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Where do you live Calpol? I suspect we aren't a thousand miles apart...
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Where do you live Calpol? I suspect we aren't a thousand miles apart...
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Eh? WTF happened?
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GP4000 clinchers are superb tyres. Or am I misunderstanding the point?
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Heading up the road I saw something green flashing in the distance. I looked up and could see a line flickering off the raindrops and flashing around my glasses and off my jersey. I put my head down, and figured the peak of my cycling cap should keep my eyes out of harm's way, and just stared at the 6 feet of road in front of me until I passed the two lads who I assume were responsible. Scum.
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They shouldn't be doing stuff like that but calling them scum is slightly harsh, mischievous kids maybe
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They shouldn't be doing stuff like that but calling them scum is slightly harsh, mischievous kids maybe
Because potentially blinding someone is a right old jape? Those lasers can be bloody dangerous.
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They shouldn't be doing stuff like that but calling them scum is slightly harsh, mischievous kids maybe
Nope. Utter scum. Even if all it does is distract someone, that could end in an accident.
I brought a load of 700c tubes with 80mm valves by mistake, they were on sale at Planet X awhile back. Any good to you?
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Picked up a TT bike from kiteloopy on the weekend - thanks again. 
Spent the evening tweaking and polishing with GT85 in preparation for its debut tonight. Hopefully a PB on the cards or something has gone really wrong...
It's a Canyon Speedmax AL and really happy with it. Will have to post some pics. It's white though so strictly for nice weather!
Spent the evening tweaking and polishing with GT85 in preparation for its debut tonight. Hopefully a PB on the cards or something has gone really wrong...It's a Canyon Speedmax AL and really happy with it. Will have to post some pics. It's white though so strictly for nice weather!
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Nice one OMS. Good luck on the PB.
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Damn, that sucks. I'm still dreading doing the rake again. Considering how much quicker you lot were than me going up Foxholes I don't reckon I'm going to be setting any PRs any time soon. I did feel strong when out with Wally Sun though. Although I think that was all the cookies and ice cream I shovelled in on Sat getting burned off...
If you fancy a midweek run somewhere give me a shout.
Er yeah they would be ideal I reckon, how many have you got?
Just north of Luton. We periodically head to the Chilterns for some hill pain. Lovely riding round there but not without hazard. Very near miss with a horse yesterday. I was glad the guy behind me had Dura Ace calipers otherwise my rear wheel was totalled!
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Picked up a TT bike from kiteloopy on the weekend - thanks again.
It's a Canyon Speedmax AL and really happy with it. Will have to post some pics. It's white though so strictly for nice weather!
Good to hear.
Let me know if you have any issues with it.
Get the pics up!
J
Thats both hideously garish and beautiful at the same time
It's very marmite isn't it! I love how fast it looks, but the overall 'feel' of it is very mutant. It's not a pretty bike, but you can tell it's one hell of a weapon!
Utterly gutted there's nothing you can really do, I wonder how that would shape up as evidence in court if he'd crashed and killed someone.
Glad to hear he's recovering & nothing serious.
Confidence is one of those things, I've seen guys take a nasty fall and just get straight back on the bike. I also know someone that a car driver cut up as he was trying to get back into cycling and he refuses to get back on the roads...
I guess a lot of it is down to the person, many of the semi-pro guys I know are so confident in their bike handling abilities that if anything happens it doesn't really affect their confidence. The rest of us I guess we always have a suspicion or slight nagging in the back of our mind that we made a mistake so our confidence takes a hit.
I know when I was knocked off, my self confidence was fine - I got back on the bike within a couple of days. If I'd have left it longer I probably would've been more cautious. My confidence in car drivers took quite a beating though - I'm still paranoid about them. I think that's the best way to be though, certainly with work commuting traffic - don't trust them with my safety!
Get that every so often too. Average of 40mph and things like that.
I did have mine on for a drive to Oban and max speed was listed at 99.9mph.......
Fast guy from near me drafted a lorry up a local link road, I'd spotted the ride before his comments as it did look a bit dodgy. Some popular KOM's there I don't think he'll loose anytime soon! (Including my 24mph attempt I managed with a beast of a tail wind!
)Had a '2/3/4' road race here this weekend, is that CAT 2+3+4 all in the same race? Fast guy again did well (KOM one of the loops), but only managed to finish in the bunch. Many of my local club headed out to marshall, I should've gone to watch but didn't have time
Strava Adventure challenge is on again, quite like the jersey for this one:
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Had a '2/3/4' road race here this weekend, is that CAT 2+3+4 all in the same race? Fast guy again did well (KOM one of the loops), but only managed to finish in the bunch. Many of my local club headed out to marshall, I should've gone to watch but didn't have time
Yeah, all those categories in one race.
Busy week training and racing for me, some writeups on my blog:
https://thomaswhatley.wordpress.com/
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We live in Hazlemere, between Beaconsfield and High Wycombe. Let me know when you are next out this way and I'll tag along
Only that the rest of the conversation was about the fallacy of needing the best kit to be the fastest. I was showing that even pro racers don't always have fancy kit. GP4000s are good tyres, but there are far better tubulars for racing, though these guys showed that you don't need them.
anyone remember these?
If I can find one for sale, it's going on my bike for sure
Yes! How about some of these to go with them? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bicycle-Spokey-Dokey-Spoke-Beads/dp/B004CXZSDA
Think he was hinting about them using clinchers and not tubs?
They shouldn't be doing stuff like that but calling them scum is slightly harsh, mischievous kids maybe
I assume him calling them 'lads' mean they weren't kids, so should know better!
Same here, Lifeline ones? I've been 'using them up' only to not puncture for months... Typical! Nobodies said anything on my club rides, yet!
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