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sungodsungod Posts: 15,376
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'ning

looks like a nippybright start

ride and cafes, much lazing
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 945
    Lounge away from the hordes. No bubbly, too bloody early. Breakfast on its way. Then Copenhagen. I'd forgotten. Could have done with a quiet weekend at home.
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,376
    beansnikpoh said:

    ... No bubbly, too bloody early.

    you've lost me there

    billecart-salmon extra brut with a full english, mmm
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    'Ning
    sungod said:

    looks like a nippybright start

    ride and cafes, much lazing

    Wot he said.
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,277
    Morning and definitely bright chilly start but warming nicely. Local parkrun due shortly. New bibshorts may have to go back as fit in the body but to big on the leg hole. Arghh knew I should have stuck to my normal brands. Steady day planned with beer flowing later along with the firepit roaring.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,474
    What brand was that Oxo?

    Cloudy, windless, mild. Rained overnight - that's the first in a while. In Jockish terms, it's been a bloody drought.

    Full English - no thanks.
    Bubbly - yes please.

    What's ya doing in (Swedish pronunciation) Schoepenhaven B³? It's a beautiful city.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,650
    Good lie in as is traditional. Bank Holiday weekend = usually at home, don't like to be travelling when everyone else is. Got stuff to do on house and garden so will press on with that.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,277
    DHB, went by the size chart 😖. Will try a size down. Run runner and sun well out, might even wash the car.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 945
    pinno said:

    What brand was that Oxo?

    Cloudy, windless, mild. Rained overnight - that's the first in a while. In Jockish terms, it's been a bloody drought.

    Full English - no thanks.
    Bubbly - yes please.

    What's ya doing in (Swedish pronunciation) Schoepenhaven B³? It's a beautiful city.

    Revisiting. We came in November, liked it, so came back to see it when not quite so sleety and dark.

    Wafted through the separate first class check in and security at T5, which goes straight into the lounge, had breakfast, then the gate was only 5 mins away. Hardly saw anyone else.

    Weather seems reasonable, just having a sit down in the room before being marched around the place all day by Mrs B³.
  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,474
    oxoman said:

    DHB, went by the size chart 😖. Will try a size down. Run runner and sun well out, might even wash the car.

    I find that with DHB. Although, their M mitts were far too tight. Having said that, I haven't got limp office hands.
    And Castelli - you have to go the other way.
    I can thoroughly recommend the Wilier own brand bib shorts. Super pad, great fit.
    If you don't mind Ribble branding, these are a bargain:

    https://huubdesign.com/products/team-ribble-weldtite-bib-shorts-red-mens?variant=39324258369619

    Or without:

    https://www.bikester.co.uk/wilier-cycling-club-bib-shorts-men-M1040705.html?vgid=G1535159&_cid=21_1_-1_9_2106_1535159__pla&campaign_detail=smart_shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvLOTBhCJARIsACVldV1UsQKmKQ3VJe00wGNqhgi-bKqzTT8wWGT573x9HVG3oFZw-EihcskaAgmSEALw_wcB

    ...and M means M. If you see what I mean.
    They are better than DHB and as good as my much much more expensive Castelli Giro D'Italia shorts.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,376
    beansnikpoh said:

    pinno said:

    What brand was that Oxo?

    Cloudy, windless, mild. Rained overnight - that's the first in a while. In Jockish terms, it's been a bloody drought.

    Full English - no thanks.
    Bubbly - yes please.

    What's ya doing in (Swedish pronunciation) Schoepenhaven B³? It's a beautiful city.

    Revisiting. We came in November, liked it, so came back to see it when not quite so sleety and dark.

    Wafted through the separate first class check in and security at T5, which goes straight into the lounge, had breakfast, then the gate was only 5 mins away. Hardly saw anyone else.

    Weather seems reasonable, just having a sit down in the room before being marched around the place all day by Mrs B³.
    i recall about 30 years ago wandering in constant drizzle to eventually reach the little mermaid, a truly underwhelming vista, regret it to this day
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,650
    pinno said:


    (Swedish pronunciation) Schoepenhaven B³?

    Reminds me of this old sketch

    https://youtu.be/d6IBiR9m3vY
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,551
    Currently destroying a brick built planter in the back garden, why oh why do I build stuff so well!
    You could use it as a bomb shelter.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    sungod said:


    ride and cafe


    Nice and warm but too cloudy for a tan today.
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,551
    Trip to the sun bed shop in your shorts to get those lines?
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 945
    Just for sungod. No drizzle today.


  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,474
    She fell victim to the Situationists.
    [for some inexplicable reason]
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    homers_double said:

    Trip to the sun bed shop in your shorts to get those lines?

    A George Foreman tan.
  • veronese68veronese68 Posts: 26,111 Lives Here
    Afternoon folks,
    First properly slow start for what seems like ages was enjoyed. Now sorting through some of the stuff from the old dear's place. Going to hang a few pictures next. Lad is having a great time in Verona, female child is in Weymouth. Might go out for a drink with the EPO later.
    My folks lived in Copenhagen for a while before having us, never been myself. Old dear wants to go and visit, so might take her sometime.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • homers_doublehomers_double Posts: 7,551
    beansnikpoh said:

    Just for sungod. No drizzle today.


    "what are you doing?"

    "hang on darling I'm just taking a photo for a man/woman/they on the internet"
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 945
    homers_double said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    Just for sungod. No drizzle today.


    "what are you doing?"

    "hang on darling I'm just taking a photo for a man/woman/they on the internet"
    Nah, took one with a sulky mini and a smiling mrs B³ next to it afterwards.

    It's a bit underwhelming. Took the boat taxi back to town. Keep walking past pubs rammed with massive red faced blokes drinking litres of beer in the sun.
  • WheelspinnerWheelspinner Posts: 6,239
    Finished finally dismantling the glasshouse, frame stripped to a pile of bolts and bits of galvanised steel, plus a stack of glass panes. Next will be a lot of head scratching to design what to do there instead. We'd *like* to re-route the driveway up through that spot, makes a much better entry to the garage, but that little project would involve a nearly 30 metre long retaining wall replacement, some cut and fill landscaping, resurfacing of the existing bit, new fencing, new paving, blah blah money blah money.

    I visited Copenhagen once, on the great Euro trip as a uni student. Had spent a week in Paris, 4 days in Amsterdam, then went to Denmark for a day on the way to Oslo. Think I stood on the exact spot @beansnikpoh is for that photo above, 41 years ago.

    Open O-1.0 Open One+ BMC TE29 Titus Racer X Ti Seven 622SL Kestrel RT1000 On One Scandal Cervelo RS
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,376
    thistle_ said:

    sungod said:


    ride and cafe


    Nice and warm but too cloudy for a tan today.
    lovely and sunny here, no breeze, just had a few hours basking
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • sungodsungod Posts: 15,376
    beansnikpoh said:

    Just for sungod. No drizzle today.


    lest others be taken in by the zoom in and camera angle ploy :smiley:


    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stevo_666Stevo_666 Posts: 53,650
    beansnikpoh said:


    Keep walking past pubs rammed with massive red faced blokes drinking litres of beer in the sun.

    You didn't need to go all the way to Copenhagen for that.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 945
    sungod said:

    beansnikpoh said:

    Just for sungod. No drizzle today.


    lest others be taken in by the zoom in and camera angle ploy :smiley:


    Spot on! I was lucky to get an uncluttered shot.
  • beansnikpohbeansnikpoh Posts: 945
    Stevo_666 said:

    beansnikpoh said:


    Keep walking past pubs rammed with massive red faced blokes drinking litres of beer in the sun.

    You didn't need to go all the way to Copenhagen for that.
    You do for the actual litre sized glasses. I'd not fancy that mind. The beer would be warm by the time I reached the bottom.
  • N0bodyOfTheGoatN0bodyOfTheGoat Posts: 5,455
    edited April 2022
    'Noon, freezing on way to work this morning, forecast to be a cool day but boiling towards end of shift. Tired after work but trying to get myself ready to head off for a ride, given tomorrow is expected to be wet and Monday cool, heaping the pressure on myself to try and do my first 100Km ride since last May but struggling to even come up with a route that isn't fairly hilly in my shattered state! Snooker semi-final is a tense finish too this afternoon.
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  • pinnopinno Posts: 48,474
    COME ON MARK!
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • seanoconnseanoconn Posts: 10,259
    pinno said:

    COME ON MARK!

    Of the current players Williams is probably my favourite. If there’s a long pot he’ll go for it, regardless. I like his general laid back attitude and sense of humour.

    O’Sullivan is a god on the table but a [email protected] off. Trump is a bit up his own @rse and his comb back/over pre hair transplant was extremely irritating.

    Snooker, another sport/game I’d kick Pinno’s @rse in.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • thistle_thistle_ Posts: 6,896
    seanoconn said:

    Trump is a bit up his own @rse and his comb back/over pre hair transplant was extremely irritating.

    Are we talking about Donald or Judd?

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