If there's one thing that we've taken from the photos you sent to us this #mycyclingweekend, it's that you're getting muddy. Very muddy.
The first few photos that we're sharing with you now are evidence of a couple of things. First is that cyclocross has made some serious strides into the mainstream this winter. The second is that there's no correlation between the deteriorating weather and #mycyclingweekend participation.
You're still heading out to ride in your hundreds, and you're still sharing your much muddier photos with us. Here are a couple of our favourites:
Before we have a look at Benedict Campbell and Bruce Dalton who got very, very muddy, we'll just touch upon Chris Rayment's #mycyclingweekend contribution.
Rayment is a road cyclist who's just got his hands on a Cannondale CAADX. He's included a little write-up about why he loved his ride this #mycyclingweekend.
If you don't currently own a cyclocross bike, this might jeopordise the health of your bank balance:
But this time of year isn't only about mud. The weather changes a lot about how we ride, and so on Friday we asked you how your pre-ride prep and post-ride clean-up have changed.
You came back with all sorts of answers. Mostly they centred around your choice of breakfast, like Jenny Ondioline's porridge-filled pan, as well as your hometime habits.
Below are Jenny's photos as well as Sam Shaw's post-ride sink full of kit.
You were all also very keen to show us how the roads you're so used to riding have changed.
We say roads, but as Ryan Trowbridge pointed out, it can be difficult to work out whether or not you're riding on a road or a track sometimes.
So, it's a shame when the weather's as clear as it was over the weekend that you have to spend so much time checking the surface for obstacles, because some of the views are absolutely stunning.
Here are a few of our favourites:
Finally, now the paths and roads are that little more treaturous, dismounting and hobbling around on your cleats is even more of a risk. We think Paul Cooms nails it with this little clip:
It's not too late to get involved. Fire your photos over to us via Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram with '#mycyclingweekend' in the caption.
I find putting the phone in flight mode helps greatly with battery life - the GPS still works but the phone isn't straining to find signals. It's...
I call fake news. We all know that cyclists aren't ever held accountable because they don't have registration plates....
Your point being? That old lane (now closed off as is obvious in the link you posted) was built thirty five years ago or more. On the other side...
And yet here you are....
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"Although other neighbours were outside, nobody else had thought to alert her mum and siblings because there was no car on the drive so they didn’t...
"Aldi apologised for the blocked bike racks and said "we have spoken with the store to make sure that the cycle bays are clear for use at all times...
Interesting..... but perhaps I'll wait for the LIdl or Aldi copy and save a couple of hundred quid.....
The change in running shoes has come in the last five years or so, the TdF analysis goes until 2010, so before, as I pointed out above....
It's not censored if you just pirate it