Tell us about your weekend ride

It's the Three Pimples ride that John Mullineaux devised, mixing bridleways, byways and road sections and was my first proper ride on the cross bike since February. We had a decent ride with a couple of brake testing moments, including one when descending at speed down the hill from Downe towards Cudham and discovering a bin lorry blocking the entire road around a blind bend. The route featured a bit more road riding than I was expecting but the off road sections were technical in places and good practice for the cross season ahead.

Did this ride again today, it's considerably muddier than it was back in August, although some sections, especially the sheltered south facing ones, are still very dry. My goal of riding up the off road hill by the scout camp between Downe and Cudham remains elusive, the steps cut into the chalk mean you lose momentum every time you hit one and as the gradient steepens the loss of momentum tells.