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The last ride I had must of been 2 weeks back, up in Ilkley and I don’t care what the rest say, we got lost. Managing to get back to the pub just before last orders, and before you leave a comment Andy. I payed you back with a curry and beer. Next time let me know that we will aim to try and reach a pub after. Then I will bring some money

I don’t know if this is some kind of recorded but 4 out of 6 of us managed to get a puncher on the same stretch. Don’t help that none of us had lights and it was 10:45pm in the middle of what I would call no where. Well, as well as needing to replace the inner tuber it looks like am going to have to replace a few spokes. One broke and at least one bent.

I have been told that I could ride on this and the wheel should be fine but me been me, the word “SHOULD” does not fill me full of confidence. After all I don’t want to replace my wheel(s) if I don’t have to. I say wheels as you can’t just get one you  need a matching pair .

To top it all off I broke a tooth on my middle ring yet again. I think this time I might just leave it be. Am sick of replacing it each time,and before I forget I busted up my pedals so I will need to get a new set of them.

I am hoping to pop my bike into the local bike shop tomorrow get the back wheel sorted and get a full services done. I guess its due.

Hi guys
We’ve been out on a local through the week.

First time round we met half way up Alters lane (Bingley) starting from from home then on the third run from the bottom car park of St Ives, as you can see from the data the ride its about 13.5 mile with quite a bit of off road, there’s a fast off road section behind what’s locally known as the “Flappit”, this can be fun as there are different worn tracks, so if your doing it at speed you can get caught out. there’s also a section off Ryecroft road that’s entertaining, though still needs more exploring.  you can finish with the run through the woods at St Ives.

we where going to get a full blown GPS system but found a little I got-U device from Maplins, just a simple GPS tracking system  that will create waypoints as you ride that you can download to your PC, with with the right software it’s great and all from less then £40. We had to use another peace of software called topofusion to get the elevation data.

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13.81 mi (5.72 mi uphill, 5.50 mi downhill, 2.59 mi flat)
1817 ft total ascent (1596 ft descent) - 8.0 %  uphill grade, 6.1 %  downhill grade
2:25:13 total time (2:10:28 moving, 0:14:45 stopped)
0:09:26 pace (6.4 mph average speed, 38.5 mph max speed)
8.764 difficulty, 34.407 effort