I was searching through Flickr and found this set of pictures from a cycling holiday. This picture by Hill Special is from near Bolton Abbey looking through the lower Wharfe Valley. It looks like the team of cyclists are encountering typical Yorkshire Dales weather i.e. Rain with a bit of sun creeping through. I love how they are prepared with great Waterproof Capes.
You shall not pass Go. Don’t collect £200
It’s from the 1980s, an era where cotton caps and woolly hats were more common than cycle helmets. I’m sure no one would want to crash into a dry stone with wall with nothing more than a cotton cap – but they do look stylish!
You just get the impression, they are riding into a terrific headwind coming from the sea. This can be one of the most demoralising times of cycling. The road is flat and before you know it you’re doing a cadence of 40rpm and a speed of 7mph.
And you think we had it tough?. Nice glasses.
Puncture repair in the dark.
I should have got a job in the new Hovis ad.
Thanks to Hill Special for permission for photos
- Waterproof Capes for touring at Amazon
- Tips for Cycle Touring
- Best Touring Bikes
- Irish Cycling Tour
Not all from the same day, week, month, year or decade BTW !
15 minutes of fame – excellent .
pic 3 – the ‘gold road; in the outerhebs a causeway between the islands – yet was as windy as it looked !
pic 4 in the snow = flass, between Settle and Clitheroe
pic 5 = near Keswick on 200 mile overnight ride
pic 6 Howarth in West Yorks – not where the Hovis ad was filmed at all – suprisingly !