On your Bike

[mickthemaverick]

One bit is very twisty and busy where any cars following just cannot get past. I knew I had accumulated five following thanks to my radar so I did the right thing and pulled into a farm entrance so they could pass. For that simple thing I received five big smiles and thumbs ups

If only all cyclists had your manners Jim, I came up behind a truck yesterday doing 10mph along our back road. It soon emerged that he was following a pair of peddlers riding 2 abreast. I know that is now a recommended procedure in country lanes but keeping it up for 4.5 miles with a large truck behind just isn't right. Plenty of places for them to do the decent thing but no!! When we finally got to the only decent straight the truck, myself and 7 or 8 others passed them and I'm pretty sure they didn't get a single smile!!!

[Rp0thejester]

I bet they got a digit from the hand though

[CitroJim]

If only all cyclists had your manners Jim, I came up behind a truck yesterday doing 10mph along our back road. It soon emerged that he was following a pair of peddlers riding 2 abreast. I know that is now a recommended procedure in country lanes but keeping it up for 4.5 miles with a large truck behind just isn't right. Plenty of places for them to do the decent thing but no!! When we finally got to the only decent straight the truck, myself and 7 or 8 others passed them and I'm pretty sure they didn't get a single smile!!!

That's totally out of order in my view Mick. I'm very much of the belief that if we all gave way when we know we have a grown a convoy (and it doesn't need rear-view radar to know) we'd be far more accepted and drivers would, in turn, behave far better around us...

I bet they got a digit from the hand though

And I bet I got called all sorts of names too

[mickthemaverick]

I bet they got a digit from the hand though

A veritable collection! I managed an appropriately shaped fist but didn't know how to pluralise it!

[myglaren]

[myglaren]

https://pin.it/2BHAS26X3

[CitroJim]

Next Sunday I'll be taking part in my first duathlon of the season so today I have been getting some serious training in

I'm quite pleased with that

And I'll be repping my club:

I've been testing some clothing for the event, the Ashridge Duathlon, which has a muddy trail course for the run legs and a hilly, technical road course for the bike leg. Usually the weather is absolutely abysmal for this one. Cold, wet and windy... Just how I love it... Clothing has been selected with this in mind

The only downside of a Sunday Duathlon event is that I have to miss Junior parkrun

[NewcastleFalcon]

In my car this time, although did the full Derby to Berwick-upon-Tweed, NCN68 Pennine cycleway back in May 2020.
The book and the film aren't out yet, but this thread tells the tale...

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Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

If you fancy riding round on a kettle looks like you may have to hand over more than £10,000 to tempt the owner to sell this one.

Less than 1600 miles covered since 1978.

https://auctions.wbandsons.com/auction/ ... 2&pn=4&g=1

I've thrown in a gratuitous original falcon in the wild photo of the blue one of the same breed for good measure.

Neil

[CitroJim]

Still my dream bike Back in the day I so nearly got one... One of my little regrets

[CitroJim]

Yesterday I had a rare opportunity to take my bike for a few laps around the Milton Keynes Bowl race track - the one used for, amongst other things, our series of Criterium races in the spring and summer months..

The first time I've ridden it despite marshalling at the races many times...

A friend made a little video of me in action...



It was huge fun

I couldn't go all-out as part of the track, in the stage area when the bowl hosts big concerts, was in use for HGV training...

I have video from my bike camera which is still undergoing processing to overlay metrics on it...

[NewcastleFalcon]

Sprouting from the February Ferret, and a post on Malcolm's thread today's random selection from the archives.

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Wonder who built this one?

Spoiler: show

The find it fix it flog it bloke ( Henry Cole's fix it man )

Neil

[Skull]

Toying with the idea of doing the LEJoG ride/challenge but I’m struggling to do more than 30 miles before my legs have had enough

Today’s effort was a bit too much and struggled to get home as well as my legs coming out in sympathy - the freewheel joined in and has partially seized, so slightly slower progress as it seemed the only way to safely descend was to keep the brakes on to keep the speed down and carry on pedalling as fast as possible, otherwise the chain just went slack and gathered up against the tyre risking a rear lock up!

22 Feb 24 longest ride so far this year

Strangely enough the elevation climbs on LEJoG equate very closely to most of my routes @ 48 feet per mile but that’s before I even think about adding panniers and carriers (not carrier bags )

[CitroJim]

36 miles on a day like today is good going Gary, don't be so hard on yourself...

LEJOG is an awesome challenge and good on you. I'd love to. I take it you'll be looking at one of the guided ones rather than doing it all solo and self-supporting?

I know I don't need to say this to you really but lots of consistent training will soon do the trick and you'll be able to do the 100 miles per day will soon be a piece of duff...

If you can do 50 miles, then 100 is no problem at all... You just have to tell your head

I have my first long sportive ride of 2024, the Cambridgeshire Classic, next Saturday. A few sportives are great LEJOG training

[Skull]

If you can do 50 miles, then 100 is no problem at all... You just have to tell your head

My head is not listening to me though

Cheers though Jim I think the supported route is probably the way ahead, mainly for the bike support but also the admin/accomodation side of things + luggage transportation each day etc....but I don't want my bike or me to be the weakest link so I will also have to get a road bike rather than my 25+ year old Huffy