Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
3 other commuters this morning. Icy as fuck, right up to the elephant and castle. There was a bloke in Camberwell with football shorts and a short sleeve jersey on...badass.
How was your cycle commute?
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had to go to DIY shop again yesterday so went by bike. A lot more mild, but a lot windier to make up for the lack of temperature based nuisance.
Was planning on taking advantage of the empty roads today,but typically the wind is a bit on the mental side so shan't be bothering.
Was planning on taking advantage of the empty roads today,but typically the wind is a bit on the mental side so shan't be bothering.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
First commute of the year tomorrow so have just given the Pashley a wash and brush up.
Oh, and if you need any motivation to get on your bike for your daily commute this year, spare a thought for Steve Abraham. He's attempting to break Tommy Godwin's 1939 record of the most miles ridden in a year, a trifling 75,000 miles. All he has to do is ride 205 miles each day. Every day!
More info here - http://oneYearTimeTrial.org.uk
Oh, and if you need any motivation to get on your bike for your daily commute this year, spare a thought for Steve Abraham. He's attempting to break Tommy Godwin's 1939 record of the most miles ridden in a year, a trifling 75,000 miles. All he has to do is ride 205 miles each day. Every day!
More info here - http://oneYearTimeTrial.org.uk
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I had a huge crash at the start of a club ride this morning. One guy in the grupetto ran over a screwdriver that was in the road and went down then three of us piled into him at 40km/h. Total carnage. I've lost a lot of bark and have, fuck knows how, snapped the RHS chainstay on my Ridley! So that was an expensive ride - I think it cost me $800 per km.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Subsequent analysis of GoPro video from another rider has revealed that my frame snapped when it hit someone else in the head!
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I got off lucky. Between them the other three involved have one broken collar bone, two broken wrists and a concussion - from headbutting my carbon fibre frame into bits. My arse looks like chopped liver.
Not exactly the perfect preparation for our club's racing program!
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Why do services always end up costing a fortune? Went in for a cable replacement, left having spent £155. Ouch. Looks as good as new, mind.
It was my first ride for two weeks and was very short. I basically did just a TT lap of my estate, so about 3.5 miles, simply because it was too foggy to venture onto anything busier. Plus I couldn't just go out later when the fog had partly cleared because there was copious amounts of football to watch.
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
Chain is freshly oiled.
Frame and wheels are freshly cleaned and polished.
Tyres are pumped to 125psi.
Lights are charged.
New lightning flash reflector is affixed.
I am ready to ride, see you on the road tomorrow, Londoners!!
Frame and wheels are freshly cleaned and polished.
Tyres are pumped to 125psi.
Lights are charged.
New lightning flash reflector is affixed.
I am ready to ride, see you on the road tomorrow, Londoners!!
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
What a fucking night. It was so painful to lay down I was seriously considering sleeping by hanging over a rope as described by Orwell in DAOIPAL. I finally got to sleep at about 3:30am and then woke up with distinct sensation of pervading stickiness at 4:30am. Some of my dressings had become dislodged and one of the dogs was enthusiastically licking my bloody elbow. The bed looks as if a snuff film was shot on it. Mrs not impressed.
I might get a Merckx EMX-525 to replace my shattered Ridley.
I might get a Merckx EMX-525 to replace my shattered Ridley.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Your predicament is one of the reasons why I'll never ride in a club. Everyone's too close together!
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
You're thinking of chain gangs, OU. There are plenty of club runs that are far more casual and mostly about pootling along together having a natter. I ride with my club every Sunday and I've not seen one crash.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Not for me either way. I like the solitary aspect of riding.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I think riding in groups is safer as you're far more visible and cars give you more room. I've been racing and riding in groups for 30 years and have had (I think) 3 bad chutes whereas I've been put in mortal peril by cars while riding alone far more than 3 times.
I'm supposed to fly to Dubai tonight, I'm going to have to stand up for the whole flight.
braindancer
not for long
55 mile loop into Essex yesterday for the first 'proper' ride of the year. Perishingly cold and very misty - and I felt pretty unfit after the festive period. Need to get back on it!
I was massively over-dressed on this much warmer morning though and arrived at work absolutely roasting.
I was massively over-dressed on this much warmer morning though and arrived at work absolutely roasting.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
A couple of guys in the club I've occasionally been out with got taken out by a car on a roundabout whilst out for the first ride of the year on 1st Jan. One got a ride on the bonnet. Posted a picture of themselves on the FB page sat grinning in casualty both with broken wrists. Driver stopped and was OK about it. Winter bikes, so less of an expensive affair than downwarddog's incident, which they'll also get sorted out by the drivers insurance. It takes a particular kind of carelessness not to see two bikes.
I've started the year with some horrible gastric bug (will help get the weight down, I've probably shat away several kilos), so no commutes yet, though I did clock up a few miles on a borrowed Batavus Dutch bike over the new year in Rotterdam. First experience of Dutch infrastructure, and yeah, it's pretty good. Hard to get used to people giving way to you. It amused me that the only dickish bit of driving I saw (just someone revving then screeching away at the lights) was a golf with UK plates.
I've started the year with some horrible gastric bug (will help get the weight down, I've probably shat away several kilos), so no commutes yet, though I did clock up a few miles on a borrowed Batavus Dutch bike over the new year in Rotterdam. First experience of Dutch infrastructure, and yeah, it's pretty good. Hard to get used to people giving way to you. It amused me that the only dickish bit of driving I saw (just someone revving then screeching away at the lights) was a golf with UK plates.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
My ex-lodger has a Peugeot from the same era in a gold colour, think he's trying to sell it. Think he finally got pissed off with having to file down his own cotter pins every time the crank needed some attention.
One thing I love when I'm down in London is seeing the huge range of vintage bikes in racks or riding past, lots of ageing 'pub bikes' alongside fixie conversions. It's much more boring up here.
ChrisFilter
Like a boss.
In the absence of a more general cycling thread, does anyone have any targets for 2015?
I'm planning to cover at least 85 miles a week, shed two stone, get over to the Alps or Pyrenees at least once, start time trialling and move from the medium-paced group to the fast group in my club. The latter is unlikely, tbh, physiology is against me, but aim at the stars and you'll land on the moon, etc, etc.
I also want to start cycling to work on Tuesdays and back on Thursdays. It's about 37 miles from where I live to my office in London, and it's a fairly decent route until you get to Oval.
I'm planning to cover at least 85 miles a week, shed two stone, get over to the Alps or Pyrenees at least once, start time trialling and move from the medium-paced group to the fast group in my club. The latter is unlikely, tbh, physiology is against me, but aim at the stars and you'll land on the moon, etc, etc.
I also want to start cycling to work on Tuesdays and back on Thursdays. It's about 37 miles from where I live to my office in London, and it's a fairly decent route until you get to Oval.
plurker
tú no tienes la culpa mi amor que el mundo sea feo
As I posted in the 'Athletes, exercising folk; goals for 2015' thread in community forums:
1) Cycling: two-fold: distance attained overall and speed. Aim to ride 3,000+ miles this year. I got to 2,700 last year by regular commuting, but wasn't able to ride for 6 weeks due to broken wrist. As such this isn't going to be hard to achieve; might up it to 3,500.
I also want to rise up the leaderboards on Strava; there are about thirty segments where I'm in the top 100 fastest in London, quite often it's a matter of <10 seconds to get into the coveted top 10
I want to get into top 10 where possible.
Sigmund Fraud
893 all the way.
Looks good - I also ride a vintage Pug, but not as old as this one. Levers are a bit high, how do you brake in the drops? All the steel Peugeots are descended in geometry from the multiple TdF winning PX10 of the 60's - they all ride really well, even the ones made from gas pipe 'Carbolite' tubing.
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