Collywobbles....

SpinningJenny

I received my rider's info pack from Capital to Coast last night, along with my fab cycling top with super cool logo and date on it....

I am now officially worried. Labels to stick on bike, helmet, shirt, many reminders to collect wristband at start, checklists....

Although, the thing that is worrying me most is that the toughest climb is right near the end, up to Devil's Dyke :shock:

I sense a 'get off and push' moment on the horizon

Still, the views will be lovely from the top AND its basically a freewheel all the way home

Any advice from anyone about long-distance cycling? I will of course take advantage of all refreshment stops, wee stops and mechanical support necessary.

I may also use one of these in case I get 'caught short'

http://www.shewee.com/

elPedro666

Noooooo to the Shewee!
Shewee baaaaaad!

You've just gotta go as you ride, like the rest of us do...

Nice & steady (I'm talking about the ride now) and you'll be fine, try to save some energy for the last climb, but try not to focus on it - just enjoy the views & the company & the warm feeling inside (your shorts).

By the time you reach the climb, your euphoria at nearing the end will carry you over as if on wings anyway!

Ditch Witch

Have you done any training with in ride fuelling?

Gels or drinks or anything? Don't leave it until the day, for the love of pete

elPedro666

Oooh - and eat! Just eat and eat and eat - really make the most of a whole day of constant, guilt-free eating, ace! Obviously you already know to drink, but eat & be merry too!

munch munch munch munch munch
Brilliant!

SpinningJenny

funny old elPedro

no, i won't take the shewee, i was just wondering what the reaction would be

i *have* done in-ride fuelling training, so i think i'll be fine. i've sussed out that me and bananas really don't mix well on a bike if i'm on a long ride - my tummy protests and then it all gets ugly, if you know what i mean...

flapjacks good, 'ride' bars of the peanut variety good, the chocolate ones - meh, too sickly!

gels - not good. i think i must have tried them all, and i reckon it's the 'mouth-feel' that makes me want to gip. i'm not a fussy eater at all, but they just don't feel right.

jelly babies on the other hand - man i love to rip those heads off!

it was more the pacing ideas, really. reckon the nice and steady advice is good for me!

roll on 28th.... :shock:

stumpyjon

More shewee fun :shock:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ght=shewee

scroll down to the photo :roll:

Ditch Witch

The photo hosting site is blocked at work so will check it out when I get home


I learned about Jelly Babies as fuel on the Dirt Divas day. Amazing but a couple of those bad boys will put a hitch in your giddy-up alright.

SpinningJenny

hehehe

DW - please tell me that you've had jelly babies before though?

hitch in your giddy-up - gotta love it!

redvee

With regards to the beacon. If you're with a large group of slow(er) riders then it will be a case of feet on road and not pedals. It all depends on the people around you.

Si78

stumpyjon wrote:

More shewee fun :shock:

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopi ... ght=shewee

scroll down to the photo :roll:

jojojojo wrote:

I've been baring my bottom and widdling outside since I stopped widdling in a nappy. Find a bush and get on with it.

I tried the 'sheewee' at the world champs in Fort William. They take practise, which unfortunately I hadn't had....

That made me chuckle. Never seen a woman who has peed her pants before lol
Is she still on this forum? She seems like fun

SleepyLea

:oops: Oh Jesus... I had the EXACT same problem when I attempted this at a festival for the first and last time... not good, not good at all!!!

SpinningJenny

Si78 wrote:

That made me chuckle. Never seen a woman who has peed her pants before lol
Is she still on this forum? She seems like fun

You've not lived, Si - did you not go to university?! I could tell you about the time when I laughed so much that something a little less errr, obvious happened, I slipped off a bed and landed bum first on top of a pint glass. Luckily, it didn't break and next day I had a ring-shaped bruise on my right cheek

SleepyLea - see now, one of my friends used one of these at last year's Pride festival in Brighton, with complete success! But she is a bit weird....

Si78

SpinningJenny wrote:

You've not lived, Si - did you not go to university?! I could tell you about the time when I laughed so much that something a little less errr, obvious happened, I slipped off a bed and landed bum first on top of a pint glass. Luckily, it didn't break and next day I had a ring-shaped bruise on my right cheek

Nah, unfortunately I didnt have the option of going to uni. Couldn't afford to, had to go out and get a job. Long story...

Good job the glass didn't break, otherwise you would have ended up with another hole in your bum. Would have hurt soooo much too! :shock:

Oh, and good luck on the capital to coast ride, im sure you will be fine, and absolutely love it! Bananas are the key...Great energy food, get 'em down ya!

Ditch Witch

Jen, yes I've had Jelly Babies before but never been a fan, particularly, but there's a big firmly nestled in my rucksack for riding days

SpinningJenny

Si78 wrote:

Nah, unfortunately I didnt have the option of going to uni. Couldn't afford to, had to go out and get a job. Long story...

Good job the glass didn't break, otherwise you would have ended up with another hole in your bum. Would have hurt soooo much too! :shock:

Oh, and good luck on the capital to coast ride, im sure you will be fine, and absolutely love it! Bananas are the key...Great energy food, get 'em down ya!

Sorry about the uni thing - I only got in because of a twist of fate - they were still giving out grants back in the day (yes, I am old!) and it was means tested on my mum's income (nil) rather than my step-dad's, because he didn't adopt me and was therefore not legally responsible for me (apparently). Otherwise, there wouldn't have been enough money for me to go....

Yup - lucky about the pint glass. Imagine explaining that one in the hospital

Thanks for the good luck - fingers crossed!

elPedro666

Girl I went to Glastonbury with a few years back turned up with a big, empty water bottle & a funnel. And most worryingly, her sister - sans individual funnel...

The idea of the two of them, drunk (obviously), in a tiny, dark tent in the middle of the night, with just one funnel... :shock:

SleepyLea

A Funnel?! When at festival, and cant be bothered/able to get to the loos, have a giant water bottle (the 5ltr type), cut the top off and ta da, your own loo... just remember where your friends tents are when you "dispose" of the contents, only recomended for number ones, twosies are ONLY for the loos.

Oooh and Jenny, our she wees were a flimsy cardboard type thing... not a good idea!!!!

SpinningJenny

this is all turning rather ooky....

elPedro666

The funnel's so you don't have to cut the top off, then you can seal it back up safely. That way a 5lt bottle should last most of the festival and you can avoid any nasty incidents in the tent...

Anyway, back to the matter in hand... I think it's today(?), so good luck Jenny! Or as you've probably already left, congratulations!

SpinningJenny

Thank you elPedro - but it's not the London to Brighton - which is today coz I was woken up this morning by them putting the cones outside to cordon off the cycling lane in the road and later I'll be seeing the guys and gals whizzing past my lounge window - I'm doing Capital to Coast next Sunday. Same type of distance, but less participants....

I'll save your wishes for next week

elPedro666

I thought it was odd; figured maybe they'd changed the name :oops:

What the hell are you doing up then?!

Ditch Witch

Mark was saying there's a london to brighton that's all off road. Must get the details...

SpinningJenny

elPedro - no problem why was I up - well, as the route goes right past the front of our home, they put out traffic cones at the crack of sparrows to cordon off the road - it woke me up! and i am an early riser anyway!

DW - yes there is, run by the BHF - here's the link...

http://www.bhf.org.uk/events_and_volunteering/events/event_finder/view_event.aspx?ps=1000369

Ditch Witch

Mmmmmmmmmm, how about we do it next year??


I'm thinking one of the shorter distances obviously

SpinningJenny

oooohhhh...... yes!

can just imagine the *enthusiasm* that this news will be greeted with when i get home tonight...

she's convinced i'm trying to kill myself!

Ditch Witch

Let me guess, she just stares at you for a second, mouth slightly agape, then tuts and rolls her eyes with a gentle shake of the head?

SpinningJenny

:shock: have you been round for a cup of tea with her?

yes, that's pretty much the look and feel of it

she's actually secretly very impressed (or that's what i tell her/myself)

cee

Ditch Witch wrote:

Let me guess, she just stares at you for a second, mouth slightly agape, then tuts and rolls her eyes with a gentle shake of the head?

unless you are really unlucky...then you get the folding of the arms...the tapping of the feet....and the pursing of the lips...enough to send shivers down yer spine. wailywailywaily

sorry...terry pratchet moment.

Ditch Witch

Mark rarely, if ever, outwardly shows his disdain which has the unpleasant side effect of paranoia whenever I do something I think he'd not approve of

SpinningJenny

OMG - that sounds very, very familiar

SpinningJenny

Ditch Witch wrote:

Let me guess, she just stares at you for a second, mouth slightly agape, then tuts and rolls her eyes with a gentle shake of the head?

btw DW - you were spot on.

that's pretty much what she did! but she definitely had a cheesy grin in there somewhere. i *think* she knew that kind of thing was on the cards, dammit!

is there nothing she dones't know any more.... :shock: