Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[Joe24]

Heres my atempt at it. My bikes with my C1. Not been in it for a while, i'm trying to sell it at the moment(half heartedly) because i'm mainly just cycling now.

Lovely boat(but was the one i got stuck in), converted it myself to C1 with some help from my brother with making it fit to me. It really is that short aswell, 6"1 and your in only a very short space, about a foot an half ish. Cant move around much in it, tight fit so my legs used to go pretty much dead after a short time. Learnt to roll it, cartwheel, bow stall and stern squirt it. Never regained my confidence fully in it after my mishap.

 

[Aperitif]

Sounds like the boat fits you like a glove Joe! Nice photo! That must be your 'core strength training frame' we can glimpse in the background too...

 

[Joe24]

It is my core strength training frame, the slide is my favourit section, brilliant for the abdominals

 

[Speicher]

Thank you Joe24 for your oarsome photo, got off to a good start.

 

[Aperitif]

Bike, dog person, garden - time-wastersinterests each...taken last night...a small indication that it wasn't time to take the bike for a walk but...

 

[Speicher]

At the risk of making a difficult decision even more difficult, are there any more entries for this week's Prize?

The cut off date is this evening. * waits for avalanche of late entries *

 

[TheDoctor]

Gimme a chance, I've been tied up all weekend!
Let me rephrase that...

 

[marinyork]

I like Apertif's one, infact I think it would make a good avatar.

 

[Arch]

Gimme a chance, I've been tied up all weekend!
Let me rephrase that...

<ahem!>

I think I failed to get a single pic all weekend that had my bike in it...

 

[TheDoctor]

OK. Finally managed to take one. It's the carbon Uberbike in front, my Ribble flat-bar roadbike behind, with some white Burgundy in the bottle cage.

Bugger. That should be rotated...

 

[Speicher]

So pleased that you have the bottle to submit an entry TheDoctor.

Are there any more late entries? by midnight please

 

[Speicher]

After much careful consideration, I have decided that Joe24 is the winner, with his first photograph. I particularly like the way the bicycles are leaning towards each other, as if to say "hello".

I liked Aperitif's photo because he doggedly followed the guidelines. (TheDoctor has his own flat Bar for drinks).

Thank you to those who entered.

 

[ComedyPilot]

C'mon Joe24, what's the next challenge?

 

[Joe24]

Yeeeeeh.
At the moment the bikes are in the shed with the handlebars touching. Aww the love
Ok, i wont to see a picture of your bike, with your favourite site/thing on a ride.
Pictures of nice young ladies holding your bike will be given extra points Other things of interest will also be given extra points
Pictures in by sunday evening. Winner told on monday.

Ok ok, i dont know, i'm being rushed!!

 

[fossyant]

Had a nice little ride today getting this photo.

It’s of a knoll, hillock thingy, near Rainow in the Peaks called ‘Big Low’ – doesn’t look much from here, but it sticks out from where ever you see it.

It’s hilly terrain, but this thing just sticks up on it’s own – fairly conical in shape (bit like a mini volcano) and is visible from the Cat and Fiddle and of course the roads around it.

Used to ride past it a lot on club runs – one thing you knew were you were in for a tough ride, from any direction.

Todays ride went from Poynton, up through to Pott Shrigley, then up Blaze Hill – forgot how hard some of it is – two very steep sections, about 1 in 6 then it’s up to Rainow – could feel the old hamstrings straining here, then up Pikes Road – another long drag of about 1 in 8. At this point you can see the Cat and Fiddle, about the same height as you, bit you know it all goes horribly wrong at this point as you can see the 1 in 5 on Ankers Knowl Lane, and you start loosing all that height you gained earlier. As soon as you hit the 1 in 5 you think…what the hell am I doing, loss of traction, thoughts of getting off…just look at the tarmac and carry on…

Nipped on the Cat for a mile or so before dropping off towards Higher Hurdsfield, for a nasty climb up Lidgetts Lane/Windmill Lane – Windmill Lane is a swine if coming up it – I was going down into Kerridge. It’s on the Cheshire Cycle Route 70 – a nasty shock for anyone. It’s bad as it has a switchback on it, so as you climb out of Kerridge, you can see this stone wall climb up at an impossible angle, in line with the road….

From here it was all downhill, back to Bollington and Adlington. A Good 35 mile hilly climb – tests legs, lungs, shoulders, arms, hands….great….

I’ve not done the lanes round Rainow for a long time, and brought back loads of memories of club runs and the amount of swearing when particular roads were taken.