Silly commuting racing

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    cjcp wrote:
    Unless you provide a picture, it doesn't exist/never happened. You know the rules. :wink:

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    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.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Cafewanda wrote:
    LiT, are you self-employed? If not, you surely have the most understanding bosses ever :shock: :lol::lol:

    Does this mean you'll be staying late by 1.5 hrs this evening? 8)

    Oh hell no - it's friday, it's sunny, the bosses are away. I'm going to the pub. I may even leave early.

    And I'm not self-employed, but due to the current market I have b*gger all to do at the moment, I've made my boss aware of this, asked for more to do and received nothing. The very moment she tells me off I'll start getting in earlier. It's been 7 months so far...
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    I'm going to the pub.

    Someone Call?
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg T wrote:
    I'm going to the pub.

    Someone Call?

    4.30 beers? :D
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    itboffin wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Unless you provide a picture, it doesn't exist/never happened. You know the rules. :wink:

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    I see. Well, I'm not sure how to say this, but was it dark when you chose the colour too?









    :wink:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Greg66 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Then this roadie, shaved leg on a BMC

    Is this a black/white/blue BMC, with a flattish top side of the top tube? If so, I think I bumped into him one evening earlier this week. Assos 3/4s and shaved legs.

    I think I homed on on him just after VB lights; quite windy that evening and at 43k, I didn't have enough in the tank to make a move. I sat about 6m back and 2m to the right. At the CB lights he was baulked by a slower rider coming off the lights, so I flicked past and took the lead along the straight to AB. Holding mid 40s with some weird whipping wind from a direction I couldn't fathom, and then about half way along he eased up alongside me (took me slightly by surprise, I admit), and asked about my powermeter. Nice bloke, good chat, and he clearly has a big engine. We took separate filter lines on the AB approach and I lost him.


    In related news, a fit burd triathlete complemented "the beast" I had between my legs (Bike 1) earlier in the week.

    "Raaarrrhh, Baby", I replied, giving it my best Austin Powers.

    She rode off, looking disquieted.

    Yeah - Greg you really need to work on the social skills :wink:
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Seriously hacked off today because we've been told that the C2W this year will be using Halfords - means no Pearson alas - and no Specialized who won't deal with them - b*gger :evil:
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    cjcp wrote:
    Well, I had my @rse well and truly handed to me on a plate this morning.

    ...

    He's probably the fastest thing on two wheels I've seen on the commute. Chapeau, sir.
    Insane, sounds like he gave you a pretty good workout!
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    ...due to the current market I have b*gger all to do at the moment, I've made my boss aware of this, asked for more to do and received nothing. The very moment she tells me off I'll start getting in earlier. It's been 7 months so far...
    That must be so frustrating!

    I had a nine month stretch like that in a previous job. Literally messed around playing with cars, drinking coffee and having lunch with mates all day apart from a few hours in the office surfing the net. Not as much fun as it sounds.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Roastie wrote:
    ...due to the current market I have b*gger all to do at the moment, I've made my boss aware of this, asked for more to do and received nothing. The very moment she tells me off I'll start getting in earlier. It's been 7 months so far...
    That must be so frustrating!

    I had a nine month stretch like that in a previous job. Literally messed around playing with cars, drinking coffee and having lunch with mates all day apart from a few hours in the office surfing the net. Not as much fun as it sounds.

    Spot on. It's actually just a little bit soul-destroying, but given the current climate I'm not handing in my notice until I've got somewhere else to go.
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Seriously hacked off today because we've been told that the C2W this year will be using Halfords - means no Pearson alas - and no Specialized who won't deal with them - b*gger :evil:
    Stop complaining - at least you have C2W! And can't you get some nice stuff like Condor or P-X via Halfords?
  • King Donut
    King Donut Posts: 498
    Roastie wrote:
    Seriously hacked off today because we've been told that the C2W this year will be using Halfords - means no Pearson alas - and no Specialized who won't deal with them - b*gger :evil:
    Stop complaining - at least you have C2W! And can't you get some nice stuff like Condor or P-X via Halfords?
    Yep my company will only offer benefits that “all” employees can make use of.
    Besides, apparently some LBS' will accept Halford C2W vouchers. Worth checking.

    Beautiful ride in today. Left the house at 6.30 so roads were clear and sun was shining. As an added bonus the blood alcohol levels were still just high enough to take the edge off.

    Cutting down Cheyne Walk approaching Albert Bridge and some girl decides that she has right of way, even though she is riding on the pavement, and just rides straight in to me as I’m pulling out on to Embankment. No harm done, but I’m scared for cyclists like this. They don’t seem to have any awareness of what’s going on around them.

    Then I get to work and the gym is closed so I’m left to fester in my own blood and sweat for the whole day.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Roastie wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Well, I had my @rse well and truly handed to me on a plate this morning.

    ...

    He's probably the fastest thing on two wheels I've seen on the commute. Chapeau, sir.
    Insane, sounds like he gave you a pretty good workout!

    Oh yeah. I was spent when I rolled up outside the office. The only thing left would have been to crouch on the hoods and blatantly hammer it. At which point, he would have changed up to the 53 and I'd be left looking like Wylie Coyote left in Roadrunner's dust cloud. And still with his @rse on a plate. :) Meep, Meep!
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Did something weird to my calf on Wednesday, chasing a fairly rapid roadie all the way from Blackfriars to Barnes. Didn't even know I used my calves for cycling; still hurts two days later, and I'm feeling somewhat stupid.

    When will I learn not to have ideas above my station...?
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    You chased a roadie on a Brommie all that way??? Respect!
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Not really; he should have got away a couple of times, but I was lucky with the lights...
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    YOU are that guy on a Brompton!

    Do you know that Guy on an Airnimal as well - he's proper rapid.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Not really; he should have got away a couple of times, but I was lucky with the lights...

    But that's a distance of about 8-9 miles, with long straights ideal for losing knobblied mtbers putting up a fight, let alone a guy on a Brompton!

    Sounds like you've caused Greg a few problems too. :lol:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    tardington wrote:

    On the plus side, I've just fitted my clippy pedals, and now have a mighty FCN of 10. 8)

    You are so mine.

    8)

    Name the time and place :twisted: We're racing for pinks right?

    Clippy pedals are really quite a revelation, the acceleration is astonishing. Last night I got home (just over 12 miles) is 42 minutes. With a headwind. Scalped another brace of roadies on the way along with a bagful of hybrids. Some nights it just feels great!

    Actually, I've just recalculated (back on proper bike) so I am now a 9. Maybe I should shave the beard? So anyway, it's back to you chasing me. What did you do to lower your number? Apart from spds?

    Oh and what are pinks?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Greg T wrote:
    YOU are that guy on a Brompton!

    Do you know that Guy on an Airnimal as well - he's proper rapid.
    He drafts everything he can, though. Remember once on the run to DSC, I was in the LH lane and he was drafting a large van going a mite slower in the RH lane. I didn't see him again after millbank, though 8)

    Had a bit of witty banter last night with a pedestrian who was very surprised I stopped for a RL on the NKR. Needed to stop, legs are stuffed just like my sinuses :(
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    Roastie wrote:
    ...due to the current market I have b*gger all to do at the moment, I've made my boss aware of this, asked for more to do and received nothing. The very moment she tells me off I'll start getting in earlier. It's been 7 months so far...
    That must be so frustrating!

    I had a nine month stretch like that in a previous job. Literally messed around playing with cars, drinking coffee and having lunch with mates all day apart from a few hours in the office surfing the net. Not as much fun as it sounds.

    Turbo trainer? My LBS has one connected to a screen where you take part in the race.

    Just a thought!
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    So, Tardie, you gotta beard and green or yellow socks?

    Tell me you wear a tweed jacket with leather arm patches, a flat cap, smoke a pipe, and have a double-barrelled shotgun cocked over your arm!

    :D
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    JonGinge wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    YOU are that guy on a Brompton!

    Do you know that Guy on an Airnimal as well - he's proper rapid.
    He drafts everything he can, though. Remember once on the run to DSC, I was in the LH lane and he was drafting a large van going a mite slower in the RH lane. I didn't see him again after millbank, though 8)

    Had a bit of witty banter last night with a pedestrian who was very surprised I stopped for a RL on the NKR. Needed to stop, legs are stuffed just like my sinuses :(

    Lycra'd up? Possibly shaved legs?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • tardington wrote:
    Actually, I've just recalculated (back on proper bike) so I am now a 9. Maybe I should shave the beard? So anyway, it's back to you chasing me. What did you do to lower your number? Apart from spds?

    Oh and what are pinks?

    Just the SPDs, I was rolling on flat pedals before, instant two pointer, but so well worth it.

    As for racing for pinks... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=racin+for+pinks

    But am I ready to become a CX pervert :shock:
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    cjcp wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Greg T wrote:
    YOU are that guy on a Brompton!

    Do you know that Guy on an Airnimal as well - he's proper rapid.
    He drafts everything he can, though. Remember once on the run to DSC, I was in the LH lane and he was drafting a large van going a mite slower in the RH lane. I didn't see him again after millbank, though 8)

    Had a bit of witty banter last night with a pedestrian who was very surprised I stopped for a RL on the NKR. Needed to stop, legs are stuffed just like my sinuses :(

    Lycra'd up? Possibly shaved legs?
    Think so. No cap or helmet the times I've seen him
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    It gets me some serious respeck on these mean streets let me tell you! 8)
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    2 hours a night? Jesus wept.

    People who actually take endurance sports seriously have to be a bit mental. A mate of mine at school was a very good amateur roadie. Used to do 3 hours on the rollers after school in the winter...
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    JonGinge wrote:
    Lycra'd up? Possibly shaved legs?
    Think so. No cap or helmet the times I've seen him[/quote]

    Ah, different chap then.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    jedster wrote:
    2 hours a night? Jesus wept.

    People who actually take endurance sports seriously have to be a bit mental. A mate of mine at school was a very good amateur roadie. Used to do 3 hours on the rollers after school in the winter...

    I'm hurting just reading this.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    cjcp wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Lycra'd up? Possibly shaved legs?
    Think so. No cap or helmet the times I've seen him

    Ah, different chap then.
    Could be, could be. Must admit I don't bother to take in too many details of scalpers/scalpees. Hence the 'guy in campag' or the 'guy in white assos' etc. More than one fact overloads my brain
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides