The Elmet Question

[@ianbarbar3869]

"Never underestimate the value of rest". Eddy Marx, what a legend🤣🤣

[@clippingin1593]

I'll put my reading glasses on next time I'm ordering a book online ....😁

[@jonmathias6159]

Notable for combining domination of 1960s grand tour racing with a mastery of dialectical materialism. We shall not see his like again.

[@clippingin1593]

@@jonmathias6159 And who could forget those epic summit struggles with Luis Bakunin?

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

Inspirational

[@clippingin1593]

Great to read that - thanks. Taking a week off to kick-start the spring cycling season.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

@@clippingin1593 Same here. I'm Bradford based, new to your channel and really enjoying your videos as I recognise many of the roads and it gives me ideas for my rides. Over done it a bit myself last week so also taking the week off to rest the muscle's.

[@clippingin1593]

@@gmivisualsjason3729 That's good to know. In November/December I posted a set called 'Sub Two Series' with ten local rides under two hours. Some decent rides with nice back lanes and quiet circuits.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

@@clippingin1593 Excellent I'll check them out.....

[@thestonebiker5316]

Great advice….ive been riding to work everyday for a few months and feeling it now….rest is best i think🚴🏼👍

[@clippingin1593]

It's such a balancing act over-50. Recovery seems to take twice as long as it did 20-30 years ago, and yet it also seems harder to hang on to any hard-won fitness gains. I'm still at the trial and error stage.

[@ajollygoodchap]

Such wise words and interesting stuff about listening to your body and implementing a rest regime. It's something I try and do every time I pass a cafe! We gave a climb round our way called the brickworks up Bakestonedale Rd. Some clever bugger went and opened a cafe a third of the way up. Anyway it slots in nicely with that rest program you talk about!

[@clippingin1593]

I've not had a solid winter and I'm a fair way behind March 2023 when I was already cruising 200km loops in the Dales, but I thought the 'big week' daily diary over the past few videos might make for interesting viewing. It's important to recognise the difference between being a bit tired and being squashed flat, especially at 50+ when recovery powers are on the wane. That road is ideally named for a cafe stop... haha

[@onemorecyclist]

Congrats again on the 'big week', Gordon - very inspiring stuff! The little bits you include on the science of exercise and recovery are really interesting. Waterproofs at the ready this week! 🙂

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Martin. I thought it would be interesting to use a daily diary format and record the ups and downs of a week's cycling holiday. Most of us are aware of reduced training/exercise response and compromised recovery with middle age and towards the end of the week I was experiencing 'cycling only fatigue' which the generalised HR & sleep tracker didn't detect. Useless on the bike but fine for a brisk 11.25 miles walk - I thought that was worth reporting. I'm back to it this week so most of the time I'll just be watching the rain out of the window!

[@michaeldenton2581]

Another fantastic Vlog Gordon. Amazing effort over the 8 days my friend 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻…was up Buckstones myself Friday, absolutely amazing views and luckily the sun was shining. Very very wise words regards to recovery, listen to the body

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Mick. I love Buckstones, it's a shame about the outbreaks of fly-tipping. I'll bet Friday was a tough day up there with the wind! I normally do self-contained ride videos but I thought the daily vlog approach might be interesting for this week off. Seeing me unravel as the rides stack up ... haha. I felt pretty good for Sunday's Elmet ride so I'm hoping the careful overload is already starting to come through.

[@michaeldenton2581]

@@clippingin1593 the fly tipping is a blight mate, and boils my blood when I see it strewn here there and everywhere 😡… let’s say it was a tad windy, but I love the views along the top so it’s never a chore. One of my go too favourites

[@ianfarnill1605]

Nice one Gordon quality week coming from castleford there my local roads good after work spin but I tend to head up towards your neck of woods holmfirth peniston marsden although very windy today strines is good cycling too keep the videos coming 👍👍👍

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Ian. We've got a lot of variety on our doorsteps with everything from near-mountains like Holme Moss to those sea level plains around Beal. Good idea, I'll have to do Langsett - Strines with the chest-camera - I'll wait 'til it's warm and dry, those bends in the woods are a bit cheeky.

[@mattjohn7700]

Brilliant video ,love Tadcaster area, Newtom Kyme major roman settlement cycled it many times.

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Matt. When it's a little warmer, and less windy, I'm going to do a 'history ride' in that area. There's a couple of battlefield sites, Roman roads, and a restored medieval chapel for starters, and now I'll add Newton Kyme.

[@toddfield4744]

Kudos good sir, 500 done without the Rapha bling

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Todd. Having a week's holiday where the bike was the main focus made such a difference. For the full Rapha effect I'd have to open with a slow-motion tracking shot, riding across a desolate moorland - in black & white, with added film grain.

[@russdillon4831]

Every time I hear your voice I'm convinced that you're the guy from the Cycling Highlights channel... Either way, I've watched your channel for a while and great content, keep it up!

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Russ, that's great feedback. A few people have mentioned the Highlights guy and on the videos I've watched I can hear the similarity. The voice is a little posher but still West Yorkshire and there's an Alan Partridge/ Phil Liggett vibe, but I think I could get pretty close. They certainly know their cycling background - much more than me when it comes to post-2010 stuff. I lost contact after those great Contador vs Schleck battles.

[@euanmcgregor2871]

😂You would never call Jonas the little anchovy

[@clippingin1593]

🤣@@euanmcgregor2871

[@Tarmaccyclocross]

I was really enjoying myself today until I had a little argument with a car on Hutton rugby bank. I seemed to go over in slow motion with a hell of a clatter. There’s a sharp curb where I fell and I thought well there goes the frame and it’s my best bike. Apart from a tiny scratch to the forks it was ok the top of my left hand crank took the brunt and that’s been fixed with a bit of black paint. I’m feeling ok but it might be a different story tomorrow. Needless to say the car didn’t stop but that’s par for the course. Hope you get on top of things and get back to normal 👍

[@clippingin1593]

That's rotten luck. As you know, bruising or inflammation can take a day or two to make itself felt - take it steady until you're sure of the extent of the injury. I felt pretty good today for the 84 miles, I think the 'big week' has been beneficial.

[@ramsden35]

Cracking day today

[@clippingin1593]

It was a beaut - bit of a cheeky breeze but still a belter.

[@ramsden35]

@@clippingin1593Idle Bank out past Bawtry was straight into the wind. It’s the straightest, longest stretch I’ve seen. Fighting to keep at the back haha

[@clippingin1593]

@@ramsden35 I did the North Mids 12 hour which used roads in that area & Finningley, Hatfield. Endless flat straight roads. It still gives me nightmares 😭

[@michaelsteelepix]

So, a casual 90 mile ride? Very nice.

[@clippingin1593]

Yes, a nice steady Sunday out after a decent week's haul. It turned out to be 84 miles in the end. Cheers Michael.

[@michaelsteelepix]

@@clippingin1593 that's still great

[@davidisaacs6692]

can´t see the point of publicising your Strava account if it is private 😏

[@clippingin1593]

The videos have always been independent & self-contained with map diagrams included but people began asking for gpx files so I added Strava links with 'follow by request' - it's not a private account.

[@davidisaacs6692]

@@clippingin1593 ok poss took "request to follow" as "private" apologies if they are not the same, anyhow sent you a Strava "request to follow"/ "enviar solicitud"😎