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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    The Running Man wrote:

    which means in total I've done 82 miles and feel like I could happily ride home tonight. (can't as I've no lights)

    ...........fresh and perfectly happy to ride the extra 12 or 13 miles from the finish in Chippenham to Bath.

    Once you get up the small climb under the footbridge on the A4 it's all downhill, sort of till you get to the Landie place.
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Yep : and there's the little drag from the Sainsbury's roundabout up to Corsham and the drag past the RAF depot and then smile all the way to London Road :

    Happy boy today!!

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  • cambs
    cambs Posts: 235
    @Running Man - congrats on the new bike, can't fault the choice (though bit envious of the equipment level) !

    No-one up for a challenge this morning, left behind herds of hybriders on the way in, most of them wearing trousers. One guy who looked promising on a red and black Condor appeared at VB lights but didn't maintain the pace (hoped it was JonGinge but i think he has a longer mane than this guy) and was gone by embankment. Oh well, keep some in the tank for tonight.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    That seemed harder work than normal. *checks metcheck* Ah, that's why...

    Not that many out on the roads this morning. Maybe they followed the weather forecast a bit more closely than I did. Brrr.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    JonGinge wrote:
    That seemed harder work than normal. *checks metcheck* Ah, that's why...

    Not that many out on the roads this morning. Maybe they followed the weather forecast a bit more closely than I did. Brrr.

    were your forks flexing too much?

    it felt like a hefty headwind most of the way, still managed to drop a SS'er fairly easily and a little later someone on a flat bar bike pulled level with me and the wind must have hit him and he couldn't continue his attempt, I smiled and span off... phew
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    JonGinge wrote:
    That seemed harder work than normal. *checks metcheck* Ah, that's why...

    Not that many out on the roads this morning. Maybe they followed the weather forecast a bit more closely than I did. Brrr.

    Ditt-fecking-o.

    That was one of the least enjoyable rides I've had in a long time.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Snow is coming down at armageddeon-esque levels here in 'sunny' essex.

    I'm expecting Bruce Willis to pull off some implausible feats at any moment.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggled. Sleet in my face going up the last hill.

    But, I have managed THREE commutes in the last week!
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Left from home a little later this morning and rode in with really cold rain and sleet blowing in my face. I'm pretty sure I didn't order that?

    Came up through Sandy Lane and down the A4 and the road surface is total sh*t. I've probably said this before but coming up to Sandy Lane village from Heddington is a bl**dy lottery. There are 2 inch deep ruts running along the road and some wicked potholes.

    I'm going to treat myself and pootle home the scenic route tonight : unless of course it hammers down in which case I'll be going the shortest fastest way tonight :):)

    Sitting here still a trifle disconcerted. I should have been as stiff as a board after yesterday but feel ok and ready for tonights trip ..... :o
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Got a bit sun burnt at this afternoons BBQ in the park, they only bike action I could manage was a walk around the local felt dealership ;)

    thirsty work...
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,474
    Greg66 wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    That seemed harder work than normal. *checks metcheck* Ah, that's why...

    Not that many out on the roads this morning. Maybe they followed the weather forecast a bit more closely than I did. Brrr.

    Ditt-fecking-o.

    That was one of the least enjoyable rides I've had in a long time.

    Double Ditto. And the office shower only stays warm for the first 30 seconds at the moment. :( Really not what you need in this weather. Seriously considering WFM (Working From Majorca) :lol:
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Was particularly cautious this morning given the damp roads.

    Had a tit-for-tat with a rapid hybrider (no backpack, but wears a Bat-belt of some kind) and a black Bianchi. Finally put distance between me and them after Parlt Sq.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    cjcp wrote:
    Was particularly cautious this morning given the damp roads.

    Had a tit-for-tat with a rapid hybrider (no backpack, but wears a Bat-belt of some kind) and a black Bianchi. Finally put distance between me and them after Parlt Sq.

    Did you slam your brakes on then? :wink:
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    linsen wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Was particularly cautious this morning given the damp roads.

    Had a tit-for-tat with a rapid hybrider (no backpack, but wears a Bat-belt of some kind) and a black Bianchi. Finally put distance between me and them after Parlt Sq.

    Did you slam your brakes on then? :wink:

    Boom-tsh.
    :lol:
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Well, I am looking out of the window at the snow which is falling and contemplating putting my damp kit back on and cycling home. The only things which make it worthwhile are the fact that I am unable to take my laptop home to do too much work this evening, and the fact that that headwind I faced this morning should blow me home.

    Oh, and the fact that it is only just after half past three is helping my moral too......
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    That was one heck of a tailwind. :D Not often I get slowed up by free flowing traffic up Queen's Ride.
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Ditto on the wind front.

    I got blown home in 12 minutes less over 11 or so miles than it took me to get to work.

    Mind you, it took me two hours to feel my toes again afterwards. Overshoes tomorrow, I think.....
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  • Paddy O Dawes
    Paddy O Dawes Posts: 52
    That was cold. I hate the snow, it stings my eyes.
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  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    Here's Bassjunkie's nemesis, just a bit quick until something went seriously wrong with his bike.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th9S2Dpq954
  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    To everyone who had a tailwind last night : shut up!!

    Bl**dy horizontal sleet again last night : :x :x :x
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Can whoever stole my legs last night please return them? Looks like a nasty ped+moped collision on one of the zebra's near Temple...

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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    the tail wind was awesome last night..

    the freezing headwind this morning was not... still I got to use the full assos glove system, works a treat, toasty hands once I manged to put them on
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Embankment was shut from around Embankment tube to Temple this morning. Looked like a crash involving a scooter - it's front end was a mess. Hope the rider's ok. :(

    Police were on the scene, but ambulance was long since gone. Anyone know what happened?
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  • flamite
    flamite Posts: 269
    just saw a scooter/motorbike with a crunched front end, no other vehicle in sight,

    saw ambulance leaving scene, no idea how that happened... hope they're ok...
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Went through westminster a bit late due to 2 unscheduled deflations. Victoria Embankment was still shut at ~9:30. Got routed up through Trafalgar Sq., which is always... interesting. Here's hoping the people involved in the collision are ok.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,474
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Can whoever stole my legs last night please return them?

    Ditto for me this morning. I think the very tasty, but not very carby omelette I had last night may have something to do with it. Visit from the PF this morning only 2 miles in :( so too late for any decent action. (Thanks to the one chap out of about 7 cyclists who bothered to ask if I was ok fixing my tyre). Ground my way in and took about 10 minutes to regain sensation in my toes. Still at least the sun is out.
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Saw CafeWanda on her new bike yesterday. Sorry I didn't say bye I was trying to say that I'd ride with you and not race ahead but a bout of filtering seperated us.

    I've come to a conclusion that snow makes people crazy and angry until at least the next morning as giving room and not cutting up simply wasn't on the agenda for most motorists today.

    Wind was weird this morning. I rode past a flag that was mostly stationary and completely devoid of what was blowing into my face and past my ears. I struggled to keep the bike above 18mph not happy.

    No Scalp action.
    BentMikey wrote:
    Here's Bassjunkie's nemesis, just a bit quick until something went seriously wrong with his bike.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th9S2Dpq954

    What camera thingy are you using?
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  • amnezia
    amnezia Posts: 590
    According to BBC Travel
    A3211 London - Victoria Embankment closed northbound due to accident , a motorbike and a cyclist involved between A302 Bridge Street and Temple Place, congestion on A3212 Parliament Street to Parliament Square, , in Westminster. Diversion in operation - via the Strand, affecting bus route 388

    Last updated: 9th February 2010 at 11:02

    hope both people are okay.
  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    DonDaddyD wrote:
    BentMikey wrote:
    Here's Bassjunkie's nemesis, just a bit quick until something went seriously wrong with his bike.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th9S2Dpq954

    What camera thingy are you using?

    Not me mate, that's gaz545 on youtube. He has a ContourHD I believe, and has made quite a few very good youtube clips!!
  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    Thanks
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