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rafster said:
Out of interest, what are people's employers doing about the olympics?
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Declaring our head office as a sovereign state and entering a team for beach volleyball :cool:



(seriously tho, nothing. but they wont mind if i watch/listen to some cycling on iplayer)
 
My current contract haven't announced any plans yet. However, we will be co-opting some of the build monitors and currently redundant screens we have lining the walls and window sills to stream a lot of the events. Same goes of the TDF (or at least it will do on the 42" screen that sits 2'6" in front of me).

I'll also be taking off the days for the road races because they go past my house, and the timetrials as they are just up the road.
 
It's... too... low...

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rafster said:
Out of interest, what are people's employers doing about the olympics?
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We're on holiday for 3 weeks of it (Cornwall for a week camping, home for a week and the Pyrenees for a week following the TdF), then I'll be trying to get into Canary Wharf on public transport as usual. If I can't then I'll be working at home; my company is flexible.
 
George Hincapie said:
Apart from the Road Race, and perhaps the Men's 100M Finals, there's nothing that interests me.
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I want to see all of the cycling events.
Particularly the road race, time trial and omnium scratch race, but also the other track events (pursuit, sprint, keirin and the rest of the omnium), MTB and BMX.


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Had a look through the olympics site to see if there are any other events which interest me. Nothing really, but i found the "jargon buster" for the athletics events quite humerous :)
Apparantly, a "false start" is when an athlete leaves the blocks before the starting gun has been fired, i'm glad they told me that!
 
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I'm looking for a second hand road bike. Been looking on ebay and gumtree but wondered if there were other places I should look?
 
daveski said:
Do any of you do a 13 mile (each way) commute on a single speed bike?
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If it's flattish, then it shouldnt be much more difficult than any other road bike. It will definately be better than a MTB.
daveski said:
And does anyone have any advice on this?
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Looks good. Genesis make decent frames from what i'v heard (never ridden one tho). How tall are you? 60cm is a very big frame.

If it was me, i would want to fit drop bars on it. I cant stand the narrow, flat bars that are fashionable with the fixie/singlespeed lot. But that's just personal preference.
 
4 miles each way on a fixed gear. You'll be fine with the right gearing and if it's not too hilly. You'll probably want a freewheel on that sort of distance so you can coast down the hills and allow about 40 minutes, depending how many traffic lights you have to go through :)
 
40 minutes would be great if I could manage that! I'm 6ft tall.

Few traffic lights and few cycle paths but mostly on the road. Total elevation (according to my phone app) is about the same in both directions so a mixture of hills and flat riding.

I'm not sure what to go for and my tiny budget (£300) doesnt exactly give me much choice. I already have one bike on the cycle to work scheme (my MTB) which I'm still paying for so won't be able to get another through work till next year.
 
I'd do that distance on any of my old steel bikes and all but one of them were free. One thing on that sort of distance is to be comfortable and a stiff race thoroughbred will get tiring after a while.
 
Jonny69 said:
allow about 40 minutes, depending how many traffic lights you have to go through :)
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:eek: Is your second name Schleck?

13 miles in 40 mins is almost 20mph average. I would struggle to do that on a straight road in my lycra, never mind traffic lights, junctions, etc in my commuting gear with a backpack.
I would expect it to take an average commuter nearer an hour.
 
touch said:
:eek: Is your second name Schleck?

13 miles in 40 mins is almost 20mph average. I would struggle to do that on a straight road in my lycra, never mind traffic lights, junctions, etc in my commuting gear with a backpack.
I would expect it to take an average commuter nearer an hour.
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I'm glad i wasn't the only one thinking that. I was beginning to feel very inadequate!
 
I gulped as well. I do 11.5 miles and my quickest is 35 minutes with an epic tail wind. Traffic, lights and junctions add too much time. If I remember rightly though Platypus rocks his commute at some ungodly speed.
 
I've already mentioned it previously I'm sure, unless I am having a bit of deja vue here.

My commute is 13 miles also and flatish. I am wearing lycra but I do have a 25L back pack with packed lunch and a complete change of work clothes in as well as all the usual repair kits, water bottles, tubes, a lock and the lights for the trip home..

I do it on average in 45 mins.

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However it is neither on an MTB or a fixie! and I have no idea how having a fixie would change that.
 
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Fuzz said:
I've already mentioned it previously I'm sure, unless I am having a bit of deja vue here.

My commute is 13 miles also and flatish. I am wearing lycra but I do have a 25L back pack with packed lunch and a complete change of work clothes in as well as all the usual repair kits, water bottles, tubes, a lock and the lights for the trip home..

I do it on average in 45 mins.

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However it is neither on an MTB or a fixie! and I have no idea how having a fixie would change that.
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What app is that you are using ?
 
I usually have sigs turned off but I just got logged out and so got to yours Touch; love the text.

I wear a RoadID and the bottom two lines ask the ambulance crew not to leave my bike behind. Oh course that may confuse them if I'm out for a run.....
 
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