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Home » blog » My first ride in the Lake District and the damage done.

My first ride in the Lake District and the damage done.

Published September 17, 2013 by lawsie 1 Comment

Well here’s the ride I did yesterday https://www.strava.com/activities/82896536

I used my geared bike and when we were going up hills the easiest gear was nowhere near low enough! Everyone else was spinning but I was having to shove so hard my front wheel was lifting up. The we’d hit a descent and at first I thought it would be a chance to rest, till I looked down at my GPS and realised I was going over 50 mph!  My poor old Ribble Audax frame was terrifying and I’ve never pulled the brakes so hard and for so long in all my life, I swear I could smell them. 

Then there was the weather, there was ALL the weather. Some hills were like fighting my way up a mountain stream in a monsoon hurricane.   I couldn’t enjoy those descents because it was raining so hard I could barely see, even under the trees. The roads were also covered with slippy leaves. 

Honest to Jebus it was like this was the first time I had ever ridden a bicycle. There should be one Strava for Southerners and one for northerners. 

We accidentally became part of the Tour of Britain peloton at one point – cars was hooting at us and I turned round and saw it was the Garmin Sharp team car with about ten riders behind it!

At the end of it all the forty miles we did took a bigger toll than any 100+ miles I’ve ever done in Suffolk. But we did find a put that did three pints of strong local ale for just £4.50!

Now I understand why compact chain sets exist. 

Last Updated on February 18, 2023

Filed Under: Observations Tagged With: cycling, lake district

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  1. LoneyJane says

    September 17, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    Good going, my friend! Makes my 19 miles on a drizzly Saturday morning look a bit lame, even with the hills at Freston and Stutton 😉

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