Today's Bike Ride

[daz h]

Thanks Daz, the locking nut just seemed to have come completely undone! Now cassette and nut back on, cassette doesn't look too bad, certainly had no chain slippage/jumping. Gonna get a ruler and do the chain check, in imperial of course, will report back.....

yes well that should be okay then. If it comes undone again buy some light duty threadlock. Locktite do some.

[Man from Del Monte]

a few cycling bits and pieces in Lidl stores from today
tops
mitts
socks
track pump

[daz h]

Well im sat in the pub. Just done 60odd miles in the peak district. Some nice climbs including black rocks. Crap weather and very windy all the way round. First ride for ages with my cape on. Finally just about tweaked and marked the set up on the mercian. 1st guiness just going down a treat

[Daleside]

wow can you talk to us while you are in the real pub?

i think the weather has been worse the further south you are today - its been cloudy today in yorks - but in cumbria - reports were nice sun shine

[stevefoster]

1st guiness just going down a treat

Always does when you've earned it mate

[Hanneke]

HORRIBLE weather here tnight. Been raining all day, roads covered in puddles and general surface water, visibility bad due to low clouds, rain and spray, only 8 degrees centigrade, strong wind and lashing rain... I turned the car back after 5 miles on my way to my last 10m TT of the season... Could not face it and thought it unsafe too. Too many testers got killed already this season, I don't want to be one of them!

Got home and decided to get the iMagic out... only ever used it once, and do a ramp test. After much faffage setting it up I satrted with too short a warmup of 10 minutes at 200 watts... then had set 1 minutes ramps of 10 watts... so I rode to fail at 340 watts... apparently that isnt half bad and gives me quite a good power to weight ration. Obviously, provided the thing is calibrated accurately. God knows, it may be way out but... if I keep using it at regular intervals at the same settings, we should be able to get some progress stats of that

[daz h]

wow can you talk to us while you are in the real pub?

i think the weather has been worse the further south you are today - its been cloudy today in yorks - but in cumbria - reports were nice sun shine

yes its on my i phone
the wonders of modern technology haha.

The weather was bad on the bike for sure and the bike will need a good clean tonight to get the grime off.

[Stagger]

Work in my fastest time. Av speed 17 mph and thats with 2 town centres and 1000 ft climb.

HAPPY:thumbup:

[daz h]

Work in my fastest time. Av speed 17 mph and thats with 2 town centres and 1000 ft climb.

HAPPY:thumbup:

And you should be , well done Trevor thats a good speed

[emmilou]

Work in my fastest time. Av speed 17 mph and thats with 2 town centres and 1000 ft climb.

HAPPY:thumbup:

Nice one Trev!

errr no biking for me although have been spinning and err errr broke 2 spin bikes in a week!