Your ride today....

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 4524824, member: 21629"]Ok. Our today's ride.

@Fab Foodie for some reason thinks that cats bark. and he tried to get in into @Hill Wimp neighbour's house.
I drank tea with milk for the first time in my life. Tastes like ... tea with milk. I can responsibly say I liked it. It was tea, wasn't it?
Then muddy someone broke into the house...that muddy someone turned into recognizable @Salty seadog few minutes later, sometimes shower does miracles

Voila, let's go. 2 Bromptons, 1 MTB and 1 womens bike. He he, good company. Blah blah, first pub, jealous man + too talkative @Fab Foodie = ermmm ... let's blame hat. Statistics: 1 bottle of Coca Cola and a few pints of beer. Getting funny.
Second pub. Statistics: the same.
Third pub. Eheyyyy, food !!! Food. Omg, lots of food ok, let's eat like baby using hands and making mess (that's me). Others were proper English gentlemen and lady. Statistics: 2 bottles of Coke, few pints of beer, water and something else.

Three of us happily drunk, one happily sober, nobody starving. Back home, we turned into 2 invisible ghosts and 2 visible cyclists. Blah blah again, a "must" check bushes (actually I saw nothing, Dan...almost).
Me being cheeky and got personal driver who took me home and let me out couple of steps from my house doors. thank you!

Home, room, TV, full belly, movie, yawn ... I don't need to get up early tomorrow to go to work, muahaha (evil laugh from the depths of Ashford).[/QUOTE]

The glamour ....

A good plac for a fight ...

More beer ....

And the winner is?

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 4524879, member: 21629"]Eastern European immigrant vs English beef burger = me lost half left.
I was fighting, honestly !!![/QUOTE]
It was a valiant effort! That was mighty meaty!

 

[Fab Foodie]

[QUOTE 4524920, member: 21629"]I understand now what my cousin used to have in her mind when she used to say "that woman looks like a fly with those sunglasses on". Huuuuuge black eyes. The rest of face is ... it is. Somewhere.[/QUOTE]
Hot road action!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Night night all :-)

 

[ColinJ]

[QUOTE 4524944, member: 21629"] View attachment 148972 [/QUOTE]
It is really nice to see pictures of you out enjoying yourself on your bike ... I was a bit worried for you when I read some of your posts a couple of months ago!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Nice 50 mile club ride Saturday, My other half had her first ride with the club for a few months, she has been doing spinning classes for a few weeks and it seems to be helping, still struggling with stamina, but it is building, she was well pleased with her ride, did a mix of Essex and Hertford, Took her up Mott Street, she did struggle but she stayed on the bike all the way to the top.

What a nice bunch of helmets!! ;-)
Took the Mrs up Mott Street .... paging Fnaar

All good stuff! Well done Mrs derrick

 

[Elybazza61]

Back to the commute this morning so as it's Monday the Trek mongrel will get it's weekly run out loaded with food and clothes for the week.

Needed to get to Cambridge reasonably early to get some provisions from the Little Waitrose so took the quick A10 route;not too bad and it was a bit quieter as it's half-term and mostly people were pretty sensible,couple of close-ish passes but nothing scary.

Nice steady run and the Trek is now just about sorted,just needs a front mech adjustment and she'll be reet.

https://www.strava.com/activities/754301404

Trek in commute mode;

Pic at work;

New front caliper;

And Tektro mini-v at the rear,bit close to the 'guard but not enough to stop it working;

 

[Hill Wimp]

[QUOTE 4524824, member: 21629"]Ok. Our today's ride.

@Fab Foodie for some reason thinks that cats bark. and he tried to get in into @Hill Wimp neighbour's house.
I drank tea with milk for the first time in my life. Tastes like ... tea with milk. I can responsibly say I liked it. It was tea, wasn't it?
Then muddy someone broke into the house...that muddy someone turned into recognizable @Salty seadog few minutes later, sometimes shower does miracles

Voila, let's go. 2 Bromptons, 1 MTB and 1 womens bike. He he, good company. Blah blah, first pub, jealous man + too talkative @Fab Foodie = ermmm ... let's blame hat. Statistics: 1 bottle of Coca Cola and a few pints of beer. Getting funny.
Second pub. Statistics: the same.
Third pub. Eheyyyy, food !!! Food. Omg, lots of food ok, let's eat like baby using hands and making mess (that's me). Others were proper English gentlemen and lady. Statistics: 2 bottles of Coke, few pints of beer, water and something else.

Three of us happily drunk, one happily sober, nobody starving. Back home, we turned into 2 invisible ghosts and 2 visible cyclists. Blah blah again, a "must" check bushes (actually I saw nothing, Dan...almost).
Me being cheeky and got personal driver who took me home and let me out couple of steps from my house doors. thank you!

Home, room, TV, full belly, movie, yawn ... I don't need to get up early tomorrow to go to work, muahaha (evil laugh from the depths of Ashford).[/QUOTE]
Glad you liked the tea it was Twinings Assam.

 

[Hill Wimp]

[QUOTE 4525676, member: 21629"]Any ideas why I had a terrible headache in the morning ???? It was like "Oh. My. Head."[/QUOTE]
Too much coke or too much fun

 

[DCLane]

[QUOTE 4525676, member: 21629"]Any ideas why I had a terrible headache in the morning ???? It was like "Oh. My. Head."[/QUOTE]

Dehydration possibly? Alcohol / other substance withdrawal symptoms?

 

[Dave 123]

My ride today was here....

For Christmas Jo had bought Thomas and I a taster session. Why did I wait this long? It was bloody brilliant!

Our 16 was made up mostly of mamils, but there were a group of four 15yo lads with us. It was apparent quite soon that they were very inexperienced and that we'd have to keep an eye out. The coach running the session was trying to push them on.

We had a few more instructional laps before being let loose. I got the first bend out of the way then I went straight up the top. It was fantastic, what a sensation!
As I was easing off after about 3 laps of full beans Thomas came whooshing over the top of me in his Beano jersey.

I spent the rest of the session having 2-3 lap blasts then easing off. I had a smile as big as the Blackwall tunnel!

As part of his spiel the coach had said that accidents happen toward the end when people tire, and sure enough one of the young lads slid from the sprinters line and brought down his mate! The bike in front of me jinked around them and I knew that I was clear to pull right up out of the way. Exciting!

I want, no actually, I NEEEEED to go again. I've told Mrs Dave that she's doing it too. Maybe they have a tandem we could use.

They were setting up for the London 6 days that starts tomorrow, it attracts a certain type...

 

[gavgav]

A short 12.7 mile ride, after work. No wind blowing which makes such a welcome change.

Getting dark early now and next week will be fully dark evening rides, oh I hate Winter!

Out through the estate and down to Meole Village, before climbing to Nobold and then onto Radbrook and Copthorne. Red light came on, on the front light, to warn me a charge was needed and so dropped the beam a notch which meant it lasted all the way round. Really must get into the habit of charging it up more often!!

Continued through Porthill and then the Quarry park, which is a bit of a tricky route when it's dark, due to errant dogs running around on their walks and no lights until you get to the towpath for the river. It was also evident how good reflectives are, as I had no trouble picking out runners wearing their gear, but dog walkers dressed in black is a lot more difficult.

The towpath was quieter and so made good progress to castlefields and out onto the cycle paths back down to Meole. On the final stint I saw a rat when passing Shrewsbury Town football ground! We did appoint a new manager there today and there have been a few rats employed there at times, so perhaps he opened a cupboard and let a few out

 

[13 rider]

My ride today was here....
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For Christmas Jo had bought Thomas and I a taster session. Why did I wait this long? It was bloody brilliant!

Our 16 was made up mostly of mamils, but there were a group of four 15yo lads with us. It was apparent quite soon that they were very inexperienced and that we'd have to keep an eye out. The coach running the session was trying to push them on.

We had a few more instructional laps before being let loose. I got the first bend out of the way then I went straight up the top. It was fantastic, what a sensation!
As I was easing off after about 3 laps of full beans Thomas came whooshing over the top of me in his Beano jersey.

I spent the rest of the session having 2-3 lap blasts then easing off. I had a smile as big as the Blackwall tunnel!

As part of his spiel the coach had said that accidents happen toward the end when people tire, and sure enough one of the young lads slid from the sprinters line and brought down his mate! The bike in front of me jinked around them and I knew that I was clear to pull right up out of the way. Exciting!

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I want, no actually, I NEEEEED to go again. I've told Mrs Dave that she's doing it too. Maybe they have a tandem we could use.

They were setting up for the London 6 days that starts tomorrow, it attracts a certain type...

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Brilliant fun isn't it I've done 2 sessions at Derby and loved it

 

[Dave 123]

Brilliant fun isn't it I've done 2 sessions at Derby and loved it

I've just messaged my brother in Keyworth telling him we're all off there next...

 

[ColinJ]

Too much coke or too much fun

Hopefully, that would be too much Coke!