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  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    gert_lush wrote:
    Permission to feel a little bit smug :wink:

    Headed out on my own today on the superGalaxy with some oaty bars & bananas, some drink a mp3 player and page 11 of my road atlas and managed my 1st century of the year woooooohoooooooo

    101.2 miles (had to do a lap of clifton downs to get me over the 100 mark as I had slightly miscalculated an wasn't going to stop on 97! Managed to stay dry all day too, although was a bit touch ans go around glastonbury.

    very very tired now, eating lots, drinking lots and watching the track cycling....phew

    ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Top effort GL, did you see the ladies scratch race last night, they are nails!
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  • gert_lush
    gert_lush Posts: 634
    Benno68 wrote:
    gert_lush wrote:
    Permission to feel a little bit smug :wink:

    Headed out on my own today on the superGalaxy with some oaty bars & bananas, some drink a mp3 player and page 11 of my road atlas and managed my 1st century of the year woooooohoooooooo

    101.2 miles (had to do a lap of clifton downs to get me over the 100 mark as I had slightly miscalculated an wasn't going to stop on 97! Managed to stay dry all day too, although was a bit touch ans go around glastonbury.

    very very tired now, eating lots, drinking lots and watching the track cycling....phew

    ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

    Top effort GL, did you see the ladies scratch race last night, they are nails!

    I missed it unfortunately..........I was in the pub :oops:....the madison that is on at the moment however, organised chaos!!!! I love it!!!
    FCN 8 mainly
    FCN 4 sometimes
  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    another 66 in the bag. thats over 400 for the month and 805 for the year. If my leg heals soon im going to try to get in the 1000 club over my easter break.

    40 miles a day should be doable
  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    another 66 in the bag. thats over 400 for the month and 805 for the year. If my leg heals soon im going to try to get in the 1000 club over my easter break.

    40 miles a day should be doable
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    So far everytime I've planned a big ride the weather's been against me. this weekend was no exception - it was like a solar eclipse on Saturday - went dark in mid afternoon - just before the hail came. Managed 40 miles though and the new bike got christened.
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Fitted a new chain and went out to check all was ok; 40 miles later declared it good. The promised inclement weather never arrived yesterday. And it's good to have daylight till half past 7 too.
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Managed to do just under 50 miles yesterday, which might explain why I feel a bit tired today.
    Need to re-adjust my gears though, brand new cables have just taken the bit of slack you expect after a few weeks riding.
    And REALLY need to re-tighten my cassette. Stopped at a red light, goes green, put the power on, cranks move, not the wheel.
    Just happened once, but hell, that was a bit weird.
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  • 5milestogo
    5milestogo Posts: 224
    Got the usual pile up at the lights on the Embankment heading home Friday. Te same old faces roll to the front and then are not able to clip in or are in too heavy a gear to set off cleanly. All got too much for me at the 3rd set of lights heading past Dolphin Square with a couple of choice words but had a full load of egg on my my face delivered 300 metres later when my chain snapped! After 1 mile of jogging trying to make LBS before close a sympathetic ex road racer cabbie picked me up and I was back on track after getting a powerlink fitted for 5 bar.
    Thumbs up for 'Mend a Bike' on Munster Road - they close at 7pm so worth getting details tapped into your phone if on your route and pitstop needed.

    Question - can I count the 1 mile run with bike on the 'mileometer'? It felt just like an extra long transition?

    Luckily was only 30 minutes late for the pub - it could have been a disaster!!
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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    Morning all : back from sunny Frankfurt : out for an evening stroll in the city and a guy on a Storck Fascenario pulled up at some traffic lights and stayed there just a bit too long for my liking.... £10K+ bike and damn him he could see the naked envy in my eyes .....

    @ GertLush : cracking ride to get in 100 round Bris'l - well done that man!!!

    Managed a gentle 74 on Sunday which would have been more but I slowed down and waited for a chap at the back of the club group who was struggling a bit.

    Easy pace into the office this morning and with a bit of luck I'll miss the rain again on the way home and get a decent ride in.

    BUT now I'm at least 2 days behind Will again - DRAT .....

    @ITB : congrats on a 1000 mile month as well fella. Definitely up for another one in April as long as the mechanicals hold out.

    So - back in the game ..... :D:D:D
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  • barry_kellett99
    barry_kellett99 Posts: 480
    holybinch wrote:
    And REALLY need to re-tighten my cassette. Stopped at a red light, goes green, put the power on, cranks move, not the wheel.
    Just happened once, but hell, that was a bit weird.

    Thats not a loose cassette, thats a freehub not engaging.

    If your cassette was loose, at worst the gears may slip and jump a little, but as the splines run the full length of the cassette it wil never slip.

    Buy a new freehub, yours is about to die in the next few rides I would guess.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    absolutely knackered and I didn't even get to ride at the weekend..

    saying that I did see Liverpool whomp on Sunderland for 90 minutes :D
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    barry_kellett99 wrote:
    holybinch wrote:
    And REALLY need to re-tighten my cassette. Stopped at a red light, goes green, put the power on, cranks move, not the wheel.
    Just happened once, but hell, that was a bit weird.

    Thats not a loose cassette, thats a freehub not engaging.

    If your cassette was loose, at worst the gears may slip and jump a little, but as the splines run the full length of the cassette it wil never slip.

    Buy a new freehub, yours is about to die in the next few rides I would guess.

    Erm, I sure hope you're wrong, the bike is less than a month old (and so are the wheels, hub, cassettes, etc...)

    I just got my stand and tools back from a friend.
    Investigation required, I really don't feel like driving back to Epic if I can sort it out myself.
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    holybinch wrote:
    barry_kellett99 wrote:
    holybinch wrote:
    And REALLY need to re-tighten my cassette. Stopped at a red light, goes green, put the power on, cranks move, not the wheel.
    Just happened once, but hell, that was a bit weird.

    Thats not a loose cassette, thats a freehub not engaging.

    If your cassette was loose, at worst the gears may slip and jump a little, but as the splines run the full length of the cassette it wil never slip.

    Buy a new freehub, yours is about to die in the next few rides I would guess.

    Erm, I sure hope you're wrong, the bike is less than a month old (and so are the wheels, hub, cassettes, etc...)

    I just got my stand and tools back from a friend.
    Investigation required, I really don't feel like driving back to Epic if I can sort it out myself.
    My cassette went into freewheel mode when it was quite new. It was down to all the clag & stuff of the roads. Yours prob needs a good clean out too. It's the freewheel not the cassette (obviously).
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Right, the bloody thing is going on the stand tonight, and screw what the gf may think about having a bike hanging in the living room!

    Sometimes in life, you have to make tough choices!
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
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    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    Never mind - it'll just give us the chance to restore our previous Nemesis/Nemesee relationship. :D
  • gert_lush
    gert_lush Posts: 634
    The Running Man wrote:
    @ GertLush : cracking ride to get in 100 round Bris'l - well done that man!!!

    Cheers Running Man, twas a nice ride and always good to get the 1st big ride of the year in..... a long way from the 1000 a month club though :D Damn you all!
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    FCN 4 sometimes
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Porgy wrote:
    So far everytime I've planned a big ride the weather's been against me. this weekend was no exception - it was like a solar eclipse on Saturday - went dark in mid afternoon - just before the hail came. Managed 40 miles though and the new bike got christened.

    Look left!
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    gert_lush wrote:
    The Running Man wrote:
    @ GertLush : cracking ride to get in 100 round Bris'l - well done that man!!!

    Cheers Running Man, twas a nice ride and always good to get the 1st big ride of the year in..... a long way from the 1000 a month club though :D Damn you all!

    I'm confident I'll be there this summer - only missed out on passing 800 due to the old bike self destructing every other week - In March I will have clocked up 700 miles in just two and a half weeks of cycling.

    Next month I should manage 900 miles - leading to the inevitable 1000 miles in May - when hopefully I'll have a week off work to cycle round Devon and cornwall.
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Argh 1 mile short of beating my highest miles in a month.

    Wonder how many laps of the block I'd have to do to make up a mile :wink:
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    itboffin wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:

    you've done your milestone and tbf I made mine but there's a desperatly close 800 miles mark I'm in danger of missing

    It would be wrong to go for a cycle and not go to work right?... just 10-15 making a commute to finish the 800 easier???
    Purveyor of sonic doom

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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Clever Pun wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:

    you've done your milestone and tbf I made mine but there's a desperatly close 800 miles mark I'm in danger of missing

    It would be wrong to go for a cycle and not go to work right?... just 10-15 making a commute to finish the 800 easier???

    Rather depends if your boss reads this
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    will3 wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:

    you've done your milestone and tbf I made mine but there's a desperatly close 800 miles mark I'm in danger of missing

    It would be wrong to go for a cycle and not go to work right?... just 10-15 making a commute to finish the 800 easier???

    Rather depends if your boss reads this

    In whgich case my question would never have been asked... in all fairness I wont feel like doing anything other than feeling sorry for myself and watching rubbish tv
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    itboffin wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:

    Too ill to go to work but not too ill to ride 40 miles? :roll:
  • Paul E
    Paul E Posts: 2,052
    I am just glad I am not last, almost but not quite :-)
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    I feel a passing by Il Principe very soon, I'm beating him by all of 2.1 miles.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    will3 wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:

    Too ill to go to work but not too ill to ride 40 miles? :roll:

    I signed myself off sick but still worked from home because I'm nails! And how else was I expected to get to and from the station?

    @CP ghey! Pull yourself together man and MTFU
    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.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    itboffin wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    itboffin wrote:
    Clever Pun wrote:
    shitehouse I'm ill; I'm more worried about losing position here due to feeling bad and probably not cycling tomorrow

    jeez this thread is bad for you :lol:

    I hate you all

    If it helps so am I, got to the station turned around and came back home, going to bed :cry:

    Too ill to go to work but not too ill to ride 40 miles? :roll:

    I signed myself off sick but still worked from home because I'm nails! And how else was I expected to get to and from the station?

    @CP ghey! Pull yourself together man and MTFU

    OMG they're dropping like flies, I guess it's down to Grandad to show them how it's done and keep putting the miles in :wink:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

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  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    No stamina these youngsters :lol:
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