monday sharpening the pikes

sungod

'ning

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

lincolndave

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.
Have a good day

tlw1

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.

Cargobike

'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?

oxoman

Morning from a tad chilly and misty south derbyshire. Mutt walking and chilling out, once I've woken the eldest brat up by hovering outside his room as payback for 2am Xbox noise. I told him I'd do it at 6am if he did it again, but i was still snoring then. CB chill man, go with the flow. No snow yet but plenty of time yet. Stay safe all. TLW reasonable result for you regarding the car.

elbowloh

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:

oxoman

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.

seanoconn

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:

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

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.

I broke the sodding bell!

orraloon

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.

oxoman

Elbow, if you want I can send you a replacement.

Wheelspinner

elbowloh said:

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.

I broke the sodding bell!

Bollox. I have a box of spare Spurcycle bells...

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.

elbowloh

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.

veronese68

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.

elbowloh

oxoman said:

Elbow, if you want I can send you a replacement.

A bell?

I do think I actually have a spare somewhere, but thank you!

Wheelspinner

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.

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.

elbowloh

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.

Roads seemed more wet than icy, apart from the bottom of my driveway, which I almost slipped on in my cleats.

oxoman

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.

MattFalle

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:

yup, fine and dandy, but how's the bike?

#i'vescratchedmyshifter

elbowloh

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.

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.

MattFalle

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

MattFalle

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.

if thats a Rapha jacket don't they do a free repairs service like Assos?

Worth dropping them a quick email.

Nice bandages by the way

#purrfectlyrepairedleg

MattFalle

Cargobike said:

Wonder which newbie forumite I can p*ss off today?

with 694 posts tgat'll be you then

#newbiehat

elbowloh

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

Does it make you feel like love is all around us and that your dream came true after using the wishing well?

I should just go kill myself after resorting to sodding Wet Wet Wet puns...the original WWW.

MattFalle

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.

In return for a leg in cat bandages, have a picture of MF's dog in an ECB after he did himself in...

#woof

elbowloh

MattFalle said:

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.

In return for a leg in cat bandages, have a picture of MF's dog in an ECB after he did himself in...

#woof

England (and Wales) Cricket Board?

darkhairedlord

MattFalle said:

Cargobike said:

Wonder which newbie forumite I can p*ss off today?

with 694 posts tgat'll be you then

#newbiehat

Um, I count 613 on the mf's, no you can't claim you lost your old posts down the back of the sofa.

#newbiesofa

sungod

emergency care bandage

seems mf's dog was wounded in action

MattFalle

darkhairedlord said:

MattFalle said:

Cargobike said:

Wonder which newbie forumite I can p*ss off today?

with 694 posts tgat'll be you then

#newbiehat

Um, I count 613 on the mf's, no you can't claim you lost your old posts down the back of the sofa.

#newbiesofa

but but but but BLUEPASSPORTS

Anyhow, the MFs are in protracted negotiations to have full past posting rights replaced. Watch this space

#they'llbeback

MattFalle

sungod said:

emergency care bandage

seems mf's dog was wounded in action

this exactly - top work. two points and a MATT 3 to that man.

he took one for the team.

#betthathurt

Cargobike

MattFalle said:

Cargobike said:

Wonder which newbie forumite I can p*ss off today?

with 694 posts tgat'll be you then

#newbiehat

Touche.