Big kudos to you guys on this outing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 And good luck on your upcoming bike-packing adventure. What’s a little weight when you’re having fun, lol.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Glenn. I honestly don’t know why we do this to ourselves sometimes, but it always seems like fun once we’ve finished! As for the weight, I’ll let you know if it’s fun en route! 😂

You guys seem to have the best times in the worst conditions. Yours has quickly become one of my favorite KZread cycling channels.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for that, Roger. That has made my day! 🌟 As for having a great time, none of us are happier than when on two wheels, so when all those energies combine, you’re guaranteed an awesome ride. 😉

I am just an old man from up North who has played sport all my life. Peter you really need to look after those legs or in later life you will pay for it. Sorry to be so serious so on a lighter note , i really enjoy your videos and i am looking forward to workshop wednesday and the bike build thanks Peter great stuff.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

I hear you, Phillip. I promise you I’ll try longs again at some point to see how I get on, as I know what you say is correct. 🦵🏻😬 Really appreciate the kind words though. It really does mean so much to hear how much people enjoy the videos. 👌🏻

Chapeaux chaps, bare legs in March, you have to be barking! 1st 17k of our ride today was in pis@%ng rain, final 43k lovely sunshine.....the joys of cycling in the West of Ireland

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

You keep trying to persuade me that cycling in the West of Ireland is awful, John, but it’s not going to happen and one day I’ll get over there to see the beautiful sights on two wheels! 😉

105 and Ultegra shifters that get stuck, you need to put some degreaser (I use Elbow Grease) and hot water through the mechanism, then fully dry and spray with WD40. The white grease that Shimano put on them dries up and stop it from shifting. I’ve had to do it on my Ultergras and they work lovely now

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

That's cracking advice, Andy, I'll give that a go, as I now have two left shifters doing the same thing, my one and the second hand one I bought on ebay for my son's bike! Hoping I can eventually get them both working. Cheers for the tips. 👌

Gotta say, I'm with you and Tom. Definitely prefer having the legs out like large reflective strips. I'll pack layers on the upper body though.😁 I'll take cold over rain anyday, that's until i slide.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Yet another person after my own heart! I understand why the fellas can't believe I wear shorts but I've tried longs a couple of times but they just feel so uncomfortable, I can't get on with them! Shorts all the way then! 😉

Jimmy, does poetry. 😂. Rode Saturday, horrible day, yesterday ride was nice down her in Kent. Have a good week. Love the vids

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Alistair, so glad you're enjoying the videos. It really means so much to me to hear that. What a difference a day makes though, ah? Our ride this Saturday was sub-zero, freezing rain and wind. Then Sunday ended up being 8˚c and sunny! Bizarre!

@alistairmacfadyen9365

4 ай бұрын

@@petertreadway crazy mate, warm weather is a coming.. He says hopefully. Safe riding to all you guys.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

And the same to you, Alistair. 🚴🏼👌🏻 I’ve been dreaming of warmer days for as long as I can remember, so they can’t come soon enough!

109 miles to Birmingham? Do it. What's the worst that can happn? You break down and you have to convince Leema to come and save you. And the rest of us laugh. 😅

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

There’s no chance of that happening!!! I’ve booked a train ticket just in case I break down and need a lift! 😂

I was also out first thing this morning in the freezing fog, with frost forming all.over me. Couldn't imagine doing it with bib shorts though! 😂

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

It’s all in the mind, Neil… well, it is for the legs anyway. The cold I feel on my top half is very real! 😂

Well at least you can always say you’re “hard core!” 😎👍🏻

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

😂

I don’t know how you can ride in shorts in that weather. I was out Sunday too and it was full thermal longs, thermal top and gilet for me.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

I get the same question from the guys every week, Trevor! 😂. I just really can’t get on with longs. I find them so uncomfortable! Plus, my keys go numb after a few minutes of riding anyway when it’s really cold, so I don’t feel it. 👌🏻

Ah, it's Sunday morning and time to watch My Favorite Masochist.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

I aim to please! 😂

At least your feet are dry this week Peter, 2.2c when I was out this morning in NE Derbyshire misty and cold but no frost.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

And amen for that! I’d had enough of soggy feet at the end of a ride! 😂 It was -2c for us this morning but warmed up to 8c by the end! Crazy!

Layer up. Do not get fooled by cycling marketing by popping on there winter gilet on top of your thin winter jacket is going to keep you warm it won’t. Sadly lots of cyclists nowadays go for the look less on the weather and the road conditions.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Yeh, I wear a merino wool base layer, a short sleeved jersey, a merino wool lined gilet over that and then a long sleeved merino wool jersey on top. I’ve seen a few cyclists in just a thin, long sleeved jersey and gilet before and wonder how they do it…. But then they probably look at me in my bib shorts and think the same thing! 😂

@geraldinecoupland4162

4 ай бұрын

Agree 👍 Hubby and I were always advised by our cycling club leader (who’s cycled for years and raced in his younger days) 11 degrees cover your knees to keep those ligaments and muscles warm. At present we tog up in winter gear appropriate for winter temps (feel like temp), same in Autumn/Spring temps. Low teens I don’t wear shorts. Now I’m getting older I feel the cold more 😂

Best thing to do if you can't keep stopping is stop properly at maybe a cafe of something!

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

That’s unusual mate, as I know you usually like to push on and hate stopping for a bit to eat? 🤔😂

@spomfrett

4 ай бұрын

@@petertreadway how very dare you

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

@spomfrett 😂

Hardly any traffic - lovely

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

That’s one benefit of getting out early. Even the M11 motorway that you see is go over early in the video was quiet!

@matthewanddenise7095

4 ай бұрын

@@petertreadway I race around there on the TT bike a fair bit in the summer, the old Victoria series up near Ugley. Nice roads. In fact back there on Sunday for the Lea valley 25! You should try your hand at a tt, great fun and a good laugh at HQ qith some cake!

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

@@matthewanddenise7095 we’ve seen you guys doing that TT loop on occasion and do you guy have a lodge on North Hall Road, as I think we often go past it on our rides. I’d definitely like to try a TT out one day. 👌🏻

@matthewanddenise7095

4 ай бұрын

@@petertreadway yes there are various cycling huts along that lane, sadly now many are selling them up as the up keep is expensive. Start is 0900 hrs on Sunday, so maybe pass you on your sunday outing with the boys...

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

@matthewanddenise7095 yeh, there are a few clubs with lodged on that road but interspersed between them there are a lot of new houses, where the labs hand has clearly been bought up and redeveloped. As you say, it’s very sad. I’ll keep an eye out for you guys this weekend though. Have a good one. 👌🏻

yes please and videos obvs

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

I’m guessing you mean for the ride to Birmingham? If so, then I’ve pretty much decided I’m doing it now, so watch this space. 👌🏻

Big kudos to you lads, but do you go out early because of family commitments. Great videos keep them coming

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Cheers Darrell, so glad you're enjoying the videos. 👌 As for going out early though, we always used to start at 7:30 and be out for a few hours. However, as our kids have got older, their weekend sporting activities/clubs have increased and so we've had to start bringing our start times forward more and more! It isn't so much an issue in the summer, as it's nice and light but by 'eck it's depressing in the winter! 😂

Peter - I wouldn't be placing any big bets on your statement that "ice rarely forms on a hill"😯. Also, Brum on your gravel bike: depending on the climbing (can't think it'd be much from Essex) - is very doable and a good achievement so I say go for it*. *I'm sure you've got these covered but: allow plenty of time, break it in to 20/25 mile segments and have a Plan B for baling out purposes. Bon chance!

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Yeh, perhaps you’re right about the ice actually, Rob! I don’t think I really thought that one through! 😬😂 On the Birmingham front, Komoot shows an elevation of 3650ft over the 108 miles, which averages out to 34ft for every mile. That initially seemed quite a lot, but looking back at my rides from last year, the vast majority were higher than that and it’s exactly the same as the century ride I did to Richmond Park and back on Christmas Eve, so should be doable. 🤞🏼

@Robutube1

4 ай бұрын

@@petertreadway Sounds like a plan. That climbing vs. distance ratio sounds fine to me, especially since no single climb will be a Coal Road/Dun Fell/Park Rash. Do it - plenty of bragging points on offer!!

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

@Robutube1 bragging rights are pretty much the only reason I do any of my crazy rides! 😂 Cheers Rob.

They invented Strava for days like that. Ironic you had a top with Strava on it 😂

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Hang on…. Do you mean Zwift, Brian? Or am I missing something! 😂

@brianridley1102

4 ай бұрын

@@petertreadway doh! Was watching quickly as on holiday, more speed less haste! Yeah Zwift so forget the jacket comment 😁. Time for a beer I think, honestly none so far...

NOOHH! Not in Alberta CAN…🌨️🥶⛄️🤣✌️

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

I must admit that every time I say it’s really cold here at the moment, I do always wonder if any people in Canada are watching and laughing at my naivety! You’ve just answered my question! 😂

NO. Simple answer. Ordinarily, it'd be YES! But someone left the gate open and the mojo has well and truly f***ed off into the great wide open...

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Yeh, it’s difficult when you’ve lost that impetus to get out there after an injury. You’ll get there soon though, Sam. 👌🏻

Stay in bed yessss!

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Where’s the fun in that, Steven?!? 😂

I’m a keen cyclist, 73 in a few weeks, the answer from me is No. stay warm.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Well firstly, chapeau for keeping yourself on two wheels in to your 70s, Lynne. I’m always so inspired by and full of admiration for people who don’t let their age define their fitness. I just hope I’m half as capable as you when I get to your age. 👌🏻 On the point of keeping warm as you get older though, I must admit that in previous years the cold weather in the early part of the year has never bothered me but this year I’ve definitely started to feel it more and had to layer my top half up more! I’m only 42 though. Is this the start of a slippery slope?!? 🥶

@lynnebarkas6906

4 ай бұрын

No you’re not on the slippery slope. You’re way off it. Just keep going. It’s a lifetime plan.

I wish you were my dad.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

😂. Believe me, he’ll be buying his own stuff in a few years and then he can start buying me cycling gifts when he’s older!

@richardhall263

4 ай бұрын

I have never got as high as a 105 system, I am on tiagra but very happy

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

@richardhall263 nothing wrong with that at all, Richard. I rode a Claris group on my Triban for about 5 years and loved it. Worked perfectly with the microShift shifters and still does now on my turbo trainer. I bought all the 105 bits second hand though, so I got them for a decent price thankfully. 👌🏻

You lot are not right lol!!.

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Us? Never! 🤪

Your wearing shorts? 🤔

@petertreadway

4 ай бұрын

Always! I can’t get on with longs!