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CiB

msmancunia wrote:

Got my first taster session on the track at the velodrome on Wednesday.

Will I fall off? Will I be able to stop? Will I go sliding down the banking? Will I ever get off the Cote d'Azur?

For the answer to these questions and many more, tune in to rants OR anti-rants (depending on how I get on!) on Wednesday lunchtime....

If you don't manage it we'll point and laugh. My then 10-y-o son and similar aged nephew were both up on the top of the banking after a handful of laps when we went a couple of years ago.

Can't help with the Cote d'Azur though.

Widgey

Lovely ride home today. Extended the commute a few extra miles and the wind had died down so it was a blast. Best thing was it was short weather!

redvee

Can anybody tell me what that yellow orb in the sky was today? Warm even at 22:00 when I came home tonight.

msmancunia

I survived my first track session! My legs hurt but I didn't fall off and it was brill.

redvee

msmancunia wrote:

I survived my first track session! My legs hurt but I didn't fall off and it was brill.

My advice of riding clockwise helped then

msmancunia

redvee wrote:

msmancunia wrote:

I survived my first track session! My legs hurt but I didn't fall off and it was brill.

My advice of riding clockwise helped then

I did think about that, but then thought maybe best to just follow the leader

veronese68

You could have ridden the other way, but you'd need a lance for a spot of bicycle jousting. Oh, and they might not let you back.
Probably best not to then. Glad you enjoyed it.

redvee

CRC using jiffy bags, was expecting a big box.

msmancunia

UCI BMX supercross this weekend so have been watching the practice at lunchtime. The place is full of kids in SHOUTY trousers doing wheelies across the car park

phy2sll2

redvee wrote:

The only advice you'll need: Remember to ride clockwise

Do the clocks in Bristol go the other way, or was that a joke?

redvee

phy2sll2 wrote:

redvee wrote:

The only advice you'll need: Remember to ride clockwise

Do the clocks in Bristol go the other way, or was that a joke?

Not the other way but we do have our own time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exchan ... stol#Clock

fat_tail

My thanks to the Transit van driver northbound on Wandsworth bridge who slowed down and let me cross over to the right lane to turn right at the lights. Wish that there more like you. Cheers if you are reading this.

menthel

Where were all the cars this morning? No snaking traffic through south wimbledon and colliers wood- a straight run up to the lights at Toots broadway. Superb!

dhope

Shure earphones

I bought some SE110's a couple of years ago for a bargain £17 rather than the usual £50 in what must've been a stock clearout from Play.com.
2 years on and they're well used and one of the ears started cutting out a bit when the cord moved. Phoned customer service as they're within warranty. Popped in the post. Brand new pair of SE215's that are going for £60 everywhere show up today. No questions, no faffing, just really good customer service.

menthel

dhope wrote:

Shure earphones

I bought some SE110's a couple of years ago for a bargain £17 rather than the usual £50 in what must've been a stock clearout from Play.com.
2 years on and they're well used and one of the ears started cutting out a bit when the cord moved. Phoned customer service as they're within warranty. Popped in the post. Brand new pair of SE215's that are going for £60 everywhere show up today. No questions, no faffing, just really good customer service.

Shure did the same for me, twice. Replaced the originals after a year and then another year on replaced the replacements with 215's. Good company if you ask me!

MrSweary

Just had my rear hub / bearings serviced by these guys in the office garage where I leave my bike..

http://www.nipnip.co.uk

£27 for hub service / bearing replacement and a series of other small things (gear indexing, brake adjustment, chain link replacement etc). Friendly, knowledgeable gents, quick and very convenient service and they can be booked to come out when and where you like (in London I guess).

I'll let you know if my rear wheel falls apart on the way home :shock: but that notwithstanding seems like a really good idea that deserves a bit of free publicity.

cyclingprop

Birleys chicken parmagiana, toasted. *food coma*

veronese68

Had an appointment in Guildford at 11am to have my hand looked at for insurance purposes. Took the MTB down on the train and rode bback along the Wey navigation then the Thames. Had a bit of refreshment at Pyrford Lock.

Unfortunately I then had a phone call telling me that the delivery I had been told would be between 4 and 8pm was going to be with me in an hour. So I had to get home a bit quicker than intended and had to skip the second pint further along.
Nice way to spend a Friday. Unfortunately I now have a wardrobe to assemble.

Ben6899

Swift Cycles are currently in talks with Starley to get me three quotes on a build of the JKS-R1 Works frameset.

1. Full DA9000
2. Full DA7900
3. DA7900 and Ultegra 6700 (DA bling and Ultegra cassette/chain)

cyclingprop

Found out Dhope is part chameleon.

jimmypippa

Went for a sneaky 20km after tea this evening.
Lots of quiet roads

This is what I saw: (my son likes highland cattle)


They start early in Derbyshire


And then went on the broken road round Mam Tor

menthel

That I have home made yoghurt, home grown rhubarb and some stem ginger for after my lunch today. Mmm.

msmancunia

Conquered Cragg Vale (slowly!) on Saturday morning during a 44 mile ride.

Lots of classic cars going past on something called (I think) the Flying Scotsman run. Also saw a load of police looking for something sinister with sticks and shovels at the top of Ripponden Moor. Then nearly stacked it twice on the Blackstone Edge descent. Lovely day, but there's nothing left in my legs.

Kieran_Burns

Childish delight I had yesterday while out on a killer loop (bloody headwind)

On the ONE bit where I wasn't being hammered by God's farts I was riding through a village when this teenage lad came flying out of a side road (about 200 yards in front) on a MTB. I have to admit, it made for a bizarre sight. He's wearing green wellies and is spinning for all he's worth. Head down and desperately trying to get WARP SPEED out of the MTB.

I'm on the Madone - he's doing about 15-16 and is biting the handlebars to get as aero as possible... he physically can't spin his blurring legs any more... I'm on the Madone.

So I shift up two gears and tighten the legs up - now north of 20, 25, 30mph and basically swish past him while checking my back pockets all casual like...

It was completely immature but I needed some light relief on that nightmare ride out

veronese68

Vaguely related to KB's comment above. I was driving back from Cobham yesterday, beautiful day, loads of cyclists around. Along the Portsmouth Road around Hinchley Wood I saw a kid on an MTB going the other way, legs spinning like a dervish and he scalped a couple of roadies. I presume they took their scalps back a little later, but it did make me laugh.

Topaxci

First proper ride out since I fractured my spine last August.

Been commuting again for the last few months (4.5 miles each way) but not much longer than that.
40 miles in glorious sunshine and very little wind to be sitting on a quiet beach at 9am yesterday morning.
Reminds how much I've really missed it. A few aches and pains still but felt good to be back in the saddle.
Bring on the summer.

bg13

Jaffa Cakes stop forcing me to eat you! (should this be a rant?)

suzyb

bg13 wrote:

Jaffa Cakes stop forcing me to eat you! (should this be a rant?)

Yes and no. No when your eating them, yes that bit later when you discover the pound(s) they've added to your weight.

redvee

Beat the VP on my Garmin tonight, usually do it on the way to work but rarely on the way home.

cyclingprop

Numerous RP PRs last night.

Also, the post desk at work no longer ask my name because I'm there so often. I blame wiggle.