Silly commuting racing
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hatbeard wrote:dhope wrote:Not sure if it was a little fettling over the weekend, a lack of headwind, no rain or fresh legs but it was a very pleasant ride in this morning. No SCR to speak of but sailed in.
I was punished heavily by the cycling gods for deigning to get on PT this morning. not one person got off at greenwich (usually at least 8 people do) so the 6 people waiting at the door (inc myself) had to squeeze into a 2 person gap. all this after a news report this morning saying that overcrowding is due to only get worse (by about 20%) in the next few years.
I missed my bike
Yeah, if I still lived within a few minutes walk from the station I'd be tempted. 10-15mins walk is enough that I'm cycling most days now.0 -
chapeau to the guy on the kona honky tonk who i scalped this morning, only to be rescalped thoroughly until i got back past him on king william street, a good 4 miles later. enjoyed zooming in to london with you.0
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notsoblue wrote:
yesterday i hung my gloves from the air conditioning ceiling vents by paper clips - as the AC air comes out dry, they were back to normal in no time. this all depends on how happy your company are with gloves (and tights and t-shirts) hanging from the ceiling of course.0 -
Alphabet wrote:notsoblue wrote:
yesterday i hung my gloves from the air conditioning ceiling vents by paper clips - as the AC air comes out dry, they were back to normal in no time. this all depends on how happy your company are with gloves (and tights and t-shirts) hanging from the ceiling of course.
Hahaha! Love it!
Same trick as for shoes might work if they're wet through - stuff them full of paper towels. Do you have a server room you could sneak them into? Computers can chuck out a fair bit of heat too, or perhaps an old-style lightbulb you could put a glove on? I've done that before... keep an eye it doesn't burn them. Do you have an underground carpark? They often have outlets for hot air from the aircon system. In fact, if you have aircon, there'll be ducting somewhere blasting out hot air. Look for that!0 -
Well, after nearly a month off the bike, I commuted in today. Wasn't expecting too much and promptly got scalped by the chap on the flat bar roadie bike (which now has aero-bars...). Normally, I can ride him off my wheel when the road goes up, but not today. He went past me at the bottom of the incline up to Cogan and it was all I could do to stay on his wheel. He then RLJd the lights and was well gone by the time I got through them. TBH, even without the RLJ, I don't think I'd have caught him today, need more miles in the legs.0
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Someone tried to go faster than me on a hardtail MTB this morning, despite me being on the fixed. What the hell are you supposed to do in a situation like that, it's no win either way as far I can work out.
I let him past me once, gave him about 30 seconds to savour the moment and then left him behind. No pleasure to be gained though, other than knowing I'd avoided some embarrassment.
Silly game.0 -
Bumped into Asprilla in RP. Good chat from Kingston Gate to the NKR/Putney Bridge turn-off. It was the Civia which made me twig. Nice looking bike in the flesh.
Good to finally meet properly
. FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
After a sleepless night thanks to continued shoulder pain and a reoccurance of ITB pain in the right knee, imagine my surprise to find yesterdays cold but calm weather replaced with a scene from twister :S
Time to find the over trousers and heavy winter over shoes, combinded with my new waterproof jacket and several base layers I actually arrived at the station moist rather than drowned.
I've also set a new pootle world record, nothing to do with the wind more because of the stones, twigs and muck on the roads, it's going to be interesting tonight.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.0 -
cjcp wrote:King Donut wrote:W1 wrote:MonkeyMonster wrote:Chapeau to anyone out there today. Those gusts + wet road look lethal.
Wasn't much fun this morning - still more fun than PT though....
Really? I sometimes wonder what constitutes PT for you guys?
RP at 7 this morning was hell on a bike and I would have gladly hopped on a warm, cosy train.
Are you still in your vest then?
Funnily enough yesterday was the first day I'd donned sleeves for quite a while.
@W1 that just sounds like bad luck! I bailed on to PT today as I had some reading to do. Wasn't too bad apart from the usual "is she pregnant or just fat?" conundrum that stood next to me.0 -
No one about as I faffed about so much trying to decide what kit to wear this morning - is it going to rain? How cold is it? - that I didn't leave the house till 8.30. Feeling a bit below par, so not such a bad thing. However, I did have enough in the tank to briefly scalp a scooter by Temple. Also felt slightly smug as he had tried to squeeze through to the front at the Charring Cross lights and had caught his foot rest on the kerb :twisted:1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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Was it breezy this morning? Or was that just me?
Nice to ride in for a change - last week I only managed one day of cycling due to travel, and I've been off the bike for a week or so prior to that due to labyrinthitis. The fates are conspiring against me!
I'm thinking of getting a pannier rack for the fuji. That may make me like it more.
Or buying a mixte...0 -
cjcp wrote:Bumped into Asprilla in RP. Good chat from Kingston Gate to the NKR/Putney Bridge turn-off. It was the Civia which made me twig. Nice looking bike in the flesh.
Good to finally meet properly .
There I was, pootling in the park this morning when a red Sigma flew past me, did a double take and then slowed to let me catch-up. Was nice to finally meet you CJ.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
Winter / Commute - Dolan ADX0 -
rjsterry wrote:No one about as I faffed about so much trying to decide what kit to wear this morning - is it going to rain? How cold is it? - that I didn't leave the house till 8.30. Feeling a bit below par, so not such a bad thing. However, I did have enough in the tank to briefly scalp a scooter by Temple. Also felt slightly smug as he had tried to squeeze through to the front at the Charring Cross lights and had caught his foot rest on the kerb :twisted:
Carol lied this morning - I belted up for winter and was far too hot! So much for a chilly easterly breeze carol.0 -
_Brun_ wrote:Someone tried to go faster than me on a hardtail MTB this morning, despite me being on the fixed. What the hell are you supposed to do in a situation like that, it's no win either way as far I can work out.
I let him past me once, gave him about 30 seconds to savour the moment and then left him behind. No pleasure to be gained though, other than knowing I'd avoided some embarrassment.
Silly game.
I'm not sure I understand this gripe. You were going slowly, got overtaken by someone on a lesser bike, had to up your game to get past again. If that bothers you don't go slowly in the first place!
99% of "all the gear" roadies I overtake on my budget hybrid never come past again. I'd never get to work if I didn't pass people on better bikes who are slow, for fear of them actually being able to up the game.
So really that's just a rant at yourself for being slow in the first place...0 -
Shoes arrived from Yorkshire, so I was back on the winter trainer this morning. Bit of a breeze about, eh?
Not too much to report, save the satisfying scalping of an RLJing roadie on a black Trial and Run bike. Same FCN, I think, although my baggy shorts might just have notched me one down in the scale.0 -
No, I can relate to this.W1 wrote:_Brun_ wrote:Someone tried to go faster than me on a hardtail MTB this morning, despite me being on the fixed. What the hell are you supposed to do in a situation like that, it's no win either way as far I can work out.
I let him past me once, gave him about 30 seconds to savour the moment and then left him behind. No pleasure to be gained though, other than knowing I'd avoided some embarrassment.
Silly game.
I'm not sure I understand this gripe. You were going slowly, got overtaken by someone on a lesser bike, had to up your game to get past again. If that bothers you don't go slowly in the first place!
99% of "all the gear" roadies I overtake on my budget hybrid never come past again. I'd never get to work if I didn't pass people on better bikes who are slow, for fear of them actually being able to up the game.
So really that's just a rant at yourself for being slow in the first place...
It's not normally your own speed that varies, but that of the Hybrid-pedal-pounder.
There's all manner of reasons why your speed can need to reduce though, impending potential hazards, slowing for lights etc.
In London the limiting factor can often be traffic and conditions rather than legs or lungs. You can tell places where it's safe to go fast and where you need to watch out. I prefer to get home a minute later than tussle with danger.0 -
BR 1979 wrote:
No, I can relate to this.W1 wrote:_Brun_ wrote:Someone tried to go faster than me on a hardtail MTB this morning, despite me being on the fixed. What the hell are you supposed to do in a situation like that, it's no win either way as far I can work out.
I let him past me once, gave him about 30 seconds to savour the moment and then left him behind. No pleasure to be gained though, other than knowing I'd avoided some embarrassment.
Silly game.
I'm not sure I understand this gripe. You were going slowly, got overtaken by someone on a lesser bike, had to up your game to get past again. If that bothers you don't go slowly in the first place!
99% of "all the gear" roadies I overtake on my budget hybrid never come past again. I'd never get to work if I didn't pass people on better bikes who are slow, for fear of them actually being able to up the game.
So really that's just a rant at yourself for being slow in the first place...
It's not normally your own speed that varies, but that of the Hybrid-pedal-pounder.
There's all manner of reasons why your speed can need to reduce though, impending potential hazards, slowing for lights etc.
In London the limiting factor can often be traffic and conditions rather than legs or lungs. You can tell places where it's safe to go fast and where you need to watch out. I prefer to get home a minute later than tussle with danger.
Sure, but tha applies to all bikes, be they roadies, MTBs, hybrids. This gripe doesn't seem to be anything to do with that, it just seems to be a form of snobbery - how dare you overtake me on your crappy cheap bike! Well sod that, I'm usually faster, as my full panniers of scalps evidences.0 -
Holy crap guys... Taken far too seriously.
Brum has a sense of humour (along with a ferocious ginger beard so beware) and meant this totally in cheek as I read it anyway.
Nowt to do with real life snobbery, the outrageous speeds of mtbers or being overtaken beause he was being slow. Merely that because someone with a higher FCN overtook him (for whatever reason) he had to up his game because of The Game.
Jeez louise :roll:Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]0 -
MonkeyMonster wrote:Holy crap guys... Taken far too seriously.
Brum has a sense of humour (along with a ferocious ginger beard so beware) and meant this totally in cheek as I read it anyway.
Nowt to do with real life snobbery, the outrageous speeds of mtbers or being overtaken beause he was being slow. Merely that because someone with a higher FCN overtook him (for whatever reason) he had to up his game because of The Game.
Jeez louise :roll:
It doesn't read like that - at all - to me.
There was some other chap in the Rants thread making a similar point.
If it bothers you to be overtaken by a "lower" bike, MTFU and keep the pace. If you get taken, don't get your blouse all twisted about it.0 -
to the London Dynamo rider on the snazzy white Trek @ Rotherhithe Tunnel roundabout this morning 6:50ish, Bah!! was hoping you would take the bait but nothing, nada, zilch, not even a hint of SCR action from you :twisted:_______________________________________________
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FCN 3 (FCN 4 if I'm carrying clean pants)0 -
W1 wrote:MonkeyMonster wrote:Holy crap guys... Taken far too seriously.
Brum has a sense of humour (along with a ferocious ginger beard so beware) and meant this totally in cheek as I read it anyway.
Nowt to do with real life snobbery, the outrageous speeds of mtbers or being overtaken beause he was being slow. Merely that because someone with a higher FCN overtook him (for whatever reason) he had to up his game because of The Game.
Jeez louise :roll:
It doesn't read like that - at all - to me.
There was some other chap in the Rants thread making a similar point.
If it bothers you to be overtaken by a "lower" bike, MTFU and keep the pace. If you get taken, don't get your blouse all twisted about it.
I'm with MM on this one, I can't see brun getting his knickers in a twist over anything but having to design more meerkats.
I read it as a MTB tried to get past him for whatever reason, and brun felt bad about immediately zooming off and making said MTB-er feel like a slow person.
So he waited a bit before doing so, and even let said MTB past, which frankly is very sporting indeed.
I do it too - if people are really flogging themselves I might let them go ahead at the lights or summat, then wait a bit before I re-overtake.
It's fun... sort of.0 -
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JonGinge wrote:A mixte? Dear god!
I like the look of them! There was a gorgeous white one for sale a little while ago, but it was tres petite.0 -
W1 wrote:This gripe doesn't seem to be anything to do with that, it just seems to be a form of snobbery
Er well yeah, thats the point and the whole reason we're all in this thread, right?
Right?
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Was only joking. There are some purdy ones but my mind immediately went to the 1980-90s ones only slightly lighter than tanks.lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:A mixte? Dear god!
I like the look of them! There was a gorgeous white one for sale a little while ago, but it was tres petite.
I also agree with MM re Brun's post. He's all about the dry humour 0 -
notsoblue wrote:W1 wrote:This gripe doesn't seem to be anything to do with that, it just seems to be a form of snobbery
Er well yeah, thats the point and the whole reason we're all in this thread, right?
Right?
:P
Ah no, it's reverse snobbery. Hence why you get more points for being on a crap bike and overtaking those on excellent bikes who are none-the-less slow and need some MTFU pills. The best scalpers are those who are deadly quick but have dustbin-esque steeds.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:W1 wrote:MonkeyMonster wrote:Blah
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I think you've all got sand in your fannies over nothing0 -
JonGinge wrote:
Was only joking. There are some purdy ones but my mind immediately went to the 1980-90s ones only slightly lighter than tanks.lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:A mixte? Dear god!
I like the look of them! There was a gorgeous white one for sale a little while ago, but it was tres petite.
I also agree with MM re Brun's post. He's all about the dry humour
Surely LiT means this sort of thing:
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
Part of the anti-growth coalition0 -
King Donut wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:W1 wrote:MonkeyMonster wrote:Blah
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I think you've all got sand in your fannies over nothing
Hypocrite
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rjsterry wrote:JonGinge wrote:
Was only joking. There are some purdy ones but my mind immediately went to the 1980-90s ones only slightly lighter than tanks.lost_in_thought wrote:JonGinge wrote:A mixte? Dear god!
I like the look of them! There was a gorgeous white one for sale a little while ago, but it was tres petite.
I also agree with MM re Brun's post. He's all about the dry humour
Surely LiT means this sort of thing:
Sort of, yeah, although prettier frame and without the greyhound...0
