I used to have great days riding ..... Then I got married

Good to hear you are back to the cycling 🚲🚲 ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Nice day for a cycle. 51.4 miles with over 3000 feet of elevation

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I do a little bit of road cycling when I can get out. I've got an iPhone 4s and have used a couple of distance apps, but what do people tend to use these days, ie which actual app is preferred, the one I can't think of right now, uses all the battery up in about an hour and half. Unless I run it black screen ie refer to it when lost etc.
I have a work sim in my phone which does not have data so I rely on the location sensor in maps etc.
I don't want to buy a bike computer, as I think the phone is more than capable. I just want to use the maps for navigating, and speed and time etc. maybe a calorie counter too.
There's no excuses now the weather has broken through!

Save your phone for calls and texts and but a Garmin
I have a 500 and an 800, the battery life is incredible. done a few 100 mile plus rides and never seen my battery lower than 50%

I use Strava. seems to work well, has loads of features Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey

Big day for me on Sunday as I'm planning on doing this. The weather's looking rather grim so I'll see how it pans out. Winter clothing and footwear will be the order of the day

I was booked in for it last year when the weather was perfect but having broken my back 3 weeks before it was being run I had to cancel out.

I see you are a deferred entry... As you say, you had a lame excuse for not doing it last year
Good luck ya madman...
We are out on Sunday as well, but it's the chariots of Fire race in St. Andrews. Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

Velominati Rule #12

The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
While the minimum number of bikes one should own is three, the correct number is n+1, where n is the number of bikes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of bikes owned that would result in separation from your partner

I love this and would like to add a decider equation , so if

B is more than W, then apply N+1

if B is less than W then apply S-1


the value of B is love for your bike and the value of W is love for your wife .

102.6 miles with 9500 feet of climbing today, a day from hell. Headwinds that reduced me to 2.8mph at times, crosswinds that blew me across the white line, sleet, snow and lots of rain thrown in for good measure. I'm sure I read that cycling was fun and good for me

Mate and myself on the final climb of the route, 101 miles done and 1 more mile of climbing to go.

The pain on his face says it all, then he saw the camera and decided to raise a smile, whilst all I could do was hold onto his back wheel and hope the hill levelled out soon

Just excess skin flapping in the wind  ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

Is my flies open?

77 miles today round Arran in a figure of 8 taking in the String Road in both directions

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My latest project

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N=N+1 Graham

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Gone: 10MY L320 RR Sport HSE, Ipanema Sand
Gone: 20MY Jaguar iPace HSE, Silicon Silver
Gone: 17MY RR Evoque SE Tech, Loire Blue
Gone: 08MY Discovery 3 XS, Stornoway Grey
Gone: 07MY FFRR TDV8 Vogue, Stornoway Grey