#mycyclingweekend: Your best suffer faces!

We saw loads of your faces this #mycyclingweekend. Some sweaty smiles, some grateful grins, and a few faces we're not sure we've got the words to describe. The theme this weekend was 'suffer faces' in solidarity with the poor exhausted pros over in France and our friends at Cycle Surgery have a prize for the individual whose suffer face we enjoyed the most.

Here are our favourites:

Topping the list is Peter Nash's shot of his boy Jack's incredibly pain face on the Orme road race.

Clearly, our search for a winner stopped here. We think we've found the best pain face ever.

So, Peter, you can tell your son that not only have the both of you got a new Lezyne track pump to look forward to using, he's also the holder of road.cc's best pain face ever title!

Orme road race painface climb #mycyclingweekend #CycleSurgery pic.twitter.com/FumtZmBf80

— Peter Nash (@doobs65) July 16, 2016

We had a few close runners-up in this week's #mycyclingweekend competition. Adrian Davies was one of them - here's a shot of him cycling up Cheddar Gorge. The teeth-grinding pain face is something we can all relate to.

Chapeau Adrian!

My 1st time up Cheddar Gorge was tough, can't w8 2do it again tomorrow 4 @prostateUK #mycyclingweekend #CycleSurgery pic.twitter.com/RObchnTgAT

— Adrian Davies (@diverbaboo) July 16, 2016

So far we've seen two grimaces, but pain faces come in all sorts of other shapes and sizes.

For example, check out the questionably named Instagram user billybobbackdooractionvoyeur's face of sheer exhaustion, Twitter user Boardyonabike's face of discomfort, Howard Crompton's teary eyed recovery facce, davidmi24's entertained gasp for air, and Ben Harris's longingly dissatisfied face:

 

My mate top of Alp d'huez, 90%+ heart rate. #mycyclingweekend #cyclesurgery

A photo posted by Justin Headlong (@billybobbackdooractionvoyeur) on Jul 16, 2016 at 12:51am PDT

@roadcc #mycyclingweekend suffer face with added helmet hair on the Ridgeway... #CycleSurgery pic.twitter.com/TIM1E5cSsw

— Boardy (@boardyonabike) July 17, 2016

@roadcc this is #mycyclingweekend the first "ride" on @Bkool_English since shoulder surgery 3wks ago #CycleSurgery pic.twitter.com/YB0JpoMtKb

— Howard Crompton (@CromptonHoward) July 16, 2016

 

Game face. #mycyclingweekend #cyclesurgery

A photo posted by David Leibowitz (@davidmi24) on Jul 16, 2016 at 5:52pm PDT

Unfortunately #mycyclingweekend is happening for me due to my recent surgery! Only 3 more weeks #cyclesurgery pic.twitter.com/AbVSMLmUdg

— Ben Harris (@Benjih1) July 16, 2016

Of course, not all of you are spending your #mycyclingweekends in the red zone. Most of you head out for leisurely rides to see some scenery, get some exercise, and connect with friends and loved ones.

We had more grins than grimaces this #mycyclingweekend. Here they are:

Off on 1st 50km ride on new B'day bike-could've done with track pump after 4 flats! #mycyclingweekend #CycleSurgery pic.twitter.com/Zg9AlYGTCJ

— Phil Thompson (@PhilthyRider) July 17, 2016

 

Good morning Bristol! Enjoying an early morning solo MTB #ride around Ashton Court. #mtb4her #strongher #ridelikeagirl #soloride #fitness #outdoorgym #mtb #solitude #girlswhoride #shredlikeagirl #ride #lifebehindbars #instabike #weekendescape #womenscycling #mtbgirl #mycyclingweekend #fromwhereiride #freedom

A photo posted by Emma (@keeprolling_mtb) on Jul 16, 2016 at 3:41am PDT

A nice 40 miles in the rolling Northants countryside as part of @thetourride @CycleNorthants #mycyclingweekend pic.twitter.com/KKv6ssBk91

— Paul Keen (@spacedyemeerkat) July 17, 2016

@roadcc @wildsidecycles 21 days of @LeTour will struggle 2 find a more beautiful view #mycyclingweekend #Rwanda pic.twitter.com/fln3Ofe6NU

— Richard Follett (@RichardJFollett) July 17, 2016

5. 15am Sunday morn traffic-free dawn commute inspires a smile not a pain face #mycyclingweekend #CycleSurgery pic.twitter.com/blCcDucOFW

— Malcolm Cowie (@malcolm_cowie) July 17, 2016

 

Yeah it was flat, but the wind was killer #cyclesurgery #mycyclingweekend

A photo posted by Jack Thorpe (@moza806) on Jul 16, 2016 at 5:54am PDT

 

Having fun in the sun! 109miles completed! #cyclingphotos#cycling#roadcycling#roadbike#gopro#smileforthecamera #smile#bikeaddictz#mycyclingweekend #sun#stravacyclingphotos#roadcc#onyabike#bikeselfie#bikestagram

A photo posted by Mat Acton (@mat_acton) on Jul 17, 2016 at 3:38pm PDT

Remember, it's not too late to get involved in the fun. Just upload a photo to Instagram or Twitter, and send it our way by attaching the #mycyclingweekend hashtag to the caption!