distance Time Ascent(m) Ride Log URL h:mm:ss ==================================================================================== 1 09/05 DNS 2 10/05 DNS 3 11/05 DNS R 12/05 Did ride today for the record, but understand it did not count :cry: 4 13/05 35.1 km 1:51:24…

Apologies to team 1. I have been a proper fair weather rider this weekend. I chickened out on Friday going to work, couldn't face putting wet kit on. Yesterday I had a 21st Birthday party, although it was in an Italian Restaurant, and today has been the recovery. Once again apologies.

Here is my ride for the Liege Bastogne Liege challenge ride. http://www.strava.com/activities/134846282 46.5km 424m It was a short ride compared with the other day to check the fit of the saddle that TBY so kindly loaned to me. It felt good, a lot more comfortable to the stock saddle that had come off a sub £200 bike from…

Had the week off this week, so was planning an epic ride come rain or shine. I didn't actually plan on doing a 100 miler, but when my legs still felt good at the turning point I decided to turn left instead of right, which took me past TBY riding in the opposite direction (we really do have to meet Mark). I too had saddle…

Soooo jealous about the Majorca reference.

No pics... just a great ride. Got home before the rain got serious... bonus!! http://www.strava.com/activities/132179781 106.8km Hope you all had a great easter. Looking forward to Wednesday's ride now. TBY Edit: Beer - 0pt, Stroopwaffels - 0pt, Chips&Mayo - 0pt, Cheese - 0pt : Total Bonus - 0pt

My Paris Roubaix ride was a short one today. I did consider cycling to York as I'd seen a Windmill from the train just as it pulls out of the station, but a Birthday party in Bradford in the afternoon meant I didn't have enough time to spare. I did have a mid ride coffee and cake courtesy of Greggs, but considering they…

Funny how everyone has not had the most perfect of rides today. I too woke up with a headache this morning and didn't shake it off until well after lunch. I had planned to ride up Holme Moss again today, but I guess I'll to save that one for another time. On my ride, it felt like I was on rumble strips about 6 miles in,…

Gent Wevelghem Hope you all enjoyed your rides this weekend. Here mine: http://www.strava.com/activities/125149612 24.4km This is my climb for the ride. It is more commonly known today as the Col De Jenkin, as it will be the last climb of stage 2 of the tour de france this year. Not my best attempt, as I have not climbed…

Well done everyone. Some great rides again. Any attempt to get out this Sunday is likely to be short. Mother's Day needs to be moved outside of the cycling season. :blushing:

A DNS for me today I'm afraid. Didn't want to clog up the main thread with my pitiful excuses. A combination of kids football, getting the car started after being declared SORN for 6 months; and a broken spoke (making only essential bike rides until pay day possible) all contributed. Hope everyone's ride went well who had…

Spotted him on Look North tonight. Went to Sheffield to support Harry Greecy-un... Dean that is not me. Thought Amy did very well at getting him up the Col de Jenkin.

You beat a Rovrum lad!! :laugh:

Glad there wasn't a ride this weekend. I've been limping on my left foot all this past week. Been riding in my MTB shoes all winter and not rode many miles to feel the dis-comfort until last week. I think it was a combination of poor cleat set up and the flex in the shoe. I have a pair of Louis Garneau shoes for best. They…

I really need to up my game I guess. I though I had a top three finish in the bag on Saturday. Kudos to everyone who got out there, this weekend.

Roma Maxima http://www.strava.com/activities/119140423 This is a Roman column that was re-erected some years from a site in Templeborough in Rotherham that was excavated in haste prior to the steelworks being extended to the site during the 2nd World War. This is my recovery drink that evening. Looks pretty much like the…

2nd attempt at pictures... Strade Bianche 103.2km - http://www.strava.com/activities/118645881 The unmettled path A bit fuzzy, but that is spinach and ricotta ravioli ... and finally, the predictable peroni. Nice to be back in the saddle, doing these challenges once again. TBY Edit - 103.2km Logged, Unmetalled road Bonus…

Sorry mate, I can't get past the mantra that I intend to ride by this summer... If you can't be good... look good. Personally, if something didn't look right on the bike, I would start to fall out with it quite quickly. I can't really help with the technical stuff... sorry.

Just signed up. Not like I needed another excuse to get out though.

I can recommend the Cote de Holme Moss and the Cote De Jenkins road. Both were very rewarding.

This challenge saved my life last year... definitely in. Just need to keep checking the forums whenever I can peel my son's laptop off him.

I saw it in the planet x studio and just thought it was a gimmick. Guess I was wrong.

Might try and generate a 50km weekend route for this and use it just to keep me ticking over for the winter period.

I immediately thought of the towpath between Rotherham and Sheffield. Then remembered that when I first ventured along that route, the sand being thrown up from the front wheel ground the gears down inside a couple of months. I was a complete novice at the time and it was a very cheap bike with zero maintenance, but it was…

I had my sit bones measured by my LBS and had the measurement confirmed at another. I bought a Specialized Phenom 155mm saddle. It's going on ebay this weekend!! :sad: