Dilemma - sell or keep?

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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    See yous guys in 20 mins (I was checking here in case people had got scared of the weather but it seems not :) )!
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Hasn't this gone a little OT?
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    very nice to put faces to usernames back just within time! any way very nice day for a ride/coffee.
  • Jen J
    Jen J Posts: 1,054
    Thank you all so much for todays ride.

    It was a huge confidence boost, and having carried on to do 6 laps, I almost did a 7th until I realised that with Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday I'm supposed to be resting.

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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Excellent fun today! What a day for my first visit to the park :-D

    I'd like to say a big thanks to Jen J for helping me get there and Biondino for getting me back to somewhere I recognized! Just tipped over 50 miles for the day with the rides there and back and 4 laps in the park!

    I'd also like to say thanks to JA and JG for being such great motivators! I'm not sure if I'd managed to get round quite as quickly if I'd be going it alone, still some room for improvement tho as my GPS'd lap came in @ 20:38, I'm rather happy with that considering it was my first and certainly won't be my last time there!

    I have realized tho from today's ride that I still have a lot of work to do on my climbing and descending. I think the latter is more a confidence thing as I'm just a bit wary of the handling and keep thinking the bike isn't headed where I want it to!

    My lap is here:

    https://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/wor ... id=1045196

    As RM said it's nice to put some more names to faces and finally meet DDD's Kharma, albeit for a brief period - looks very nice!!
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Was a good couple of hours in the park :D
    As I suspected I have worked extensively on the tan lines on my arms. If only the colour was, er, tan :roll:

    BJUK, I suspect your third lap was possibly sub-20 mins. Looking at the data I uploaded mine was 18:30 (damn cars slowing the descent between richmond and ham) and you guys rolled into the cafe only about a minute behind me.

    Biondino, that fixie is lovely and the shirt was a work of art ;)

    Good work Jen. Good to see you after so long 'away'.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    As RM said it's nice to put some more names to faces and finally meet DDD's Kharma, albeit for a brief period - looks very nice!!
    Indeed. How many laps did you do, DDD, after we so rudely left you to it?
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    JonGinge wrote:
    BJUK, I suspect your third lap was possibly sub-20 mins. Looking at the data I uploaded mine was 18:30 (damn cars slowing the descent between richmond and ham) and you guys rolled into the cafe only about a minute behind me.

    I really need to get a 705.........I think on my third lap I forgot to reset the cycle comp as I left the cafe and didn't do the reset until the roundabout by Rohampton Gate, I think it came in at around 19:30 and I was then adding 30 seconds or so on.
    Still had excellent fun tho, it was amazing watching you just disappear up the hills and have to agree that the cars do get in the way sometimes but it's so satisfying passing them :-D
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    The zipvit offer we talked about is here:
    http://www.zipvit.com/success/

    Edit: Love the choc-orange protein bars. Didn't particularly like the aftertaste of the choc recovery drink but have subsequently got some vanilla in their BOGOF offer, which is much nicer (IMO)
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    Still had excellent fun tho, it was amazing watching you just disappear up the hills and have to agree that the cars do get in the way sometimes but it's so satisfying passing them :-D
    To paraphrase another brit who seems to be doing awfully well lately: 'I was only at 80%, mate'. Was at maximum trying to keep up with Jash on the flat, though :shock:

    Don't usually bother overtaking the cars unless they are going reeeelly slow, as some do.
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    :lol: Indeed he was rather rapid! I could get ahead briefly but he'd just come casually cruising past a bit further ahead! Having said that you did a rather good disappearing act on the third lap - one minute you where behind us, then ahead, then we lost sight of you :shock:
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Knowledge is power and all that. You need to know where you can push and where to conserve :D As discussed at the cafe, I use the flatter section of dark hill as a launch pad where others relax. That third lap was mostly nice: 25+ on the first false flat of sawyers, having to slow down due to cars. Maintained 21+ to the crest. Happy with that but was a bit north of 80% ;)
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    I confess to wanting a Garmin to monitor this wattage malarky.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    No watts today. Had the see-ree-ums on the scott
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    You discover the problem with the wheel?
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Not looked as yet. I'll admit to being a bit* of a lazee ar$e this arvo. Watching the Giro was a big part of that. Fantastic stuff. 35deg C for a 240k mountain stage :shock: 8hrs riding for the gruppetto :shock:


    *mahoosive underestimate
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Just watching the highlights now. :D
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    "Exactly."
  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Cool. Was careful not to put any spoilers in :D
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Wednesday should be fun.
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Be interesting to be sure. The pure climbers will go for it I expect but the domestiques on the defending teams will still be fresh... will it be a disco-esque train at full speed to ward off attacks?
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    JonGinge wrote:
    Not looked as yet. I'll admit to being a bit* of a lazee ar$e this arvo. Watching the Giro was a big part of that. Fantastic stuff. 35deg C for a 240k mountain stage :shock: 8hrs riding for the gruppetto :shock:


    *mahoosive underestimate

    Where have you been watching I can't find any TV coverage.
    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.
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    itboffin wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Not looked as yet. I'll admit to being a bit* of a lazee ar$e this arvo. Watching the Giro was a big part of that. Fantastic stuff. 35deg C for a 240k mountain stage :shock: 8hrs riding for the gruppetto :shock:


    *mahoosive underestimate

    Where have you been watching I can't find any TV coverage.

    Eurosport.........I had it on earlier but a bit difficult to watch whilst gardening and watching the kids :-)
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Eurosport

    JG - It's a shorter stage, so less time to get strung out?
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    That waas such good fun! Really glad to get 4 laps done on the fixie - I didn't hve to stop on any of the hills once again which was a relief. I managed a 22-minute lap, which was better than anticipated considering the lack of top-end speed on Bob Jackson.

    I then went and dropped off my Trek with a mate who's borrowing it, so got 43 laps for the day. I just hope LiT didn't get much riding done this weekend so I can stay ahead of ehr in the SC stats list...

    Lovely to see the Kharma!
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    cjcp wrote:
    Eurosport

    JG - It's a shorter stage, so less time to get strung out?
    zactly. Don't really see the time differences being massive. We'll see :D
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    itboffin wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Not looked as yet. I'll admit to being a bit* of a lazee ar$e this arvo. Watching the Giro was a big part of that. Fantastic stuff. 35deg C for a 240k mountain stage :shock: 8hrs riding for the gruppetto :shock:


    *mahoosive underestimate

    Where have you been watching I can't find any TV coverage.
    As CJ and BJUK say twas certaintly on Eurosport. But I watched it on t'interweb by choosing a stream from cyclingfans.com. Today was eurosport via justin.tv
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    biondino wrote:
    That waas such good fun! Really glad to get 4 laps done on the fixie - I didn't hve to stop on any of the hills once again which was a relief. I managed a 22-minute lap, which was better than anticipated considering the lack of top-end speed on Bob Jackson.

    I then went and dropped off my Trek with a mate who's borrowing it, so got 43 laps for the day. I just hope LiT didn't get much riding done this weekend so I can stay ahead of ehr in the SC stats list...

    Lovely to see the Kharma!

    Muahahahahahhahaaaaaaa alas, Blondie, I am still ahead... by a massive 7 miles or something...

    Well done for 4 laps on the fixie though! I'll be there tuesday evening, I think...
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    JonGinge wrote:
    Bassjunkieuk wrote:
    As RM said it's nice to put some more names to faces and finally meet DDD's Kharma, albeit for a brief period - looks very nice!!
    Indeed. How many laps did you do, DDD, after we so rudely left you to it?

    I should apologise for turning up late, I was generally running late for everything....

    After a fettle with the stem height I went on to do 2.5 more laps before having to rush home, other arrangements I was late for. Would have liked to have done more.

    Will be there most likely tomorrow, (maybe) Friday and Sunday.

    Gonna keep going 2 days in the week and one day on the weekend.

    Thanks to everyone for their kind words about Karen (my Kharma), she appreciates it. :wink:
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