monday sharpening the pikes
cold cold cold
dawn-ish ride, coffee and any remaining mince pie of the cafe, laze, bubbly
later, construct something with beef, vlaamse stoverij, pho, bourguignon, daube, otherwise pork with pineapple, peppers, ginger and chillis, the future is indeterminate until entropy takes it's course, schrödinger's dinner paradox
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Morning, freezing , footpaths slippery, so I am assuming the roads will be as well take your time if you are riding early,
I have to pick another pair of glasses up this morning,I don’t think I will bother with spec savers again, terrible in my opinion, cycling later hopefully it will have warmed up a bit.
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Long walk with the hounds and now chilling with a cuppa looking at cars now the insurance have confirmed the car is covered, just hope it is written off.
Dads taxi stuff so we might as well go out for food in town.0 -
'ning.
Hoped to have the day off today, but still have bike maintenance to finish off, so been up and at it for the past 2 hours. If everything goes to plan hope to be done by midday.
OH is back at work tonight, so that scuppers any chance of actually doing anything. Fully expecting to go Tier 4 on Thursday which will restrict choices even more, but we'll both be working flat out once again by then anyway, so why worry.
Being domestic goddess will be the highlight of the day.
Wonder which newbie forumite I can p*ss off today?0 -
Got up at 6 and out the door at 6.30 for the first ride in an age.
Very dark, a bit foggy and cold, but not too bad and glad to be out.
Then going down from Box via Headley and, I seem to remember going pretty straight, but the road is covered with wet leaves and a bit scabbly, and suddenly the wheels have gone from under me and I'm sliding down the road on my left side. Plenty of road rash on knee, hip and shoulder. Rapha rain jacket and morvelo bibs are holes, butu shoulder is killing me. Wife did a checkup on me and reckons it's not broken. She's patched up my knee with dressing, but I reckon I didn't need the worming tablet or the flea treatment.
"View" from Box Hill:
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Balls, sorry elbow, I was enjoying your picture but now I’m sad. Nothing worse that an off when you’ve done nothing wrong. Hope the shoulder doesn’t take too long to recover.elbowloh said:Got up at 6 and out the door at 6.30 for the first ride in an age.
Very dark, a bit foggy and cold, but not too bad and glad to be out.
Then going down from Box via Headley and, I seem to remember going pretty straight, but the road is covered with wet leaves and a bit scabbly, and suddenly the wheels have gone from under me and I'm sliding down the road on my left side. Plenty of road rash on knee, hip and shoulder. Rapha rain jacket and morvelo bibs are holes, butu shoulder is killing me. Wife did a checkup on me and reckons it's not broken. She's patched up my knee with dressing, but I reckon I didn't need the worming tablet or the flea treatment.
"View" from Box Hill:
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
I broke the sodding bell!oxoman said:Elbow, glad you survived all be it slightly battered. Looks like it's time for new jacket and bibs. I trust the bikes not to battered.
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Bad luck Elbow. Just as well there is that informative jacket discussion thread from yesterday 😉
Grey, dismal, slight snow dusting, zero degrees here. Bugrit, an inside day beckons. Roll on springtime.0 -
Bollox. I have a box of spare Spurcycle bells...elbowloh said:
I broke the sodding bell!oxoman said:Elbow, glad you survived all be it slightly battered. Looks like it's time for new jacket and bibs. I trust the bikes not to battered.
Walked dog, loaded ute with old scrap steel collected around here from various demolition jobs, and headed to the tip. Picked up some electrical bits on the way home for shed job, but elected to go riding instead. Quick nifty 50 in ideal conditions.
Carbonara for dinner.
Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Seems like damage to jacket is almost solely on the pocket where my phone was, so still usable, and not for loose change, but unattractive. Phone didn't break which is a bonus!
Knee, in cat bandages.
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Morning folks,
Traditionalish slow start is being enjoyed. Bits and pieces to do today. Might go for a run or a longer walk.
Sorry about the bell Elbow, glad the rest of the bike is ok. Hope you don't feel too battered later.
Looked like quite a hard frost here, black ice in the wilds of Surrey?
Why would you have a box of spare spurcycle bells Spinner? Aren't they comedically expensive for a bell.0 -
A bell?oxoman said:Elbow, if you want I can send you a replacement.
I do think I actually have a spare somewhere, but thank you!0 -
Yeah they were stupid expensive. I ordered several for back when I had quite a few road bikes, because they look nice and sound good. But here, on a bunch of MTB's on local road/gravel/trails I don't really *need* a bell. Ever.veronese68 said:Morning folks,
Traditionalish slow start is being enjoyed. Bits and pieces to do today. Might go for a run or a longer walk.
Sorry about the bell Elbow, glad the rest of the bike is ok. Hope you don't feel too battered later.
Looked like quite a hard frost here, black ice in the wilds of Surrey?
Why would you have a box of spare spurcycle bells Spinner? Aren't they comedically expensive for a bell.
Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Roads seemed more wet than icy, apart from the bottom of my driveway, which I almost slipped on in my cleats.veronese68 said:Morning folks,
Traditionalish slow start is being enjoyed. Bits and pieces to do today. Might go for a run or a longer walk.
Sorry about the bell Elbow, glad the rest of the bike is ok. Hope you don't feel too battered later.
Looked like quite a hard frost here, black ice in the wilds of Surrey?
Why would you have a box of spare spurcycle bells Spinner? Aren't they comedically expensive for a bell.0 -
yup, fine and dandy, but how's the bike?elbowloh said:Got up at 6 and out the door at 6.30 for the first ride in an age.
Very dark, a bit foggy and cold, but not too bad and glad to be out.
Then going down from Box via Headley and, I seem to remember going pretty straight, but the road is covered with wet leaves and a bit scabbly, and suddenly the wheels have gone from under me and I'm sliding down the road on my left side. Plenty of road rash on knee, hip and shoulder. Rapha rain jacket and morvelo bibs are holes, butu shoulder is killing me. Wife did a checkup on me and reckons it's not broken. She's patched up my knee with dressing, but I reckon I didn't need the worming tablet or the flea treatment.
"View" from Box Hill:
#i'vescratchedmyshifter.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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That's my commuter bike, so the bell comes in handy sometimes for pedestrians who decide the cross the road without looking. Doesn't help with the iDrones though who have their faces glued to a screen and earbuds in.oxoman said:Yep a replacement bell. First thing I do on getting
new bikes is make them illegal by removing reflectors and bells. I wear enough reflective stuff and have a big enough mouth to been seen and heard.0 -
Ciao
Its wet, wetwetwet out there without a Marty Pellow to be seen.
Eating bacon sandwiches and watching tgat Movistar docu on NetFlix - its actually really nice and gives a warm fuzzy inside so all good.
May go and tinker with a bike in a minute.
#chilledout.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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if thats a Rapha jacket don't they do a free repairs service like Assos?elbowloh said:Seems like damage to jacket is almost solely on the pocket where my phone was, so still usable, and not for loose change, but unattractive. Phone didn't break which is a bonus!
Knee, in cat bandages.
Worth dropping them a quick email.
Nice bandages by the way
#purrfectlyrepairedleg.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Does it make you feel like love is all around us and that your dream came true after using the wishing well?MattFalle said:Ciao
Its wet, wetwetwet out there without a Marty Pellow to be seen.
Eating bacon sandwiches and watching tgat Movistar docu on NetFlix - its actually really nice and gives a warm fuzzy inside so all good.
May go and tinker with a bike in a minute.
#chilledout
I should just go kill myself after resorting to sodding Wet Wet Wet puns...the original WWW.0 -
In return for a leg in cat bandages, have a picture of MF's dog in an ECB after he did himself in...elbowloh said:Seems like damage to jacket is almost solely on the pocket where my phone was, so still usable, and not for loose change, but unattractive. Phone didn't break which is a bonus!
Knee, in cat bandages.
#woof
.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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England (and Wales) Cricket Board?MattFalle said:
In return for a leg in cat bandages, have a picture of MF's dog in an ECB after he did himself in...elbowloh said:Seems like damage to jacket is almost solely on the pocket where my phone was, so still usable, and not for loose change, but unattractive. Phone didn't break which is a bonus!
Knee, in cat bandages.
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emergency care bandage
seems mf's dog was wounded in actionmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
but but but but BLUEPASSPORTSdarkhairedlord said:
Anyhow, the MFs are in protracted negotiations to have full past posting rights replaced. Watch this space
#they'llbeback.The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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Grey cold day roolz. Got so bored I have started doing my tax return. It's December.
In line with the MFs, #bored0 -
Glad you are ok elbow, today’s ride was rather damp, the following pic was before it got really bad
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tlw1 said:
Glad you are ok elbow, today’s ride was rather damp, the following pic was before it got really bad
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Did the lifeguards not take offense at you cycling through the lido?tlw1 said:Glad you are ok elbow, today’s ride was rather damp, the following pic was before it got really bad
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