wednesday when life gives you pineapples, make upside down cake

'ning

even nippier

ride/stroll, cafes, wfh, laze, i'm sure i'm supposed to be going somewhere soon, really need to check
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny

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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,174
    Morning Macabés d'eau de vaisselle

    Mild and a bit windy but definitely gloomy grey dark.
    What lanterns does one bolt onto the shiny bike SG? Do you like the new fangled thermoluminescent mesh variety?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,112
    seanoconn said:

    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.

    Good luck, hopefully the sexy tights will mean they don’t look at your face whilst robbing the bank
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,112
    Walk & run done, work stuff and then running with some friends later, maybe a few pints too
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    pinno said:

    Morning Macabés d'eau de vaisselle

    Mild and a bit windy but definitely gloomy grey dark.
    What lanterns does one bolt onto the shiny bike SG? Do you like the new fangled thermoluminescent mesh variety?

    Oi! Who you calling a dish washer!
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,233
    pinno said:

    Morning Macabés d'eau de vaisselle

    Mild and a bit windy but definitely gloomy grey dark.
    What lanterns does one bolt onto the shiny bike SG? Do you like the new fangled thermoluminescent mesh variety?

    couple of moon ones that attach with silicone bands, easy to fit/remove

    in london the roads are usually well lit, but in flashing mode they make it a bit more likely i'm noticed by the careless
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • I got a set of exposure tracers last Christmas. Very nice little lights, well made and very bright.

    I don't tend to do much night riding, more early morning/dusk rides so they're ideal in flashing mode. If I wanted a full front beam I've got a Garmin Varia somewhere.

    Might put some Christmas lights up this weekend as I'll be pretty immobile after Monday.
    Advocate of disc brakes.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,174

    I got a set of exposure tracers last Christmas. Very nice little lights, well made and very bright.

    I don't tend to do much night riding, more early morning/dusk rides so they're ideal in flashing mode. If I wanted a full front beam I've got a Garmin Varia somewhere.

    Might put some Christmas lights up this weekend as I'll be pretty immobile after Monday.

    So the op is going ahead?
    Do you wind the Christmas lights around the frame?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,174
    tlw1 said:

    seanoconn said:

    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.

    Good luck, hopefully the sexy tights will mean they don’t look at your face whilst robbing the bank
    I think this is a logistical nightmare anyway - how does Seano put the tights over his head if he's wearing them?

    #sorebollox/takinginlaundry
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    He saves the unsexy tights for his head
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,112
    thistle_ said:

    He saves the unsexy tights for his head

    Nothing on him is unsexy 😂
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,927
    pinno said:

    tlw1 said:

    seanoconn said:

    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.

    Good luck, hopefully the sexy tights will mean they don’t look at your face whilst robbing the bank
    I think this is a logistical nightmare anyway - how does Seano put the tights over his head if he's wearing them?

    #sorebollox/takinginlaundry
    If you give him a big enough wedgie...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,927
    Morning Peeps,

    Have a couple of visitors from the Kingdom of Far Far Away to deal with today. I aim to bore them to death which should be quite easy given the subject matter and their jet lag. Coffee and scotch egg for now - refuelling after a dry but fresh ride in.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,927
    tlw1 said:

    thistle_ said:

    He saves the unsexy tights for his head

    Nothing on him is unsexy 😂
    Right Said Seano? :p
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • beansnikpoh
    beansnikpoh Posts: 1,533
    Stevo_666 said:

    Morning Peeps,

    Have a couple of visitors from the Kingdom of Far Far Away to deal with today. I aim to bore them to death which should be quite easy given the subject matter and their jet lag. Coffee and scotch egg for now - refuelling after a dry but fresh ride in.

    Or you could gas them with coffee/scotch egg breath!
  • beansnikpoh
    beansnikpoh Posts: 1,533
    seanoconn said:

    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.

    I sexy tightsed it yesterday. Lovely it was, apart from that chap riding into the side of a car that didn't notice him, despite his flashing front light and bright red top. Luckily very little damage to either him or his bike.
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638

    seanoconn said:

    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.

    I sexy tightsed it yesterday. Lovely it was, apart from that chap riding into the side of a car that didn't notice him, despite his flashing front light and bright red top. Luckily very little damage to either him or his bike.
    I find you’re in trouble when you assume a car will notice you.

    Mrs Seano trying to get the hang of commuting but always seems to arrive home with tales of a near miss. Not entirely sure what she’s doing wrong but her lack of decisiveness and giving cars too much respect would be my guess. Hopefully that will improve with experience.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    tlw1 said:

    thistle_ said:

    He saves the unsexy tights for his head

    Nothing on him is unsexy 😂
    Post of the day, if I could lick it I would but I like will have to suffice.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    Trying cream instead of sugar in my coffee today. Lactose intolerant but soy cream was a mistake 🤮
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    Stevo_666 said:

    tlw1 said:

    thistle_ said:

    He saves the unsexy tights for his head

    Nothing on him is unsexy 😂
    Right Said Seano? :p

    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,750
    Morning folks,
    Another fun day in the orifice. Covered legs for me too, although not the sexy tights. Avoiding the ops director so I don't get in trouble for calling him out for being a spinelesslittleshit, although if I did and HR got involved I'm confident I'd win. Maybe I should go looking for him.
    Quite a pleasant wobble in through the park, bright but rather nippy as SG says. I find flashing lights better in traffic, static through the park. A guy passed me last night with a light as bright as the sun, as he approached I was leaving a very clear shadow on the trees ahead. Once he'd passed I sped up as I could see better, but a few people travelling in the opposite direction did shelter their eyes and shout at him. Don't think he heard because of his headphones. I have my lights on the lower settings so as not to blind people, maybe I should get some headphones ;)
    Today being Wednesday i will be going to a pub tonight.
  • beansnikpoh
    beansnikpoh Posts: 1,533
    seanoconn said:

    seanoconn said:

    Cozy sexy tights commute. Looks like a nice day. Off to rob a bank at lunchtime.

    I sexy tightsed it yesterday. Lovely it was, apart from that chap riding into the side of a car that didn't notice him, despite his flashing front light and bright red top. Luckily very little damage to either him or his bike.
    I find you’re in trouble when you assume a car will notice you.

    Mrs Seano trying to get the hang of commuting but always seems to arrive home with tales of a near miss. Not entirely sure what she’s doing wrong but her lack of decisiveness and giving cars too much respect would be my guess. Hopefully that will improve with experience.
    This was somewhat unavoidable I think. Car was at a side road, needed to cross bus/cycle lane and vehicle lane to turn right. A car in vehicle lane stopped to let the car out, and the driver ignored all the cycle lane traffic, as is often the case, and shot out in front of the cyclist. I say "somewhat" unavoidable, because I was 5 metres behind and I had spotted that the car had probably been flashed by the stationary car in the vehicle lane, and so had started to brake a while before, not assuming that we would be seen.

    It is all about confidence, experience and positioning, and so is riding a bike in traffic.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 60,927
    seanoconn said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    tlw1 said:

    thistle_ said:

    He saves the unsexy tights for his head

    Nothing on him is unsexy 😂
    Right Said Seano? :p

    Well he has about the same amount of hair as you. Not sure about whether the top matches anything you have :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Evening
    Todays ride with Gerries was over the bridge in to Lincolnshire and avoiding going in to Scunthorpe. Nice cafe with all meals seeming to be a tenner which given the amount of food seemed a bargain. Leek and mushroom pasta bake, tomato, pepper and onion salad and garlic bread.
    Made the hills seem quite tough though.