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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    roger merriman wrote:
    msmancunia wrote:

    Ooh well done!

    On riding or eating the chocolate? :lol:
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Its so good to be back on the bike Dont get me wrong I love being at home with Little Toe and it breaks my heart when I have to leave him in the morning.

    but after last weeks false start (thanks Mr Mondeo), its nice to put a few back to back commutes together.

    Heck, I might even see if I can get out for a club run this weekend.
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    redvee wrote:
    roger merriman wrote:
    msmancunia wrote:

    Ooh well done!

    On riding or eating the chocolate? :lol:

    Ooh both!
  • davmaggs
    davmaggs Posts: 1,008
    Evans replaced the tyre that split around the beading (see rants page) last night. Took a little bit of persuasion, but it was dealt with nicely so I'm happy. Thought that they were were good good feedback
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Last night I was riding along Cavendish Road in Dirty SLondon going towards Clapham Common and I could smell petrochemicals quite strongly. I could make out that beautiful rainbow sheen on the road of spilt/dripping/leaking oil for about half a mile going towards Clapham Common and was being extra careful. Despite this there were a couple of times where I lost traction on the back wheel.

    I filtered up the outside of the traffic as I approached the red traffic lights and what would be a 90º turn to the left and then a 90º turn to the right. When the lights changed to green I moved off tentatively (not a time for applying the awesome) and started to turn left and felt the front wheel washing away from under me.

    Somehow I managed the stay upright through my Danny MacAskilesque bike handling skillz and balance.

    I rode the rest of the way home feeling awesome, but being very careful.
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,521
    Just a quick thank you to the nice chap in the Garratt Lane Cycle Surgery, who sold me a couple of tyres. Very pleasant service.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Got time to start doing solo trips so fitted a rack to the old MTB which will be the workhorse/hack until well who knows a very slow roll to kingston planned, I'm ridiculous pleased about that!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Good news Roger, pleased to hear it.
    My anti rant is that for the first time this year it wasn't completely dark riding home through Bushy Park. Slightly linger days with thinner cloud cover meant it wasn't completely black in there.
    Spring will soon be here.
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  • Widgey
    Widgey Posts: 157
    Left work early today - 15:30 first commute home in the sunshine and without the aid of lights. even had dark tinted lenses. Shame the rest of the week is meant to be back to rain.
    Dry Bike
    Wet Bike
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Good news Roger, pleased to hear it.
    My anti rant is that for the first time this year it wasn't completely dark riding home through Bushy Park. Slightly linger days with thinner cloud cover meant it wasn't completely black in there.
    Spring will soon be here.

    Yes my wife was saying it wasn't quite totally dark which is nice!
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Bagged 8 hours overtime for Tuesday which not only means 8 hours pay for a rest day but means more miles for the week, usual for a rest day is to do just that.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Woke up this morning to the sound of rain ...

    Wife said it wasn't a nice day to be riding ...

    Checked rain alarm and could see a little window of opportunity ...

    Got up and got ready for riding ... still raining ...

    Had breakfast ... still raining ...

    Brushed my teeth ... still raining ...

    Put my waterproof trousers on ... still raining ...

    Put my shoes on ... oo ... stopped raining ... :)

    Rode to work and not a single drop of rain ...

    fast time too due to the tailwind ... :D

    Still got wet - boil in a bag trousers are not nice ... :(

    Good ride :)
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    Forgot to mention this earlier. I had a very strange voicemail message this morning some bloke was asking for me by name saying they weren't sure if I was the right person to talk to but he would like some help in tracing the parents of his brother's daughter and could I call him back. I couldn't call him back to tell him he should ask his brother as he didn't leave a number.
    Very odd, but it made me chuckle.
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  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Nice run in as there seemed to be a gap in the weather. Enjoyable in almost every way!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • menthel
    menthel Posts: 2,484
    Oh, and looked at my phone and I would now seem to be on 4G. Thanks 3!
    RIP commute...
    Sometimes seen bimbling around on a purple Fratello Disc or black and red Aprire Vincenza.
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Forgot to mention this earlier. I had a very strange voicemail message this morning some bloke was asking for me by name saying they weren't sure if I was the right person to talk to but he would like some help in tracing the parents of his brother's daughter and could I call him back. I couldn't call him back to tell him he should ask his brother as he didn't leave a number.
    Very odd, but it made me chuckle.
    Was the call to your mobile or a landline? If it was to your mobile, the call log should have the number. Ask your son to help, old man!

    BTW, I know the fork I gave you was no use, but did you find a suitable replacement?
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Forgot to mention this earlier. I had a very strange voicemail message this morning some bloke was asking for me by name saying they weren't sure if I was the right person to talk to but he would like some help in tracing the parents of his brother's daughter and could I call him back. I couldn't call him back to tell him he should ask his brother as he didn't leave a number.
    Very odd, but it made me chuckle.
    Was the call to your mobile or a landline? If it was to your mobile, the call log should have the number. Ask your son to help, old man!

    BTW, I know the fork I gave you was no use, but did you find a suitable replacement?
    No, it was on my work landline.
    Yes, thank you. After much more faffing. Got some off Ebay that had a long enough steerer, but when I fitted them the brake drop was huge so I would have had to buy new brakes and it would have looked really odd with the tight clearance at the back. Then found another set that fitted and had the right sort of drop. So it's been back together for about a month now and he is a very happy chappy. Well happy by the standards of a monosyllabic 15 year old.
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  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Happy Valentines Day!

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    I thought Father was taking the pi$$ when he said all the work going on was to install the fibre optic cabling, seems not.
    Whippet
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Counting down the minutes to lunch and I find James May is on Sarah Walker's show on R3 and they are playing Beathoven's 9th in full. That should see me through.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Nice weather for a bike ride, so went into bushy park on the older mtb that has panniers and all sorts of sensible stuff now. Glorious skyes and did almost 5 miles in around a hr with my wife who isn't quite able to let me out of sight yet!

    Worked out a route to go to work by bike though that's probably a month or so off yet, at least.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Bought a PAYG Oyster thing for 2 days I was in London, started with £10 balance and topped up at a ExCel machine but the person in front hadn't tapped their card to add the balance so the transaction timed out and £5 cash payment returned into my grateful hands.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    redvee wrote:
    Bought a PAYG Oyster thing for 2 days I was in London, started with £10 balance and topped up at a ExCel machine but the person in front hadn't tapped their card to add the balance so the transaction timed out and £5 cash payment returned into my grateful hands.
    Did you use your Oyster to get the cable car from the end of the dock by the Excel centre? Then use it again to get the boat back to civilisation.
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  • SteppenHerring
    SteppenHerring Posts: 720
    Mail from the Olympic Velodrome: "We can offer your club a a session on X from Y until Z". Fun!

    Powertap wheel arrived.
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    2 day working week for me. Wife's birthday on Wednesday so that could prove an expensive day out. Our daughter wants to go to the Science Museum as some point, not sure what else we'll do. Might take the boy to Swinley.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Veronese68 wrote:
    2 day working week for me. Wife's birthday on Wednesday so that could prove an expensive day out. Our daughter wants to go to the Science Museum as some point, not sure what else we'll do. Might take the boy to Swinley.

    might want to ask in the MTB section I'm not sure how much is open the new man made sections haven't faired as well as one might hope in the wet...
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Did you use your Oyster to get the cable car from the end of the dock by the Excel centre? Then use it again to get the boat back to civilisation.

    There was an announcement on the DLR as we approached the north end of the cable car that the service had been 'suspended'. We thought the pun was unintentional.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    redvee wrote:
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Did you use your Oyster to get the cable car from the end of the dock by the Excel centre? Then use it again to get the boat back to civilisation.

    There was an announcement on the DLR as we approached the north end of the cable car that the service had been 'suspended'. We thought the pun was unintentional.
    Would you have preferred it if there had been nothing to hold you up? :roll:
    Nobody told me we had a communication problem
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,810
    I would have preferred it to be quite a bit lower. Being a bit of an idiot I like cable cars, but I'm not keen on heights so tend to be somewhat conflicted. As you go up on the cable car from one end of the Victoria Dock you look back along it's length and realise that you are in the flightpath for London City Airport as you are perfectly in line with the runway at the other end of the dock.
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  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    Veronese68 wrote:
    I would have preferred it to be quite a bit lower. Being a bit of an idiot I like cable cars, but I'm not keen on heights so tend to be somewhat conflicted. As you go up on the cable car from one end of the Victoria Dock you look back along it's length and realise that you are in the flightpath for London City Airport as you are perfectly in line with the runway at the other end of the dock.

    Yes first time I went was with work supporting someone who was fine, but we where sharing with a couple the BF really didn't like heights much to his gf amusement.
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Let's bring a little reminder of the good times on a bike.

    http://youtu.be/7Ke2R4TJauA

    I've edited the audio to use a much nicer track so headphones in the office if you have them :)
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