Silly Commuter Stats

Porgy

itboffin wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Having nearly ridden myself to a standstil in freezing-cold March, I've decided upon a "quality, not quantity" strategy. I can't sustain these bloomin' miles without knackering myself out, so I'm resigning myself to losing a Top 10 spot soon. Dagnabbit.

You'll be back :twisted:

until then - I'll keep your place warm for you

Porgy

gbsahne wrote:

Broke into the top 10 :shock:

Will have to do a road trip this weekend I suspect to stay there, especially as (fingers crossed) this will probably be the last oppotunity I have for one for a while!

Ex pat scot will probably be in end of next week to dump his April total and then we'll be on our way back out of the top ten again.

gbsahne001

Porgy wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

Broke into the top 10 :shock:

Will have to do a road trip this weekend I suspect to stay there, especially as (fingers crossed) this will probably be the last oppotunity I have for one for a while!

Ex pat scot will probably be in end of next week to dump his April total and then we'll be on our way back out of the top ten again.

C'est Le Vie

salsajake

gbsahne wrote:

Porgy wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

Broke into the top 10 :shock:

Will have to do a road trip this weekend I suspect to stay there, especially as (fingers crossed) this will probably be the last oppotunity I have for one for a while!

Ex pat scot will probably be in end of next week to dump his April total and then we'll be on our way back out of the top ten again.

C'est Le Vie

Non, c'est LA vie.

jonginge

salsajake wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

Porgy wrote:

gbsahne wrote:

Broke into the top 10 :shock:

Will have to do a road trip this weekend I suspect to stay there, especially as (fingers crossed) this will probably be the last oppotunity I have for one for a while!

Ex pat scot will probably be in end of next week to dump his April total and then we'll be on our way back out of the top ten again.

C'est Le Vie

Non, c'est LA vie.

I thought the commuting section was immune from Armstrong discussions. Guess I was wrong...

gbsahne001

:roll:

hambones

My 1000 for a month isn't going to happen anytime soon - not been the best of months for me. I even backed out of a nightride last night as my legs were still shot from the time trial on Tuesday (which was however a PB for the course!).

I'm still looking for a cycling club that specialises in 6am weekend satrts - no luck so far (funny that!)

Rich158

cjcp wrote:

Having nearly ridden myself to a standstil in freezing-cold March, I've decided upon a "quality, not quantity" strategy. I can't sustain these bloomin' miles without knackering myself out, so I'm resigning myself to losing a Top 10 spot soon. Dagnabbit.

+1 to that, trying to up the intensity and speed whilst clocking up the miles is killing me

Porgy

Luckily for me I'm trying to build up my stamina for distance - so this suits me down to the ground.

when I retire I'm going to cycle around the world - or the bits that are safe (ish) to cycle through anyway.

In the more short term future though - I'm seriously considering a move to Rochester or one of the other Medway towns - maybe in a couple of years. That will entail a 30 mile each way commute. So I have a little way to go before I can cope with that.

salsajake

Maybe we need a quality ratio to add to the table. Bonus points for:

miles ridden on roads never ridden before,
interesting (but not dead) wildlife spotted,
hours exposed to bright sunlight,
miles spent on unclassified roads,
distance ridden between potholes,
friendly words of encouragement from fellow road users.

Any others?

CiB

Porgy wrote:

Luckily for me I'm trying to build up my stamina for distance - so this suits me down to the ground.

when I retire I'm going to cycle around the world - or the bits that are safe (ish) to cycle through anyway.

By coincidence, we were idly chatting last night (Mrs Cib & me) about this & that and LEJoG came up. She's quite relaxed about it - my dream, only take a couple of weeks holiday, could fit in with schools hols etc. You know how when an idle thought starts to germinate into a plan...? And at the back of my mind I'm instantly thinking of the extra miles. Oh the miles. 8)

salsajake wrote:

Maybe we need a quality ratio to add to the table. Bonus points for:

miles ridden on roads never ridden before,
interesting (but not dead) wildlife spotted,
hours exposed to bright sunlight,
miles spent on unclassified roads,
distance ridden between potholes,
friendly words of encouragement from fellow road users.

Any others?

Yeah right.

Porgy

CiB wrote:

By coincidence, we were idly chatting last night (Mrs Cib & me) about this & that and LEJoG came up. She's quite relaxed about it - my dream, only take a couple of weeks holiday, could fit in with schools hols etc. You know how when an idle thought starts to germinate into a plan...? And at the back of my mind I'm instantly thinking of the extra miles. Oh the miles. 8)

Somebody in the office asked me about that this morning - whether I'm planning on doing it. I wasn't but I might be now - it's looking increasingly doable now.

CiB

Oh Porgy. We could run away to Scotland, and Gretna Green. <where's the 'not really' icon?>

Good plan though. I'm going to see what's actually involved, to see if it is doable in a limited time frame.

On a more realistic note, I've just fixed this morning's PF visit. So far at least 3 people have expressed surprise at me mending it rather than buying a new tube. Youth of terday eh?

Porgy

CiB wrote:

Oh Porgy. We could run away to Scotland, and Gretna Green. <where's the 'not really' icon?>

oh blimey :shock: I'm glad you said that. Actually I might do it the other way - JOG to LE as my family all live down in the westcountry - I might need a bit of pampering afterwards.

If I do do it - it'll be next year or the year after - but it'll be a good goal to aim for - give me a bit more structure than I have right now - which is just trying to stay ahead of CP.

I think a steady 70 to 75 miles a day would do it - and that would take about two weeks. so I have a little way to go yet - but not too far.

itboffin

Rich158 wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Having nearly ridden myself to a standstil in freezing-cold March, I've decided upon a "quality, not quantity" strategy. I can't sustain these bloomin' miles without knackering myself out, so I'm resigning myself to losing a Top 10 spot soon. Dagnabbit.

+1 to that, trying to up the intensity and speed whilst clocking up the miles is killing me

You should know better than that old bean, it's one or the other

itboffin

Porgy wrote:

when I retire I'm going to cycle around the world - or the bits that are safe (ish) to cycle through anyway.

:shock:

When I retire i'm going to drink wine by the bucket load and grow fat, very fat somewhere hot (not Hell) 8)

mudcovered

CiB wrote:

On a more realistic note, I've just fixed this morning's PF visit. So far at least 3 people have expressed surprise at me mending it rather than buying a new tube. Youth of terday eh?

Know what you mean. I only throw the tube away when I'm patching the patches or I've managed to tear a valve stem. :roll:

With a bit of practice I don't think patching the tube is actually much slower than just putting in a new tube.

Mike

salsajake

mudcovered wrote:

CiB wrote:

On a more realistic note, I've just fixed this morning's PF visit. So far at least 3 people have expressed surprise at me mending it rather than buying a new tube. Youth of terday eh?

Know what you mean. I only throw the tube away when I'm patching the patches or I've managed to tear a valve stem. :roll:

With a bit of practice I don't think patching the tube is actually much slower than just putting in a new tube.

Mike

on the roadside, it has to be a new tube, but then when you get home, you can fix up the old one and that becomes the spare. Reminds me, I have been running 'at risk' all week with a holed innertube in my rucksack, another job to add to the list for the weekend!

CiB

salsajake wrote:

mudcovered wrote:

CiB wrote:

On a more realistic note, I've just fixed this morning's PF visit. So far at least 3 people have expressed surprise at me mending it rather than buying a new tube. Youth of terday eh?

Know what you mean. I only throw the tube away when I'm patching the patches or I've managed to tear a valve stem. :roll:

With a bit of practice I don't think patching the tube is actually much slower than just putting in a new tube.

Mike

on the roadside, it has to be a new tube, but then when you get home, you can fix up the old one and that becomes the spare. Reminds me, I have been running 'at risk' all week with a holed innertube in my rucksack, another job to add to the list for the weekend!

I'm with Mike. Patching only takes a couple of minutes. I've found in the past that punctures come in twos & threes (maybe a better pump would help, to get it back up to 110psi at the roadside) so patching is probably going to happen anyway; might as well do it now and save the good tube for a proper blow-out.

Each to their own tho.

salsajake

CiB wrote:

salsajake wrote:

mudcovered wrote:

CiB wrote:

On a more realistic note, I've just fixed this morning's PF visit. So far at least 3 people have expressed surprise at me mending it rather than buying a new tube. Youth of terday eh?

Know what you mean. I only throw the tube away when I'm patching the patches or I've managed to tear a valve stem. :roll:

With a bit of practice I don't think patching the tube is actually much slower than just putting in a new tube.

Mike

on the roadside, it has to be a new tube, but then when you get home, you can fix up the old one and that becomes the spare. Reminds me, I have been running 'at risk' all week with a holed innertube in my rucksack, another job to add to the list for the weekend!

I'm with Mike. Patching only takes a couple of minutes. I've found in the past that punctures come in twos & threes (maybe a better pump would help, to get it back up to 110psi at the roadside) so patching is probably going to happen anyway; might as well do it now and save the good tube for a proper blow-out.

Each to their own tho.

I use a CO2 inflator, 0-90-odd PSI in about a second and a half.

will3

salsajake wrote:

I use a CO2 inflator, 0-90-odd PSI in about a second and a half.

Once.

salsajake

will3 wrote:

salsajake wrote:

I use a CO2 inflator, 0-90-odd PSI in about a second and a half.

Once.

yes, and then you replace the cartridge! I carry a crank brothers dual ratio pump, which is better than most minis, but still almost impossible to get to 100psi. I have spare cartridges at home and at work, so if I ever use one, I swap it out at the other end of the journey. So unless I get 2 in the same ride, its fine (and I do have the pump as backup). As CIB said, if you ride on an underinflated tyre, you are massively more likely to pick up further holes on the rest of your journey.

will3

I use a Truflo Evo+ pump. IT's basically a mini track pump and I've had no issues with pressure yet! OK so it doesn't fit in you jersey pocket etc, but when I've miles and miles to get home, I don't really care about fashion. Only problem is it uses a whole water bottle slot on it's own.

CiB

Chaos what's your weekend looking like? Your 0.2 mile advantage will have gone by the time I get out of the car park here. Hopefully you're in for a couple of days admiring your lawn growth, or the steady dehydration of that lick of paint on the garden fence. Hopefully.

Porgy

itboffin wrote:

Porgy wrote:

when I retire I'm going to cycle around the world - or the bits that are safe (ish) to cycle through anyway.

:shock:

When I retire i'm going to drink wine by the bucket load and grow fat, very fat somewhere hot (not Hell) 8)

Ah well you see when I was young I wasn't allowed to have a "gap year". Nor have I really ever managed to either have the money or the time required to go off travelling. Not properly anyway. So I've decided to do it in my retirement instead - it'll be better than sitting about imo - reckon i'd be dead in no time if I let myself run down like that.

Still - I am still hoping for an early retirement.

The Running Man

When I retire I think I'll have a bit of a lie down for a while .......

itboffin

will3 wrote:

salsajake wrote:

I use a CO2 inflator, 0-90-odd PSI in about a second and a half.

Once.

carry more and a backup pump

My layzene is meant to do 160psi i suspect my arms would explode before getting to 120psi.

mkirby

cjcp wrote:

Why's that?

To be honest i have lost all enthusiasm for the bike. I do need to practice my oboe more as teach wants me to go in for my exams soon. So i need to up my practice which means cutting out the evening rides. I will also need to do extended practice at weekends which nobbles those miles. I'm enjoying the oboe a lot more then the bike at the moment and i have a chance at getting really good at it so im going to take it.

I'll still be out now and again but its going to be like once a fortnight now. At least until exams are out of the way.

mkirby

cjcp wrote:

Why's that?

To be honest i have lost all enthusiasm for the bike. I do need to practice my oboe more as teach wants me to go in for my exams soon. So i need to up my practice which means cutting out the evening rides. I will also need to do extended practice at weekends which nobbles those miles. I'm enjoying the oboe a lot more then the bike at the moment and i have a chance at getting really good at it so im going to take it.

I'll still be out now and again but its going to be like once a fortnight now. At least until exams are out of the way.

roger_merriman

CiB wrote:

salsajake wrote:

mudcovered wrote:

CiB wrote:

On a more realistic note, I've just fixed this morning's PF visit. So far at least 3 people have expressed surprise at me mending it rather than buying a new tube. Youth of terday eh?

Know what you mean. I only throw the tube away when I'm patching the patches or I've managed to tear a valve stem. :roll:

With a bit of practice I don't think patching the tube is actually much slower than just putting in a new tube.

Mike

on the roadside, it has to be a new tube, but then when you get home, you can fix up the old one and that becomes the spare. Reminds me, I have been running 'at risk' all week with a holed innertube in my rucksack, another job to add to the list for the weekend!

I'm with Mike. Patching only takes a couple of minutes. I've found in the past that punctures come in twos & threes (maybe a better pump would help, to get it back up to 110psi at the roadside) so patching is probably going to happen anyway; might as well do it now and save the good tube for a proper blow-out.

Each to their own tho.

the fairy spends her time with you lot, so my bikes end up with very old inner tubes a number of years old so when I do get one I just replace, I average one every 2 years or something. so re using tubes or worring about CO2 (which I also use) isn't a issue.