Gravel bike on tarmac 🚲

A 530km drive after yesterday’s SRC brought me to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. My dad lives here but I make an annual pilgrimage each May which tends to be when the weather is better.

I was lulled into a slightly false sense of security by the sun because the wind was pretty cold today, but I wasn’t foolish enough for short sleeves! I headed out on the gravel bike even though I was sticking to tarmac but there were some pretty rural and patchy stretches where I actually appreciated the 45mm tyres.

Today’s ride involved 3 sets of 8 x 30/30s which felt like heaven after last week’s catastrophic 30/15s, and then 1.5 hours of easy riding to spin the legs. Despite racing and travelling yesterday I felt pretty good so hopefully this week will be smoother sailing 🙏🏻

Dean Cunningham20 days ago

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The sun cannot be trusted up here! Glowing bright.... aaaaaand it is 7c.
If you ever come a little further north to the even colder Scotland, HMU for the best routes :D

Hayley Simmonds20 days ago

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Yeah I’ve worked that out this week!! The last few years here, May has been glorious…
Might well be spending a lot more time in these parts so for sure will let you know :-)

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