wednesday the bold mameluke drew his trusty chiboque

Ciao

About to leave for work. Cold but at least not raining.

Bambini being normal morning pita.

thistle_ said:

'Ning
WFW
Forecast was not terrible so cycled in again. Drizzled for most of the way which made for some exciting corners.
Currently on the office floor looking at the ceiling trying to stretch hamstrings.

Do you sit on your legs (sort of) and lean back?

Awesome commute in. Covered the 10 miles in 12mins 38 seconds. Like a stealth bomber wearing a rather fetching pink high vis gilet. Work avoidance and coffee beckons. What’s that lazy bones @pinno doing today I wonder? Probably curled up in front of the fire 🔥

seanoconn said:

Awesome commute in. Covered the 10 miles in 12mins 38 seconds. Like a stealth bomber...

In your dreams

When are you going for hour record?

seanoconn said:

Awesome commute in. Covered the 10 miles in 12mins 38 seconds. Like a stealth bomber wearing a rather fetching pink high vis gilet. Work avoidance and coffee beckons. What’s that lazy bones @pinno doing today I wonder? Probably curled up in front of the fire 🔥

It's a 25 min 10. Do able with traffic draughting/hanging on to the number 13 bus and a tail wind.
45 min 25. Not do able.

No, I am not curled up in front of the fire Seano.
I have a few things to sort and then i'm going to go pedal.
None of this up with the larks in the dark, on glass, in heavy, traffic or communting stuff.

pinno said:

seanoconn said:

Awesome commute in. Covered the 10 miles in 12mins 38 seconds. Like a stealth bomber wearing a rather fetching pink high vis gilet. Work avoidance and coffee beckons. What’s that lazy bones @pinno doing today I wonder? Probably curled up in front of the fire 🔥

It's a 25 min 10. Do able with traffic draughting/hanging on to the number 13 bus and a tail wind.
45 min 25. Not do able.

Are we now fact checking stuff? 😱

Ok I admit it, I can’t run and don’t drink

Oh schweppes, there you are. Very sorry.

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pinno said:

Dowset's attempt on BBC iplayer at 9.55 this evening BTW.
I hope there isn't 2 hours of bollox before the start.

on the BBC website it says:

BBC said:

"Watch Alex Dowsett attempt to break the hour record live on the Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app:

Wednesday, 3 November - 21:55 - 23:15"

So that dosen't leave a lot of space

pinno said:

Dowset's attempt on BBC iplayer at 9.55 this evening BTW.
I hope there isn't 2 hours of bollox before the start.

I watched his first attempt at Zwift yesterday on YouTube, he was 30th out of a bunch of nobody’s!

seanoconn said:

They got rid of the hot food in Sainsbury’s phew 😥 but now they’ve replaced it with a charcuterie stand! How am I supposed to get more aero with all this Saucisson in my face!

Someone's Saucisson in my face isn't what I'd want either.

pinno said:

thistle_ said:

'Ning
WFW
Forecast was not terrible so cycled in again. Drizzled for most of the way which made for some exciting corners.
Currently on the office floor looking at the ceiling trying to stretch hamstrings.

Do you sit on your legs (sort of) and lean back?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpSuyZ0pZdY
But try to keep back/pelvis flat otherwise it's stretching your back not hamstring.

My @rse is still about 2 foot off the wall

johngti said:

Been in work, now sat in a Costa waiting for the right time to get the bus up to the hospital. Work has been very understanding. Expect the worst and hope for the best I think!!

In other news, Pinno’s bike ride sounds like an amble on a Sunday afternoon. Need to get that average speed up, laddie.

Fingers crossed for you GTI.

Nothing compared to the above, but just found out my gravel bike is delayed until later this month 🤬

seanoconn said:

johngti said:

Been in work, now sat in a Costa waiting for the right time to get the bus up to the hospital. Work has been very understanding. Expect the worst and hope for the best I think!!

In other news, Pinno’s bike ride sounds like an amble on a Sunday afternoon. Need to get that average speed up, laddie.

Fingers crossed 🤞

Really better off with straight fingers, and preferably not plural.

(good luck, GTI)