Envious of Scots' CycleChat Rides.
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
jonesy said:I'm gutted. You get "voodoo barbie sex muffin", while I only qualify for 'jazz donkey'! And then 'idiot'!
There's nothing like a bit of true appreciation, and that was nothing like a etc.....
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
jonesy said:I'm gutted. You get "voodoo barbie sex muffin", while I only qualify for 'jazz donkey'! And then 'idiot'!
Yebbut, that's because I'm a matron of the parish and he knows that I'll thwap him with my handbag if he's not careful
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Waffles always factors in for this and weights her handbag accordingly.
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
tdr1nka said:Waffles always factors in for this and weights her handbag accordingly.
Oh yes. Plus the correct mix of knobbly-bits and spikes jutting out always induces that simpering wince of illicit pain/pleasure mix
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
I'm er... 6th from the right, 2nd row (evil grimmace on face) between Pottsy and CoG. Why do I always end up pulling that face during staged photos
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
Nothing wrong with that face, Sittingduck!
bleakanddivine
Über Member
- Location
- Way on down south, London Town.
Morning to the Richmond Twelve (that sounds like something you would expect to see at a vintage car rally, or, worse, at the Old Bailey).
Hope all your toes, fingers, legs, necks, backs, bums etc have recovered from yesterday. My arches feel a bit abused, but apart from that fine. I feel I should get out today for a few miles just to get the blood pumping round a bit, but the bike is still in the car with the wheel off, and it's chucking it down outside so I won't.
Some stats:
Riders: 12
Wheels: 25
Distance: 44miles
Elevation Gains: 1800ft
Event Duration: 5hrs
Cycling time: 4hrs
Ave speed: 11mph
Temp: 38F
Kudos to COG for 'event management services' and good to see people made it from near and far.
I think any route in London would be lucky not to get tangled up with heavy traffic at some point, especially on a Saturday running up to Xmas, but there aren't many rides in town with the opportunity to cycle past a herd of deer, a flock of sheep and assorted horses. Makes it sound positively rural.
Maybe a run in the green belt next time? New Years Day anyone, haha???
Jonathan (2nd left)
Hope all your toes, fingers, legs, necks, backs, bums etc have recovered from yesterday. My arches feel a bit abused, but apart from that fine. I feel I should get out today for a few miles just to get the blood pumping round a bit, but the bike is still in the car with the wheel off, and it's chucking it down outside so I won't.
Some stats:
Riders: 12
Wheels: 25
Distance: 44miles
Elevation Gains: 1800ft
Event Duration: 5hrs
Cycling time: 4hrs
Ave speed: 11mph
Temp: 38F
Kudos to COG for 'event management services' and good to see people made it from near and far.
I think any route in London would be lucky not to get tangled up with heavy traffic at some point, especially on a Saturday running up to Xmas, but there aren't many rides in town with the opportunity to cycle past a herd of deer, a flock of sheep and assorted horses. Makes it sound positively rural.
Maybe a run in the green belt next time? New Years Day anyone, haha???
Jonathan (2nd left)
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Hmmm, I don't like your average speed at 11mph, mine was far better at 12.1. I wonder why it's so different - was this from a satnav?bleakanddivine said:
I'm just about to venture out to the car and reassemble my bike and go for a little half hour ride so I don't forget how to do it. I've been to Tesco's and got one of the Cree front lights so I now have a mega challenge to attach it to the trike which may take some consideration. Tomorrow I shall go and buy a replacement rear light. No aches and pains at all today which is great, and my feet have finally defrosted.
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Done!Peter said:
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
wafflycat said:
Then I must try harder to perfect the grimmace WC!
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Well done you lot - and a nice report from Auntie H too. Yesterday in Paris I was sitting on a balcony in a t-shirt whilst navigating my way around several bottles of rouge - warm sun reminding me of how much I was missing the A3 lorry dash
bleakanddivine
Über Member
- Location
- Way on down south, London Town.
Auntie Helen said:
Well, just dead reckoning really. We started at 10.03 and I finished at 15.04. Almost exactly 5 hours. Riding time was 3.51, so about 4 hours for a distance of 44 miles= 11mph. Mind you, my GPS inexplicably took a nap between the Star and Garter down to Hampton Wick, so I don't claim any definitive accuracy for these figures, and I'm open to correction if anybody managed to log the whole ride.
Jonathan
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
I'm now going to ask how folk to think about how they're fixed(no pun intended) for a 'Bleak Mid Winter' ride in January?
Looking at a 30 - 40 mile route perhaps?
If anyone has any ideas for a ride before Jan then just shout it out!
On the strength of yesterday's turn out it would be really nice if we could get a CC group ride going say, once a month, having different rides in different parts of London within the M25, including local CC'ers.
) for a 'Bleak Mid Winter' ride in January?Looking at a 30 - 40 mile route perhaps?
If anyone has any ideas for a ride before Jan then just shout it out!
On the strength of yesterday's turn out it would be really nice if we could get a CC group ride going say, once a month, having different rides in different parts of London within the M25, including local CC'ers.
