Wet Wednesday
thistle_
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ride cafes and wfh, need to do stuff but motivation deficit disordermy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
Gentle jog in the rain with the hounds then work stuff. Will be a long day as the catering division is out.
Later potentially cycle over to pick the wife up - but the forecasted wind means a decent headwind the whole way0 -
Run abandoned due to knee niggles - meant a very cold and wet walk around the woods in shorts and T-shirt0
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Very very wet and very dull. Meh.
Started the day well [insert rolling eyes icon]. Blue tack failed and I put a picture back on Tricky's door the wrong way whilst trying to get her to get a move on.
Tricky said (tears in her eyes) "I've told Mummy on you".
Trying to keep a straight face.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0
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Today I will mowstly be indulging in M6 muppetry avoidance. Hopefully.0
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Big booming tailwind. So I thought I'd take it easy, just turn the pedals elegantly. Then some snake hipped youngster with calves like dictionaries sped past, with another guy in tow, and it was full gas all the way. Absolutely fried, with the prospect of a wet headwind all the way back.
A quick return to warmth is forecast, as me, Mrs B3 and mini are heading to Corfu for the weekend on Friday. 25 degrees and sunny.0 -
Will she ride it, or is it a nice to have, like my family's bikes?seanoconn said:Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.
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She's getting to that age where her bum will start to get a bit saggy so you'll have to convince her that pedalling is the solution...seanoconn said:Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.
Good luck
seanoconn - gruagach craic!1 -
In the balance I guess. She wants to get into cycling, enjoys the fitness aspect but is scared to ride on the roads. I’ll have to get her comfortable on the bike then get her on the road gradually. She wants to commute by bike so we’ll see.beansnikpoh said:
Will she ride it, or is it a nice to have, like my family's bikes?seanoconn said:Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.
Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי0 -
Another day caving before a first trip into the office in a good few weeks. Still torturing half year numbers 'till they tell me what I want to hear."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0
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My ex was the same. She loved riding on cycle paths but was terrified of roads, even quiet country lanes where we didn't see any cars.seanoconn said:
In the balance I guess. She wants to get into cycling, enjoys the fitness aspect but is scared to ride on the roads. I’ll have to get her comfortable on the bike then get her on the road gradually. She wants to commute by bike so we’ll see.beansnikpoh said:
Will she ride it, or is it a nice to have, like my family's bikes?seanoconn said:Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.
Folks round here don't realise how lucky they are - https://goo.gl/maps/M9bBdjJ52PJL6jsj6 - 1.5 miles of that is on roads and it's all quiet housing estate type stuff.1 -
Nah, hiring a std hybrid for a day's gentle pootling from bar to bar on the Saturday. Some of the group are hardly-ever cyclists so no point in faffing with taking one of my own. Save the space for beer crates!pinno said:
Are you taking a bike to Flanders?orraloon said:Today I will mowstly be indulging in M6 muppetry avoidance. Hopefully.
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Just don't go there on your own on your best bike:thistle_ said:
My ex was the same. She loved riding on cycle paths but was terrified of roads, even quiet country lanes where we didn't see any cars.seanoconn said:
In the balance I guess. She wants to get into cycling, enjoys the fitness aspect but is scared to ride on the roads. I’ll have to get her comfortable on the bike then get her on the road gradually. She wants to commute by bike so we’ll see.beansnikpoh said:
Will she ride it, or is it a nice to have, like my family's bikes?seanoconn said:Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.
Folks round here don't realise how lucky they are - https://goo.gl/maps/M9bBdjJ52PJL6jsj6 - 1.5 miles of that is on roads and it's all quiet housing estate type stuff.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-thrown-ground-teen-gang-24376836#comments-wrapper
That exact route used to form a part of my occasional circular cycle around the peninsula, but I won't be coming to that place again after that incident.0 -
Liverpool innit.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 -
That section is pretty dark, damp, dingy and muddy so I avoid it anyway.katani said:
Just don't go there on your own on your best bike:thistle_ said:
My ex was the same. She loved riding on cycle paths but was terrified of roads, even quiet country lanes where we didn't see any cars.seanoconn said:
In the balance I guess. She wants to get into cycling, enjoys the fitness aspect but is scared to ride on the roads. I’ll have to get her comfortable on the bike then get her on the road gradually. She wants to commute by bike so we’ll see.beansnikpoh said:
Will she ride it, or is it a nice to have, like my family's bikes?seanoconn said:Wifey’s new bike being delivered to work so I’ll be putting that together. Fortunately the cranks are already on.
Folks round here don't realise how lucky they are - https://goo.gl/maps/M9bBdjJ52PJL6jsj6 - 1.5 miles of that is on roads and it's all quiet housing estate type stuff.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/man-thrown-ground-teen-gang-24376836#comments-wrapper
That exact route used to form a part of my occasional circular cycle around the peninsula, but I won't be coming to that place again after that incident.0 -
Morning folks,
Bit blowy out there, just wobbled to the dentist and now sat in the waiting room. Back to kitchen fitting after this. Less grief than work at least. Supposed to be sunny tomorrow so might go out with the EPO. Pub tonight of course.0 -
Well, I hope your dentist visit is less painful (physically and financially) than mine... Part 1 (of 2) ops to fix a thing. $1600 TYVM. I'm assuming since the neurosurgeon has run out of excuses to siphon money out of my pockets he's rung the endodontist and passed the baton. Probably getting a commission.veronese68 said:Morning folks,
Bit blowy out there, just wobbled to the dentist and now sat in the waiting room. Back to kitchen fitting after this. Less grief than work at least. Supposed to be sunny tomorrow so might go out with the EPO. Pub tonight of course.
Visitors leave tomorrow, which will be celebrated with a happy dance. Been here just over a week already, which is about 5 days too many.
Open One+ BMC TE29 Seven 622SL On One Scandal Cervelo RS0 -
Sounds like when scammers get your number and if you bite they pass it on to their mates.Wheelspinner said:veronese68 said:Well, I hope your dentist visit is less painful (physically and financially) than mine... Part 1 (of 2) ops to fix a thing. $1600 TYVM. I'm assuming since the neurosurgeon has run out of excuses to siphon money out of my pockets he's rung the endodontist and passed the baton. Probably getting a commission.
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You mean you got dragged into the slipstream. LOL resistance is futile!beansnikpoh said:Big booming tailwind. So I thought I'd take it easy, just turn the pedals elegantly. Then some snake hipped youngster with calves like dictionaries sped past, with another guy in tow, and it was full gas all the way. Absolutely fried, with the prospect of a wet headwind all the way back.
A quick return to warmth is forecast, as me, Mrs B3 and mini are heading to Corfu for the weekend on Friday. 25 degrees and sunny.
Don’t forget to send us all a post-card
Moaning,
Well it was… too windy for the road bike so I went out on the trail bike, made a real nice change. But then the sky started leaking and it just hasn’t stopped. Normally that would mean it’s pubby time but I’m trying to lose a bit-o-weight before I go to the Lakes in just over a weeks time so I must refrain. It is hard though
Can't wait for Friday
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Was supposed to be a run this morning so we got up early to be treated to an absolute deluge. Suffice to we got back in bed.
Wasted site visit this morning, some people are just plain rude.
Gym after work.
Probably an early night.Advocate of disc brakes.0 -
Wheelspinner said:
Well, I hope your dentist visit is less painful (physically and financially) than mine... Part 1 (of 2) ops to fix a thing. $1600 TYVM. I'm assuming since the neurosurgeon has run out of excuses to siphon money out of my pockets he's rung the endodontist and passed the baton. Probably getting a commission.veronese68 said:Morning folks,
Bit blowy out there, just wobbled to the dentist and now sat in the waiting room. Back to kitchen fitting after this. Less grief than work at least. Supposed to be sunny tomorrow so might go out with the EPO. Pub tonight of course.
Visitors leave tomorrow, which will be celebrated with a happy dance. Been here just over a week already, which is about 5 days too many.
Not too bad thanks Spinner, very relieved about that. Very glad we don't have to pay our medical bills, or not yet at any rate. Hate to think how much all the bills I've run up over the years could be.Wheelspinner said:
Well, I hope your dentist visit is less painful (physically and financially) than mine... Part 1 (of 2) ops to fix a thing. $1600 TYVM. I'm assuming since the neurosurgeon has run out of excuses to siphon money out of my pockets he's rung the endodontist and passed the baton. Probably getting a commission.veronese68 said:Morning folks,
Bit blowy out there, just wobbled to the dentist and now sat in the waiting room. Back to kitchen fitting after this. Less grief than work at least. Supposed to be sunny tomorrow so might go out with the EPO. Pub tonight of course.
Visitors leave tomorrow, which will be celebrated with a happy dance. Been here just over a week already, which is about 5 days too many.
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Fkn rear puncture when I got bike out of bike store. Quick tube change, couldn't find anything in tyre. Then felt the rim of doom about half way home. Pumped it up, twice, but had to bail about 2.5 miles from home as no more tubes, and wasnt going to faff with a patch so close to home. Walked to about a mile from home, where the support car kindly collected me. Found the glass shard glinting in a street light while waiting for the car . Not sure whether I missed it the first time, or picked it up on the way home.0
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How many until the fate Piña tempted with that statement bites?
Tried tubeless and didn't get on with it. Any holes sprayed sealant everywhere until it got to about 30psi which is too low. Pump it up and blew out the sealant. Tried a supposedly better sealant, much the same. Maybe the tyres I tried were shti, couldn't be arsed to try again so put tubes in with normal tyres. Will the same fate get me?0 -
Eventually. Could be tomorrow, could be next year like my experience.veronese68 said:.... Will the same fate get me?
Pop another tube in and go home. Less hassle in the long run.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
