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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    :shock: :shock:
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    @IP :D I left mine at home... along with all my other waterproofs... :x

    Pessimism Fail.
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    And in other news:
    BBC London wrote:
    It's the second day in a row a tube train has broken down in rush hour forcing commuters to walk through tunnels. 400 people were stranded, some for up to two hours.

    :shock:

    Regular Service.
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    BBC London wrote:
    It's the second day in a row a tube train has broken down in rush hour forcing commuters to walk through tunnels. 400 people were stranded, some for up to two hours.

    :shock:

    and totally randomly (for me) I've been on the bike last 2 days not watching news or owt... I'd normally use the jubilee too... picaddily's turn today I see (atm at least)
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    rjsterry wrote:
    Day 12: Am approaching the first hairpin. Have sent two of the sherpas back to base camp with frostbite and Jones's hands aren't looking good. Will try to push on some more...

    Day 52

    Damn this desolate God forsaken country. Again a day of fruitless toil pulling the sledges.

    We had to eat Smithers in the night - it was that or start on the gel packs and since someone told us the warm salty thick liquid tasted like sperm - they have been off the menu.....

    We came across the abandoned camp of the ill fated "09 Surrey North West Passage" expedition, wrecked carbon and brioche wrappers, A simple headstone of crossed Titanium frames last testament to an expensive schooling wasted.

    When will it end?
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Il Principe wrote:
    Wooooooo I get to test my new Northwave boots! Been praying for rain. :D

    Oooogh

    I just bought a pair!

    I was looking at mine this morning but I couldn't be arsed putting the cleats on last night so i'm still in my disco slippers - argh!
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Haha! :lol:

    Might stock up on Kendle Mint Cake and acquire some tweed bib knickers for a Box Hill Expedition this weekend :)
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Il Principe wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    @IP :D I left mine at home... along with all my other waterproofs... :x

    Pessimism Fail.


    But it was so sunny when I left! :evil:
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    Not looking good out of the south-facing window, but looks like it's clearing from the north. All moving very quickly in any case. Just hope it dries out in time. Checked the weather this morning and it suggested that the showers would have cleared by 6, so left the overshoes at home (still too warm for NV jacket). Carol will pay dearly if she was wrong! :evil:
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  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    and just this week metcheck is broken too!

    I suspect a CONSPIRACY I tells ya!
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  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    PT for me tonight, by the looks of the weather for once I'll be happy to be on the tube!

    Unfortunately that means PT for me tomorrow too :cry:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    PT for me tonight, by the looks of the weather for once I'll be happy to be on the tube!

    Unfortunately that means PT for me tomorrow too :cry:

    Careful you don't get stuck!

    :? :shock:

    I'm braving the elements.... :shock:
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    Has it stopped raining yet...I can't see it's too dark out of my windows :(
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Damn that was soggy. The maxima's brakes are utterly rubbish in the wet. Must... buy... koolstops...
    FCN 7/1
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    PT for me tonight, by the looks of the weather for once I'll be happy to be on the tube!

    Unfortunately that means PT for me tomorrow too :cry:

    Careful you don't get stuck!

    :? :shock:

    I'm braving the elements.... :shock:

    There are elephants!? Where...?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    itboffin wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    PT for me tonight, by the looks of the weather for once I'll be happy to be on the tube!

    Unfortunately that means PT for me tomorrow too :cry:

    Careful you don't get stuck!

    :? :shock:

    I'm braving the elements.... :shock:

    There are elephants!? Where...?
    You went to the GP for more painkillers, I take it? ;)
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Feeling pretty smug because I remembered my overshoes and new waterproof jacket I just discovered I've left my headphones at home blah! Boo hisssss!

    20 pitch black wet miles with nothing to see or listen to other than the beasts and axe murderers who surely hang around the dark single track lanes waiting for pootling cyclist - gulp!

    :-)

    Tiz dark tho
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    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.
  • nich
    nich Posts: 888
    I said I would get a wet arse, and I did!

    There some kinda of incident at London Bridge too, quite funny really. Whole bridge jam packed. Got of and walked the last bit as there was no room to filter.

    Now rushing around trying to get everything dry for tommoz :)
  • brucebanner
    brucebanner Posts: 256
    you commute with a Viner Maxima?
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Damn that was soggy. The maxima's brakes are utterly rubbish in the wet. Must... buy... koolstops...
  • cyclopsbiker
    cyclopsbiker Posts: 516
    nich wrote:
    There some kinda of incident at London Bridge too, quite funny really. Whole bridge jam packed. Got of and walked the last bit as there was no room to filter.

    Now rushing around trying to get everything dry for tommoz :)

    I got caught up in the LB chaos and walked too.

    put some newspaper in your shoes....and change it after a couple of hours. it'll help dry them out :)
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  • Pufftmw
    Pufftmw Posts: 1,941
    Just finished karate and its stopped raining - lucky me :D

    Might even have a tailwind if I'm even luckier - I hope so because we spent the time this evening doing low stances and my knees are agony :(
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  • wheeled_warrior
    wheeled_warrior Posts: 32
    MonkeyMonster wrote:
    Oh and watch for metal coverings - feckers that they are.

    Nearly came a cropper on the big crossroads near Albert Hall, back wheel slid out waiting to turn right out of the park :o: :shock: Other than that, retained my vertical poise.

    Bit of action on N Carriage Drive - thought I was totally alone, but guy in casuals silently slid past at 20+ as I daydreamed about SCR ... :? Legs woke up fast, and made sure to be distracted by something to my right as I spun past. Saw a nice trackstand at TLs on High St Ken - sans camber.

    I don't like dark + rain much.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    What a truly lovely evening, clear sky tons of stars the moon shinning brightly, no rain or wind, no ipod to interrupt the sounds of the night.

    Psssssst! - doh first puncture on the hardshells in over 4000 miles, my fault though I'd let the pressure run down on the rear and a half cm shard of flint found its way in.

    Called the support team but managed to whip off the wheel change tubes and co2 inflate back on away, much to the amusement/amazement of the staff at the local British legion.

    8)
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    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.
  • notsoblue
    notsoblue Posts: 5,756
    Great ride home. Didn't hit the Embankment till about 7:15 so missed all the rain :) Was nice going through Richmond Park with clear skies. No SCR as I was too chilled out from yoga and concentrating on my breathing/pedal technique. :roll:
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  • ketsbaia
    ketsbaia Posts: 1,718
    That was a tad moist. It had thankfully stopped raining, but no mudguards + no overshoes = wet aris and plates.

    Still, managed to dispatch a bloke on a flat-barred roadie who snapped at my heels away from the lights but just didn't have the power.
    One more gear

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  • CXXC
    CXXC Posts: 237
    horrible ride home. no rain but a damp posterior, and the traffic on the highway was horrendous, backed up the whole way which meant the usual run at 35kph+ was a 4km long filtering exercise :cry:

    bad news was compounded when decathlon @ surrey quays said they wouldn't replace my broken spoke and true my ksyrium sl's for me, but that i should send them directly to mavic to fix and not risk Evans or any LBS workshop with them.

    i proffered that the suggested course of action was futile as France was on strike at the moment, much to his bemusement, all he gave was a gallic shrug

    c'est la vie
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Nothing about this time of night. At least it wasn't raining! :)
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,554
    ketsbaia wrote:
    That was a tad moist. It had thankfully stopped raining, but no mudguards + no overshoes = wet aris and plates. .

    Ditto. Should have been more sceptical about the forecast.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Brrrr :(
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    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.
  • CXXC
    CXXC Posts: 237
    itboffin wrote:
    Brrrr :(

    who left the fridge open?
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    I enjoyed last night's ride home. Left White City at 7 and the last few days of being over dressed paid off as I was warm and dry. Didn't even find it wet enough to need overshoes.

    Followed a chap though the park who had a WW2 searchlight strapped to his head so we could still make a decent pace. I pity anyone who was going the other way though.
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