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Vonhelmet said:
Right then, a question of balls. The other night when I was out the wind was howling through my shorts and things were getting pretty chilly down there. I can only imagine that this will become more of a problem as we move into autumn and winter. Is this where undershorts come in?
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Do you have padded shorts, i find they keep things warm down there and when you hit properly cold weather bring out the winter tights - Lidl have some bargain ones at the moment!
 
Vonhelmet said:
Right then, a question of balls. The other night when I was out the wind was howling through my shorts and things were getting pretty chilly down there. I can only imagine that this will become more of a problem as we move into autumn and winter. Is this where undershorts come in?
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This exact thing happened to me on my London ride on Sunday. Everything went almost completely numb but this has never happened before. I was so close to stopping and shoving a load of leaves/grass down there but didn't know how much of a difference that'd actually make. I was thinking about taking my sock off and putting that on there instead but I thought my feet would freeze. At least I'd be able to have kids!
 
memphisto said:
did a gruelling 62 miler today taking in nearly 5000ft of climbs !

knackered now


http://app.strava.com/rides/19770377
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Well I'm glad I didn't come with you then. Sorry I haven't been in touch about a ride - would still like to do one, but I was really busy this weekend. I managed a 26 and 12.5 mile ride this weekend, and my buttocks are pretty ..... abused.

I think there's a fair way to go yet before I'm up to doing 62 miles (even on the flat) :)

ON the subject of about 62 miles... I'd quite like to be able to commute to work on my bike, in the vale of York, so mostly flatish... 31 miles each way - reckon it's doable a few times a week (after training for it, of course?)
 
Jono said:
ON the subject of about 62 miles... I'd quite like to be able to commute to work on my bike, in the vale of York, so mostly flatish... 31 miles each way - reckon it's doable a few times a week (after training for it, of course?)
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Yes but with a lot of planning. Ie, take work clothes and shower stuff in the day before. Thats about 2 hours riding, give or take and you wouldnt want to carry much stuff. Id do it on friday's when people arnt so fussed about arriving/leaving a little late.
 
I think its a good thing to aim for. Is there a point where you can park up say half way in or something? Start building yourself up that way.
 
New PB tonight, over 30.5kmh average.

Weather was nice and calm for once, it's been really windy recently making it tough going, especially since fitting the larger chain rings.

Had some ***** shout something at me from their car, saw them pull into KFC, if I hadn't been going well I was half tempted to go and ask what they shouted at me.

Feeling back to where I was a few months ago now before winter/holiday/accident! Need to sign up and go out with the local club at the weekends.
 
kiteloopy said:
Yes but with a lot of planning. Ie, take work clothes and shower stuff in the day before. Thats about 2 hours riding, give or take and you wouldnt want to carry much stuff. Id do it on friday's when people arnt so fussed about arriving/leaving a little late.
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Fridays are a good plan :) At least to start with.

daveski said:
I think its a good thing to aim for. Is there a point where you can park up say half way in or something? Start building yourself up that way.
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There are two options I'm looking at doing:
1) Befriending a farmer who's en-route to my workplace and asking if I can leave my car there, unless I can find someone in Easingwold that someone I know knows, and parking up there.

Cycling to / from work from there - probably only 10-15 miles each way, but would still cut down on car milage.

2) Driving to work on the monday morning with bike on/in car + changes of clothes for the rest of the week, cycling home that night, then back to work on tuesday morning. - depending on how I feel tuesday evening could drive home and back again wed, or keep riding.

Backup plan could be to get home/to work on the train and cycle the rest of the way home/to work, if I was left somewhere without my car. I'd need to look into how easy it is to take my bike on the train. We either get full-length 225s or a little 3 carriage transpennine express/sprinter thing to my home station.

Option 2 would be made so much easier if work end up installing the shower they've been on about for a number of months/years - I will bring it up with office management/HR again.


I realise that I'd be adding an extra 60-90 mins to my commute each way if I rode a bike, but I'd get massively fitter, save millions of pounds worth of petril and probably enjoy it a hell of a lot more - at least from spring/summer, anyway - I wouldn't want to chance it in winter, if I'm quite honest. Option 1 could be doable in winter, though.

If I got the train to work instead of drove, then that would add at LEAST an extra hour to my journey times each way, due to the lack of transport getting to/from work/station at either end...even if I had a bike left at the station for commuting purposes.. which isn't really an option because it'd just get vandalised/stolen.

Trains are expensive and inconvenient - Too easy to miss a train, due to my funny finishing times and I hate waiting for trains :)
 
I was all set to order some wheels when I stumbled upon Pro-Lite Bracciano £299 and they weigh 1482g. Pretty much half price of the DA WH-7900 C24 but similar weight!

What's the catch? Not many reviews but the few I found were pretty positive.
 
Photos from my London ride are up already. More money for me to spend :rolleyes:. But which?!

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