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CiB

Hurrah. Elder boy is poorly today (bear with me) so OH can see the other one off to school at the allotted time which means I get to ride to work today, making up for yesterday's outburst of apathy & idleness that saw the car get an outing instead of the bike.

bails87

I have some incredible news....

Speaking to a cousin yesterday, don't see him often because he lives down South (somewhere between oo ar South and shut it you slaaag Saarf) and we get onto cycling because he's seen endomondo/strava stuff on my facebook.

He tells me how he's currently going out on an old mountain bike but wants to get a road bike because it looks quicker.

"Let me know when you plan on buying something and I'll let you know if there are any deals about" I say.

He replies "Thanks, I will. Actually, I was talking to one of my friends the other day who works in a bike shop. He said he might be able to get me a discount on something.....it was er....have you heard of ...erm...Wiggle, is that it?"

Me: "Oh yeah, I know Wiggle very well"

Him: "Ah cool. Well I say he 'works there', he's actually one of the owners"

Me:

redvee

bails87 wrote:

I have some incredible news....

Speaking to a cousin yesterday, don't see him often because he lives down South (somewhere between oo ar South and shut it you slaaag Saarf) and we get onto cycling because he's seen endomondo/strava stuff on my facebook.

He tells me how he's currently going out on an old mountain bike but wants to get a road bike because it looks quicker.

"Let me know when you plan on buying something and I'll let you know if there are any deals about" I say.

He replies "Thanks, I will. Actually, I was talking to one of my friends the other day who works in a bike shop. He said he might be able to get me a discount on something.....it was er....have you heard of ...erm...Wiggle, is that it?"

Me: "Oh yeah, I know Wiggle very well"

Him: "Ah cool. Well I say he 'works there', he's actually one of the owners"

Me:

bails' friend count suddenly quadrupled

mudcow007

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Me: [/quote]

Mr Balls, have you lost weight...your looking good

Wiggle you say...discounts

hello!

bails87

mudcow007 wrote:

Mr Balls, have you lost weight...your looking good

Wiggle you say...discounts

hello!

It's bails, not balls! No discounts for you!

And if I lost any weight I'd look ill!

aclivity

Anti rant
creaking and grinding noise from the pedals, been getting worse recently. Took the cranks off, cleaned and refitted (tightly, as I suspect they were a bit loose) - creaking and grinding noise has gone.

Rant
noise from chain and chainwheel is now more obvious, really should clean that one day.

mudcow007

bails87 wrote:

mudcow007 wrote:

Mr Balls, have you lost weight...your looking good

Wiggle you say...discounts

hello!

It's bails, not balls! No discounts for you!

And if I lost any weight I'd look ill!

ahhhh i got excited when i seen the fresh prince

i sorry Mr ball/ bails

veronese68

I've always liked Bails

Sharkyssurfers

had a lovely quick 30 miler yesterday the weather was nice and for saying i didnt start till gone 11:00 the traffic behaved itself as well.

redvee

Day one in work and a large locker, 2'6" high, sorted out within 4 hours cause I'm a cyclist. Only cyclists and motorcyclists get the big lockers. It's right by the showers too which I'm not too sure if this is good or bad yet.

tc345

I got hit by a deer this morning.

Not your usual anti-rant subject matter but it brightened up the commute no end. A muntjac came sprinting out of the undergrowth from the left, hit the bike behind the front wheel while doing an about turn and then scrabbled away.

There was a lot of wobbling but i stayed upright! I stopped and checked the bike; all fine apart from a load of fur in the front chainring, checked myself; all fine, laughed at the absurdity and carried on my way.

This was after seeing herd of 30ish red deer earlier in the commute, some of whom sprinted across the road well ahead of me and ran through the fields as a cycled past. All in all a varied commute!

msmancunia

Anyone else's boss give them a random present of 3/4 lb of raw pork cheeks for completing a satisfactory appraisal? Just me then. Think I will be having braised pork cheeks for tea tonight.

Hoopdriver

msmancunia wrote:

Anyone else's boss give them a random present of 3/4 lb of raw pork cheeks for completing a satisfactory appraisal? Just me then. Think I will be having braised pork cheeks for tea tonight.

No.

But I am my own boss though and I gave myself an extra pot of coffee this morning and a bar of chocolate for thinking about doing a satisfactory job today and finishing something long overdue...

veronese68

The landlord of the pub 6 doors down the road has just sent me a text with details of the upcoming beer festival. 53 different ales. Starts this weekend and finishes after halloween. Oh dear, could get messy.

Kieran_Burns

Veronese68 wrote:

The landlord of the pub 6 doors down the road has just sent me a text with details of the upcoming beer festival. 53 different ales. Starts this weekend and finishes after halloween. Oh dear, could get messy.

Your local landlord has your phone number?

Have you considered standing up in front of a group of people and starting the conversation with "Hello my name is Veronese...."

veronese68

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

The landlord of the pub 6 doors down the road has just sent me a text with details of the upcoming beer festival. 53 different ales. Starts this weekend and finishes after halloween. Oh dear, could get messy.

Your local landlord has your phone number?

Have you considered standing up in front of a group of people and starting the conversation with "Hello my name is Veronese...."

He does because his son used to go to scouts with my son so we'd lift share when dropping them off places. I only really go in there if I'm out with the neighbours, there's a better pub about 300 yards further on.

Kieran_Burns

Complimented tonight on my "brightest lights I've ever SEEN on a bike"

This comment about my Vision 1 and Vision 2. The pair of old guys making the comments were stunned when I popped them up to full brightness. I'd only had them on the lowest setting.

Oh, and a Van driver who very politely apologised for reversing without checking. He didn't actually need to apologise as he'd started the manoeuvre when I'm came swinging 'round the bend (I did explain!)

Great ride home tonight - even had EVERY dog walker control their pets and say thanks as I came past....

SimonAH

Had one of my famous "goodnight darling, I'll be up in twenty minutes", get engineeringly sidetracked, make it to bed just before 3am attacks last night. Not aided by the fact that there is about 50L of wine maturing in the workshop in two vats (have to test it for taste and clarity every ten minutes or so when I'm working).

Crawled out of the sack this morning and had to lever my eyelids open with a swiss army knife.

Fabulous ride in though! Legs felt like i'd had a couple of Kangaroos implanted for thighs. In the office now fresh as the proverbial daisy :-)

DrLex

SimonAH wrote:

[...]and had to lever my eyelids open with a swiss army knife.[...]

No fish tweezers for the contact lenses, I trust?

Ordering a new laptop via Education store - 15% discount and free 3 year warranty makes spending bike-like sums a little easier.

CiB

No mention anywhere here of VP being on Radio 2 this morning? She's on, and as guests go she's half decent. In honour of her I set a new PB for October this morning by pretending to be wheel sucking her all the way in.

Cafewanda

A good cycling week. I am happy.

SteppenHerring

Riding home last night, I am filtering past a long line of slow moving traffic and approaching a traffic island. Young bloke in a small car spots me in the mirror (Exposure Maxx-D) and pulls left to give me loads of room through the gap.

tc345

Back on the bike today as the P7 is now working, such a relief after an angry drive home behind some driving nodders! A bit of fettling and drying and it was back to its usual self although i think that i will invest in some DeOxit as recommended to ward against future trouble, and maybe invest in a backup light after payday :-)

cyclingprop

Home last night and back out on the bike by 7.40. An hour on the machine sorted me right out.

mudcow007

fantastic ride home last night

i was that hot when i stopped i had steam coming off my head an shoulders!

Mark Elvin

Yeah baby, started breaking into the top 10 on some segments on my daily commute.

suzyb

Wednesday morning must be an easy day for lorry drivers. Every one of them that passed me this morning took their time and waited behind me until the road was clear enough for them to get over completely into the other lane. Usually they just barge past.

nich

Got pulled over by the police in Lewisham :shock:

They were doing free bike tagging, so got mine done. Woo, nice one

roger_merriman

Stopped in Bushy Park, and my wife and I watched the Bats wiz about.

bails87

Gave the bike a wash....