Silly commuting racing

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

www.thaibrides.com

Love it. Click on that, through to www.thailandmusings.com

On the splash page, at the top of the list of the 10 Most Popular Posts?

10 Clues That She is a Ladyboy or Katoey

Who would have guessed that that would be such a hot topic?

I think that is a telling exposé of the target demographic...

lost_in_thought

This thailandmusings is in fact an hilarious site altogether...

I had no idea there was such a shopping culture about obtaining oneself a thai bride... I'm learning a lot.

:shock:

don_don

Thank God we've stopped talking about cycling for a little while

biondino

Props to google - CP's post about his rapha winter training kit is already number 3 on google for that particular phrase!

(what's in the kit, CP?)

itboffin

As a royal marine friend of mine recently said "well you've paid your money, what you supposed to do"

LiT's would those heels be the faux chrome type or the proper dirty functional kind

greg66_tri_v2.0

Totalnewbie wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

And don_don, my view on 6-inch heels is that I should be wearing them.

:roll:

But, shurely, that would make you almost 5'10", which is far too tall for a laydee ...

Intimidated by tall women, eh? :twisted:

Amongst other things :oops:

attica

don_don wrote:

What's your position on 6" heels??

I think you'll find most peoples position on them is...


..on tiptoes.

...I'll get my coat

don_don

Attica wrote:

don_don wrote:

What's your position on 6" heels??

I think you'll find most peoples position on them is...


..on tiptoes.

...I'll get my coat[/quote

Boom Boom!

lost_in_thought

don_don wrote:

Thank God we've stopped talking about cycling for a little while

Yeah, really, what a relief. Honestly, the constant cycling talk really gets me down...

ansbaradigeidfran

lost_in_thought wrote:

don_don wrote:

Thank God we've stopped talking about cycling for a little while

Yeah, really, what a relief. Honestly, the constant cycling talk really gets me down...

The problem is that we aren't talking about cycling constantly. Heck, with all our off-topicness, our cadence probably looks like a Japanese seismograph!

gb155

ANNNNNND Back on topic lol

Sorry I couldnt help myself, Tonight was my first scalp for well over a week, Not because im a slow fat boy on a MTB but its because I have not seen another bike since the weather turned frosty/snowy/icy

So PLEASE if you commute from Cheshire into Manchester..... GET ON YOUR BIKE


This fast-Fat-Boy on a MTB Needs more slaps.

Many Thanks

Gaz

cjcp

gb155 wrote:

ANNNNNND Back on topic lol

Sorry I couldnt help myself, Tonight was my first scalp for well over a week, Not because im a slow fat boy on a MTB but its because I have not seen another bike since the weather turned frosty/snowy/icy

So PLEASE if you commute from Cheshire into Manchester..... GET ON YOUR BIKE


This fast-Fat-Boy on a MTB Needs more slaps.

Many Thanks

Gaz

You're slow because you're on an MTB; nothing to do with your size.

(Runs for cover before Girv, Moscs et al start throwing rocks)

gb155

RARRRRRRRR IM NOT SLOOOOOW


Well 22mph plus 24 stone = It WILL hurt it I hit you = It will FEEL fast


Hybrid for me in April.......But then I cant hind behind Im slo because im on a MTB....

cjcp

Jay dubbleU

The Giant is described as an urban MTB but its a lot lighter - maybe the next step up Gaz - I've lost an inch round my waist since I starting back on the bike a couple of months ago :P

greg66_tri_v2.0

Arrrggggghhhh!!! The poison runs deep...

I set off home tonight, having explained to the consultant that whenI had ridden I was getting some soreness at Lumbar Ground Zero, and had very little of the flexion required to ride a road bike.

"Well", he said benignly, "perhaps it's a bit early to be doing that". Not "Don't ever ride a bike again", note, just "perhaps it's a bit early".

To which I thought (but did not say) "FCUK YOU!"

So I set off with the now familiar tightness and resultant perch of my ring on the nose of the saddle. This will ease up, I think. And by the time I'm at the HoP, it more or less has.

Now I'm rolling along in either two or three gears easier than my usual gear. I'm not trying to do anything special - just get home. So it's all about spinning from the hip joints down, isolate the back, no big sudden movements through the pelvis, nice and easy.

I get to the VB lights just as they're green and roll through the junction. There are four roadies up ahead, and the first two are peeling off into the distance.

I look, and stare, and think "not now, not tonight. There's no point".

Then I look again, and before I know it my right thumb has clicked into a higher gear. OK, nice and easy, I think. The back two aren't pushing hard, and so neither should I. No sudden effort. No frantic spinning. Just roll up to them.

It takes the entire length of the Death Star Canyon to close the gap, and then, suddenly, I'm there. P4 is a gurl, and P3 is a weak looking bloke. I berate myself that it took so long. But I have them now; I've made the pass, and that's mission accomplished for the night. Time to shut it down and get home.

The road opens out to the right past the DSC. P1 and P2 and 60 metres up the road - maybe a bit more. I look. and I look again. And in that split second, I realise supper will be an ice pack and a bunch of painkillers. Click goes the right thumb again.

I've got a really limited amount of go-juice to run them down, and I could easily run out of road to do it in. It's all about measuring the effort, wind it up, feel for the back, concentrate, no sudden movements...

It takes me almost to the lights before the railway bridge to get into their draft, but I do it. That really is it. There's no way I could make a pass stick; these two would eat me alive if I tried it. I sit there, enjoying the tow, and then the traffic queue for Chelsea Bridge lights breaks us up.

I've very rarely felt so satisfied on a bike.

gb155

Jay dubbleU wrote:

The Giant is described as an urban MTB but its a lot lighter - maybe the next step up Gaz - I've lost an inch round my waist since I starting back on the bike a couple of months ago :P

Congrats mate, Yeah I was looking at that too, Everyone at work is saying Hybrid, Suppose it depends on how well I have done by April really, but Im ready to step up, by the time next week I will have done 1000 miles WOOOT

attica

Greg66 wrote:

Arrrggggghhhh!!! The poison runs deep...

I set off home tonight, having explained to the consultant that whenI had ridden I was getting some soreness at Lumbar Ground Zero, and had very little of the flexion required to ride a road bike.

"Well", he said benignly, "perhaps it's a bit early to be doing that". Not "Don't ever ride a bike again", note, just "perhaps it's a bit early".

To which I thought (but did not say) "FCUK YOU!"

So I set off with the now familiar tightness and resultant perch of my ring on the nose of the saddle. This will ease up, I think. And by the time I'm at the HoP, it more or less has.

Now I'm rolling along in either two or three gears easier than my usual gear. I'm not trying to do anything special - just get home. So it's all about spinning from the hip joints down, isolate the back, no big sudden movements through the pelvis, nice and easy.

I get to the VB lights just as they're green and roll through the junction. There are four roadies up ahead, and the first two are peeling off into the distance.

I look, and stare, and think "not now, not tonight. There's no point".

Then I look again, and before I know it my right thumb has clicked into a higher gear. OK, nice and easy, I think. The back two aren't pushing hard, and so neither should I. No sudden effort. No frantic spinning. Just roll up to them.

It takes the entire length of the Death Star Canyon to close the gap, and then, suddenly, I'm there. P4 is a gurl, and P3 is a weak looking bloke. I berate myself that it took so long. But I have them now; I've made the pass, and that's mission accomplished for the night. Time to shut it down and get home.

The road opens out to the right past the DSC. P1 and P2 and 60 metres up the road - maybe a bit more. I look. and I look again. And in that split second, I realise supper will be an ice pack and a bunch of painkillers. Click goes the right thumb again.

I've got a really limited amount of go-juice to run them down, and I could easily run out of road to do it in. It's all about measuring the effort, wind it up, feel for the back, concentrate, no sudden movements...

It takes me almost to the lights before the railway bridge to get into their draft, but I do it. That really is it. There's no way I could make a pass stick; these two would eat me alive if I tried it. I sit there, enjoying the tow, and then the traffic queue for Chelsea Bridge lights breaks us up.

I've very rarely felt so satisfied on a bike.

This, ladies and gentleman, is the posting of a man in the very final stages of Gamitis
GT, how are the labs getting along with that antidote?

I fear for you G66, it won't be long now before you pop a disc completely out of your spinal column leaving you in all sorts of trouble, you'll need a smaller bike(s) for starters, bagsy I get Cervelo number one.

Seriously though, get well soon Greg. (hope you get that saddle out of your crevice successfully too)

attica

oops, double post

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

Arrrggggghhhh!!! The poison runs deep...

I'm tempted to say 'Ah you pillock'. But I won't. Yes, because I'm nice, exactly.

Out of curiosity, what speed did you get to? Or was having the computer on (rightly) considered far too dangerous what with all the pent-up rage?

m0scs

cjcp wrote:

gb155 wrote:

ANNNNNND Back on topic lol

Sorry I couldnt help myself, Tonight was my first scalp for well over a week, Not because im a slow fat boy on a MTB but its because I have not seen another bike since the weather turned frosty/snowy/icy

So PLEASE if you commute from Cheshire into Manchester..... GET ON YOUR BIKE


This fast-Fat-Boy on a MTB Needs more slaps.

Many Thanks

Gaz

You're slow because you're on an MTB; nothing to do with your size.






(Runs for cover before Girv, Moscs et al start throwing rocks)

Thats a relief, I thought I was slow only because I was fat.

Swapped my Conti Gators on the MTB for my older spec nimbus tyres, 1.5in as opposed to 1.2.

What a difference, much smoother ride,far less jarring and vibration and a whole lot less need for use of front suspension. Hoping this will mean no more broken spokes and trips to LBS.

The main plus point is my average speed is around the same. Still slow but just not any slower.

Another evening where i must have been the only cyclist in Hertfordshire so no conquests to report. of a cycling nature.

In the new year I'm planning a day trip to London with my bike, I will loiter round The Embankment and other known haunts just looking for prey. It seems the ony way I will find some action!

Im suprised that we have not seen any scalping action on camera yet. One of you must have one of those head cam things. If so put it to some good use and post your next scalp for us all to enjoy.

I have a cine camera but its a tad large to strap to my head!

gtvlusso

Just 2 for me this morning - no challenge.....except for the ice and clearing up after the dog emptied the contents of the bin in the kitchen....Grrrrrrr :x

linsen

It was -1 this morning on my way to work so I contented myself by getting to work in one piece, not asap.
No scalps to be had even if I'd wanted one - am I the only Hampshire cyclist out on ungritted back lanes? :shock:

Greg T

Attica wrote:

GT, how are the labs getting along with that antidote?

Yeah, about that.

Listen - I'm not sure how this happened but it appears that the Game Lab Vaccine division has been working under the instruction of some hard line "rogue elements" of the Red, black and white faction and have in fact been weaponising the virus rather than developing an effective immunisation / antidote programme.

How this happened, I have no idea, you can't pin it on me, I'm not that stupid to have left a trail, dont bother looking.

Anyway it would appear that some of the top lab minds have now "disappeared" and are suspected of now being engaged in Black Ops work somewhere on the other side of the carbon curtain....

Evidence suggest that the first mass trial of the Game Bioweapon (codename Cyclothrax) has already occured, the agent was delivered in liquid form to a room full of people a couple of weeks ago with devastating effects, Gaming is up in the capital by almost 2.5%.

A further test is expected using an earthier more robust but less attractive population to be delivered via the medium of apple based fizzy drinks some time soon.

Other Greg is plainly suffering Cyclothraz nerve agent poisoning. If he were a Dog I'd shoot him but instead I'll just take the piss as he suffers what must me a miserable episode.

Anyone up for trampolining?

martinc

frickin freezing and nobody to play with this morning. nice sunrise though.

attica

Greg T wrote:

Anyone up for trampolining?

Clever Pun

Brompton carnage this morning 4 mtbs and a roadie I binned easily on the rise going north on tower bridge

Greg T

Word on the street CP is that you've fitted Tri bars to your brompton.

Can you confirm this?

gtvlusso

Clever Pun wrote:

Brompton carnage this morning 4 mtbs and a roadie I binned easily on the rise going north on tower bridge

Lose the beard and double your numbers - cold blooded you are, a killer! Did you have your "war face" on?

lost_in_thought

Clever Pun wrote:

Brompton carnage this morning 4 mtbs and a roadie I binned easily on the rise going north on tower bridge

'brompton carnage'. Love it.

I got up this AM, got all bundled up in my cycling gear, and was pushing the bike out of the front door when I saw my housemate who said 'aren't you going to Paris today?'

CR4P. I am indeed going to paris today.

Which means I can't cycle.

Which means I am going to be very late (just got in).

But more importantly, I can't cycle.

:x :x