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| St Davids and back | 2018-11-05 | Into Exeter St Davids with Liz to pick up some train tickets. Coffee on the Quay on the way back (where police divers were searching the river for a missing person).
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| To St Davids and back | 2016-10-27 | Slightly longer cycle ride today to make up for doing the last 2.5 miles yesterday by car (due to having broken three spokes on the rear wheel).
So it was on the "spare bike" today which I hadn't ridden in about a decade. That's a Ridgeback Genesis Day 2. I stopped riding it as the estuary path used to be too rough for it. With the new cycle way its an ideal bike.
At maybe a couple of stone lighter than the normal bike (with its panniers etc) and with no breeze at all, it felt like cheating.
Keeping up with Liz was much easier than the last couple of time!
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-12-07 | Into Exeter with Liz
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| Exeter bike ride | 2020-03-22 | Into Exeter - just past St Davids
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| To Exeter and back | 2012-08-06 | A ride along the estuary and canal into Exeter and back
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| Car buying bike ride - part 2 | 2013-04-22 | Back into Exeter to buy a replacement car after our Citroen Xsara estate died after just 77k miles.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-03-18 | Into Exeter with Liz on a post work bike ride
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| Exeter bike ride | 2019-11-10 | Into Exeter with Liz
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-09-06 | To buy stuff that wasn't there
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| Exeter and back | 2014-07-07 | Wild swans and some of the best cheesy chips ever!
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| First bike ride of 2015 | 2015-01-04 | Liz ride into Exeter and back
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| Bike ride to Exeter | 2016-10-18 | Start of a possible attempt to maybe get a little fitter.
A twenty mile round trip ride into Exeter (Mill on the Exe area) and back again.
The final climb back up Cockwood Hill nearly killed me.
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| Another twenty miles | 2016-10-19 | Another ride into Exeter and back.
Hard work!
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| Fast Exeter cycle ride with Liz | 2020-03-13 | Into Exeter with Liz (who put a bit of effort in for once). Mrs Lutzy was pleased to see us (but no kisses)!
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| Back from Exeter | 2019-11-04 | Slow ride back from Exeter
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| Post work DIY shopping | 2020-10-22 | Into Exeter for some paint and stuff.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-11-19 | Another 20 mile ride into Exeter and back.
First ever average of 13 mph on a twenty mile ride.
Storm Angus had left the flood prevention overflows in full spate in Exeter.
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| Another twenty miler | 2016-11-20 | Well almost a twenty miler. The 2 inch rain fall in Exeter meant that the last part of the cycle path ride was under water.
Hard work cycling in to the head wind that was the remnants of Storm Angus. Disappointing that the winds dropped away for the homeward leg - as shown by the drifting boats when stopping briefly at SYC.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-11-26 | Another twenty miler into Exeter and back.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-11-27 | Liz's first time back on the bike at the tail end of a two week lurgy.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-03-12 | Into Exeter with Liz after she finished work
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-11-16 | Into Exeter with Liz
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-05-05 | Into Exeter with Liz who didn't appreciate either the wind against us both ways or Mrs Lutzy's being full again.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-12-17 | First ride in a fortnight - work and the weather put paid to the previous weekend.
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| Xmas eve ride | 2016-12-24 | Into Exeter and back. First solo ride for a couple of week and the slightly higher speeds made it hard work!
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| Xmas day bike ride | 2016-12-25 | A ride with Liz into Exeter and back. Lots of kids on the cycle path with shiny new Xmas present bikes.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-01-21 | Cold days cycle ride into Exeter and back. Just above freezing. Very gentle ride with Liz - reflected in the somewhat slower than usual average speed.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-02-06 | Super fast on the way out. A bit slower on the way back. The last five miles were into a fairly strong headwind right on the nose. That and pouring rain and the cold put a slight damper on the last quarter!
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| Windy cycle ride | 2020-03-21 | Into Exeter on a very windy day - probably force seven from the south east.
12.3mph on the way in to Exeter and 8.9mph on the way back.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-10-01 | Into Exeter to buy more DIY materials for our house - that a professional will have to remove / repair at some point in the future.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-04-20 | Into Exeter on a hot Easter Saturday.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-03-04 | A gentle wide into Exeter and back with Liz.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-03-10 | Into Exeter and back. Average speed not too bad given that there was quite a strong headwind on the way back.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-04-14 | Wanted a nice gentle ride as it was the first time back on the bike in three weeks - a camper van trip and a slow to end lurgie having got in the way.
And a nice gentle ride with Liz it was.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-04-16 | Into Exeter and back. A fair old head wind on the way out but speedy on the way back. Not a bad average for me given that I'm still not fully over the lurgie I've had for the last couple of weeks.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-04-17 | In to Exeter on the Marin bike. Stopped at SYC on the way back to watch Liz and Nigel on the safety boat.
About the same strength and direction wind as yesterday so it seems that the posh bike makes me about 1.5 mph faster.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-02-19 | Into Exeter after the floods
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| Back from Exeter | 2019-10-12 | Back from Exeter. Not quite so fast on the way back as a little bit of a headwind got up while I was snacking at Mrs Lutzys.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-04-19 | Bank holiday cycle ride into Exeter. Roughly two billion badly behaved children and dog owners on the path.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-06-12 | Quite hard work as I hadn't been on the bike for the last three weeks and there was a bit of a head wind on the way out.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-06-23 | In to Exeter and back. Stopped at SYC on the way back.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-06-27 | Into Exeter and back. A bit of a head wind on the way back.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-06-30 | Windy both ways but wind somewhat in favour on the way home
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| Bike ride into Exeter | 2017-07-02 | A leisurely bike ride into Exeter with Liz. Liz's first time on the bike in a while. Combine that with hundreds of ISCA Academy 10 year olds vying to see which one of them could throw themselves under Liz's front wheel first, and the average speed makes more sense. Stopped at SYC on the way back.
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| Into Exeter | 2020-02-12 | Into Exeter with Liz via Exminster (as the bumpy bit of the cycle path is being repaired - hurrah!).
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| Into Exeter | 2019-10-12 | No wind, no bags - so quite a fast time for me. Last 1/4 mile of normal ride was flooded by the Exe.
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| Picking up the Tribby | 2019-04-12 | Liz cycle ride into Exeter to pick up the Tribby campervan after its annual service
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-07-18 | Into work and back - managed to avoid the rain. Felt faster than 14.5 mph average!
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-08-01 | Into Exeter and back
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| Into Exeter and back | 2017-08-05 | Too windy for sailing so we went cycling. Quite a big bit windy said Liz after her first time on the bike for quite a while.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-08-26 | Into Exeter and back. On the posh bike but far too many blind and deaf walkers, kids and doggies on the paths to be able to go too fast.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-09-06 | Work cycle ride
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| Post work ride to Exeter | 2020-02-05 | Into Exeter after Liz's work day
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| Exeter bike ride | 2019-10-06 | Into Exeter with Liz. Liz's left knee AWOL so really the average speed should be doubled to 19.8 mph. Mrs Lutzy's full again with bloody cyclists!
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-06-17 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Not our fastest!
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| 2017 miles cycled in 2017 | 2017-12-02 | This track reaches my target of cycling 2017 miles in 2017!
Was meant to be a gentle ride to Lutzys for lunch but a torn wall on the side of Liz's tyre meant that we had to abandon and get a new tyre.
Then into Exeter Quay a little later reaching the 2017 mile mark somewhere near the Turf Locks.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-12-04 | A ride into Exeter and back with Liz
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| Exeter and back | 2017-12-09 | Into Exeter and back. Just got bike back from a big service by Jon S. Combination of a freshly serviced bike and not much wind made the moving average a bit better than some other recent rides.
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| Marsh Barton | 2017-12-22 | Into Marsh Barton and Bakers Yard for some army Surplus and Brooks Basics shopping. Then on to Lutzy's for a coffee and pastry on the Quay.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-12-23 | Into Exeter and back with Liz
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| Bino buying cycle ride | 2020-01-25 | Into Exeter with Liz to buy some retirement present binoculars.
Top "creamy veggie slices" at Warrens.
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| Liz's first time back on the bike in a month | 2019-10-05 | Into Exeter. Was going to have coffee and Mrs Lutzys but cafe was full. Was going to book a demo paddle on an inflatable kayak but shop had a busy open day. Cam home via SYC.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-01-29 | Into Exeter and back with Liz to do a bit of shopping.
Bit windy and had to walk past the people putting up a new fence along the railway along the estuary.
There was a new cruise boat - The Spirit Of Loch Ness - in the Turf Lock. Not seen her before.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-02-12 | A gentle cycle ride into Exeter with Liz.
First time on the bike in nearly two weeks due to a winter lurgie that refused to go. Still not 100% right yet!
Lutzys was still closed.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-02-16 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Straight into a headwind on the way home.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-03-31 | Into a strong headwind on the way into Exeter but that made it almost a pleasure on the way home.
Lots of bank holiday numpties on the cycle path with their badly behaved kids and dogs.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2022-08-15 | Shopping trip.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-11-18 | Into Exeter with Liz. Tacked on a couple fo extra miles to get me to under 100 miles to annual target.
Liz going super speedy to break the 10mph barrier for the first time in a few weeks!
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| Exminster and Exeter | 2021-04-21 | Into Exminster to meet up with Liz after work and then onto the opticians in Exeter to get some glasses mended. First visit to the big city since the plague struck!
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| Exeter and back | 2018-06-10 | Into Exeter and back with Liz with a stop at Lutzys for coffee.
Liz's first time out on her bike for several weeks.
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| Into Exeter | 2018-07-01 | Into Exeter with Liz to buy some excellent value £19.99 binoculars from Lidls
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| Coffee at Lutzys | 2018-07-16 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Sea breeze helped on the way in and died on the way back. Liz goes super speedy just past the Turf (23 mph along the flat).
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| Kayak shopping | 2018-07-22 | Into Exeter with Liz to AWS Watersports looking for a sit on top kayak to complement our canadian canoe! Hot.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2022-08-11 | M&S
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-12-29 | Into Exeter with Liz. Coffee and a custard pie at Mrs Lutzys.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2020-10-07 | To pick up some bitumous paint
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-03-26 | Into Exeter for the last bits and pieces for Liz's pallet based compost bins project.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-10-27 | Into Exeter with Liz for coffee at Lutzys.
Windy on the way out - about a F5 (enough get the dinghy cruise planned for the afternoon to be cancelled)
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| Exeter and back | 2018-11-03 | Into Exeter for breakfast at Lutzys. Strong headwind on the way home.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-11-24 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. First bike ride after a couple of weeks in India for work. From 30 degrees plus each day down to a couple of degrees and rain was a bit of a shock to the system.
Stopped at Screwfix for house bits and Lutzys for coffee and a cup cake.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2021-10-11 | Into Exeter
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| Xmas cycle ride | 2019-12-25 | Into Exeter and back with Liz (who forgot the mince pies).
Sunny and no wind!
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| Exeter and back | 2019-07-27 | Into Exeter and back with Liz
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| Exeter ride | 2019-03-23 | Into Exeter with Liz for lunch at Mrs Lutzy's.
A rather slow ride as Liz had a bad knee and was really only riding with one leg.
I'm assuming if she'd had two legs available we'd have averaged 18 mph...
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| First bike ride of 2019 | 2019-01-06 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. First bike ride of 2019 and the first bike ride after an unpleasant Xmas lurgie.
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| Exeter and back | 2019-01-12 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Coffee at Bar Venezia and then some birthday shopping at the quay cellars.
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| Exeter bike shop | 2019-01-19 | Into Exeter and the Bike Shed bike shop to see if I can get the handlebars on the Marin changed to improve the riding position a little.
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| Into Exeter | 2019-01-25 | Into Exeter and the Bike Shed to get the handlebars on the Marin changed. However, a change of plan when discussing options at the shop meant leaving the bike there and catching the train back.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2021-10-07 | First time into Exeter in ages
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-12-22 | Into Exeter with Liz. Lots of flood water.
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| Meet up at the Imperial | 2019-07-06 | Into Exeter with Liz to meet up with Rose and Midge at the Imperial.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-03-17 | Into Exeter with Liz. First day in a week that the winds weren't above force 6! Still windy though so hard work on the way in and Mrs Lutzy's was full! Stopped at Dawlish Warren bike cafe to get the gears on Liz's bike "fine tuned". Met up with Dr John.
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| Exeter and back | 2019-02-04 | Into Exeter and back. Headwind on the way in.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-02-16 | Into Exeter with Liz for coffee and a custard tart at Mrs Lutzy's.
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| Exeter and back | 2019-02-23 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Mrs Lutzy's too busy to get a table for coffee!!!
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| Exeter and back | 2019-02-24 | After more fettling with the new Triban, into Exeter and back with Liz for coffee and choccie and Mrs Lutzy's.
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| New bike wheels! | 2021-06-14 | Back from the bike shop in Exeter after getting a new pair of Hope 20five wheels fitted to the bike. The bloody wheels originally supplied with the Triban died when a spoke pulled through a rim and shattered the rim. Good riddance!
New wheels seem fine (hard to tell with a decent tail wind pushing you along).
But the gear adjustment is shagged - both front and back. I'll try to fix that before taking back to the bike shop.
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| Windy cycle ride | 2019-12-15 | Into Exeter with Liz. Windy. River flooded.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-06-23 | Into Exeter and back with Liz.
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