Silly commuting racing

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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    JonGinge wrote:
    Cheers Mr66. You were the only one to stop. Impeccable timing, too. I was just about to put the wheel back on. :D

    If only you knew how long I'd had to stand there waiting for you to get to that point. :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

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  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    unlucky Jon, not the weather you want a visit from the PF in :(

    I have to admit the lack of brakes this morning prevented me from truly engaging in SCR. I had a couple of roadies jostling with me away from VB lights this morning and I managed to hold them all the way through to VB tunnel but resisted opening the taps due to:

    1) Almost wiping out on a drain cover
    2) Braking distances extended by about 4x

    Still, my Gore gloves kept my hands dry even if the jacket wasn't quite so waterproof
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    unlucky Jon, not the weather you want a visit from the PF in :(
    Ta, Rob. Luckily it had stopped raining by then. First unscheduled deflation on the commute since feb (and that was when my rear rim collapsed) so I can't really complain. Rear tyre is looking a bit square so maybe a replacement is due...
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    brompton today and I got fu<king soaked just going from my house to EC station when it promptly stopped raining... and a postie van went into the side of me as well, right outside my house. FFS

    no damage done as it was very slow speed, I was cycling past a junction he didn't see me even though I was practically in his damned windscreen, got his details just in case.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Ooh, coulda been nasty. Glad you're unscathed. Was your D-lock readily to hand?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    JonGinge wrote:
    Ooh, coulda been nasty. Glad you're unscathed. Was your D-lock readily to hand?

    nope, I could have nipped back to my house though. as he dabbed me I let loose a barrage of abuse and told him where to park up, he was very sorry and apologetic. possibly cause I was a lot bigger than him and looked fu<king furious. He even apologised to the missus who was horrified
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :shock: Bl00dy hell, CP. Another SMIDSY. :roll:
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    "It stays down, Daddy."
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    cjcp wrote:
    :shock: Bl00dy hell, CP. Another SMIDSY. :roll:

    yeah I know, if I hadn't just kicked off in my massive gear I'd have probably just skipped past him
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    I'm feeling good today. if you see me on the way home, pick on me. :twisted:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Clever Pun wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    :shock: Bl00dy hell, CP. Another SMIDSY. :roll:

    yeah I know, if I hadn't just kicked off in my massive gear I'd have probably just skipped past him

    Sounds like you need a drink :wink:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Casual pootle across London this morning NOT ! :D

    Stupidly I decided to give myself a little personal massage of the old ITB no not me! well actually yes me but not what your thinking, the ligament on my duff right knee anyways I may have over done it a little as after the ITB went numb I kidda rubbed the skin off the spot :?

    :lol:
    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.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Clever Pun wrote:
    brompton today and I got fu<king soaked just going from my house to EC station when it promptly stopped raining... and a postie van went into the side of me as well, right outside my house. FFS

    no damage done as it was very slow speed, I was cycling past a junction he didn't see me even though I was practically in his damned windscreen, got his details just in case.

    I'm quite surprised small vans, like PO ones, make an impact on you. Don't they just pull away with a CP-shaped indentation in them, with you staring at the drive quite hard? :wink:
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Had to miss the morning ride due to a meeting in Swansea : GRRRRRR

    The upside is that I had to pick up a colleague from the office so I managed to convince SWMBO that it was a good idea for me to take the bike into the office in the back of the car as I'd be back before closing up and I could ride home tonight - RESULT!!

    3 chocolate biscuits with my 5 o'clock coffee and a westerly tailwind - look out world!!
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Waaagh :) nice ride home with few bikes but a twatish filtering bike, though chapeau to two moto's who pulled aside to let me filter ahead - cheers.

    Headwind though at the curve before morpeth arms - slap bang into it...
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Goretex jacket... breatheable my ars*. Arms wetter on the inside than out.

    Mine was OK in the 5 mins of rain I encountered this morning, as always it was the first 5 minutes not the last. Like others have found, brakes don't like working when it rains, particularly when you're heading towards a set of lights at 25mph, luckily I did stop pedallinglong before the light but did arrive at them on green. Got wetter from the standing water on the roads than from fresh stuff coming down and didn't bottle out and take any of the shortcuts available and rode the full 5 mile commute. Cold on the way home with bare arms in 2 SS tops.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    CP - I think it was just even weather this morning! I'm on a training course at the NLA tower so set off around 8:30 from my house when the rain was coming down DIAGONALLY!
    Could hardly see where I was going with the wind and rain as I came down Selhurst Road but by the time I stopped at the lights alongside the station it had stopped!!! In not less then 10 minutes I was dripping bloody wet!!!!

    Still the good bit was I was leaving the bike and wet gear at my parents house so a whole day on warm radiators meant I had dry gear to ride home in :-)
    Took a bit of an extended ride home once I found which way the wind was blowing, no SCR action but easily cruising along at 25-27mph is great fun, especially when you know there is a car just behind......not so fun however when you have to put the brakes on as some car drivers don't understand the concept of those GIVE-WAY lines :-(
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  • iain_j
    iain_j Posts: 1,941
    Tonight's ride was an exercise in accelerating and hill-climbing without any exertion on my left arm. Had my swine flu jab this morning, it's been absolutely fine all day - until I got on the bike to ride home. Pulled on the bars to get going (stopped in too high a gear as usual) and instant dead arm. Oww. At least I had a tailwind.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    I controlled myself on the way home. Tried to keep the HR below 170 - achieved it with the exception of the stretch between CB and AB.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Oooh, good reminder CJ, my new heart band came the other day - time to see how high over 200 it goes :D

    Won't see anyone tomorrow morning alas - 7am in office start :(
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Giddy with excitement tonight, tomorrow will be my first commute over 6 miles in the last 2 months, i'm even going to wear Lycra

    I can't wait.............. might not be able to sleep tonight :D
    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.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    I had fun on the way home tonight. Coming through Eltham a guy filtered up to some lights ahead of me in a T-shirt and shorts, with drop bars and tri bar bolt ons. Right thinks I, lets see if he really is hard enough. On the drag down to Avery Hill I take him and at one point am doing about 34mph :lol: , only for him to filter to the front of the queue at the lights by Avery Hill. The bastards in front of me again, and I have to pick my time to take him, which I do at about 28mph, oh I'm so good. I hold this along the Bexley Rd pretty much until the next set of lights, and a few minutes later matey appears again, but this time he doesn't have the nerve to filter in front of me at the lights. Of I go again, and have a bit of a spin, and matey tries to sit on my back wheel, so I hit the gas and leave him for dead as I hit warp speed again. He briefly catches up at the roundabouts for Danson Park, at which point I hit the gas again, catch a brief glimpse of him at the next set of lights and then I'm gone leaving matey in my wake :lol::lol::lol:

    I ruled tonight, and delt out punishment like it was going out of fashion :wink: The only downer was I was on for pretty much my fastest time this year and the computer decides to stop recording a couple of miles from home, Still it was about an hour up to that point with a 19.8mph average :lol: God I feel good now
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    itboffin wrote:
    Giddy with excitement tonight, tomorrow will be my first commute over 6 miles in the last 2 months, i'm even going to wear Lycra

    I can't wait.............. might not be able to sleep tonight :D

    Don't do anything silly now, look after those knee's old boy :wink: I've enough trouble seeing off cjcp without you starting to creep up behind me :shock:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Rich158 wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Giddy with excitement tonight, tomorrow will be my first commute over 6 miles in the last 2 months, i'm even going to wear Lycra

    I can't wait.............. might not be able to sleep tonight :D

    Don't do anything silly now, look after those knee's old boy :wink: I've enough trouble seeing off cjcp without you starting to creep up behind me :shock:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever..................... Only if you can remember it, old man!

    :twisted:
    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.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    itboffin wrote:
    Rich158 wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Giddy with excitement tonight, tomorrow will be my first commute over 6 miles in the last 2 months, i'm even going to wear Lycra

    I can't wait.............. might not be able to sleep tonight :D

    Don't do anything silly now, look after those knee's old boy :wink: I've enough trouble seeing off cjcp without you starting to creep up behind me :shock:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever..................... Only if you can remember it, old man!

    :twisted:

    The trouble is I can remember everything from when I was a kid, but yesterday, not a damn thing :shock: :wink:

    Glad to hear your fixed though mate :lol:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Terrible, terrible journey home. I saw that awesome thighed old guy again, somehow he headed into the wind at 20moh and for all my efforts I couldn't get my bike above 18mph no matter what gear I was in. I was having such a hissy fit my gears slipped in protest and then the bottom bracket clicked (probably sliding over a thread - its doing this in the past, which led to an upgrade crank) in real protest. I flogged myself hard to the point of tears, I got to his tyre, I felt proud.

    All of which was pointless when I couldn't keep pace with a girl on a front suspension mountain bike with wide thick wheels spinning the biggest gear she had.

    I secretly hate it when girls are faster than me. But this was taking the biscuit!!

    Someone give me a hacksaw I'm cutting off my legs!
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    New chain = New PB?

    Seems odd I know, but last night was the first night I'd come home with my new chain and brake pads fitted....

    34:32 for 12.3 miles, something like 21.3 mph average speed? Sliced about 20 seconds off my best. 8)
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Blimey its a bit warm out there! Few scalps nothing outrageous. Spotted huge man on red thin tube bike with red panels shorts and top goes under blackfriars.

    Twattish van went deliberately too close as I went past him at a junction but couldn't be arsed to saw owt.

    Morning all!
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Nothing again, apart from a headwind and an arctic driver who:

    1)waited behind me for ages instead of passing to get to the back of the queue ahead, even though there was probably room to do so
    2) actually checked his mirrors and waited for me to pass on his left before pulling into the left lane where the bus/cycle lane ended

    :D
    must''ve been a cyclist, I think!
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :D

    JG caught up with me on Putney Bridge this morning. Bit gnarly up to AB, but, after that, oh Lordy. I'd like to say that I could keep up, but he soft-pedalled on Millbank when he saw me a good 20 yards behind. (We arrived at VB lights as they were turning green, having given it - but for a short stop at the railway bridge lights - a fairly balls out effort from AB lights, down Chelsea Embankment and through DSC. I was a bit tired when I got to work...)
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    One ratty old GT MTB - £42
    Parts to fix it - £60
    Pulling up next to the same sour-faced motorcyclist in the ASL at EVERY traffic light on the way in - Priceless.
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