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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    ITB - someone's creeping up on you... :lol:
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    cjcp wrote:
    ITB - someone's creeping up on you... :lol:

    Pah that old duffer, no worries, my new tyres will be here before end Dec that should put a couple of miles between us :wink:
    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
    cjcp wrote:
    Yeah, nice try, Sunbeam. I don't believe you. Not for one moment. :wink:

    It's true, I've had enough, the warmth of the car beckons :oops: It's time to save this aching old body for my assault on the stats next year :wink:
    pain is temporary, the glory of beating your mates to the top of the hill lasts forever.....................

    Revised FCN - 2
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    Rich158 wrote:
    It's true, I've had enough, the warmth of the car beckons :oops: It's time to save this aching old body for my assault on the stats next year :wink:

    Feel like convincing will3 of the same?

    Then again, I want to be commuting the rest of this week, to get my 5000th commuting mile in...
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    That's me done on the commuting front. And very pleased I am about it too - I need to rest the lungs a bit. And eat more french pastries. I'm off to the deli this morning to buy some meatballs for lunch, too. :D

    Going to try to sneak in some riding round the Park before the NY, but 7,900 miles looks to be the max.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    cjcp wrote:
    That's me done on the commuting front. And very pleased I am about it too - I need to rest the lungs a bit. And eat more french pastries. I'm off to the deli this morning to buy some meatballs for lunch, too. :D

    Going to try to sneak in some riding round the Park before the NY, but 7,900 miles looks to be the max.

    whats RP like at the moment? Bushy is still a bit iffy, though to be fair I'm going though either early or late.

    was really lovely by moonlight though.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    roger merriman wrote:
    cjcp wrote:
    That's me done on the commuting front. And very pleased I am about it too - I need to rest the lungs a bit. And eat more french pastries. I'm off to the deli this morning to buy some meatballs for lunch, too. :D

    Going to try to sneak in some riding round the Park before the NY, but 7,900 miles looks to be the max.

    whats RP like at the moment? Bushy is still a bit iffy, though to be fair I'm going though either early or late.

    was really lovely by moonlight though.

    Some slush was beginning to form, but I didn't encounter any ice, and I rode from Roehampton to Robin Hood, up to the middle, along the path (where you're more likely to get ice) to Ham Gate, along the path to Kingston Gate. Ok, so an unnecessarily long route, but what the hey?! :)

    My road hasn't frosted over overnight, I'd be cautious about hard snow/ice this morning - you know what micro-climate the Park has.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • King Donut
    King Donut Posts: 498
    370+ miles to reach my 5k target. With only one possible commute day it's gonna take 3 long (potentially solo) rides early next week. Or alternatively 190 odd trips to my local M&S.

    But whatever way it goes, thanks to CIB for all the hard work over the last year. SC stats looking better than ever! See you in 2010.
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    Looks like I'm done for this year now. Maybe a couple of days between xmas and new year depending on the weather.
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • Wallace1492
    Wallace1492 Posts: 3,707
    Nothing since November.... :(

    But in 2010, look to the north, see the new rising star...... :)
    "Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I'm not chancing it today - reckon that round here, it might even be worse than yesterday - there were a lot of melted bits and patches of fresh snow - that'll all be ice this morning.

    So taking the bus in today. Hopefully I'll get two more cycling days in before xmas - plus a nice xmas day ride.
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Eventually got out on the bike for 3 laps of RP. The roads were fine, if damp. The path between my place and the road not so much.

    So quiet in the park, it was lovely :) Bright blue skies, frost-topped meadows. Why did it take so long to get out the door this morni... er afternoon?

    Other points of note:
    My CV fitness seems to have also gone on holiday.
    My overshoes are no longer white.
    FCN 2-4 "Shut up legs", Jens Voigt
    Planet-x Scott
    Rides
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Dusted the MTB down, literally then knocked out a couple of miles in the deep fresh snow, pretty good fun all round actually but hell that bike is super heavy, the front wheel is much more knobbly than the rear which seems to work well.

    Then I had a "good" hard 30 mins on the turbo, good to get it in the "big ring" again :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.
  • The Running Man
    The Running Man Posts: 574
    It's a bit warmer tomorrow so back on it again :

    I don't care if it's chucking it down - I am riding to work :

    SWMBO remarked that the longer I go without either running (5 months now) or more to the point cycling, the less palatable the prospect of sharing a house with me becomes.

    She obviously doesn't understand how lucky she is despite me reminding her pretty much on a daily basis. I'll have to start leaving her little notes again to make sure the message is getting through .....

    Girls eh?? :roll: :roll: :roll:
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  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    If I ride tomorrow and Thursday through the snow to work, I'll have done 5,003 miles for the year. That's incentive enough for me to carry on in the adventurous conditions
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • gobi
    gobi Posts: 16
    Nice one EPS, small world.

    Riding in the snow is a bit like roller training

    Keep it smooth and balanced and it is ok

    BUT ......
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    If I thought 5000 was still attainable by me I'd have been cycling today.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    gobi wrote:
    Nice one EPS, small world.

    Riding in the snow is a bit like roller training

    Keep it smooth and balanced and it is ok

    BUT ......

    a bit hairy when you've got buses and lorries hurtling inches away from you though. :?
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    Porgy wrote:
    gobi wrote:
    Nice one EPS, small world.

    Riding in the snow is a bit like roller training

    Keep it smooth and balanced and it is ok

    BUT ......

    a bit hairy when you've got buses and lorries hurtling inches away from you though. :?

    joking aside the consequences don't bear thinking about. It was minus 4 today and I saw a guy on a bike on an untreated road proceeding very carefully. I gave him a massive berth but noone else did.
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I saw paramedics out dealing someone on the road last night - couldn't see if it was a ped, cyclist or what - but there were no parked vehicles in sight - probably someone slipped on the ice.
  • gobi
    gobi Posts: 16
    Definately safer on the roads than on the path.

    Commute was quite eventless this morning
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    gobi wrote:
    Definately safer on the roads than on the path.

    Commute was quite eventless this morning

    Indeed - I walked down the road today after getting out of my warm toasty car because the pavement was totally impossible.
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I added 1 mile yesterday :D
    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.
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    I need to add something soon to avoid falling off the board before the end of the year. Whinlatter here we come, on my brother's ancient fully rigid Orange C16 complete with ridiculous old skool long stem with about as much stiffness as a male appendage in the vicinity of Gwen Stefani (i.e. none).
  • peter,vj
    peter,vj Posts: 12
    just 60 miles short of 7000. no cycling tomorrow so will have to crack them off inbetween the holidays. I am not not missing that target.
  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    peter,vj wrote:
    just 60 miles short of 7000. no cycling tomorrow so will have to crack them off inbetween the holidays. I am not not missing that target.

    Yeah, I've been forcing myself in and out of work this week to make 5000 commuting miles. Should hit it tomorrow, all going well :)
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    OK - the ice has melted.

    Now I feel too ill to ride. :(
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Just added a completely fabricated 0.1 mile, just to put my name onto the final board.

    No mileage in December due to chest infection but I'm hoping to get miles in before the New Year just to get over the 1000 miles.

    Lots of personal issues this year which are beginning to resolve themselves and should allow more cycling time.

    Target for 2010 - 3500 miles
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • MonkeyMonster
    MonkeyMonster Posts: 4,629
    Porgy wrote:
    OK - the ice has melted.

    Now I feel too ill to ride. :(

    Too many pies?
    Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
    The Mad Monkey [2013 Hoy 003] [FCN: 4]
  • mcmullej
    mcmullej Posts: 136
    Penultimate commute of 2009 completed. (or first half of the last commute?). And a very fine commute it was too. A few mates who are not working today wanted to go for a MTB ride this morning. I talked them in to accompanying me on my off-road commute.

    The main roads are pretty much clear around here but some of the well-used tracks, paths and bridleways are solid compacted snow/ice. Had to walk a bit.

    Was very late for work. But... it's christmas!

    Have a good one everybody. Looking forward to 2010.

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