monday with jp-7 leaking over the wings, but that's normal

sungod

'ning

nippy continues

ride, coffee, attempt to summon willpower to do gmc admin and not get distracted, working through the saint b&w box set, always nice to see old stamping grounds, noticed one of gmc's london edifices in the latest episode, who does own that black p1800s in fiztrovia? seen it a few times, it's rather nice, should one get a white one? possibly have become distracted, later bubbly

lincolndave

Morning, cold but dry, tigger walked, having my first coffee of the day, not a lot on today after A spot of car and bike washing, might just squeeze in a quick ride.
Have a good day

thistle_

'Ning
WFW
Probably no yoga today
Bike ride later

Next door's kitten has just set off the security camera, even though it's set to only detect people. The cats are rising against us.

Wheelspinner

sungod said:

'ning

nippy continues

ride, coffee, attempt to summon willpower to do gmc admin and not get distracted, working through the saint b&w box set, always nice to see old stamping grounds, noticed one of gmc's london edifices in the latest episode, who does own that black p1800s in fiztrovia? seen it a few times, it's rather nice, should one get a white one? possibly have become distracted, later bubbly

Knew a bloke 30 years ago had a white P1800, red leather interior IIRC. Visibility out of it was near zero in traffic I think 😀

Nice day again, this is more like autumn should be, still and mild. Dog walked, coffee followed by short bask before lunch.

Spent a bit of time patching up some roof flashings that leak a bit in heavy rain.

Couple of hours pootling about local gravel roads on bike.

Later will be drinks and a BBQ dinner.

tlw1

Long hound walk made better by bumping into a pal.

Work stuff then decorating, should be finished later and then hopefully we can get a date of the decorator to do the rest

seanoconn

Got the bike out this morning and the chain was off, weird but no biggie. Go to put my helmet on and notice the tightening mechanism has been snapped off 😕 Seems someone in the family has had a run in with the bike but no one is owning up.

Any lightweight helmet recommendations? The broken helmet is a specialized prevail but not sure I fancy forking out £200 on top of holiday booking and car insurance this month.

sungod

seanoconn said:

Got the bike out this morning and the chain was off, weird but no biggie. Go to put my helmet on and notice the tightening mechanism has been snapped off 😕 Seems someone in the family has had a run in with the bike but no one is owning up.

Any lightweight helmet recommendations? The broken helmet is a specialized prevail but not sure I fancy forking out £200 on top of holiday booking and car insurance this month.

kask protone, light, non-bulbous, aero

coffee stroll time

step83

Met Trenta? I have the 3K one which is super light, seems comfy an lets enough air in.

Saw some strange sights today, hoards of children being taken to a building an left there, some parents crying others seemed happy. Interment camp for child labour for a coal mine or brick works I didn't know we had? Or maybe national service? Who knows.

Anywho, people seem excited at the fact they can meet a friend, weather seems to have other ideas, from Wednesday. I'm sure they will enjoy sitting in a park in March in 50mph winds and heavy rain...

homers_double

Got up nice and early for a 6.30 ride, fannied about a bit because it was dark, lights needed a kick up the back side then set off. Turned around as it was so cold but braved it and carried on.
Damp wet drizzle and 1-2 degrees isn't ideal.

I'm just about starting to warm up.

Turbo trainer later I think.

pinno

Fancy one SG? They are rather elegant. Black looks good.

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/102/p1800s/

@seanoconn :



(though I would thoroughly recommend a few rubber bands).

Wet here with patches of sunshine so far. That's sort of spring like isn't it?

pinno

step83 said:

Saw some strange sights today, hoards of children being taken to a building an left there, some parents crying others seemed happy.

Were they Uighurs?

pinno

What was wrong with MIL-DTL-38219 SG?

orraloon

Cracked the how-to-avoid-the-hour-long-queue-at-the-tip conundrum. Opens at 8, got there 0820, straight in, no waiting. Result. Rinse and repeat tomorrow. Sitting 'wasting' an hour in such a queue feels so frustrating whereas 'wasting' an hour diddling about on t'internet...?

Got more bike fettling to do. Can't see a ride today, rotten night's sleep so feeling doggy. Prob go sow some seed (of the horticultural type that is).

seanoconn

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little bugger

thistle_

seanoconn said:

Got the bike out this morning and the chain was off, weird but no biggie. Go to put my helmet on and notice the tightening mechanism has been snapped off 😕 Seems someone in the family has had a run in with the bike but no one is owning up.

Any lightweight helmet recommendations? The broken helmet is a specialized prevail but not sure I fancy forking out £200 on top of holiday booking and car insurance this month.

PlanetX had the OnOne MTB helmets on sale the other day, not sure if the TT/road ones are on offer too?
Certainly cheap, not sure how light they are.

step83

pinno said:

step83 said:

Saw some strange sights today, hoards of children being taken to a building an left there, some parents crying others seemed happy.

Were they Uighurs?

I didn't ask, they all had masks on, can't trust them

pinno

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

You try to help and this is what you get... 🙄

pinno

thistle_ said:

seanoconn said:

Got the bike out this morning and the chain was off, weird but no biggie. Go to put my helmet on and notice the tightening mechanism has been snapped off 😕 Seems someone in the family has had a run in with the bike but no one is owning up.

Any lightweight helmet recommendations? The broken helmet is a specialized prevail but not sure I fancy forking out £200 on top of holiday booking and car insurance this month.

PlanetX had the OnOne MTB helmets on sale the other day, not sure if the TT/road ones are on offer too?
Certainly cheap, not sure how light they are.

...and what's wrong with Aluminium?

elbowloh

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

MattFalle

thistle_ said:

'Ning
WFW
Probably no yoga today
Bike ride later

Next door's kitten has just set off the security camera, even though it's set to only detect people. The cats are rising against us.

some might say its a purrrfect result

MattFalle

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

yeah. what Seano said. yeah.

As for here, went to the gym now sitting around eating lasagna. Will Zwift later.

MattFalle

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

Stevo_666

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

He's Kenyan, not Austrian.

Stevo_666

Afternoon peeps, spent most of the morning on 'Teams' calls, I've decided I need to get out more and just so happens got the dentist on Thursday so bike ride into town it is Lunch soon followed by another couple of calls.

Need to retrieve Stropteen from uni end of next week and she's got too much stuff to carry back to looks like my first long drive in a year or so is on the cards.

hopkinb

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

A malodorous nest under the floorboards, made from chewed up copies of Knave from the 70's salvaged from under hedges.

Yesterday I rode 80km along, 1.2 km up. Fitness is low, though I managed on just a single hobnob bar and 620 ml of water - I thought if I stopped, I wouldn't be able to get back on again.

Something must be done. Either I stop riding, or I get fit. Given the fact that it was lovely to be out, I think the latter.

Stevo_666

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

And a banjo and a shotgun.

Wheelspinner

hopkinb said:

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

A malodorous nest under the floorboards, made from chewed up copies of Knave from the 70's salvaged from under hedges.

Yesterday I rode 80km along, 1.2 km up. Fitness is low, though I managed on just a single hobnob bar and 620 ml of water - I thought if I stopped, I wouldn't be able to get back on again.

Something must be done. Either I stop riding, or I get fit. Given the fact that it was lovely to be out, I think the latter.

Good decision.

hopkinb

Wheelspinner said:

hopkinb said:

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

A malodorous nest under the floorboards, made from chewed up copies of Knave from the 70's salvaged from under hedges.

Yesterday I rode 80km along, 1.2 km up. Fitness is low, though I managed on just a single hobnob bar and 620 ml of water - I thought if I stopped, I wouldn't be able to get back on again.

Something must be done. Either I stop riding, or I get fit. Given the fact that it was lovely to be out, I think the latter.

Good decision.

The regular 150-160 km per week of the commute has disappeared for the foreseeable, which maintained decent level of fitness over winter.

Up to about mid Oct, I was still doing 100-150 per week, but if I don't *have* to go out, and it's dark/cold/wet, laziness kicks in hard, so riding since then has been sporadic at best.

Roll on spring and summer. Though it looks windy and wet after tomorrow.

What's that rule? Is it 5 or 9? Or both?

MattFalle

Wheelspinner said:

hopkinb said:

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

A malodorous nest under the floorboards, made from chewed up copies of Knave from the 70's salvaged from under hedges.

Yesterday I rode 80km along, 1.2 km up. Fitness is low, though I managed on just a single hobnob bar and 620 ml of water - I thought if I stopped, I wouldn't be able to get back on again.

Something must be done. Either I stop riding, or I get fit. Given the fact that it was lovely to be out, I think the latter.

Good decision.

the best decison. You will be back to full power shortly.

MattFalle

Stevo_666 said:

MattFalle said:

elbowloh said:

seanoconn said:

Thanks for the sensible replies guys. As for the above ^^ words fail me. You join a bike forum, post a sensible question and are met with kind of antagonistic nonsense. There’s a ‘Pinno’ on every forum that likes to poke fun and try to make you feel small. Well I know the type, oh yes! I can picture him in his sweaty bedroom jabbing away at his keyboard furiously, his mum shouting up the stairs “Pinno get off the laptop, your breakfast is ready!”

Spotty faced little censored

I find it funny that you think Pinno's bedroom would be upstairs rather than down in the basement.

i find it funny that you think he has a bed and not just just a rocking chair with an old picnic blanket.

And a banjo and a shotgun.

i'm think an old microwave and a box of Iceland ready meals.

homers_double

150km a week is a good commute H321, I can appreciate how much of an negative effect not doing it must have.