A short spin up the C2C to Consett n back

 

Todays ride was a short spin up the old railway line to Consett and back down to the Lambton Worm. I took the Creo set up for gravel and it was a straight forward ride. Nothing new to report apart from loads of horse poo on the lines and the Countryside Rangers have cut most of the long grass in the verges. The weather has gone back to overcast and cloudy with the Garmin hovering around 12 degrees. On the return leg the sun decided to try and come out half way down so I warmed up a bit as I had a headwind. There was a few others out including quite a few dog walkers. Below are a few snaps from ride, enjoy and hopefully more soon- 

Infinity Cyles Clearance Sale & Ushaw Classic Car & Bike Show

 

This Saturday gone was Infinity Cycles @ Meadowfield clearance sale - old stock from when the shop was first opened. It was nearly all makes apart from Specialized, Assos, components etc. 

There was loads of clothing, shoes, helmets, lights, tyres, some bikes, turbo trainers. I bought a couple of items! 

Kask Valegro Black helmet £169 down to £50

Sidi Shot 2 Matt black road shoes £375 down to £112

Endura Thermolite II socks 2 pack £27.99 down to  £2

Castelli Classifica SS jersey Military Green £85 down to £20

Angus and Arran also bought some t shirts and hoodies. 

More on all of these goodies in up coming Fresh Goods Sundays - 

After we have done the sale we headed over to Ushaw College for the Ushaw Classic car and bike show - we went last year is a great morning out. There was loads more cars this year and the weather was very sunny up to 11am then clouded over which was a relief for me. 

Early morning Bank Holiday spin around Durham, Maiden Castle n home

 

Well the good weather has returned for the bank holiday here in Co Durham. I was up and out early, before 7am and dropped down to Durham city centre on my Trek Procaliber mtb. A quick spin around the riverside and over to Maiden Castle, around the river banks before climbing and descending The Trod and back around Durham. The sun was blazing away for the whole ride but the Garmin dipped to 5.9 degrees but there was no wind today. To my surprise there was a few more people out n about than I thought there would be, still very quiet though. Once back around Durham I climb out to Frankland then home via The Sands and The Carr's. All in 14.50 miles with 650ft of climbing. The bike is riding well and no problems with it so far. Below are a few sunny snaps from the loop, enjoy and hopefully more soon-