Seemingly trivial things that cheer you up
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rick_chasey said:
Decent progress
The new forum reproduction of photos must have been in the 'annoyances' thread... I've not idea what yours is on about, as it's just a small fuzzy thing...0 -
Just a strava screenshot, same ride each roughly 2 months apart, each one faster than the last, 25kph, 28kph and today 30kph0
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Amazing the difference a bit of a tailwind makesrick_chasey said:Just a strava screenshot, same ride each roughly 2 months apart, each one faster than the last, 25kph, 28kph and today 30kph
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It’s a loop 😜briantrumpet said:
Amazing the difference a bit of a tailwind makesrick_chasey said:Just a strava screenshot, same ride each roughly 2 months apart, each one faster than the last, 25kph, 28kph and today 30kph
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You probably are faster, but certain loops I do are faster with certain wind directions, depending on what's sheltered or exposed to certain directions of wind, so if I want to pretend I'm fitter, I just have to pick the right dayrick_chasey said:
It’s a loop 😜briantrumpet said:
Amazing the difference a bit of a tailwind makesrick_chasey said:Just a strava screenshot, same ride each roughly 2 months apart, each one faster than the last, 25kph, 28kph and today 30kph
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I always study the wind direction hard before setting off.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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And it cheers me up no end when I get it right... I did one ride in France this year where I could see it was going to be a Mistral-ish sort of wind, so headed along to the Rhone, and did about 5 miles due south, top speed on the flat of 60kmh without really trying... then did a gentle diagonal to get back north again to the Drome Valley.pinno said:I always study the wind direction hard before setting off.
Mind you, the winds along valleys and around the mountains are a bit bonkers - the turbulence and vortexes, even on relatively calm days, leads to some very strange changes in directions, and even now I sometimes get caught out for stretches.0 -
Unfortunately for me, I live in prevailing westerlies.
However, I have this oft used loop which is roughly a triangle.
If the wind is in the West to North, I go clockwise. If it's North to East, I go anti-clockwise. That way I get a headwind, crosswind and tail wind. Sometimes, the middle leg is a tail/cross wind - and that's always in the back of my mind when heading out of the drive - left or right?
The only downside, is that in the pursuit of the TWH, this loop is very hilly. By February, i'm, sick fed up of it.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
One presumes this timescale begins in January?pinno said:Unfortunately for me, I live in prevailing westerlies.
However, I have this oft used loop which is roughly a triangle.
If the wind is in the West to North, I go clockwise. If it's North to East, I go anti-clockwise. That way I get a headwind, crosswind and tail wind. Sometimes, the middle leg is a tail/cross wind - and that's always in the back of my mind when heading out of the drive - left or right?
The only downside, is that in the pursuit of the TWH, this loop is very hilly. By February, i'm, sick fed up of it.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
This is less of an issue in the flat fields around Cambridge.briantrumpet said:
And it cheers me up no end when I get it right... I did one ride in France this year where I could see it was going to be a Mistral-ish sort of wind, so headed along to the Rhone, and did about 5 miles due south, top speed on the flat of 60kmh without really trying... then did a gentle diagonal to get back north again to the Drome Valley.pinno said:I always study the wind direction hard before setting off.
Mind you, the winds along valleys and around the mountains are a bit bonkers - the turbulence and vortexes, even on relatively calm days, leads to some very strange changes in directions, and even now I sometimes get caught out for stretches.0 -
Nope. September usually heralds the Westerly season. That means that February is almost 6 months into it with another couple of months of uncertainty.pblakeney said:
One presumes this timescale begins in January?
When there is a southerly/easterly, it's yippee!
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo 3 -
Sorry but can I get 'When the saints go marching in' or the St Louis blues on an instrument as in your user ID next time please?
You might like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU
seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
Ha, fantastic. If I could fit a tractor in my backyard (it would have to come through the house to get there too), this is something I'd do... after rebuilding the house.pinno said:Sorry but can I get 'When the saints go marching in' or the St Louis blues on an instrument as in your user ID next time please?
You might like this:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1ThSi1wbqU0 -
Bit brave of you posting a video of yourself on here Brianbriantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo
You don't fancy doing a quick rendition of 'Rule Britannia' or 'Land of Hope and Glory' then?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I'd get in trouble for not singing the words... and no, you definitely don't get me singing, whatever the song is. I'd look like John Redwood trying to sing the Welsh National Anthem...Stevo_666 said:
Bit brave of you posting a video of yourself on here Brianbriantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo
You don't fancy doing a quick rendition of 'Rule Britannia' or 'Land of Hope and Glory' then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP5MjUuzsg 0 -
Can you do it on rollers?briantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo0 -
An instrumental would do...briantrumpet said:
I'd get in trouble for not singing the words... and no, you definitely don't get me singing, whatever the song is. I'd look like John Redwood trying to sing the Welsh National Anthem...Stevo_666 said:
Bit brave of you posting a video of yourself on here Brianbriantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo
You don't fancy doing a quick rendition of 'Rule Britannia' or 'Land of Hope and Glory' then?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP5MjUuzsg"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
thistle_(mbnw) said:
Can you do it on rollers?briantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo
Only if I don't place any value on keeping my own teeth..0 -
Stevo_666 said:
An instrumental would do...briantrumpet said:
I'd get in trouble for not singing the words... and no, you definitely don't get me singing, whatever the song is. I'd look like John Redwood trying to sing the Welsh National Anthem...Stevo_666 said:
Bit brave of you posting a video of yourself on here Brianbriantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo
You don't fancy doing a quick rendition of 'Rule Britannia' or 'Land of Hope and Glory' then?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFP5MjUuzsg
I'm not sure that "Hope and Glory" is indicated by the latest incoherent ramblings of Johnson, Cummings & Frost, but I might mash something together for you...0 -
I didn’t realise you were an advocate of the milemuncher school of cadence.briantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
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webboo said:
I didn’t realise you were an advocate of the milemuncher school of cadence.briantrumpet said:Amusing myself with making silly videos... I get released into the wild tomorrow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIgJhBikgoo
I did two takes so I could log the mileage for both. Well, I might have done three, just in case...1 -
Don’t forget also carrying your 35 kg Trombone case.0
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Good point.webboo said:Don’t forget also carrying your 35 kg Trombone case.
Actually, I was concentrating really hard for this one - I only pick up the trombone about once a year - so the pedalling was low on my priorities.0 -
Louis Theroux catching up with the whacko's.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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As requested by @Stevo_666 ... I hope I've got it right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFedbNd4AJA 1 -
briantrumpet said:
As requested by @Stevo_666 ... I hope I've got it right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFedbNd4AJA
You must be bored Brian (and I heard the little Cake Stop anthem at the end ) "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Where should I send the bill?Stevo_666 said:briantrumpet said:As requested by @Stevo_666 ... I hope I've got it right...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFedbNd4AJA
You must be bored Brian (and I heard the little Cake Stop anthem at the end )0 -
Is this one of those 'pay what you think it's worth' arrangements?"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
