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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Il Principe wrote:

    Defo, I reckon I can get in 2 laps pre commute (so an hour total inc getting there and back) - I have to go home afterwards and swap bikes etc, but live in Wandsworth so it's on the way.

    <makes mental note to keep an eye out for a Kinesis or Prince...>
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:

    Defo, I reckon I can get in 2 laps pre commute (so an hour total inc getting there and back) - I have to go home afterwards and swap bikes etc, but live in Wandsworth so it's on the way.

    <makes mental note to keep an eye out for a Kinesis or Prince...>
    Just look out for the castelli. Recognised Jash from a goodly distance in the park on Sunday :lol:
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    What's the entry requirement for the Celtic league again?
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    JonGinge wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:

    Defo, I reckon I can get in 2 laps pre commute (so an hour total inc getting there and back) - I have to go home afterwards and swap bikes etc, but live in Wandsworth so it's on the way.

    <makes mental note to keep an eye out for a Kinesis or Prince...>
    Just look out for the castelli. Recognised Jash from a goodly distance in the park on Sunday :lol:

    :oops:

    Gonna road test the bodypaint shorts this weekend!
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Il Principe wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    Il Principe wrote:

    Defo, I reckon I can get in 2 laps pre commute (so an hour total inc getting there and back) - I have to go home afterwards and swap bikes etc, but live in Wandsworth so it's on the way.

    <makes mental note to keep an eye out for a Kinesis or Prince...>
    Just look out for the castelli. Recognised Jash from a goodly distance in the park on Sunday :lol:

    :oops:

    Gonna road test the bodypaint shorts this weekend!
    Really? Being a bit of a wuss, I'm gonna wait till it's a bit warmer.

    I'm a bit worried they may pose a leg-shaving dilemma
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    will3 wrote:
    What's the entry requirement for the Celtic league again?

    They're very strict. You don't meet any of them. Move along. :wink:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    cjcp wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    What's the entry requirement for the Celtic league again?

    They're very strict. You don't meet any of them. Move along. :wink:

    Do you have to wear funny clothes?
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    will3 wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    What's the entry requirement for the Celtic league again?

    They're very strict. You don't meet any of them. Move along. :wink:

    Do you have to wear funny clothes?

    Spot on. We dress up in the skins of small land animals, don't shave and wield axes. You need to ride around for a week dressed like that before you can join.*


    *That should see him locked up and out of the contention for the Stats award.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Went to the bike shop to get my tweed run pack fully aware that I was 7.4 miles behind peter vj... not anymore.
    Purveyor of sonic doom

    Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Just out doing the non commute thing and making sure I got the full brunt of the hail storm, which I did :? and came across this fellow, it's not often you see a badger upsidedown in a bush.

    erm DONT click on this link if you have a weak stomach or you're a raving lefty tofu eating hippy, you've been WARNED.

    4481233365_5d51744dd9.jpg
    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.
  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    I know I shouldn't find this amusing, but ROAR! :lol:
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Imagine being hit by a flying badger while commuting! :shock:
    FCN 4(?) (Commuter - Genesis Croix de Fer)
    FCN 3 (Roadie - Viner Perfecta)

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Il Principe wrote:
    I know I shouldn't find this amusing, but ROAR! :lol:

    I had to do a double take as I whizzed past it on Monday night in the rain :lol: :roll:

    I thought badgers are meant to be rare? they bleeding everywhere around here, usually taking a nap by the side of the road, pretty danagerous that :roll:
    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.
  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    itboffin wrote:

    I thought badgers are meant to be rare? :roll:

    Noooo you should always cook badger properly.

    Like chicken
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    will3 wrote:
    itboffin wrote:

    I thought badgers are meant to be rare? :roll:

    Noooo you should always cook badger properly.

    Like chicken

    ewww have you smelt those things, I mean really got down and given the badger a good sniff :P :lol:
    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.
  • holybinch
    holybinch Posts: 417
    Yuk, looks like someone has :?
    FCN 4(?) (Commuter - Genesis Croix de Fer)
    FCN 3 (Roadie - Viner Perfecta)

    -- Please sponsor me on my London to Paris ride --
    http://www.diabeteschallenge.org.uk/cha ... n_to_paris
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I've been ill. though I kept going to work I have had time off cycling. all in all March was not good for me - I'm down 200 miles at least from where I should be.

    My plan is to do 30 miles every day this month, and then some. The only thing that can let me down would be the weather or my knees.
  • Rich158
    Rich158 Posts: 2,348
    itboffin wrote:
    will3 wrote:
    itboffin wrote:

    I thought badgers are meant to be rare? :roll:

    Noooo you should always cook badger properly.

    Like chicken

    ewww have you smelt those things, I mean really got down and given the badger a good sniff :P :lol:

    Is that how you yokels spend a Friday night :wink: Or does that account for your mileage, trying to find enough badgers to sniff :shock:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    prawny wrote:
    salsajake wrote:
    just started snowing in birmingham, and headwinds to 35 mph on the way back. Missed lunch today, I can't actually face 19.1 miles into a headwind of snow on an empty tank after 100 miles in the last 2.5 days. Those stats don't compute for me, no matter how much MTFU you add to the equation...

    Did you ride back in the end? I went for it with a slightly amended route for more bus lanes and less trucks. I don't know how far it was I collapsed when I got home it was absolutely mental wind. At one point I was in the drops out of the saddle sprinting at... 12MPH!!!

    nope, it was 9pm by the time I left work, which on an apple, banana and nurti grain all day since breakfast (worked through lunch) meant I didn't have enough in the tank to fight that headwind. The train was quite cheap at that time of night though!
  • barry_kellett99
    barry_kellett99 Posts: 480
    There are 3 badgers and two cats having naps on the side of the road on my commute this last week... one of the cats is in a bad way though, with the snow and rain we've suffered he has got very skinny and most of him has washed away.

    Surely this is enough to warrant my entry into the rural mini league i think...
    http://teammaxbo.blogspot.com/

    Long live the pompino
  • andy83
    andy83 Posts: 1,558
    itboffin wrote:
    andy83 wrote:
    winds were terrible today in birmingham, You cycle in the end as didnt look like snow lasted long

    924 miles for the month, hopefully hit 1k next month

    924 ??? Nooooooooooooo!!!! get out there, use the tailwind it's within your grasp :roll:

    After 50 miles into stupid wind which at times I felt like i was going backwards and a visit from the fairy im quite positively broken. Gutted as had 100 miles planned for saturday, but dont fancy it in terrential rain, I know I should MTFU but I wanted to enjoy the ride, not hate it

    hoping they have got the weather forecast wrong for saturday, but knowing my luck they havent :(
  • cambs
    cambs Posts: 235
    The Running Man wrote:
    @CJCP

    Fantastic effort fella and in murderous conditions.

    Chapeau that man!!!!

    +1 to that. Well done CJ.
    Should have some kind of SCS medal for that, something like a gold Blue Peter badge.
  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    nice 40 mile pootle today up the coast. No dead animals just pot holes disguised as small lakes.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I've got a new rule about cycling in wind and rain. And that is not at all if at all possible. My chest infection has now spread to my ears and i reckon the toothache is somehow connected. Everytime i go out in the rain for too long it takes me several hours before i can breathe properly. SCS isn't worth dying over.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Porgy wrote:
    I've got a new rule about cycling in wind and rain. And that is not at all if at all possible. My chest infection has now spread to my ears and i reckon the toothache is somehow connected. Everytime i go out in the rain for too long it takes me several hours before i can breathe properly. SCS isn't worth dying over.

    Agreed

    I almost made a completely dry ride yesterday, almost :evil:
    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.
  • hambones
    hambones Posts: 407
    Boy it was grim out there this morning! In hindsight I should have stayed in bed!

    Managed 25 or so miles but eventually had to bail as everything was drenched and I was soooo cold. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. :)
    Still breathing.....
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    It's sunny here.

    And not windy.

    When I've finished my coffee I'm heading out. :D
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Nipped out early for a cheeky 33 just about to head off again for a power pootle before we (the family) go swimming :D

    napping badger count = 2
    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.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    It's sunny here.

    And not windy.

    When I've finished my coffee I'm heading out. :D

    Weather's taking the piss. i leave the house, sunny, glorious, it waits until I'm 15m in, just before I start heading back, and then absolutely pours.

    Thanks weather.

    Anyway, 32m, ave 17.3mph. Happy enough with that.

    Oh and I love my maxima. Love it love it love it. Glad I waited until I'd got some semblance of fitness back before riding it again. :D
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    54 miles for me today. Got caught in the rain/sleet/thunderstorm from hell for 20 miles,. Seem to be flying up the table now and still another 3 days of riding to go. 50's here i come baby.

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