Sunday 26th Wotton

So time for some hills me thinks followed by a huge bacon baguette at the Star at Wooton.
What hills i here you say there are no hills around there? well ok just the little one into North Nibley (it's only about 14% then how about that little undulation called Old London Road.


https://ridewithgps./routes/19691424

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19691424

what's wrong with going up wotton instead

hopefully fully recovered ready for this one !

If I remember last time YOU were the one who suggested Old London road.! i would of been quite happy with Wotton hill.

Moi ?? ... oh, I did, didn't I ... oopppssss

Some (who shall remain nameless ie Louisa) have asked if they can go up and down and up again.

I could include most of the way up Horton hill?

can't we do up wotton down old london ??
or shall i shut up now before i get banned

I can always divert(improve) by going up Horton at mile 14 up the hill round the hairpin along to Hawksbury down the hill and fork left and rejoin at 16.5 mile .
PS arent you already banned.?

Complaints have been coming in regarding the flat route for next Sunday .so how about Horton Nibley and Wotton.?
Dont you just love democracy?
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I feel a lantern rouge coming on.

Slow enough to join back in with the group as it comes down Old London road

Might be a few contenders for that position

but not me .... I shall mostly be the "doting" hubby for the day

I hope you have booked fathers day?

that's kaitie's 15th birthday .... i will not be the priority on that day !

Best Fathers day pressie in the world.

Well I finally got back on the bike the other day any managed to complete 25 miles, down side is knees are giving my issues so booking a bike fit for next week to sort it out once and for all.

Incidentally if anyone has a 105 groupset going cheap or know where I can get one that would be really helpful, think it's about time I upgrade from the original tiagra on the bike.

Once the fit is done I will aim to come on the next cake ride and see how I get on. deffo missing the riding.


Cheers
Matt

Matt good to hear you are on the mend.Not sure if it is any help but dave Roy our overseas player had a knee problem and had a full bike fit in town not sure where .Message him on Facebook he will be able to help.

I used bw for my fit .... excellent job done

Hi there.

For a long while - my left knee had been giving me grief, to a point where it was a distraction from enjoying the ride and cold beers afterwards. I'd had several "fits" done over home plus a number of exercises from the physio which all helped in one way or another but the issue had never been fully resolved.

Anyways, Scott put me onto the lads in town at BW Cycling and I went in and had a session with them. They listened to my story and understood what I wanted to achieve with the knee and my riding goals (nothing stella - just wanting to enjoy etc). They weren't so interested in the all the previous changes as they wanted to look at things with a fresh and open mind - all good stuff.

So, a mix of shims under the cleats and re-positioning the cleats, spacers on the pedal axles and a wee tweak to the saddle height (plus moving forward a tad) saw a significant improvement in the knee issue. I won't go so far as to say that its fixed as I think there may be a deeper issue (maybe) but for the most part the gains were absolutely worth the lazy 125pounds they charge for the 1 1/2hr consult.

Olly was a good lad, looked at me riding on the trainer with my bike, took the video from different directions and looked at my flexibility on the physio bed. He's also provided me with a number of additional stretching exercises that will all help strengthen the gluts to then get them "firing" so that will help take to load off the knee.

Give them a call and have a chat.


Cheers
Kiwi Dave

Don't forget boys and girls that time miraculously jumps forward one hour at 0100 hours this Sunday (26 March).