Silly commuting racing

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    :cry::cry: I'm sorry.... :cry::cry:

    Sorry doesn't cut it round here young man.

    You are hereby sentenced to hill reps in the alps on a fixed gear bike with a GI of over 100.

    Oh and several thousand hail-marys.

    And you have to buy us beers for the entire duration of the SCR xmas party.

    Now go to your room.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    And think about what you've done.

    A car? Honestly.
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    Hmmm. I get the impression that Jash is not impressed...

    Too effing right! Posting about driving to work?

    Why no cycling?

    He's not one of us... not any more... something's wrong.

    Cast the demon out!

    The power of christ compels you! The power of christ compels you!

    BUUUUUUUUUUURH the Unbeliever :shock: :shock: smite him down with rocks and stones and things for he doth unbelieve!!!!!
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    Fixed FCN: 6
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    Littigator wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    Hmmm. I get the impression that Jash is not impressed...

    Too effing right! Posting about driving to work?

    Why no cycling?

    He's not one of us... not any more... something's wrong.

    Cast the demon out!

    The power of christ compels you! The power of christ compels you!

    BUUUUUUUUUUURH the Unbeliever :shock: :shock: smite him down with rocks and stones and things for he doth unbelieve!!!!!

    Oh sorry everyone I see he's been sent to his bedroom as punishment instead. Sorry, I was a bit slow off the mark there. But jolly well done, if we can't smite him with vengeance and stones etc then at least confining him to quarters is pretty severe stuff eh!
    Roadie FCN: 3

    Fixed FCN: 6
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    Come on, give him a break. We need people in cars, as then they'll pay road tax which maintains the roads so that we bike on.

    Because there is a road tax that drivers pay isn't there? And it does pay for the roads to be maontained doesn't it?

    :wink:
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    Madone

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Littigator wrote:
    Oh sorry everyone I see he's been sent to his bedroom as punishment instead. Sorry, I was a bit slow off the mark there. But jolly well done, if we can't smite him with vengeance and stones etc then at least confining him to quarters is pretty severe stuff eh!

    Well a stoning might be a bit much, even if he did say Jehovah (or admitted to commuting in a car which is THE SAME THING). Also, there are women here, much as we're well-disguised...
    Jen J wrote:
    Come on, give him a break. We need people in cars, as then they'll pay road tax which maintains the roads so that we bike on.

    Careful Jen, it's Litts' turn to dole out the penances and he is pretty severe... :shock:
    FCN 7/1
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  • ChrisLS
    ChrisLS Posts: 2,749
    ...flipping heck LiT you aren't half strict... :P :wink:
    ...all the way...'til the wheels fall off and burn...
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    :cry::cry: I'm sorry.... :cry::cry:

    best get over there and confess your wicked wicked evil sins Forgive me Father for I have sinned
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Now DDD listen to the bunny you know he makes sense

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    Mrs ITB you sure this was mint tea you gave me :shock:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    :cry::cry: I'm sorry.... :cry::cry:


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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    I'm enjoying the fact that a Google search for MTFU sees the forum appearing as the 5th result.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Only 5th. Pff. We'll see about that. Quick, put MTFU in your sigs. Take that you Google indexer!
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    JonGinge wrote:
    Only 5th. Pff. We'll see about that. Quick, put MTFU in your sigs. Take that you Google indexer!

    Well we're top result for Silly Commuter Racing :-) No surprise their really.....
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    jashburnham wrote:
    I'm enjoying the fact that a Google search for MTFU sees the forum appearing as the 5th result.

    Something appears to have gone wrong, being rather quiet I have just googled "MTFU" to find this definiation
    MTFU Metal Trades Federation of Unions

    Hmm.....urban dictionary however sets it out pretty clearly here tho:

    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=MTFU
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  • m0scs
    m0scs Posts: 196
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    :cry::cry: I'm sorry.... :cry::cry:

    Sorry doesn't cut it round here young man.

    You are hereby sentenced to hill reps in the alps on a fixed gear bike with a GI of over 100.

    Oh and several thousand hail-marys.

    And you have to buy us beers for the entire duration of the SCR xmas party.

    Now go to your room.

    Hi LiT

    Never really understood this GI thing. I ride an MTB so Im not really up to speed on such matters. It seems important to roady types, and or fixed gear riders.

    SO, my bike has 48 teeth large front ring (biggest I could get to work with my front shifter) and 11 teeth smallest rear cog.

    The girth of my big ring doesnt match up to some lycra roadies out there (with their 50-52 teeth rings) but I just wondered how I measured up in the GI stakes.

    I may be developing a smaller ring complex. :shock:
    Specialised Epic MTB on slicks.
    SPD clipless pedals: FCN 7
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    GI doesn't count if you have gears. Gears allow you to MTFD (Man the fcuk down) and are therefore void.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    jashburnham wrote:
    GI doesn't count if you have gears. Gears allow you to MTFD (Man the fcuk down) and are therefore void.

    When did riding a comedy gear ever amount to M'ingTFU? :wink:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • m0scs
    m0scs Posts: 196
    Clearly I completely misunderstood. :roll:

    I thought it was mearly a means of expessing the gear you were using rather than saying I was in 50/12 etc.

    Not sure where the inches comes into it though.
    Specialised Epic MTB on slicks.
    SPD clipless pedals: FCN 7
  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    I popped a spoke on the way in, it was either hit a giant crater or a bus........ The wheel was fine apart from the spoke, so I rode like a granny the rest of the way, kids were passing me, ohhh the shame,

    Got the spoke replaced at lunch and thought to myself "its time for war" 2 x 3hour meetings later and I was so tired,

    I made it back in 40 mins but there wasnt another person to be seen all night, Ahh well at least the bike is ready for war in the morning, Maybe I will catch me one then.

    Gaz
    On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back

    December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs

    July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles

    http://39stonecyclist.com
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    m0scs wrote:
    Clearly I completely misunderstood. :roll:

    I thought it was mearly a means of expessing the gear you were using rather than saying I was in 50/12 etc.

    Not sure where the inches comes into it though.

    If you google sheldon brown he has a very good explaination of gearing and GI on his site, along with a calculator to allow you to work out what GI your 48/11 is!
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  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    Ha! I just went on the fixie to and from Sainsburys to do my weekly shop.

    Left home at 21.04, got home at 21.26.

    That's got to be some kind of record, surely?
    Commuting: Giant Bowery 08
    Winter Hack: Triandrun Vento 3
    Madone

    It's all about me...
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Did you remember to buy anything?
    Emerging from under a big black cloud. All help welcome
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    linsen wrote:
    Did you remember to buy anything?


    Everything I needed :D
    Commuting: Giant Bowery 08
    Winter Hack: Triandrun Vento 3
    Madone

    It's all about me...
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Did the clocks go back when you were there? :wink:

    I enter another dimension when i go to a supermarket, and the whole hideous ordeal lasts hours and hours and hours
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Jen J wrote:
    linsen wrote:
    Did you remember to buy anything?


    Everything I needed :D

    yeh but do you live next door :shock:
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    itboffin wrote:
    Jen J wrote:
    linsen wrote:
    Did you remember to buy anything?


    Everything I needed :D

    yeh but do you live next door :shock:


    Stalking me, are you? :twisted:
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    Winter Hack: Triandrun Vento 3
    Madone

    It's all about me...
  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Jen J wrote:
    Ha! I just went on the fixie to and from Sainsburys to do my weekly shop.

    Left home at 21.04, got home at 21.26.

    That's got to be some kind of record, surely?

    Thats crazy, I dont know anyone who can shop in that time, never mind get there and back, Marry Me :D :shock: :!: :D lol
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    December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs

    July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles

    http://39stonecyclist.com
    Now the hard work starts.
  • m0scs
    m0scs Posts: 196
    Just went for gum and a FreyBentos pie then.

    Takes me longer to go in a buy a lottery ticket!

    Seriously, my wife goes to the supermarket for a shop and comes out at least an hour and a half later with 300 weight of shopping.

    Clearly you must be in the super featherlight shopping weight catagory.

    If you can live on it and its cheap fair play. Seems like a good catch GB155 :lol:
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  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    Bloody work proxy is having issues with letting me access the website, hence no immediate retorts.
    cjcp wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    Yesterdays wet ride home was only interesting for the electric scooter that did me on Lotts road.
    :shock:

    MTFU! :lol:

    :shock: indeed

    Rob - if you wish to temporarily retire from The Game while you go through a period of M'ingTFU, perhaps by going to spend some time with Tibetan monks, we'll understand. :wink: :twisted:

    It was wet and a nasty road, excuse enough, but like many a man I was passed by a woman and then came a cropper as I realised that the view from behind was appealing to my eyes than getting back in front and shouting " Who's the daddy now you battery powered nypho you!"

    BTW, I've been drinking tonight. A lot.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Not enough if you can still type :)

    How's the head this morning? 8)
    Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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