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Sorry, can't do paragraphs on this computer.
blooming bus - so much for joined up transport policy.
just been out on my impulse buy cheapo mountain bike - was fun (glad no-one could see me on the more tehnical trails walking round some sections :-O) guess i will gradually improve (i hope!!)
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+1 :angry:Originally Posted by ratfink
just done a 26 mile road circuit with Darth domain starting from Horton. bloomin freezin' and snowing for the last few miles!!
Went out in the snow on my old Alan crosser for a 10 mile circuit around the lanes saw a 4x4 eating a telegraph pole and a bloke in a volvo to timid to drive down of Jeffery hill(chipping side) me thinks he pulled his socks up
when he saw me just glide past!!!
My helmet had a perfect coating of ice as if painted on
Well, that was interesting!
Did a freezing cold 2.5 hours on the race bike this morning, Brixton to Richmond Park, few laps, and back... burst water mains everywhere, so some sketchy icey patches and the bottom of Brixton HIll was a skating rink...
Then I commuted to the fair in birght, cold sunshine... and tonight is started snowing, just as I was leaving the fair to go out for a meal with some friends... I hesitated briefly thinking: if I ride back to Brixton now, I will be fine, not sure about later... So obviously, I set off for Mayfair, had a lovely meal, then found 2 inches of snow had fallen during our meal :-O
Ah well, 20 ins wheels, slick tyres, what could go wrong.. so I started riding, only to find the cars were sliding all over the place... So I ended up walking to Piccadilly, to take the tube, as I didn't fancy a car, or worse, something bigger, slide into me...
Could not get into the station, chocca! So walked to Green Park, to take the Victoria line to Brixton... Victoria line suspended... been told to take the jubilee line to wherever and take a replacement bus... after 15 minutes wait, Jubilee line suspended, been told to take another line to Victoria... after another wait: suspended!
What now? With bike in tow... folded up by now, an old gent tells me to take the 38 bus... so I go above ground, wait ages for said bus which slithers to Victoria... where I have to go around the block and wait ages for the bus replacement service... It took me 2 hours to get from Mayfair to Victoria :-O
Could have walked the whole way to Brixton faster, in heels, in 2 inches of snow!!! Bliddy public transport, makes you realise why you cycle... Just as I am about to get back on the bike, as the road were dead around Victoria, the bus turns up... and slides its way to Brixton... At Brixton I manage to get back on the bike to ride the last mile... as road are much better up here, well, the main bus routes are... 2.5 hours in total of cycling, walking, waiting,more waiting and a bit on the bus...
This will be interesting tomorrow! When all the sludge will be frozen over... I very much doubt I get a ride in...
Seven in the fast group (it was 9 but two bailed out with frozen hands, heh!) - we did about 50 miles out into Kent at a fair pace.Warmed up today in London... planned a couple of hours tomorrow, setting off at 7.45, so no Dulwich Paragons involved... then commute, so it best not be too cold!
Had to solve a puncture on my foldy tonight as well... grrrrr, ended up walking aout 3 miles in heels, as the bus wouldnt take me with the bike, not even folded up
Lots of ice and frost in the verges but if there was any on the road, we managed to miss it.
-3 on the bike computer.
Got a really good chaingang going back over Biggin Hill. Felt like a million dollars in my hot bath with a cup of tea after.
Last edited by ZootHornRollo; 05-02-2012 at 12:08 PM.
Just an hour on rollers at a cadence of 105av
Got a good sweat on and enjoyed the views from the back window
You should be plugged in to the National Grid.
I love that feeling! After exercising in the cold - if its been particularly hard I'll put sugar in the tea - it's like nectar (normally can't stand it)
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