Cycling thread

[wgtwiddle]

Knocked down over the weekend by a car
Nearly killed tbh
Ambulance, hospital, don't know how I didn't break something
Season probably over

First decent day of weather too

Good, at least, to hear no broken bones! Hope your recovery goes well.

Guess you're covered by some form of insurance (judging by the 'season' comment); I always advise those I know who ride a bike to take some insurance cover out (British Cycling, Cycling UK).

 

[thirdmantackle]

Hope you are OK thirdman, sounds terrible. Did they stop?

Yeah. About 20 witnesses

 

[thirdmantackle]

Good, at least, to hear no broken bones! Hope your recovery goes well.

Guess you're covered by some form of insurance (judging by the 'season' comment); I always advise those I know who ride a bike to take some insurance cover out (British Cycling, Cycling UK).

We have cover, not sure what it is

Season over, as in I won't be able to race for a good while

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Did some cycling around Oudenaarde at the weekend - Holy Ground. There's a nice signposted 50 mile route that takes in the Kwaremont, Paterberg, Koppenberg and Taaienberg. Minus these bergs, it struck me as almost identical to going on a ride around West Lancs - very similar landscape (and similar wind - blowy). Absolutely loads of riders out - like pelotons of club cyclists with their own support vehicles.

Koppenberg would be savage in a race - even just turning the pedals up it had some bite, quite narrow and cobbles a bit rougher.

 

[spectateur]

Anybody following the Giro?
Looks like Pog has killed it already.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Back on the bike today.
Did a handy 2 hours with a few lads

 

[TheWinslowBoy]

Pogacar today.

Absolute class.

 

[Rita_Poon]

the road side camera phone by MoP is the best footage of the speed of the mass crash today.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Van Baarle and Kruijswijk both out of the Tour. Pog won't get a better chance to get the double than this.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Heading to pyrennes next week for almost 3 weeks. Cannot wait

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Heading to pyrennes next week for almost 3 weeks. Cannot wait

Do Tromousse and the Col de Tente.

 

[thirdmantackle]

Tourmalet, hautacam among others

 

[Rapidvienna]

Tourmalet, hautacam among others

And Luz Ardiden

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Tourmalet, hautacam among others

Tromousse and Tente are better. Trust me. The Tour can't use them because they are protected nature areas, so they're not famous, but both harder and prettier than the Tourmalet.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I'd also suggest, if you're going to do the classic Soulor and Aubisque, that rather than heading straight out of Argeles up the main road, which is a fairly nondescript drag, you take the slightly scenic route via Lac d'Estaing, It's a pretty mountain lake, which while itself is a deadend, you can loop back and go over a short climb at Bun and it drops you at the bottom of the Soulor. If you wanted an even more challenging day, rather than heading straight back once you've done the Aubisque, you could drop down off the Soulor and go back to Argeles via the Spandelles climb. It's a climb that is comparable with Hautucam and harder than either the Soulor or Aubisque.