segunda-feira, 12 de julho de 2010
Terras Lusas
Em finais de Junho estive de novo por terras lusas.
Se o plano inicial era pedalar até cair para o lado, no final acabai por só o fazer 3 vezes. Mas foram das boas. Valeram por bem mais.
A primeira incursão, pelas bandas da Guarda na companhia do R.S. num belo dia de calor onde deu para perceber o potencial da zona. Passamos por uma bela praia e por pouco não fiquei por lá...




A segunda foi mais perto de casa, pelos singles do Parque Florestal de Monsanto. É sempre um dos meus pontos de referência. Não tem muitas subidas, mas é bastante acidentado e com singles bem divertidos. Porta a porta ainda fiz uns belos 70km...



Ah, e não me posso esquecer da sessão de costura que me esperava. Com a sola do sapato a descolar rapidamente, tive de recorrer a zip-ties para chegar a casa... E diga-se que até resultou bastante bem.


A terceira incursão prometia ser a cereja no topo do bolo. Incursão matinal pela Serra d'Aire com o lct, single pedregosos e belas vistas no programa.
Fui logo surpreendido à chegada pela nova montada pelo irredutivel das FS's, uma HT... E de tal modo se converteu à ligeireza que nem câmara de ar, nem bomba, tudo nos mininmos. Como seria de calcular, ele furou. E como seria também de esperar a uma câmara de ar de válvula Schraeder não servia na jante para tubeless... Após várias tentativas de solucionar o problema e com o tempo a passar (tinha de estar em Oeiras para um almoço) acabamos por ter de recorrer ao asfalto. Valeu pela companhia e para por as novas em dia, a volta teve de ficar a próxima.

At the end of July I was back home again.
My initial plan was to pedal 'till I dropped, and ended up riding only 3 days. But 3 very good ones.
The first ride, from Guarda with R.S. was on a nicely warm day where de potential of the area came through and a passage by a river beach was quite tempting...



On the second outing, I was nearer to home. Parque Florestal de Monsanto and it's singletracks. There no really long climbs, but there are plenty of them and the singletracks are good fun. Even being a small area I managed 70km from door to door.


At the middle of the ride I had quick repair to do... My shoe was meta-morphing into a flip-flop... Had to resort to a couple of zip-ties to get back home, but it did work out quite nicely...

The last one promised a load of rocky singletracks and some great views on Serra D'Aire with lct.
Initially surprised by the fact that a great defender of FS's, who had converted to a HT... And he went as far into the weightless sensation that he did not even took a inner tube or pump... As expected, he had a flat. And the inner tube I had did not fit his rim... After quite a few attempts to sort it out we had to resort to going back through the road.
Se o plano inicial era pedalar até cair para o lado, no final acabai por só o fazer 3 vezes. Mas foram das boas. Valeram por bem mais.
A primeira incursão, pelas bandas da Guarda na companhia do R.S. num belo dia de calor onde deu para perceber o potencial da zona. Passamos por uma bela praia e por pouco não fiquei por lá...




A segunda foi mais perto de casa, pelos singles do Parque Florestal de Monsanto. É sempre um dos meus pontos de referência. Não tem muitas subidas, mas é bastante acidentado e com singles bem divertidos. Porta a porta ainda fiz uns belos 70km...



Ah, e não me posso esquecer da sessão de costura que me esperava. Com a sola do sapato a descolar rapidamente, tive de recorrer a zip-ties para chegar a casa... E diga-se que até resultou bastante bem.


A terceira incursão prometia ser a cereja no topo do bolo. Incursão matinal pela Serra d'Aire com o lct, single pedregosos e belas vistas no programa.
Fui logo surpreendido à chegada pela nova montada pelo irredutivel das FS's, uma HT... E de tal modo se converteu à ligeireza que nem câmara de ar, nem bomba, tudo nos mininmos. Como seria de calcular, ele furou. E como seria também de esperar a uma câmara de ar de válvula Schraeder não servia na jante para tubeless... Após várias tentativas de solucionar o problema e com o tempo a passar (tinha de estar em Oeiras para um almoço) acabamos por ter de recorrer ao asfalto. Valeu pela companhia e para por as novas em dia, a volta teve de ficar a próxima.

At the end of July I was back home again.
My initial plan was to pedal 'till I dropped, and ended up riding only 3 days. But 3 very good ones.
The first ride, from Guarda with R.S. was on a nicely warm day where de potential of the area came through and a passage by a river beach was quite tempting...



On the second outing, I was nearer to home. Parque Florestal de Monsanto and it's singletracks. There no really long climbs, but there are plenty of them and the singletracks are good fun. Even being a small area I managed 70km from door to door.


At the middle of the ride I had quick repair to do... My shoe was meta-morphing into a flip-flop... Had to resort to a couple of zip-ties to get back home, but it did work out quite nicely...

The last one promised a load of rocky singletracks and some great views on Serra D'Aire with lct.
Initially surprised by the fact that a great defender of FS's, who had converted to a HT... And he went as far into the weightless sensation that he did not even took a inner tube or pump... As expected, he had a flat. And the inner tube I had did not fit his rim... After quite a few attempts to sort it out we had to resort to going back through the road.

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