Silly commuting racing
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blu3cat wrote:cjcp wrote:blu3cat wrote:MonkeyMonster wrote:blu3cat wrote:As a point of adjudication, got a clip on mudguard for the roadie, what does that do to my FCN - it's a rear only, and it's for winter.
Sounds like its a rear spoiler... -1 surely.
I demand a recount, surely that makes my roadie half a tourer, and therefore a +1?
Search your conscience, lad. How are you going to feel when a non-clip-on-mudguard roadie passes you? Are you going to see it as ok because you've got a mudguard or will you say "that shouldn't make any difference, it's time to rumble". :twisted:
nope I'm gonna MTFU and take my scalp back or give it my all trying. I just want to be able to scoop a few more scalps into my capacious yet relatively empty scalp sack.
I asked the mudguard question some time back - general consensus was that a mudguard does not a tourer make. Even full-length ones. And if I can't have my +1, dammit, no-one else can either White Condor Italia 2011
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I asked the mudguard question some time back - general consensus was that a mudguard does not a tourer make. Even full-length ones. And if I can't have my +1, dammit, no-one else can either
Dammit, hermann's lollipop on order then..... :roll:"Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."
FCN = 3 - 5
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I am shattered! I was having a fairly leisurely ride home due to WIND when I saw a Kingston Wheelers kit up ahead just leaving Chelsea. Couldn't resist. I managed to keep up with him to Richmond Park, sparring with a chap on a black bike along the way, till we reached the hill in the middle of the park.
KW'er shoots off and I finally overtake the other guy just at the top (me almost dead) to which he looked over and said something like 'not again!'. I then, to the detriment of my already sore legs, endeavoured to catch up with the elusive club kit.
It took the rest of the park but I caught him at Ham Gate. Chapeau if either of you are on here, was a great ride.
(I was on the Dolan wearing a yellow jacket)- Genesis Croix de Fer
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No scalps tonight, well there were a few blurrs going backwards, but not fair game.
Hit 40.14 on the flat though (mph) which was great till I hit a bump and my water bottle few out. Takes quite a bit of stopping with cantilevers :shock:0 -
The wind kept trying to tear the crash helmet from my head on the way back.
Time to sell/ditch my old Giro Hex and go for something a little more aero-dynamic, me thinks.0 -
pangolin wrote:I am shattered! I was having a fairly leisurely ride home due to WIND when I saw a Kingston Wheelers kit up ahead just leaving Chelsea. Couldn't resist. I managed to keep up with him to Richmond Park, sparring with a chap on a black bike along the way, till we reached the hill in the middle of the park.
KW'er shoots off and I finally overtake the other guy just at the top (me almost dead) to which he looked over and said something like 'not again!'. I then, to the detriment of my already sore legs, endeavoured to catch up with the elusive club kit.
It took the rest of the park but I caught him at Ham Gate. Chapeau if either of you are on here, was a great ride.
(I was on the Dolan wearing a yellow jacket)
Was he in full club kit on a blue Principia? FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
Oh Lordy! That was hard work.
On Millbank, there's now a pile of leaves indicating the location of The Invisible Wall. I braced myself, and saw my speed go from 25mph to 22, to 19, to 18.
I was then roundly outfiltered by a rapid chap on a Felt (judging by his sylph like figure, he looked the real deal too), a Colnage and, I think, a silver and red Cervelo. I caught the Colnago but the ridiculous traffic on Chelsea Embankment prevented me from giving chase to the two others and finally lost them when they got through lights on the NKR and I didn't. Drat!
All quiet after that. Just had to struggle through the Park. Speed was easily 5mph down on where it normally is. A genuine struggle.FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
will3 wrote:No scalps tonight, well there were a few blurrs going backwards, but not fair game.
Hit 40.14 on the flat though (mph) which was great till I hit a bump and my water bottle few out. Takes quite a bit of stopping with cantilevers :shock:
40mph on the flat? Not Mark Cavendish by any chance?0 -
Ha ha no, but then I spect he can do that without the tailwind 0
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pangolin wrote:cjcp wrote: Was he in full club kit on a blue Principia?
Correct! You know him? I think I was lucky to catch him up, on the straights I wasn't making any ground, just about keeping the gap the same.
Ha ha! Yup. He's a nice guy. Cycled with him from Priory Lane lights to the King's Road this morning (and traded stories about kids/schools etc) and occasionally see him on the way in or on the way home. He's a serious mountain goat - won the Catford Hill Climb three years in a row back in the 90s. Notice how he spins away happy as Larry in the 39?FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
I was too far back for most of it (and too busy trying to sneakily catch my breath when I wasn't) to be looking at the gears!- Genesis Croix de Fer
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FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
Not only the wind tonight but the traffic too. I got to Vauxhal Cross at around 7pm after filtering through some solid traffic and playing dodge the u-turning muppet. The cause of the tail backs was a crashed motor biker. I didn't hang around to look as I had some idiot in a X5 trying to rubberneck then turn left without indicating or looking. From the fire truck and police it looked like it was a bad one. Thoughts go out to the unlucky sole and hopefully they slid down the road in full leathers with no damage done apart from the bent bike
Safe to say that the rest of the ride home was at a more sombre paceFCN3: Titanium Qoroz.0 -
Wrath Rob wrote:The cause of the tail backs was a crashed motor biker.
There were three last night.
The bad looking one at Vauxhall,
One just by the Dolhin boy bridge (never can remember them) and then one just before the railway bridge by Chutney Marys in Chelsea.
It was a bad night for motorbikes.
I was still breathing hard from last nights headwind as I was making cups of tea this morning.
jaysus.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
After a heavy gym sessionmy legs went on the way home I got done 3 times and no amount of me telling myself to mtfu was going to change that.. dreadful showing
In on the Mills today and with a banana for breakfast things were ok again until I got to a slight incline
back on the flat and everything was pretty much there, took a roadie and a fellow fixed rider Purveyor of sonic doom
Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
Fixed Pista- FCN 5
Beared Bromptonite - FCN 140 -
Gazzaputt wrote:will3 wrote:No scalps tonight, well there were a few blurrs going backwards, but not fair game.
Hit 40.14 on the flat though (mph) which was great till I hit a bump and my water bottle few out. Takes quite a bit of stopping with cantilevers :shock:
40mph on the flat? Not Mark Cavendish by any chance?
legs were absolutely lead today 0 -
My 705 top all time speed is 1074mph0
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Gazzaputt wrote:My 705 top all time speed is 1074mph
wow that beats my just over 600 mph on my Edge 305....
Absolutely no other Roadies out to play on my route this morning, although did overtake a bloke on a hybrid doing just over 20mph. As soon as he stood up go over a railway bridge his gears started jumping all over the shop, and he nearly face planted himself into his stem as the cranks jumped around. Strangest thing was he reacted like this was normal and just got on with it... FFS take it to your LBS."Bed is for sleepy people.
Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."
FCN = 3 - 5
Colnago World Cup 20 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:
By "on the flat", could you elaborate on one point? If you were going the other way, would it have been uphill?
no it wouldn't (ok maybe a tiny bit), it would, however, have been into a very strong headwind.
Spot in question is on A1303 off the end of Cambridge airport runway between the P&R and the roundabout.
Bikeroutetoaster says that's a drop of 4m over 600m which is a gradient of 1:150, so fairly flat 0 -
will3 wrote:UndercoverElephant wrote:
By "on the flat", could you elaborate on one point? If you were going the other way, would it have been uphill?
no it wouldn't (ok maybe a tiny bit), it would, however, have been into a very strong headwind.
Spot in question is on A1303 off the end of Cambridge airport runway between the P&R and the roundabout.
Bikeroutetoaster says that's a drop of 4m over 600m which is a gradient of 1:150, so fairly flat
I know that section.
What gear were you in (other than 'top'), cos you must have been spinning at about 110 in a 52/11!0 -
50x12 (top ) which is 120rpm.
I don't make a habit of that!0 -
Its prob been asked already, (but I cant be bothered to read the last 100 pages)
So is anyone going to the London skyride on 20th?Specialised Epic MTB on slicks.
SPD clipless pedals: FCN 70 -
Traffic chocker block in my part of Brizzle at 6pm, took me 2 mins to do what tin cans etc took 10 mins+ to do I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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m0scs wrote:Its prob been asked already, (but I cant be bothered to read the last 100 pages)
So is anyone going to the London skyride on 20th?
Hoping to attend again, but taking some of the kids along this time! Be warned tho that my eldest is very much like me and this will be my first chance to give her some SCR training ;-)
The route this year is even longer still:
http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/ ... A6_web.jpg
Little diversion from the river to go see St Paul's by the look of things.0 -
Can't attend the Skyride this year. Bit of a shame that.
Moscs - how are you, sir?
Headwind was brutal last night, even on the New King's Road. Fortunately, saw King Donut on the way home last night, so chatting made it the experience pass a bit quicker.FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
Bassjunkieuk wrote:m0scs wrote:Its prob been asked already, (but I cant be bothered to read the last 100 pages)
So is anyone going to the London skyride on 20th?
Hoping to attend again, but taking some of the kids along this time! Be warned tho that my eldest is very much like me and this will be my first chance to give her some SCR training ;-)
The route this year is even longer still:
http://new.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/ ... A6_web.jpg
Little diversion from the river to go see St Paul's by the look of things.
poop I'm working that day though not until 2pm but even so not really a goer.0 -
Bar the closed lane on embankment this morning scalps aplently! Specially when I tucked in behind some fella in yella suffering from bigringitis.
Any one else found the joy that is a recently resurfaced constitution hill - NICE Do you get double points for scalping a roadie while not actually pedalling?Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]0
