To: (German?) chap on the Langster in Richmond Park this AM

cjcp
cjcp Posts: 13,345
edited August 2008 in Commuting chat
Thanks very much for picking my bike up out of the road, mate. Hope you got to your meeting in time!

Chris
FCN 2-4.

"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."

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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    What happened? Slippery out there this morning eh folks!
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    jashburnham wrote:
    What happened? Slippery out there this morning eh folks!

    Turning at Roehampton Gate roundabout to head out of the Park. Went too fast into the corner. Ow. Can feel things beginning to seize up.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • 2wheelzgood
    2wheelzgood Posts: 373
    Unlucky cjcp. hope you're not too broken.
    We had an incident on our fixie ride last night in town.. It doesn't half make everyone uneasy.
    FCN4: Langster Pro
    FCN8 Dawes Audax
    FCN13: Pompetamine dad and daughter bike

    FCN5 Modded Dawes Hybrid R.I.P.
    FCN6 Fixed beater bike (on loan to brother in law)
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    what are these fixie rides you go on and are they full of hardcore scary messengers or do normal people go as well?
    Roadie FCN: 3

    Fixed FCN: 6
  • 2wheelzgood
    2wheelzgood Posts: 373
    It's a bunch of guys who ride ss or fixed in Leeds. No messengers to speak of in Leeds so it's a easy going ( if a certain mad Polish bloke doesn't turn up!) ride around town followed by bears.

    check out fixed gear leeds on FB
    FCN4: Langster Pro
    FCN8 Dawes Audax
    FCN13: Pompetamine dad and daughter bike

    FCN5 Modded Dawes Hybrid R.I.P.
    FCN6 Fixed beater bike (on loan to brother in law)
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    2wheelzgood wrote:
    ride around town followed by bears.

    Sounds dangerous! :lol:
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Did he say

    "Vor you ze Ride is over - hande hoch Tommy!"

    at any point?
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    Greg T wrote:
    Did he say

    "Vor you ze Ride is over - hande hoch Tommy!"

    at any point?

    Have you been drinking bike oil again GT?
    Roadie FCN: 3

    Fixed FCN: 6
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Littigator wrote:
    Have you been drinking bike oil again GT?

    Sniffing the WD 40.

    It's the only way to fly......

    Speaking of sniffing - I decided that I had to wash out my mitts last night as the smell made Mrs T gag.....

    The water in the bowl was 2 inches deep - and I couldn't see the bottom......

    Note to self - you honk.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • 2wheelzgood
    2wheelzgood Posts: 373
    how do or topics manage to go .. erm OT so bloody quickly!!

    erm bears yep.. not dangerous due to our riding, in fact the incident was cos a bloke looked at a grizzly the wrong way!. beers were tasty though!
    FCN4: Langster Pro
    FCN8 Dawes Audax
    FCN13: Pompetamine dad and daughter bike

    FCN5 Modded Dawes Hybrid R.I.P.
    FCN6 Fixed beater bike (on loan to brother in law)
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    2wheelzgood wrote:
    Unlucky cjcp. hope you're not too broken.
    We had an incident on our fixie ride last night in town.. It doesn't half make everyone uneasy.

    Cheers. Just some scrapes on the right knee, thigh (that's a nice one - made me yelp in the shower like a girl), elbow and shoulder. Ripped my top, but the bib shorts are remarkably unscathed.

    Presently trying to figure out how I'm going to keep this from the better half.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    cjcp wrote:
    2wheelzgood wrote:
    Unlucky cjcp. hope you're not too broken.
    We had an incident on our fixie ride last night in town.. It doesn't half make everyone uneasy.

    Cheers. Just some scrapes on the right knee, thigh (that's a nice one - made me yelp in the shower like a girl), elbow and shoulder. Ripped my top, but the bib shorts are remarkably unscathed.

    Presently trying to figure out how I'm going to keep this from the better half.

    Weird how that happens eh? I cut my hip up pretty badly crashing at the Etape but the shorts were hardly damaged, and the bit that was ripped wasnt even over the hip...

    Heal up well.
  • pst88
    pst88 Posts: 621
    We used to have fixed gear rides in Birmingham every Thursday but people stopped turning up when there was a hint of a cloud on the horizon. Scared of a bit of rain? Boo-hoo.
    Bianchi Via Nirone Veloce/Centaur 2010
  • 2wheelzgood
    2wheelzgood Posts: 373
    so not many rides then with our weather.
    I will be reverting to my ss hybrid if it rains! :oops:
    FCN4: Langster Pro
    FCN8 Dawes Audax
    FCN13: Pompetamine dad and daughter bike

    FCN5 Modded Dawes Hybrid R.I.P.
    FCN6 Fixed beater bike (on loan to brother in law)

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