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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    cjcp wrote:
    Roastie - that'd be great; cheers.

    So far, looking good for getting out of work on time. :)
    Excellent - ditto on getting away on time!

    ps. I like your plan.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Roastie wrote:
    ps. I like your plan.

    It's foolproof. :D

    Will be in touch tomorrow.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Bikequin wrote:
    Really nice ride home tonight - lots of roadie action down the NKR - I managed to take quite a few scalps. Although I was on my "weekend" bike so not quite satisfying. Then after Putney bridge it all went a bit wrong. I was drafting a bus quite slowly and got over taken - thought can't have that and put the put down to get my scalp back. At which point I almost very stupidly squished myself under a white van. Survived blasted back up to chap who'd overtaken me. Indeed my surprise attack had left him for dead momentarily however I had to slow for a roundabout and that put him right on my wheel. By this time I'd left myself with nothing in the tank - I couldn't pull away from him and after about 250m he shot past. I can consider myself very very scalped.

    Bikequin - what you riding, fella?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Bikequin
    Bikequin Posts: 402
    cjcp wrote:
    Bikequin wrote:
    Really nice ride home tonight - lots of roadie action down the NKR - I managed to take quite a few scalps. Although I was on my "weekend" bike so not quite satisfying. Then after Putney bridge it all went a bit wrong. I was drafting a bus quite slowly and got over taken - thought can't have that and put the put down to get my scalp back. At which point I almost very stupidly squished myself under a white van. Survived blasted back up to chap who'd overtaken me. Indeed my surprise attack had left him for dead momentarily however I had to slow for a roundabout and that put him right on my wheel. By this time I'd left myself with nothing in the tank - I couldn't pull away from him and after about 250m he shot past. I can consider myself very very scalped.

    Bikequin - what you riding, fella?

    Was riding a white and black trek Madone today - normally commute on a giant though. Was it you that blasted passed me?
    You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quin.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Hmm, no. I had a little duel with a chap on a silver Giant though. What colour Giant do you ride, and what times are you on the road? There's a chap on a red Giant wearing earphones, sets off from the Sheen area, I see now and again.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Bikequin
    Bikequin Posts: 402
    The Giant is blue and black- I get through Richmond park between 7 and 7.30. Then home I normally hit Sloane Sq any time between 6 and 7 depending on work. What do you normally ride? and what sort of time? - I whenever I see anyone on a Roadie my first thought is to try and work out if they're playing. I reckon alot of people must play without even realizing it.

    I've also just bought myself an HTC so guess I'll be sporting that for a few days - wore it today and felt the need to try and pedal a bit faster at times.
    You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quin.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    You're a bit early for me, but there's a prospect of meeting up on the way home. I read the NKR any time after 6.15pm.

    I'm on a (dirty) red, unbranded frame - see sig. No reflectors attached to the spokes anymore though, and now have reflective strips on the frame.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Bikequin
    Bikequin Posts: 402
    I'll have to keep a look out for you then - and by the sounds of things then hide if I want to keep my scalp intact. :oops:

    Are you and Roastie the members of a club?
    You'll not see nothing like the mighty Quin.
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Day off today so took the Voodoo to the Malverns - as yer do :D:D:D:D:D:D
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Bikequin wrote:
    I'll have to keep a look out for you then - and by the sounds of things then hide if I want to keep my scalp intact. :oops:

    Are you and Roastie the members of a club?

    :lol:

    I am, but not sure about Roastie. I'm expecting to have my @rse well and truly handed to me on a plate tomorrow night.

    JDU - that's about 14 hours drivefrom you, isn't it?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    Bikequin wrote:
    Really nice ride home tonight - lots of roadie action down the NKR - I managed to take quite a few scalps. Although I was on my "weekend" bike so not quite satisfying. Then after Putney bridge it all went a bit wrong. I was drafting a bus quite slowly and got over taken - thought can't have that and put the put down to get my scalp back. At which point I almost very stupidly squished myself under a white van. Survived blasted back up to chap who'd overtaken me. Indeed my surprise attack had left him for dead momentarily however I had to slow for a roundabout and that put him right on my wheel. By this time I'd left myself with nothing in the tank - I couldn't pull away from him and after about 250m he shot past. I can consider myself very very scalped.

    What time do you ride, what do you ride, and do you RLJ, bikequin?

    Just want to make sure I know you in case war is ever declared :)
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  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Bikequin wrote:
    Was riding a white and black trek Madone today - normally commute on a giant though. Was it you that blasted passed me?
    Was it you that I raced across RP and out of Ham Gate last week? I was on a red Cannondale...
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    That guy on the Brompton wrote:
    Bikequin wrote:
    Was riding a white and black trek Madone today - normally commute on a giant though. Was it you that blasted passed me?
    Was it you that I raced across RP and out of Ham Gate last week? I was on a red Cannondale...

    Ah, cunning. Despite your username, you sometimes go undercover by riding a Cannondale. :)
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    SCR is getting serious. Saw a guy this morning on a time trial bike with full disc aero wheel (sorry, that probably isn't what they are called, but you know what I mean) and a rucksack on! He was coming out of a side street and he did go the same way as me, can't claim him but he didn't claim me either, not that my baggies, hairy legs, CX bike and panniers would have given him much of a score!
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Last night on the Mills an folder took off from the lights like lightening, it's a dahon and he's wearing work clothes and fast.. so fast that we both skin a shaved roadie with full csc kit :lol: a few other FGSS'ers and roadies were left in our wake, I was a little scared about taking him as he might take me back and there's only one loser there

    he turns off soon after and my dignity is intact...sort of

    Near the end of my commute a roadie on aero bars in his max gear comes past me mashing yet going at a fair lick, I up the cadence and stay within 10-20 metres of him and his massive legs, after a mile of so I know there's a small hill coming up and I know this is my chance he starts on the hill and slows quickly at the peak of the hill I fly past him like he's standing still and I'm not trying, I stay ahead on the resulting downhill and then the long shallow hill right before I get home, I stop to let people cross at a zebra crossing and he nips ahead and then whip him again brutally and he's history. He's either no idea how to ride technically or his gearing was bust :lol:
    Purveyor of sonic doom

    Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    Took on some dudes on the Embankment last night, after parliament sq past the Morpeth and beyond. One super quick fixie (surly cross check with little risers) the rest all roadied up, mix of lycra and baggies so some same FCN and others one lower.
    Went off like a rocket and got ahead, they caught me at the next lights and got ahead of me, went for it again and really had to work for it, got by just. held it for a while then blew up completely.
    Totally lost my scalp, about 5 times over.

    The shame.
    :(

    pootled the rest of the way home, weeping.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Recovery riding today after yesterdays hill climb - still managed to pick off a Brompton and a guy on a Trek with panniers :)
  • dombo6
    dombo6 Posts: 582
    Fun this morning, hammering through Brixton in a mini peloton with a bloke on a fixie and a very fast girl. Then picked off quite a few around Elephant & Castle on approach to London Bridge, including very pretty blonde in red top on a blue Trek (made my day :D ).

    Over the bridge, dropped them all with aplomb (well, they all swung left and straight on up KW Street and B'gate while I headed east into the sunlit uplands towards Canary Wharf).
    Do mtb scalps count when you're on a road bike? There was a points system I saw a while back.
  • amnezia
    amnezia Posts: 590
    Dombo6 wrote:
    Do mtb scalps count when you're on a road bike? There was a points system I saw a while back.

    Not unless your road bike has a Herman's Safety Wing and a Trailer.
  • dombo6
    dombo6 Posts: 582
    what about if i'm not pedalling? No hands and lighting a cigarette with a match I've just struck on their Camelbak as I coast past?
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Was on the planet-x this morning and, seemingly, had a mahoosive target on my back. Everyone upped their game as I was trying to pootle to work all the while thinking 'must not react, must not react'. Was pretty tricky as today was the first time I can remember being passed in open play. Still, it's an appetizer for the kicking I'll get at CP this evening ;)
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    JonGinge wrote:
    Was on the planet-x this morning and, seemingly, had a mahoosive target on my back. Everyone upped their game as I was trying to pootle to work all the while thinking 'must not react, must not react'. Was pretty tricky as today was the first time I can remember being passed in open play. Still, it's an appetizer for the kicking I'll get at CP this evening ;)

    I'm on the commuter and, as prep for CP this evening, put the hammer well and truly down. :x And it pretty much stayed down all the way along Embankment. There was more in the tank, but I was determined to ride with the hands on the tops of the bars so, outwardly, I wasn't seen to be trying.

    Is the roadie on a Spesh, Marmite top, with Santini Cycling News shorts on here? Come on, laddie; reveal yourself. :) If you are, you're quick.

    There was also a chap wearing Rapha on a Litespeed Siena(?), a nippy chap in a Lowlands-looking top on and a couple of other roadies with a bit in the tank.

    It was tit for tat along Embankment. So, thanks to them :) , I'm going to be dropped faster than a hot coal at CP tonight. Will I ever learn?
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    Sounds like an SCR evening at CP today, I'll be there ready to be caned by you guys :wink:

    Roastie indicated he may show his face as well :lol::lol::lol::lol:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Rich158 wrote:
    I'll be there ready to be caned by you guys :wink:

    How about we abandon SCR and opt for teamwork? A truce, shall we say. Just for tonight. :)
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • ashleymp777
    ashleymp777 Posts: 1,212
    Been on the Bike Radar forum for several years and never realised there was a 'Commuting' section until now! :D

    I'd like to say a big hello to all the fast commuters that go to and from London Bridge from the Greenwich / Lewisham area - you keep me fit enough to be able to race at the weekends thank god!
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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    cjcp wrote:
    Rich158 wrote:
    I'll be there ready to be caned by you guys :wink:

    How about we abandon SCR and opt for teamwork? A truce, shall we say. Just for tonight. :)

    Sounds like fun, although I'm sure you'll drop me pretty quickly
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Rich158 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Rich158 wrote:
    I'll be there ready to be caned by you guys :wink:

    How about we abandon SCR and opt for teamwork? A truce, shall we say. Just for tonight. :)

    Sounds like fun, although I'm sure you'll drop me pretty quickly
    Not sure this will happen by me...
    <excuses>
    Didn't get a great night's sleep
    Got the start of a cold...
    Too hot for me.
    Had a lazy summer wrt to weekend riding
    </excuses>
    I think that's enough but I can probably come up with some more if pressed ;)
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    What the heck's the best route? Elephant & Castle seems to feature a bit...

    http://www.multimap.com/maps/?zoom=16&c ... qs=SE208DT
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Stop taking my name in vain
    Purveyor of sonic doom

    Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Rich158 wrote:
    Sounds like an SCR evening at CP today, I'll be there ready to be caned by you guys :wink:

    Roastie indicated he may show his face as well :lol::lol::lol::lol:
    Yep! I'll be there.

    Though I must say that I really didn't sleep at all well last night and .... :P

    Off for a quick catnap.
    David
    Engineered Bicycles

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