Silly commuting racing

jimmypippa

Good, another one near manchester.

I take it you are on the flat part?

northerntrumpeter

jimmypippa wrote:

Good, another one near manchester.

I take it you are on the flat part?

Yeah. Manchester's surrounded by hills which taunt me in the distance I never get time to ride them, hence the switch to single speed. I may get a second bike if I miss the gears and think I can justify it to my wiser half!

My commute is just over seven miles and takes me around the outskirts of Manchester. I could go through the city which is a shorter route, but soooo many traffic lights :x and not as good a workout. There are a couple of flat bits, but mostly long and not excessively steep slopes. I think I should be fit enough to get away with it in one gear...hopefully

I'd love to live in the Peak District like you. All those lovely hills. I'd have to leave a lot of commuting time though!

jimmypippa

It is quite amusing:

I was looking at where I just pootle to the shops, and almost any distance more than about half a mile involves a height difference of about 50m.

jimmypippa

First double post

jimmypippa

Second double post

jimmypippa

third double post

jimmypippa

FFS Fourth double post

Bikequin

Great cycle home tonight... a bit windy but felt as though I had a good bit in my legs to give. Scalped a guy dripping from head to tow in Rapha - I like rapha but if you gonna wear it in that quantity you'd better be shifting.

Does anyone else have issues pootling? I left the office this evening and thought I'll have a nice relaxing pootle home and enjoy the evening. - As soon as I got to hyde park and saw other bikes I was like a greyhound after a rabbit.

That said my ride home was more fun for not being a pootle.

spasypaddy

i went along the embankment this evening as a treat to myself only other cyclist of pace i saw was the guy i was riding with. what a waste!

Kieran_Burns

jimmypippa wrote:

FFS Fourth double post

STEP AWAY FROM THE MOUSE!

Kieran_Burns

Oh, and Jimmy - I may have asked before - but what part of the Peaks? (I'm right at the Southern tip - I have to cycle 15ish miles north to get to Ashbourne)

greg66_tri_v2.0

Bikequin wrote:

Does anyone else have issues pootling?

Normally yes, but tonight...

Last couple of days I've had a bit of stiffness between the shoulder blades. Today, I could feel the recurrence of something I get from time to time: a pulled muscle between my left shoulder blade and my spine. I put the bike bag on and thought "owww, that's a bit sore". Started riding, and found out pretty quick that any sort of breathing deeper than that required to sit still in a chair hurt. A lot. Ditto pushing the right pedal hard (puts weight on the left hand).

Pootling it was.

Pootling sucks hoop.

lost_in_thought

Greg66 wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

Does anyone else have issues pootling?

Normally yes, but tonight...

Last couple of days I've had a bit of stiffness between the shoulder blades. Today, I could feel the recurrence of something I get from time to time: a pulled muscle between my left shoulder blade and my spine. I put the bike bag on and thought "owww, that's a bit sore". Started riding, and found out pretty quick that any sort of breathing deeper than that required to sit still in a chair hurt. A lot. Ditto pushing the right pedal hard (puts weight on the left hand).

Pootling it was.

Pootling sucks hoop.

Messenger bags are bad for you.

FACT.

Aidy

lost_in_thought wrote:

Messenger bags are bad for you.

FACT.

I've never really gotten why cyclists other than messengers use messenger bags.
Isn't it fairly obvious that you're sacrificing stability and comfort for ease of access to the contents?

Littigator

lost_in_thought wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

Does anyone else have issues pootling?

Normally yes, but tonight...

Last couple of days I've had a bit of stiffness between the shoulder blades. Today, I could feel the recurrence of something I get from time to time: a pulled muscle between my left shoulder blade and my spine. I put the bike bag on and thought "owww, that's a bit sore". Started riding, and found out pretty quick that any sort of breathing deeper than that required to sit still in a chair hurt. A lot. Ditto pushing the right pedal hard (puts weight on the left hand).

Pootling it was.

Pootling sucks hoop.

Messenger bags are bad for you.

FACT.

Hello you lucky people, thought I'd just drop in and say HI. I'm still in Africa and have a brief few minutes on line. LITS do you still have a job, I thought you were worried about redundancies when I left. G66...still suffering with your back mate? MTFU

I've been posting a few blogs about our time here if anyone fancies killing some time at work. Nah not you lot you're all far too busy posting on here aren't you heh heh! :twisted:

http://www.outofitinafrica.blogspot.com

cjcp

And you are? :twisted: :P

Cafewanda

jimmypippa wrote:

amnezia wrote:

Do Hi-viz Hybrid Riders dissolve in water? I thought hybrids were the ideal commuting machine designed to perform in any weather??

the only people i saw out this morning were people risking their lives on road bikes which are clearly substandard for commuting. :P

Hey,

I wear high vis and ride a hybrid until I can afford better.

So fa this year, I have ridden in a temperature range of 40° (from -9°C to +31°C).

I have also ridden in rain and snow.

Not all of us run away at the first sign of inclement weather. The inclimetn weather is why I wear high-vis clothing in the first place.

Here! Here!

I don't ride in snow and my temp range isn't even close to yours, but I'm out there every day.

roger_merriman

Cafewanda wrote:

jimmypippa wrote:

amnezia wrote:

Do Hi-viz Hybrid Riders dissolve in water? I thought hybrids were the ideal commuting machine designed to perform in any weather??

the only people i saw out this morning were people risking their lives on road bikes which are clearly substandard for commuting. :P

Hey,

I wear high vis and ride a hybrid until I can afford better.

So fa this year, I have ridden in a temperature range of 40° (from -9°C to +31°C).

I have also ridden in rain and snow.

Not all of us run away at the first sign of inclement weather. The inclimetn weather is why I wear high-vis clothing in the first place.

Here! Here!

I don't ride in snow and my temp range isn't even close to yours, but I'm out there every day.

round here so the greeish land you can see from the Roebuck once winter closes in the road bikes tend to disapear for the most part. leaving the all weather lot on mostly hybrids/mtbs and such.

il_principe

Bikequin wrote:

head to tow in Rapha - I like rapha .

The words 'Rapha" & "Tow" seem to go well together IME!

Greg T

Littigator wrote:

Hello you lucky people, thought I'd just drop in and say HI. I'm still in Africa

http://www.outofitinafrica.blogspot.com

I just thought you were trying to think of something funny to say......

We miss Litts.

I must read you blog to find out what the feck you are doing in Africa.

I'm hoping you and the Mrs have become mercenaries and are destabilising some small diamond rich country using a tin opener.

I expect to watch your show trial in TV soon.

Bikequin

Il Principe wrote:

Bikequin wrote:

head to tow in Rapha - I like rapha .

The words 'Rapha" & "Tow" seem to go well together IME!

Think that must have been a Freudian slip on my part.

gtvlusso

Quick blat in this morning - no traffic and very few cyclist left in my mighty wake.....battered when I got to work though. Nice headwinds for the homeward journey this week....Oh well :-(

Citizen Smith

Chapeau to the shaven SSer on the baby blue Condor who passed me on the drag from Balham Waitrose lights. You were rapid and I had to be on my game to stay with you (obviously at 5 o'clock and maintaining a couple of bike lengths).

Certainly opened up the taps this morning.....

cjcp

There was a chap on a Quintana Roo Lucero this morning, with Spinergy wheels. :shock: Don't see those very often! He was on the bars through DSC and could certainly shift. Claimed my scalp, but one of thoe bikes I've always liked, so it was good to let it pass ( ) and have a good nose.

Also, a rapid woman on a red Trek. Definitely came across as someone who races. Seen her before and I'm not ashamed to say that she's in no way easy to shake.

Littigator

Greg T wrote:

Littigator wrote:

Hello you lucky people, thought I'd just drop in and say HI. I'm still in Africa

http://www.outofitinafrica.blogspot.com

I just thought you were trying to think of something funny to say......

We miss Litts.

I must read you blog to find out what the feck you are doing in Africa.

I'm hoping you and the Mrs have become mercenaries and are destabilising some small diamond rich country using a tin opener.

I expect to watch your show trial in TV soon.

Well that's blown my storylines for the next two weeks. Damn you man!

CJCP....I don't miss you at all, not one little bit no honest I don't

cjcp

Good to hear your cyber-tones. Your blog will make interesting reading no doubt! A cursory glance, however, reveals that you've got some facial hair...

What's the plan? You coming back to Blighty?

tebbit

My second day of cycle communting in Verrsallies, I still don't know whether I am spelling it right, this morning overtaken by a roadie, on the way home, one roadie, two mountainbikers, hooray!

Porgy

tebbit wrote:

My second day of cycle communting in Verrsallies, I still don't know whether I am spelling it right

depend if there's a place called Verrsallies or not. Or do you mean Versailles?

itboffin

I rode the SS with my new mans gearing this morning, I feel old and used like on of GT hankies

sitting on the train staring at the wind swept countryside wondering why I did that

this is going to hurt...

tebbit

Yes the spelling was incorrect, thank you for the correct spelling. Versailles finally the spelling is correct.