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Cafewanda

Loads of cyclists on CS7 this morning. Didn't see any numpty behaviour and the cars/lorrys/coach had to take more care than usual. Cyclists even stopped to let vehicles turn left without a murmur :shock:

andy9964

Found a LBS that'll let me get a C2W bike on 'credit'
I.E. After I've been approved, but before the voucher is in my hands
Should save a couple of weeks wait

veronese68

I saw a car with a bumper sticker saying : " I am a vet, therefore I drive like an animal".
Suddenly I realised how many gynaecologists there are on the roads.

rubertoe

Veronese68 wrote:

I saw a car with a bumper sticker saying : " I am a vet, therefore I drive like an animal".
Suddenly I realised how many gynaecologists there are on the roads.

redvee

Didn't wake up at 0630 today like I did yesterday, instead I slept in till 0900.

fat_tail

forecast 12mph tailwinds for me this evening.... hope there are no issues on the route home through Westminster etc...

MrSweary

Hmmm yes.. tailwind home. Always a bonus, especially when the sun is out. Lovely.

roger_merriman

Work car is back so I can commute via park on bike, rather than in a car in a traffic jam.

walkingbootweather

Best commuting weather of the year so far. May not even have to wear my gilet on the way home. Just a shame that Railtrack have blocked off my favored crossing point meaning that I shall have a 3 mile leg on a dual carriageway rather than 4 miles along an abandoned railway line.

jamm13dodger

Thanks to the white van man who reversed from the edge of the giveaway sign this afternoon so as not to impede my commute home

englander

Ordered some KMC Missing Links from Wiggle and, for my own amusement, left a comment with the order reading "Does anyone ever read these comments? Have a fantastic day!", and this is what arrived:

redvee

Englander wrote:

Ordered some KMC Missing Links from Wiggle and, for my own amusement, left a comment with the order reading "Does anyone ever read these comments? Have a fantastic day!", and this is what arrived:

Your postie must be good, being able to deliver the package when some cretin has scribbled over the address

Mr Sworld

Englander wrote:

Ordered some KMC Missing Links from Wiggle and, for my own amusement, left a comment with the order reading "Does anyone ever read these comments? Have a fantastic day!", and this is what arrived:

Good old Wiggle eh? Let's deliver two small items in a massive padded envelope!

Cafewanda

Addison Lee cab - LL61 DYY. Two idiotic cyclists who forced their way past on his left-hand side instead of waiting the two or three seconds for him to roll by. Never thought I'd have a good word to say about AL drivers :shock:

menthel

Just ate a dark chocolate covered pretzel. It was awesome. It also made we want to watch mallrats...

cyclingprop

Asked my brother to get some AAA cells for head torch and lantern for my JOGLE. He arrived with 60 AAAs in a box under his arm. :S

asprilla

I rode into work at 10.30 today. Was a beautiful day and the roads were quiet. On arriving in the office I went for lunch. I've just got back and as soon as I finish my coffee I'll be riding home again.

Love Fridays.

walkingbootweather

My 8 year old has just completed his first complete week riding to and from school on his own. Have watched him carefully and checked with teacher and lollipop lady who say he has been riding responsibly. Shame he doesn't take after me....

redvee

It was warm enough for bare legs and arms on the commute home tonight, this was at 22:00. I did have my gore jacket on with the arms zipped off though.
Had a work colleague catch up with me at the 3 miles from work point. He was in his car and I was on my bike and we both finish at the same time.

andy9964

Fixed my first 'slow deflation of a cycling pneumatic device' in over 30 years, two days ago.

And it's still functioning as it should

Though I have a feeling it might be something I'll be getting used to, once I'm on a bike with 25mm slick tyres instead of 2.5" chunky things

englander

I'm not sure at which point the line gets crossed... but there's been a step up form the Wiggle staff giving me Haribo: this time they packed me some DHB Aeron Pros, when I ordered and paid for their bog standard half-the-price standard Aerons..!

Wiggle is rapidly becoming my favourite company; I'm going to make a point about specifically buying from them in the future, and recommending them to my buddies.

confused@BR

You are cheaply bought

Having said that, I still love them since they sent me some Randonneurs instead of Zaffiros some months back

englander

confused@BR wrote:

You are cheaply bought

Having said that, I still love them since they sent me some Randonneurs instead of Zaffiros some months back

I'm a student, I have very low standards when it comes to finances :P

jimmypippa

More playing on my Croix de Fer this afternoon

Went along Rushup Edge and down Winnats Pass into Castleton


I had intended cycling on a RUPP on Shaton Moor in the Hope Valley.

This is where I had been planning on going (based on looking at the map at home).



But just below there there I saw the condition of the bridleway along the edge of Offerton Moor, which looked enticing, so took that instead (this is midway along):



Just above Offerton Hall and getting back onto the road.



On the way back, instead of Winnats or Mam Nick, I went along the old broken road, and I saw a pillbox just below Treak Cliff Cavern, that I'd not noticed before.



It would have covered both the bottom of Winnats and the old main road (now the broken road). However I can't help thinking that if the front line ever got that far, Britain would have been in a pretty bad way.


The climb up onto Shatton Moor seems like long straight steep slog on a slightly slippy surface.

redvee

Walked into work today and looked at the deployment board to find out what I was doing today and walked off to the changing room to strip off the cycling gear and into the work gear. As I was about to go through the first doorway, one of the fit Polish girls opened the door for me and cast an admiring glance at my fine physique and smiled. Can't blame her for having a perv cause the men have been 'admiring' her since she started some weeks back.

DrLex

@RedZee
Here you go!

redvee

DrLex wrote:

@RedZee
Here you go!

If I come back home tonight with a slapped face you're taking the blame, she does speak English so nothing wrong with 'show us your t!ts'

cyclingprop

Somerset Hills Gran Fondo DONE. 120.3 miles, 7000 feet and 9 hours elapsed.

No I did not make it all the way up crowcombe hill. If you can you're a better man than I.

rjsterry

cyclingprop wrote:

Somerset Hills Gran Fondo DONE. 120.3 miles, 7000 feet and 9 hours elapsed.

No I did not make it all the way up crowcombe hill. If you can you're a better man than I.

Just looked that up and it seems to have quite a rep. One description included the phrase "...levels out to 15%..." . Did your route include Countisbury Hill? I once got driven down that by someone who insisted on using engine braking rather than the actual brakes :shock:

cyclingprop

rjsterry wrote:

cyclingprop wrote:

Somerset Hills Gran Fondo DONE. 120.3 miles, 7000 feet and 9 hours elapsed.

No I did not make it all the way up crowcombe hill. If you can you're a better man than I.

Just looked that up and it seems to have quite a rep. One description included the phrase "...levels out to 15%..." . Did your route include Countisbury Hill? I once got driven down that by someone who insisted on using engine braking rather than the actual brakes :shock:

Cheddar gorge, Enmore, something ridiculous and Crowcombe were the main climbs.

Crowcombe is insane. In our group of 15, two people made it.