Tomorrow may be a miracle

Kieran_Burns

Checked the weather map and it **looks** like I'm going to have a crossing tailwind on the way IN

and a full on tailwind all the way HOME

wind from NW to west inbound - I go SW to NE to work
wind directly from the NE homebound

please, please, please be right :P

I'm going to use the Madone just in case and go for a flying ride home.

dhope

Idiot, now you've let the PF know where you'll be. You've only yourself to blame.

Kieran_Burns

dhope wrote:

Idiot, now you've let the PF know where you'll be. You've only yourself to blame.

Ooooooo..... :oops:

two spare tubes and a plethora of patches to be loaded into the rucksack tonight.....

Kieran_Burns

Madone all lubed up, tyres at 110psi and rucksack packed - it's like when you go away on a school trip!

(spare tubes in the rucksack as well)

tailwindhome

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Madone all lubed up, tyres at 110psi and rucksack packed - it's like when you go away on a school trip!

(spare tubes in the rucksack as well)

Pump well secured?

CiB

Back on your head KB. Our mutual mighty management executive have given the whole company the day off tomrrow in recognition of errr... something. Commute cancelled.

Not really. Let's see if he notices in time. Ho ho.

Kieran_Burns

pump in the rucksack as well - it's a carbon frame... only an idiot clamps a pump to carbon frame....

mtb-idle

that's well book, ride it like you stole it and enjoy the tailwinds

EKE_38BPM

MTB-Idle wrote:

that's well book, ride it like you stole it and enjoy the tailwinds

Predictive text fail?

mtb-idle

Nope. I knew what I was writing but it's based on the well known predicitive text fail.

Good spot

itboffin

@CIB "our mutual might mgnt exec" ???

You work for the same company?

CiB

itboffin wrote:

@CIB "our mutual might mgnt exec" ???

You work for the same company?

Apparently, but worlds apart, literally. I clocked his name on some cycle initative a while back and emailed to check. And verily it was he. Small world.

Kieran_Burns

CiB wrote:

itboffin wrote:

@CIB "our mutual might mgnt exec" ???

You work for the same company?

Apparently, but worlds apart, literally. I clocked his name on some cycle initative a while back and emailed to check. And verily it was he. Small world.

We are the Borg.

CiB

Borg? They make clutches don't they?

How did it go then? Was it a +23mph avg for the journey in? The world is agog, some of it anyway.

Kieran_Burns

journey in was not much quicker than normal. I need to check the camera footage to confirm the time; I was in 10 minutes early, but this may be accounted for by leaving slightly early as well...

The crossing wind turned more into a mild headwind but it really was barely noticeable. Now there is no wind at all, not even a breeze.

It's the run home I'm looking forward to

dhope

CiB wrote:

How did it go then? Was it a +23mph avg for the journey in? The world is agog, some of it anyway.

He got scalped for the first time

Kieran_Burns

dhope wrote:

CiB wrote:

How did it go then? Was it a +23mph avg for the journey in? The world is agog, some of it anyway.

He got scalped for the first time

I will post the footage this evening

Jay dubbleU

Kieran_Burns wrote:

CiB wrote:

itboffin wrote:

@CIB "our mutual might mgnt exec" ???

You work for the same company?

Apparently, but worlds apart, literally. I clocked his name on some cycle initative a while back and emailed to check. And verily it was he. Small world.

We are the Borg.

They also supply our IT support - when I say support I use the term loosely

The Rookie

I live not far south of KB so his NW side to slight tailwind was my headwind damn him!

Simon

Kieran_Burns

The wind IS picking up and it IS coming from the NW. I very rarely see the trees bending in the direction they are at the moment

The Rookie

Great, well NW on the way home is a tailwind, make up for this mornings headwind!

Simon

secretsam

WTF is a tailwind?

With my body mass (see separate post) I'd be like a train with the wind behind me, even Lance A in his prime with every possible assistance wouldn't keep up...for the first 200 metres or so... 8)

Kieran_Burns

now more NE....

Mars bar bought for sugar rush

Kieran_Burns

Actually; I have a problem.

Do I go for the PB on a commute home (which is presently about 36 mins for the 12 miles) or do I extend the ride home and take in some of the countryside?

(I have no water bottle with me though)

The Rookie

Simples - Both, and drink your own sweat!

Simon

Kieran_Burns

Jay dubbleU wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

CiB wrote:

itboffin wrote:

@CIB "our mutual might mgnt exec" ???

You work for the same company?

Apparently, but worlds apart, literally. I clocked his name on some cycle initative a while back and emailed to check. And verily it was he. Small world.

We are the Borg.

They also supply our IT support - when I say support I use the term loosely

Which client?

Kieran_Burns

CiB wrote:

itboffin wrote:

@CIB "our mutual might mgnt exec" ???

You work for the same company?

Apparently, but worlds apart, literally. I clocked his name on some cycle initative a while back and emailed to check. And verily it was he. Small world.

Go look on the Marketplace / sports section and look at the BSO for sale

Kieran_Burns

Well - it all went a bit Pete Tongue.

Video will be included shortly... Eon van pulled out on me and I almost ended up smeared on the side of it (slight exaggeration but not much of one)

All ended very well though as the guy had pulled in a mile down the road and a short and ultimately friendly chat later he had apologised profusely (and repeatedly) while looking utterly mortifiied at his mistake.

I think the moment when he DID realise what he had done was priceless, you could see the dawning moment written all over his face.

So we shook hands and I rode off all smiles again.

(it was bloody close though!)

Kieran_Burns

Here we go:

http://youtu.be/XBVHxbRN97c?hd=1

Someone tell me I'm making something out of nothing with THIS one

mudcow007

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Someone tell me I'm making something out of nothing with THIS one

Kieran_Burns

I hate you.