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I so wanted to get out today to knock out Feb's 100. But I had a good excuse not to as it's jnr's birthday.
I kept looking at the weather outside. It was nice and sunny in parts, but as soon as I stepped out of the door it was a viscous wind blowing.
It would have made for an extremely hard working bike ride.
I kept looking at the weather outside. It was nice and sunny in parts, but as soon as I stepped out of the door it was a viscous wind blowing.
It would have made for an extremely hard working bike ride.
Good choice Ian. I saw a news item today and a lady got blown off her bike in Ashford and was badly hurt.
sittingbull
Veteran
- Location
- South Liverpool
7 of us completed for February.
So c'mon guys (@BigGee @bromptonfb), only 4 days left to knock 'em out.
Good luck
So c'mon guys (@BigGee @bromptonfb), only 4 days left to knock 'em out.
Good luck
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
If I start on the 28th and it's an overnight er - does that count as a February one?
sittingbull
Veteran
- Location
- South Liverpool
oo-er............you mean if it finishes in March?
I suppose it's debatable........ maybe, if the bulk of the ride is in February, but I doubt it
We need an official adjudicator....
EDIT: It would definitely count in a leap year
I suppose it's debatable........ maybe, if the bulk of the ride is in February, but I doubt it
We need an official adjudicator....
EDIT: It would definitely count in a leap year
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Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Ha, no invigilator needed. Work, weather and university has gotten in the way and I've quite simply run out of time, I've even missed an audax I'd paid for. A shame as I'm at the fittest I've been at this time of year for a while, good luck on the rest of the year guys.
BigGee
Senior Member
- Location
- North East London
7 of us completed for February.
So c'mon guys (@BigGee @bromptonfb), only 4 days left to knock 'em out.
Good luck
Going Tomorrow, been waiting for the weather window and this week off work, thankfully will now have both. Cambridge loop planned, will let you know how it goes.
sittingbull
Veteran
- Location
- South Liverpool
Not even a little 6 or 7 hour slot available somewhere?.......Would be a shame to miss out on the rest of the challenge as the weather improves.
You're committed now, fingers crossed for you
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Nights start Thursday night 12 hour shifts plus commuting and go on till Sunday morning. Tomorrow's out as I've got to sort out 2 shower rooms with new silicone and grouting.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
100 mile commute home on Friday morning ...?
Nah - maybe not!
Can't the shower rooms wait a week?
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Not really Colin, plus I've a mouth infection so pushing it will probably be silly.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Indeed. GWS!
BigGee
Senior Member
- Location
- North East London
Well the day after reaching my personal half century seemed a good day to see if everything was still working as I start my sixth decade and what better way to do that than attempt to crack out February's century.
I left at about 08.00 and went out through Hertfordshire, which proved surprisingly lumpy. I'd planned a route I was not that familiar with and got caught out by a hill that reared up to 18%, which I was not expecting and consequently had to grovel up on my 50x28, only just making it. I had gone for quiet looking roads and on the whole they were pretty traffic free, but the downside of that was that many of them were in shocking condition. pot holed and gravel strewn. I felt like I was doing the strade bianchi at times. Full concentration needed at all times and a constant danger of puncturing, luckily the gaterskins proved there usual reliable selves and I escaped any visitations.
Nearer to Cambridge, the roads improved and flattened out and I made pretty good time. I went right through Addenbrokes hospital, just from curiosity really, not having seen it for a long time (its an awful lot bigger!) and then headed south again. Unfortunately the wind had picked up by then, more than forecast, coming from the south west, which meant a three quarter headwind most of the way home.
It turned into a bit of a slog and I had to gear down, put my head down and grind. For all that though it was a nice ride home, the rain threatened a couple of times but never came to anything and there were some very pretty villages to admire, Thaxted in particular, which boasts a complete windmill and the most enormous church, completely out of scale with the small town it towers over, a relic of the East Anglian wool trade I imagine. I was also very surprised to see that Great Easton had a Rolls Royce dealership and that is an even smaller place than Thaxted! There is clearly money in darkest Essex!
I was starting to catch the traffic as I came back into town, reminding myself that I don't usually like doing my local cycling routes past mid afternoon, they become a lot more dangerous then, presumably everyone being in a great rush to get home. I had a few close shaves and was glade to make it home just after 4.
Need to decide were I am going to go next month now and must make a note to myself not to leave it so late this time!
I left at about 08.00 and went out through Hertfordshire, which proved surprisingly lumpy. I'd planned a route I was not that familiar with and got caught out by a hill that reared up to 18%, which I was not expecting and consequently had to grovel up on my 50x28, only just making it. I had gone for quiet looking roads and on the whole they were pretty traffic free, but the downside of that was that many of them were in shocking condition. pot holed and gravel strewn. I felt like I was doing the strade bianchi at times. Full concentration needed at all times and a constant danger of puncturing, luckily the gaterskins proved there usual reliable selves and I escaped any visitations.
Nearer to Cambridge, the roads improved and flattened out and I made pretty good time. I went right through Addenbrokes hospital, just from curiosity really, not having seen it for a long time (its an awful lot bigger!) and then headed south again. Unfortunately the wind had picked up by then, more than forecast, coming from the south west, which meant a three quarter headwind most of the way home.
It turned into a bit of a slog and I had to gear down, put my head down and grind. For all that though it was a nice ride home, the rain threatened a couple of times but never came to anything and there were some very pretty villages to admire, Thaxted in particular, which boasts a complete windmill and the most enormous church, completely out of scale with the small town it towers over, a relic of the East Anglian wool trade I imagine. I was also very surprised to see that Great Easton had a Rolls Royce dealership and that is an even smaller place than Thaxted! There is clearly money in darkest Essex!
I was starting to catch the traffic as I came back into town, reminding myself that I don't usually like doing my local cycling routes past mid afternoon, they become a lot more dangerous then, presumably everyone being in a great rush to get home. I had a few close shaves and was glade to make it home just after 4.
Need to decide were I am going to go next month now and must make a note to myself not to leave it so late this time!
