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SickAsAParrot

Kieran_Burns wrote:

The skies have opened here... wish you luck!

Oh well, I got a 5 minute downpour about 5:15, then it dried up again, so I guess I was quite lucky, at least compared to what came later

Gussio

The early sun filtering through the mist on Putney Green at 0700 this morning was beautiful.

Chewy Cheeks

Putney Cycles - they got Cotter pins, the winter hack is now complete and I've never been there before.

Nice Shop, really helpful. Chap from Evans said they would help - they did.

Good show all round

suzyb

At last a comfortable chair

CiB

suzyb wrote:

At last a comfortable chair

Not the comfy chair <dramatic chords...>

suzyb

2 anti-rants in one day. Wtf was in my water :shock:

Called the bank to activate my credit card. Not only was the woman who took my call very pleasant and quite chatty but she was British, Scottish to be more precise. In fact I think she may have been in the Motherwell call centre 10 miles away.

Aaaand they have the signs up for Pedal for Scotland on Sunday. Saw a "Caution Cyclists" sign at a roundabout the route goes round and an arrow indicating which exit to take. I'm quite excited now

Jay dubbleU

CiB wrote:

suzyb wrote:

At last a comfortable chair

Not the comfy chair <dramatic chords...>

Amongst our weapons are..................

SmellTheGlove

I love the anti-rants thread.
Just sayin'

CiB

Did 3 pointless additional bits on the route home tonight adding an extra 5 miles or so on, as it was brilliant evening, there was no wind and I just felt like it. What a great way of going home, on a bike. All is well.

bornagainroadie

Woke up to the sound of rain on the skylights and looked out to see a very wet world. Ten minutes later the rain stopped and the sun started to rise. Cycled in without the need for water proofing apart from my overshoes. Result!

SimonAH

Woken up well before eight by my six year old girl who hates you to sleep when she's up. It's now nine fifteen and I'm waiting for her in the study and she's still not even dressed. Aaaarght! But I love her more than cheese so it's OK.

EKE_38BPM

Riding on the South Circular Road today and pulled up next to a bloke on a very nice Ducati at a red light.
I look at him, he looks at me.
"Race ya!" I say as the lights change and sprint off.
He (obviously) overtakes me, but seems to stick to the speed limit, so I catch up to him at the next lights.
We look at each other again, this time with me grinning. He looks the bike over then says,
"You've got nicer legs than my missus." Then zooms off as the lights change again.
I catch up to him at the next set of lights and say to him,
"She needs to get a bike then!"
He replies, "Nah, she needs a face lift first!"

I laugh, he laughs. Smiles all round.
I then left him for dust in heavy traffic.

Cleat Eastwood

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Okay, there's been some justified vituperation on the site recently,

You lost me after the first sentence, I thought a vituperation was a snake

So here's some bird with big knockers.

SickAsAParrot

My life is complete.

Was out watching the last bit of the Stoke stage of the Tour of Britain when I got a bottle hurled at me by one of the Team Sky riders, hit me right on the bottom of the leg, was a quarter full so it hurt a bit.

But now I have a bottle!

Clever Pun

While has the fat bird been posted on here repeatedly?

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This morning I'm filtering in traffic heading to the loampit vale roundabout at lewisham and there's a motorbike in front of me (middle of 2 lanes of cars) he clocks me in his mirror and when the opportunity arrises he pulls to one side and waves me through, I give him the thumbs up and weave my way through the traffic

Awesome work there Kawasaki man

t0pc4t

yesterday on the way home it showed all the signs of starting to hammer it down and I'd not got my waterproof

but it didn't so I was a happy camper

CiB

Clever Pun wrote:

While has the fat bird been posted on here repeatedly?

Dunno. Are we trying to get our own equivalent of the pic of Andrew Neil wearing a vest & peaked cap, in a clinch with young beauty Pamela Bordes - Private Eye [used to] print it in every issue in response to readers' convoluted requests; viz "I wonder if you could show an example of an older man demonstrating how the modern youth like to see us dress?" etc.

This is the one

CiB

Bloke on The World At One was just making the point - in response to the news item about a 7 year-old girl who walks 20 yards to a bus stop unattended to go to school and whose parents are under threat of investigation by the local authority for allowing her to do it - that the more children there are walking to school the more motorists are likely to expect them to be there, so it's a self-perpetuating safety measure. Sound familiar?

suzyb

My name is in today's Scottish Sun

As part of the Pedal for Scotland role call, not anything nedish. Top of the 5th column on page 3 of the supplement.

Looking at the times of the 100 mile riders I think I might enter that one next year. Pretty sure I could manage 100 miles in 9 hours with another years worth of cycling behind me.

Wallace1492

suzyb wrote:

My name is in today's Scottish Sun

As part of the Pedal for Scotland role call, not anything nedish. Top of the 5th column on page 3 of the supplement.

Looking at the times of the 100 mile riders I think I might enter that one next year. Pretty sure I could manage 100 miles in 9 hours with another years worth of cycling behind me.

You read the Sun? :shock:

Well done though, go for the 100 miles, its not too bad at all, just need to put the miles in.

suzyb

Wallace1492 wrote:

suzyb wrote:

My name is in today's Scottish Sun

As part of the Pedal for Scotland role call, not anything nedish. Top of the 5th column on page 3 of the supplement.

Looking at the times of the 100 mile riders I think I might enter that one next year. Pretty sure I could manage 100 miles in 9 hours with another years worth of cycling behind me.

You read the Sun? :shock:

Well done though, go for the 100 miles, its not too bad at all, just need to put the miles in.

No I don't.

That's one of the advantages of working on site in a PR firm. They get all the main national newspapers (including the trashy tabloids) so I didn't even have to buy the paper to have a look at the PfS supplement

EKE_38BPM

Is this you Suzy?

suzyb

I wish

ride_whenever

A private hire vehicle (an MPV bus type one at that) flashed me out as i was riding my bike.

I nearly fell off i was so surprised!

Matt.K

New personal best last night!
8.8 miles in 27mins 06secs.
Average speed 19.4mph

Reckon it could of been under 27mins if it wasn't for the woman in the silver BMW who drove incredibly slowly towards me though a slalom of staggered parked cars whilst flicking her hair around, forcing me to wait. That was the 7 seconds needed right there!

Anyway, it's still a massive improvement on my previous of 28.30.

asprilla

Bike wasn't in it's rack this evening but then I remembered I'd dropped it off for servicing in the morning. Yay! Shiny clean bike with no squeaks or rattles, new cables and new bar tape.

nich

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaw!!!!!!!!!!

A commute home without drama, nothing, zilch!

LOVE IT!

rjsterry

Glad your luck has improved - you seemed pretty hacked off. Scary talk of ditching cycle commuting :shock:

davis

First commute by bike in ages (been working at a customer site miles away, and not a simple way to ride) and it was just glorious... Sunshine, beautiful temperatures, really enjoyed being back on the bike... lovely. Extended the ride home 'cos I was enjoying it so much

Who'd have thunk a car breaking down would have been a positive?

suzyb

Getting away an hour early today so the office can be rearranged for a company conference tomorrow