Really interesting! Thanks for sharing/posting, has got me thinking now...! Have you noticed much difference with chain wear or use in bad weather? (increase/decrease in 'silence' after wet conditions etc)
Nice!
Love the picture! Did you have a good chat? He happy for a selfie while riding along or does he attract lots of attention?
Much of it will depend on what you're after and if the scheme is valid at the place(s)
Local race club ELY (who are a fund raising charity based club) started their JOGLE yesterday - 6 of them attempting to do it in 5 days (870 miles). Tough weather (rain & headwinds) for one of the hardest legs of the journey! Nails!
Good spot & great effort! He should've persuaded Steve Abraham to come meet up with him! I'd stopped following him after the WR endurance thing he attempted in Oz.
Dudes - is the Cycle to work scheme still a half decent saving on buying a new bike? I bought a road bike way back in 2008 through it at work and it saved me a good sized chunk of cash. Our work did away with the Cyclescheme a couple of years later but this month they have re-introduced it as part of a range of employee benefits via Edenred. However a few roadies I know have told me the scheme isn't as good as it used to be. Is it worth trying or would I be better just looking at a zero percent finance deal somewhere? Want to upgrade my trusty Cube Acid hardtail to a full suspension bike and although I'm aware that there is a 'cap' of £1k maximum spend on the scheme there is the possibility of me being able to top up anything over the grand mark with my own cash. Thoughts?
Great ride man. I assume Mark was the other rider? It's a sickener when you do a great ride like that and then he shows up!
I think my best was about 26:10 on the full 10 mile course a couple of years back before i had to give it up, but same thing happened. He rocked up and ripped it up.
Oh well, no prep rides fro me then. I'm sure I'll muddle through!
Very hard to call without seeing the actual incident unfold.
Quick! This could be the last bit of nice weather this year!
Slackers!Lol. This is essentially what I've been doing the last few months
Good chain info, thanks. I guess part of it determines how 'valuable' your chains are - I consider them a consumable and using SRAM chains they're only £14 to replace. Obviously DA or 'fast' TT chains for specific use it's a much better idea as they're doing less overall miles and are probably better looked after than commuting/day-to-day chains!
Doh! Done many 50+ mile rides? I did a few in the weeks leading up to my 100 which I think helped, more for the time in the saddle than anything else. Commuting & leisure riding 100+ miles a week regularly, I knew I had the legs providing I paced it and fuelled correctly, although I got the 'pacing' wrong by carrying extra weight/kit and pushing my HR probably 10-20bpm higher than it should've been. Some of it could've been excitement, as I generally ride with power now so wasn't really paying it too much attention to HR for pacing purposes. Depends on your stamina but I found the time in the saddle the worst part as I have struggled with it before (and more recently suffered with saddle sores).Almost made a noob error. Talking about the 100 mile sportive I'm doing with a couple of colleagues. "Yeah, I can't believe it is only a week on Sunday" "You mean next Sunday?" "No, the 27th." "You mean the 20th..." *checks website* "****"
/wet commuters signing in.Just to confirm. Rain on the way home too!
Hadn't heard of it before but just my 2 pence - he's to blame for hitting her and not being able to swerve/stop. She's to blame for standing in the way and being on a mobile phone not paying attention to her surroundings. The law is partly to blame for not enforcing the highway code - effectively allowing him to ride a bike on public roads which isn't safe to do so. Also for the lack of education as he didn't consider the implications of doing so. The law/courts also to blame for the book they'll throw at him to 'make an example' when there's drivers getting off scott free for far worse crimes and just as incriminating cases of manslaughter. Equally I don't think it's manslaughter if similar cases are not, more a case of diminished responsibility or death by dangerous riding/driving (which is still manslaughter but for some reason are see as distinctly different 'crimes').
