MyCyclingLog

[andyfromotley]

Crap weather and now bike is broke. waiting to see if LBS can sort it today.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Well I'm feeling a bit more human today so hopefully I can get out on the bike - probably not enough to stay ahead of Gaz though

 

[gaz]

Anything more than 12 miles should keep you infront.

 

[potsy]

I'm catching you Auntie Helen... tomorrows two commutes add 30miles

I'm catching her too only 16 places behind now
If she don't recover for maybe 5 weeks I might just do it

 

[mr_hippo]

Well. I should hit the 2000km mark today if...
I came off yesterday and unfortunately all a lot of the roads here do not have a smooth run-off and where I came off had a 70cm drop. I managed to land in a clump of dead trees - I'm a bit battered and bruised but the road bike has a broken R ergolever so it will be off the road until I find a replacement; Campag is difficult to find in Thailand.
After 50 years cycling you learn how to land with minimal damage but it's still painful!
The Trek 7200 is ready for the road, I'm just about to have breakfast and I'll let you know how I get on.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Sorry to hear you've had an off, Mr Hippo. Looks like time for n+1 - and a trike this time!

I've hopped ahead of Madcyclist after today's rides, so hopefully I can ward Potsy off a bit longer!

 

[gaz]

Sorry to hear you've had an off, Mr Hippo. Looks like time for n+1 - and a trike this time!

I've hopped ahead of Madcyclist after today's rides, so hopefully I can ward Potsy off a bit longer!

oooo sneaky.. i was ahead of you for like an hour

 

[mr_hippo]

Sorry to hear you've had an off, Mr Hippo. Looks like time for n+1 - and a trike this time!

Managed 71.18 kms on the Trek hybrid today - took it nice and easy. Just planning my next bike - possibly another Trek. Replacement parts on order for the road bike.
I did think about a trike but in Bangkok traffic - it's not worth it. I was filtering through heavy traffic when I saw two pickup trucks with some nice teak furniture on board. I had a nice, long coffee stop about 18kms from where I passed them - I must have been there for at least 40 minutes. As I was leaving, guess who was pulling in? The same two pickups!
Corrections to yesterday's post - the drop off was more like 40cms and the clump of trees was:-

A heap of dirt and gravel with a dead tree in it.

 

[Auntie Helen]

That does look a bit ouch! But at least it's sunshiny where you are!

Gotta say, the Aussies have pulled out a bit of a commanding lead now. They have five more members, however - all we need is five more mile-munchers like redflight, GrasB, Mr Hippo, Eck, Ian, Aran20, and we'd be fine!

 

[Keith Oates]

Bad luck on "the off" Mr_Hippo hope the bruises will be soon be gone. I would have thought that using Shimano in that part of the world would have made it easier to get spares etc.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mr_hippo]

Bad luck on "the off" Mr_Hippo hope the bruises will be soon be gone. I would have thought that using Shimano in that part of the world would have made it easier to get spares etc.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There's a good reason why the road bike has Campag! When I started cycling all those years ago, Campag was the best and I promised myself that I would have Campag one day - took me the best part of 40 years but I got there.
The new road bike will be Shimano equipped and I'm just working out the best specs for me.
Bruises almost gone but have a swollen R index finger. I was surprised how light my injuries were.

 

[Crackle]

I was reading their forum yesterday, the competitive spirit is in full swing. Can't let them win. I shall join when I'm back on the bike and add my measly mileage but every little helps.

 

[Madcyclist]

Sorry to hear about your off Mr Hippo, you've built up a fair lead over me so far this year mainly due to the UK snow and moving house. My tour will definately be on this year now just ironing out some of the details at the moment but looking to be in Bangkok sometime in Aug/Sept, be good to meet up with you !!

 

[GrasB]

Sounds like you had a potentially nasty off there mr_hippo but glad to hear that you seemed to have escaped with minimal damage to you person but I know that even bruises can stop you from rolling on the roads. The damage to the bike sounds like it's a little more problematic to solve however. Keep up the miles, you seem to be one of the few people who can keep me honest at the moment .

 

[fenman]

Hi everybody this is fenman trying to sort out my mileage in mycyclinglog on which i am loged on as Flyingscot good ride today of 66 miles, now that i have found this page and see what these Aussies are up too time to get serious, 4 weeks to St Ives reliability trial of 100 miles, can i make up for the lost miles because of the weather? does not look to good for the rest of this week