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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Benno68 wrote:
    I dunno how some guys do 20 miles or more day in day out though.

    Think of a smelly train and tube with people coughing and blowing their noses and, all of a sudden, the mileage doesn't seem so bad. :)
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Benno68 wrote:
    I'm with you on that one CiB. I only live 3.5 miles or so from work and at least double that each way. Since this SCS lark has got my interest, I'm doing a couple of 16 milers if I can. I dunno how some guys do 20 miles or more day in day out though.

    I'm only 3miles from work, but currently clocking up 30miles a day. Handy having Regents Park just next to my office :)
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Benno68 wrote:
    I dunno how some guys do 20 miles or more day in day out though.

    I just ponder diesel at £5.13 a gallon and think 'free trip to work?'. Plus a short-term climb up the Stat table usually swings it.
    WGWarburton wrote:
    CiB wrote:
    Sorry -null-. I assume girls have girl's names, like ... Buns etc. ...

    Buns is a bloke... :-)

    Cheers,
    W.

    No. I had you down as a top cycling woman. Ho hum... Were you in The Crying Game then? No? <shuffles off aimlessly...>

    Next thing you'll be telling me Porgy is a bloke as well. As if. :wink:
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    CiB wrote:
    Next thing you'll be telling me Porgy is a bloke as well. As if. :wink:

    Well I am!

    you're obviously not a jazz fan!
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    Oddjob62 wrote:
    Benno68 wrote:
    I'm with you on that one CiB. I only live 3.5 miles or so from work and at least double that each way. Since this SCS lark has got my interest, I'm doing a couple of 16 milers if I can. I dunno how some guys do 20 miles or more day in day out though.

    I'm only 3miles from work, but currently clocking up 30miles a day. Handy having Regents Park just next to my office :)

    I assume you ride around it?

    I have to cycle round Holborn if I want to clock up some extra miles during the day - I was based at Baker Street a year ago - and beginning to miss Regents Park.
  • salsajake
    salsajake Posts: 702
    Benno68 wrote:
    I dunno how some guys do 20 miles or more day in day out though.

    (For the excuses thread) Probably because its southern and flat and warm?

    Damn those hills, that ice, that chest infection etc etc
  • tgotb
    tgotb Posts: 4,714
    Rolf F wrote:
    I'm going to invent the Garmin Edge with SCS (with live updates) - that'll fix everyone. We'll all be cycling endlessly, desperately trying to defend our positions, all scared to get off our bikes.

    It's far worse than that. The Garmin will presumably be able to infer everyone else's current speed too, so we'll be able to see whether someones catching us. We won't merely be glued to our saddles, we'll also be going flat-out for the entire time, in a sort of nationwide virtual SCR...
    Pannier, 120rpm.
  • hambones
    hambones Posts: 407
    The winter weather and my slack maintenance programme means my commuting bike needs a major overhaul, the cost of parts means I'd be better off replacing it, ideally with a single speed. In the meantime do I drive and slip down the table or use my CR1 which I'm loathe to do. Dilemma

    I destroyed the bottom bracket of my CR1 with too much winter riding (I had to have the cups re-bonded to the carbon frame over the New Year - handy as it would have meant a new frame if they were unable to do so). This left me without a road bike for the commute so I bought a Reynolds 501 off eBay for around £70. What a great purchase!!! I've done all of my 700+ miles on it so far this year, I run it in the same gear the whole time, only clean it every other week and basically abuse it, saving the CR1 Pro for the warm, dry rides to come...

    Needless to say I am now a great fan of the 'Winter Bike' way of thinking :D
    Still breathing.....
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    CiB wrote:
    Sorry -null-. I assume girls have girl's names, like SaraJ, and umm LiT, Buns etc. Point taken.

    1.8 miles is an easy distance - a boy's ride in fact - to get your lunch. You know what has to be done... Have you started going home via some stupid routes just to clock a few more miles up yet? I believe there are some on here who would admit to that. <coughs into sleeve>
    I was going to change my user name to something more personal (and therefore girly) but you can't :(
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    -null- wrote:
    I was going to change my user name to something more personal (and therefore girly) but you can't :(
    I can, on the Stats thing. Just let me know what you want it to be and I'll do it tonight / over the weekend.

    If you want to change your username on this forum send a request to the mods - it took about 4 seconds for mine to be swapped to what it is. Don't all ask at once though or they'll be overrun. :)
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    CiB wrote:
    -null- wrote:
    I was going to change my user name to something more personal (and therefore girly) but you can't :(
    I can, on the Stats thing. Just let me know what you want it to be and I'll do it tonight / over the weekend.

    If you want to change your username on this forum send a request to the mods - it took about 4 seconds for mine to be swapped to what it is. Don't all ask at once though or they'll be overrun. :)
    I asked in here and was told user names couldn't be changed and you had to re-register.
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    PM'd you -null-.
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    hambones wrote:
    The winter weather and my slack maintenance programme means my commuting bike needs a major overhaul, the cost of parts means I'd be better off replacing it, ideally with a single speed. In the meantime do I drive and slip down the table or use my CR1 which I'm loathe to do. Dilemma

    I destroyed the bottom bracket of my CR1 with too much winter riding (I had to have the cups re-bonded to the carbon frame over the New Year - handy as it would have meant a new frame if they were unable to do so). This left me without a road bike for the commute so I bought a Reynolds 501 off eBay for around £70. What a great purchase!!! I've done all of my 700+ miles on it so far this year, I run it in the same gear the whole time, only clean it every other week and basically abuse it, saving the CR1 Pro for the warm, dry rides to come...

    Needless to say I am now a great fan of the 'Winter Bike' way of thinking :D

    Have had to use my CR1 Pro for the last few days as the crosser is out of action atm and I haven't had the energy to use the mtb. Needs a good clean this weekend! Looking at buying a new alu frame soon because the canti brakes on the crosser make an embarrassing racket.
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • barry_kellett99
    barry_kellett99 Posts: 480
    Been off most of the week and missed out on the opportunity for big miles yesterday and the day before. I cant just manage to get out when its lashing and i am not actually going anywhere. Nice day today though so a sweet blast around the lecale peninsula ups me reasonably for the week... reasonably if i get out tomorrow and sunday I mean
    http://teammaxbo.blogspot.com/

    Long live the pompino
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    barry_kellett99 wrote:
    Been off most of the week and missed out on the opportunity for big miles yesterday and the day before.

    That's a pity.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • barry_kellett99
    barry_kellett99 Posts: 480
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    barry_kellett99 wrote:
    Been off most of the week and missed out on the opportunity for big miles yesterday and the day before.

    That's a pity.

    I think you meant to say, thats pitiful!
    http://teammaxbo.blogspot.com/

    Long live the pompino
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    barry_kellett99 wrote:
    WheezyMcChubby wrote:
    barry_kellett99 wrote:
    Been off most of the week and missed out on the opportunity for big miles yesterday and the day before.

    That's a pity.

    I think you meant to say, thats pitiful!


    I was wasn't aiming for mockery









    Just false sympathy motivated by shallow self interest.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    CiB wrote:
    Have you started going home via some stupid routes just to clock a few more miles up yet? I believe there are some on here who would admit to that. <coughs into sleeve>

    Guilty as charged :oops: Work is less than a mile from the door but yesterday my navigation skills made the 1 mile trip into 7 1/4 and the ride home is 4 1/2. Must learn how to set the route guidance thing up on the Garmin 705.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Less than 30miles outside the top 10... hmmmm... *side glances at bike in the corner*
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    A re-entry into the Top 10 beckons next week. Get in. :D
    FCN 2-4.

    "What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • SmellTheGlove
    SmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    My entry in the "Miles I would have done if..." department:

    I would have done an extra 15.1 miles had the helium cylinder for daughter's birthday balloons been vaguely portable. When will BOC embrace carbon technology for their gas bottles? Thoughtless people - don't they know there's a race on?
    "Consider the grebe..."
  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    I'm quite happy with the gaps either side of me - feeling quite secure.

    Hoping to have an excursion across the water tomorrow - into Essex, via the Dartford tunnel.
  • nic_77
    nic_77 Posts: 929
    Suitable chastised for making excuses I added an extra 5 miles onto the route home, just enough to lift me to 40th.

    I'm determined to add a top 30 SCS finish to my palmares this year!
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  • hambones
    hambones Posts: 407
    Temporarily up into 2nd place!!! I was on doing quite a few hills this morning and my legs were feeling it but it was knowing that second place was within reach that spurred me on! :D
    Still breathing.....
  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Just missed getting into the top 10 (damn you Rich!!). Won't be around for long once the crazy weekenders log their silly miles.
    As yet unnamed (Dolan Seta)
    Joelle (Focus Expert SRAM)
  • benno68
    benno68 Posts: 1,689
    No cycling today for me, second day off the bike but my legs are thanking me - I'm feeling decidedly insecure at 30th.

    Still, I've done 100 miles this week which isn't bad for me and it is the personal achievement factor that rules above the SCS league, isn't it? :?

    I must get up and out tomorrow, only a short one to test my legs out. May do a bit more but want to keep this under wraps in case TheStone and RTA get wind of it.
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  • Aidy
    Aidy Posts: 2,015
    So, what's the M&R mini-league?
  • mkirby
    mkirby Posts: 365
    first ride this week, been too tiered with work and ill. Still thats another 30 miles in the bag. Though rather concerned LIT is putting in big miles may get jumped soon. Hoping i get out on the club run tomorrow should move me up one place no matter how many miles i do.

    I'm going to have to start the mid week rides again, cant wait to move office and i can start commuting proper.
  • barry_kellett99
    barry_kellett99 Posts: 480
    75 miles up through the dromara hills and Mourne Mountains.
    Feck, I have found the limit of single speeding, not the distance, but those punishing climbs.

    I read on STW yesterday someone saying that singlespeeds actually have 3 gears. Sit, Stand and push.

    Thankfully I didnt have to resort to 3rd gear, but if anyone on here has ridden up by Spelga Dam, I was DAMN close to it! Still, 8 mile descent was epic and its twice as much fun watching the mileage clock tick over rapidly when freewheeling...


    at 39.8mph :shock:
    http://teammaxbo.blogspot.com/

    Long live the pompino
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    No I didn't take a longer route today to jump an additional place. honest guv :wink:
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