"My Cycling for February 2008"

Tunnel Hill, Gorrick Mountain Bike Race. See entry for 17th February below.


A pretty good month all in all. Plenty of riding due mostly to it being relatively dry and rain free. This month saw the end of my Cateye Triple Shot LED bike light. It was playing up for a while and gave up the ghost right at the end of this month. I have got a brand new one now but I won't talk about it until the next months cycling post;) All I will say now (having only used it the once so far) is that it is the dogs bollocks!
The photo of me for this post wasn't taken by yours truly, but instead by a race official photographer during a race that Ian, Lee & I kinda entered (unofficially) on the 17th. There is another race by the same people on Sunday March 9th right near the infamous Broadmoor Hospital in the middle of the Berkshire countryside and we plan to enter that one officially, where we will each get a snazzy number plate for the front of our bikes. Read all about it in next months cycling post.



Friday 1st February 2008 @ 19:00pm, Lee, BP,RP, 22 miles, av 12, max 24.5 mph, 1hr 46mins, cold, windy, dark, clear, temp 1, wind 17. Total 233.30 miles.

Saturday 2nd February 2008 @ 18:30pm & 22:30pm, I cycled to Mums and back because of the rugby match...England lost to Wales 19 to 26 at Twickenham, 5.39 miles, av 13.9, max 20.5 mph, 23mins, cold, windy, dry, temp 2, wind 16. Total 238.69 miles.

Sunday 3rd February 2008 @ 14:15pm, HH, PH, HH, Ian, 16.39 miles, av 7.9, max 28.8 mph, 2hrs 4mins, windy, cool and dry. Total 247.08 miles.

Wednesday 6th February 2008 @ 18:40pm, RP, Ian, cold, dark, dry, clear, 22.01 miles, av 11.5, max 25.3 mph, 1hr 55mins, temp 2, wind 3. Total 269.09 miles.

Friday 8th February 2008 @ 18:40pm, Lee, Ian, RP, BP, 32.3 miles, av 10.9, max 28.8 mph, 2hrs 30mins, cool, dry, dark, another cyclist shouted at me for blinding him with my bike lights! What a wally!, Ian had a 2008 Stumpjumper FSR to test, temp 6, wind 7. Total 301.39 miles.

Sunday 10th February 2008 @ 13:20pm, Jac, HH, PH, 10.84 miles, av 7.3, max 18 mph, 1hr 29mins, sunny and bright and warm, Jac borrowed Elvis and I used Ian's test bike, Jac did very well considering she keeps thinking that she is going to fall off backwards up the hills;), temp 12, wind 2. Total 322.23 miles.

Tuesday 12th February 2008 @ 20:00pm, HH, James, 8.7 miles, av 6.5, max 22.1 mph, 1hr 16mins, cool, dark, dry, very bright stars in the night sky, I accidentally killed a rabbit and a Badger on my drive home!, temp 2, wind 4. Total 330.93 miles.

Wednesday 13th February 2008 @ 14:00pm, RPx2, 28.8 miles, av 12.1, max 30.2 mph, 2hrs 18mins, beautiful sunny day, warm, dry, perfect, temp 13, wind 6. Total 359.73 miles.

Sunday 17th February 2008 @ 13:00pm, Tunnel Hill near Frimley down the M3 Jn4, Gorrick mountain bike race day, 13.88 miles, 3xlaps, Ian, Lee, sunny, dry, av 8.9, max 22.5 mph, 1hr 34mins, we didn't officially enter but did get photographed by the race photographer, the track was great and set all around MOD land, whilst we were riding around the route, another rider crashed and hit a tree and needed lifting out by helicopter. It was all very exciting! temp 8, wind 5. Total 373,61 miles.

Tuesday 19th February 2008 @ 14:00pm, RPx2, 27.10 miles, av 11,6, max 25.9 mph, 2hrs 20mins, sunny, dry, cool, temp 5, wind 7. Total 400.71 miles.

Wednesday 20th February 2008 @ 17:10pm, Ian, HH, PH, HH, 14 miles, 2hrs, av 7.8, max 27 mph, dark, dry, cool, my bike light is affecting the performance of my trip computer and my lights cable is faulty and switches off over bumps!, my forks too had a service today (Elvis), temp 4, wind 7. Total 414.71 miles.

Friday 22nd February 2008 @ 18:00pm, RP, 17.30 miles, av 12.5, max 24.9 mph, 1hr 23mins, dry, dark, cool. Total 432.01 miles.

Sunday 24th February 2008 @ 14:00pm, HH, PH, HH, Ian, Phil, Marcus, 12.87 miles, av 7.4, max 30.3 mph, 1hr 43mins, dry, warmish, last 40 mins was in light rain, before the ride I got to meet Phil's new baby girl Pearl. She was born on the 18th Feb and was sooo tiny and cute! This was also the first time I have ridden with Phil since last year sometime, temp10, wind 3. Total 444.88 miles.

Monday 25th February 2008 @ 18:45pm, RP, BP & a visit to Lee's in Hampton, Ian, 28.58 miles, av 13.3, max 26 mph, 2hrs 8mins, dark, cool, windy, Lee showed us his new Hope Vision 4 LED bike light. It seems pretty good. Temp 9, wind 11. Total 473.46 miles.

Wednesday 27th February 2008 @ 20:15pm, LH & surrounding back roads (we got kinda lost starting from Nirvana Cycles in Westcott!), 17.38 miles, Ian, av 8, max 32.8 mph, 2hrs 10mins, dark, cool, dry with muddy sections on the hill, Leith Hill doesn't seem to drain as well as Holmbury & Pitch Hills, tonight was a beautiful night with clear skies and bright stars, my bike light has been playing up for a while now. Not only does it interfere with my trip computer, it turns on and off unexpectedly over the bumps courtesy of a dodgy cable! The thing (Cateye Triple Shot LED 1st gen) is over two years old now and isn't as bright as it used to be and now is the time for a new light! Temp 3, wind 4. Total 490.84 miles.



Jason








(C) JPT 2008.........522.68 miles.