CC Jodrell Bank Run Spring 2012 - SUNDAY 22nd April

[I like Skol]

They know I can take it.

That will be on account of your thick skin, like a hippo.... I mean rhino!

What they don't know is that one day they will come on a forum ride which is somewhat quicker than they were expecting and they will have to ask me very nicely to slow down ...

Not bloody likely.......................

................. I won't ask nicely.

I am formulating a plan that allows me to finish my night shift in Hazel Grove at 7am, then ride around for 1½-2hrs, before meeting you all at Stockport so I can take the piss for a while wave you off before I head home to bed ready for another nights toil. It might just work?

 

[ColinJ]

Colin, you are nothing like Chris moyles, he's lost weight

Being told that I looked as fat as CM was bad enough, but the fact that CM isn't exactly a 'looker' either didn't really cheer me up. When bro-in-law said that to me, I looked at the inset SKYPE window showing what picture I was sending to him and I thought "Oh, Paul Kinell - he's right!"

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Looking at the weather looks like a mixed bag at the weekend , sun and showers.

 

[ColinJ]

Looking at the weather looks like a mixed bag at the weekend , sun and showers.

It's a bit too far out to trust the forecast, but if it looks wet on the day I might ride my Basso which has mudguards. (Must get my new cassette ordered!)

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Never owned any mudguards in my life , so if it rains i will have to sculk at the back

 

[Alun]

Never owned any mudguards in my life , so if it rains i will have to sculk at the back

Not even on your Raleigh Chopper?

 

[potsy]

Never owned any mudguards in my life , so if it rains i will have to sculk at the back

I've reserved that spot for myself
Weather up to Saturday not looking good is it? This is what happens when TF and dr_pink sign up for a ride, jinxes

 

[totallyfixed]

TF and dr_pink do not like this

Nothing to do with the Jet Stream or the fact that the last couple of weeks have been the same, anyway, what was wrong with 1st April?
{dr_pink as we speak on turbo in preparation for a rematch]

 

[potsy]

TF and dr_pink do not like this

Nothing to do with the Jet Stream or the fact that the last couple of weeks have been the same, anyway, what was wrong with 1st April?
{dr_pink as we speak on turbo in preparation for a rematch]

potsy does not like this

April 1st must have been a one off

 

[fossyant]

Hmm, Blue bike, green bike or red bike ?

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Not even on your Raleigh Chopper?

I do declare i told a fib about never having mudguards, i had some little short ones like the photo below

No i didn't have a chopper , there was only one kid in our gang who's parents had enough money to get a chopper, the rest of us had old bikes with any bits we could get on it

 

[ColinJ]

I've seen tiny mudguards liken those before but never understood what good they are - can anybody enlighten me? The front of the front one would slightly reduce the spray coming up in front of you which you would otherwise be riding into, but what good do the other bits do?

 

[potsy]

Hmm, Blue bike, green bike or red bike ?

Which is the dirtiest?
Have you not got a pink one?

 

[Kestevan]

I've seen tiny mudguards liken those before but never understood what good they are - can anybody enlighten me? The front of the front one would slightly reduce the spray coming up in front of you which you would otherwise be riding into, but what good do the other bits do?

The only possible useage I can think of is to try and keep road grime from fouling the brake calipers. Given that bikes of this vintage usually had steel rims, the chances of being able to stop if it was raining were slim to non anyway.

 

[totallyfixed]

Oh yes! Fond memories of steel wheels that rusted and if you wanted to stop in a hurry in the wet, forget it. I have many vivid memories of riding round Pendle lanes and having to sit down on the cross bar with both feet acting as drag brakes on the road in the rain, oh happy days! BTW I think this kind of stuff made us all better bike handlers and as adults [and not a helmet in sight ] perhaps not as intimidated by todays road situations.
Back on track, I think there is a possibility we are going to get wet on Sunday, how nice are they at Jodrell when it comes to a lot of wet cyclists? Would it be worth ringing them just before we set off with numbers?