On your Bike

[Steve Walsh]

A good afternoon out on the bike

[myglaren]

[myglaren]

[NewcastleFalcon]

Continuing the Meccano theme from Remember these All our Yesterdays.

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Neil

[Hell Razor5543]

I think there is a Meccano museum in Henley-on-Thames.

[myglaren]

[RichardW]

Not an everyday sight caught on my ride today!

[mickthemaverick]

Clearly this chap needed some help from The Big Bang's Sheldon Cooper - the world's leading expert on string theory!!

[CitroJim]

For the first time in years, it seems, I went out for a ride on my bike

I needed to check I still could. Seems I can!

An absolutely gorgeous day... Not far off freezing though but in my full winter kit I barely noticed... Warm as toast

[RichardW]

Nice one Jim!

Was very picturesque here with the frost / snow on the trees, but it was coooold! Garmin says below freezing all the way round, and down to -5. Just about thawed out!

[CitroJim]

I saw on Strava you got out on yours too Richard Your scenery beats mine any day!

[CitroJim]

Today I finally got out on my bike for a decent'ish distance (35 miles). Not a huge distance by my standards but brutal in the surprisingly strong wind and not helped by having lost a lot of my cycling fitness having not ridden much these past few months and concentrating on running...

Despite my shortcomings and the wind along with a little rain, it was good

I'm the TT Secretary for Team MK, a local bike club that focuses on racing. My job is to plan and execute a program of 20 TT (Time Trial) road races between April and August. I've planned the event calendar, have received approval from our governing body and now I have to gain the approval of two local police forces to run the events...

This is not proving easy. I have had to resort to doing an on-line enquiry asking both Thames Valley and the Bedfordshire forces to whom I should liaise with on this matter. No reply for several days and today I receive this in my official inbox:

I was somewhat staggered to see this enquiry was dealt with by someone in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police for an enquiry from Buckinghamshire :surprised: Not even by Thames Valley!

I'm wondering what force might respond to my parallel enquiry to Bedfordshire police? My money is on the Northumberland force

I find it all a bit bizarre

[myglaren]

I'm wondering what force might respond to my parallel enquiry to Bedfordshire police? My money is on the Northumberland force

I find it all a bit bizarre

That will be Shetland and your screwed if you don't speak Scottish, or Puffin.

[CitroJim]

I'm wondering what force might respond to my parallel enquiry to Bedfordshire police? My money is on the Northumberland force

I find it all a bit bizarre

That will be Shetland and your screwed if you don't speak Scottish, or Puffin.

[RichardW]

I made 3k miles - just. Chain had other ideas and snapped on Weds with120k to go. Needed 2 repair links to fix it, leaving only 1 spare...another breakage this morning with 20k to go meant a roadside repair with the last remaining link...rode the last bit carefully! Had a pair of gloves in my saddlebag, but they turned out to have rotted Now to order new parts and do an overhaul! 4k miles next year...? maybe