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Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
as usual, not a lot of action of my small trip in from Limehouse.
However on my trip home on Tuesday I did encounter a rarity. I had just joined CS3 at the western end of Royal Mint street and was coming up on a folder when I noticed a large brick behind the upright. At first I thought it was an oversized docking point for the lock when I realised 2 things, there was no lock attached and that this brick was larger than I thought and went all the way down to cranks.
It's a battery! what we have here is a folding electric assisted bike.
Right then, this piece of cheating is going down. By this time we are at the lights to cross Leman Street. Wait for the light to go green, follow behind until we hit clear pavement on the cycle path and then floor it. By the time I get to the next set of lights and casually shoulder check I see that he is just crossing the zebra crossing.
Does he not feel the shame???0 -
Greg T wrote:
Invading Russia is fine, the problems arise when you try to fight a European war on two fronts simultaniously.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
Greg T wrote:Asprilla wrote:Invading Russia is fine, the problems arise when you try to fight a European war on two fronts simultaniously.
No......
Invading Russia is a very bad idea, ask Napoleon.
Never one to shy away from pedantry, the French were also fighting the Spanish, Portugese and British at the same time. European war on two fronts, see....Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
Greg T wrote:Asprilla wrote:Invading Russia is fine, the problems arise when you try to fight a European war on two fronts simultaniously.
No......
Invading Russia is a very bad idea, ask Napoleon.
Worked ok for the Mongols
1997 Gary Fisher Big Sur
2009 Scott Spark 60
2010 Ghost 5000
2011 Commencal Ramones AL1
2012 Commencal Meta AM10 -
MonkeyMonster wrote:nice ride in but later than normal and less gaggles of riders. Chapeau to the white cervelo with red/pink bar tape who could keep a good 28-30 all the time. I only stayed anywhere near because of the lights. Fantastic to chase though so I had a good run in. A nod to the older chap on the white boardman who was trying to keep up with him too.
That I believe is the same rider I encountered last night! can't be many that ride a white Cervelo (fancy being such a tart you can ride a Cervelo as a commuter eh?) with red tape. He is as you say rather rapid and capable of holding that speed with relative ease!
Not a sniff of SCR action on my commute as I was heading for Thames Ditton. What is more depressing tho as I'll be in the car tomorrow and judging by the traffic I was passing this morning I'll need to leave even earlier to have any hope of arriving at the same time.........
Still I got my run down the hill to Surbiton High Street nailed in this morning and even got into a nice aero tuck - not much help with a back pack but meh!0 -
Clever Pun wrote:I figure if I can ride 16 miles at a fair pace 13k sprint will be easy... any tips?
Get a proper bike ;-)0 -
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Sibelius used to wander the hills with a hunting rifle taking potshots at Russian aircraft.FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
You can argue that the Mongols were already in Russia....
The Finns didn't invade Russia.....
Don't invade Russia.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:
They did actually lose that war, though. And ended up ceding 10% of their territory.
Still gave a good account of themselves, though, granted. Although in fairness, most Finns don't look back on WWII with that much pride.0 -
ketsbaia wrote:
They did actually lose that war, though. And ended up ceding 10% of their territory.
Still gave a good account of themselves, though, granted. Although in fairness, most Finns don't look back on WWII with that much pride.
No, indeed they don't, and 10% is nothing compared to what they'd have given up if they'd been all gallic about it...0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:No, indeed they don't, and 10% is nothing compared to what they'd have given up if they'd been all gallic about it...
I fancy LiTsFixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
Greg T wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:No, indeed they don't, and 10% is nothing compared to what they'd have given up if they'd been all gallic about it...
I fancy LiTs
Let's not go there again, snookums. You remember how much everyone got hurt last time.0 -
Greg T wrote:You can argue that the Mongols were already in Russia....
The Finns didn't invade Russia.....
Don't invade Russia.
You might argue that the Mongols were already in Russia but that is because they conquered it. As their name suggests, they were from Mongolia, a state sandwiched between China and what is now the Russian Federation. They were subsumed into the USSR at some point but then that was not itself "Russia"
They came, they saw, they pillaged, raped and conquered Russia
1997 Gary Fisher Big Sur
2009 Scott Spark 60
2010 Ghost 5000
2011 Commencal Ramones AL1
2012 Commencal Meta AM10 -
Pufftmw wrote:Greg T wrote:You can argue that the Mongols were already in Russia....
The Finns didn't invade Russia.....
Don't invade Russia.
You might argue that the Mongols were already in Russia but that is because they conquered it. As their name suggests, they were from Mongolia, a state sandwiched between China and what is now the Russian Federation.
Right then
Don't try and invade a nation that encompasses most of central Asia from the Baltic to the Pacific that may or may not currently include lower central Asian states in its orbit including Mongolia from outside of that area - specifically western Europe.
How's about that then?Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
Greg T wrote:Pufftmw wrote:Greg T wrote:You can argue that the Mongols were already in Russia....
The Finns didn't invade Russia.....
Don't invade Russia.
You might argue that the Mongols were already in Russia but that is because they conquered it. As their name suggests, they were from Mongolia, a state sandwiched between China and what is now the Russian Federation.
Right then
Don't try and invade a nation that encompasses most of central Asia from the Baltic to the Pacific that may or may not currently include lower central Asian states in its orbit including Mongolia from outside of that area - specifically western Europe.
How's about that then?
Is this the furthest of topic we have gone without having DDD intervene/hijack?0 -
Bassjunkieuk wrote:Is this the furthest of topic we have gone without having DDD intervene/hijack?
Geographically speaking, quite probably, anybody fancy a discussion on the nature of the Horsehead Nebula?"Impressive break"
"Thanks...
...I can taste blood"0 -
Bassjunkieuk wrote:Is this the furthest of topic we have gone without having DDD intervene/hijack?
It can't be too far away.FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees
I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!0 -
Interestingly, you could say that the europeans did conquer Russia albeit by peaceful means as the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp married a Romanov and all the future Tsars were of that marriage...1997 Gary Fisher Big Sur
2009 Scott Spark 60
2010 Ghost 5000
2011 Commencal Ramones AL1
2012 Commencal Meta AM10 -
Brief interlude. Wasn't pootling but wasn't hurtling over London Bridge and two MTBs fly past. Lights are red at the end of the bridge so I cruise down and all 3 of us turn left. Next lights red too, and the next. Then there looks like a clear stretch onward to Jamaica Rd. Lights turn green and suddenly I'm in top gear, unable to get away. Try frantically to change down a gear as the MTBs shoot off. Bloody thing wont shift. Meander to the edge to see what's up, letting a shopper go past my carbon road bike. Yup, gear cable loose and I'm restricted to just the front cog. The rest of the journey is spent either spinning or mashing... quite fun actually once I got used to the idea of only really having a big gear. Must be what LiT's SS is like.0
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Left work tonight at the same time as another roadie but he was of the red light jumping variety and vanished into traffic. Was quite pleased when I caught up with him at Ham Cross 35 minutes later.
Got stuck in traffic exiting the park so he caught me up again and then we went our separate ways.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
Saw Robocop at Vauxhall Bridge tonight. I mean, I know it can get pretty manic out there but full body armour for the commute??
Then a bit later there was a women on a red steed, with a full "red flower" tattoo on her leg and some nice facial piercings.
Aside from that nothing to report. Anyone know why the traffic was very heavy west of P Square ?0 -
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Sleepy!
Had a nice ride in, saw my puncture buddy from tube strike tuesday and chatted for a few miles, then had a blast down HSK.
Very few cyclists about this morning...0 -
where is everybody? buying korans and matches?
absolutely nothing in terms of SCR on the way in this morning_______________________________________________
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FCN 3 (FCN 4 if I'm carrying clean pants)0 -
Mr_Ribble wrote:Saw Robocop at Vauxhall Bridge tonight. I mean, I know it can get pretty manic out there but full body armour for the commute??
I've seen either him or someone in similar garb on my commute and i thought the same.
This was back in the height of summer i.e. full daylight and he had not only the body armour but a myriad of lights and reflectors on him. Definitely safety conscious.
Which made me shake my head all the more when he jumped numerous red lights. :roll:
Some people just don't get it.FCN = 40 -
Little in the way of SCR action this morning but I did get to wear my metaphorical shining armour after helping a damesel in distress in Molesey. Simple puncture, changed her inner tube and off I went leaving bystanders wondering who this masked champion was.
Only other thing of note was the traffic light grand prix on Queens Ride where I blasted away and was at 49kph when I got to the bottom of Bolan Death Bridge. Given how crap i've felt all week this came as a surprise to me but normal service was soon resumed.
Hope I feel better next week.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0
