Due to work and travel I sadly didn't get to read your posts before the ride so I didn't see to Bognor your flag and sword
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FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham near Bognor 22nd April 2011
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Due to work and travel I sadly didn't get to read your posts before the ride so I didn't see to Bognor your flag and sword
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frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
Oh, and Frank9755 - sorry to miss you. The breakfasts were huge, with chips. AndI sat in the sun.
I can imagine what a treat that must have been for you! Don't know why it didn't seem to occur to you to do the same at Southend when you were so cold and hungry...!
Sounds like a wonderful night out - I'm enjoying skimming the messages and looking at the photos. Very sorry I missed it!
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Hey Frank, we didn't miss you! (© Adrian 2011)
Only joking - yes, of course we missed you. I'm just watching cyclists, families, individuals and gruppos whizz by, from my window whilst mainly outsideguzzling beer fixing a mystery flat back tyre. I'm beginning to think DDs are taking a dislike to me - often overnight... 
Only joking - yes, of course we missed you. I'm just watching cyclists, families, individuals and gruppos whizz by, from my window whilst mainly outside
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Mystery flat back tyre? Again?!!!
I was woken by that as well, which was good since I didn't want to sleep for half the afternoon, and evening, and then find I was awake overnight, throwing my sleep cycle even more out.
I wandered downstairs to see if Talisker wanted to be let in. He has a cat flap, but sometimes is too stupid (or lazy) to use it. He didn't come when I called, but then I heard a meow, and turned around to see him peering at me from the staircase!
The ride was indeed very fine, and the conditions were mild to say the least. I put on my spare layer at the Cabin Cafe, so I could go outside and let someone else have my seat. After being in the warmth for a while, the outside air felt a bit nippy, but that was soon sorted once we started moving again. I took it off at Arundel, since it was starting to get a bit sweaty by that point.
It was a nice change to spend most of the ride at or near the front, I only did one waymark, and no TECing. I almost got to use my emergency spoke, but by the time I realised that this was the problem (via matthew) they were already on their way home. It would have taken a while to sort out, but it's one of the few spares that I carry on Red.
As ever, great to see everyone, and hi to anyone I didn't say hi to on the ride!
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
I'm sure it's my 56kg + 'a bit' form, Stu... the 'bit' weighing in at a mere 45kg
German manufacturing perhaps? 
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
I'm sure it's my 56kg + 'a bit' form, Stu... the 'bit' weighing in at a mere 45kg
Nah, that's unlikely
thom
____
- Location
- The Borough
Some pictures from the April rides:
http://www.flickr.co...57626441395417/
If I had to choose a sunrise I think the Lancashire one edges it.
Good to see everyone and glad there were so few mechanicals,
Thom.
ps. a link for Marna
http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded
http://www.flickr.co...57626441395417/
If I had to choose a sunrise I think the Lancashire one edges it.
Good to see everyone and glad there were so few mechanicals,
Thom.
ps. a link for Marna
http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Nah, that's unlikely
"Untalced and puny" then? (Be careful here...)
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Don't forget the tail light helmet array that came through HPC a little before the off. That would be a clear winner in my world.
Andy.
We really should have asked him to come along. There must have been 20 lights in that lot
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
That reminds me - just what on earth was making that weird noise in the bushes on Rusper golf course? There were an awful lot of them. Demented ducks, frolicing frogs, humping hares? Anyone know?
Sketchley
Über Member
Enjoyed last night. Thanks to everyone, particularly the group at station who helped with Group Save. Finally got home at 2pm following a very slow and hot ride from East Croydon to Worcester Park. Thanks also to the gentleman who brought me a pint in the morning!
Stats from the night from my Garmin.
Time:08:56:13
Distance:69.03 mi
Calories:6,026
Moving Time:05:24:46
Avg Speed:7.7 mph
Avg Moving:12.8 mph
Max Speed:30.4 mph
Avg Pace:07:46 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace:04:42 min/mi
Best Pace:01:58 min/mi
Elevation Gain:3,258 ft
Elevation Loss:3,304 ft
Min Elevation: -9 ft
Max Elevation:614 ft
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Chris
Stats from the night from my Garmin.
Time:08:56:13
Distance:69.03 mi
Calories:6,026
Moving Time:05:24:46
Avg Speed:7.7 mph
Avg Moving:12.8 mph
Max Speed:30.4 mph
Avg Pace:07:46 min/mi
Avg Moving Pace:04:42 min/mi
Best Pace:01:58 min/mi
Elevation Gain:3,258 ft
Elevation Loss:3,304 ft
Min Elevation: -9 ft
Max Elevation:614 ft
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Chris
clivedb
Guru
- Location
- Milton Keynes
Another wonderful ride - many thanks yet again to Simon and accomplices. I think the weather has been perfect for every Bognor FNRttC and we have ended up sitting in the sun on the seafront.
I am hoping someone - there must surely be an ornithologist amongst the cyclists! - can explain the strange bird noises - they sounded to me as if they were on the ground.
I have posted a few photos here:
https://picasaweb.go...feat=directlink
There's nothing to match some of the other sunrise photos, but I agree with Thom that the Lancashire sunrise shaded it, although his pics are great.
There was a new sight for me on this ride. It's common to see the trail of red lights flashing into the distance but there were a couple of occasions early yesterday morning when the massive peleton was compressed, creating an awesome spectacle in the dawn light, stretching up the road and framed by the luminescent green of the fresh spring leaves. I tried to capture this, at risk of falling off, but it didn't quite work.
Who needs St George when have our own parfait gentle knight of the Fridays?
I am hoping someone - there must surely be an ornithologist amongst the cyclists! - can explain the strange bird noises - they sounded to me as if they were on the ground.
I have posted a few photos here:
https://picasaweb.go...feat=directlink
There's nothing to match some of the other sunrise photos, but I agree with Thom that the Lancashire sunrise shaded it, although his pics are great.
There was a new sight for me on this ride. It's common to see the trail of red lights flashing into the distance but there were a couple of occasions early yesterday morning when the massive peleton was compressed, creating an awesome spectacle in the dawn light, stretching up the road and framed by the luminescent green of the fresh spring leaves. I tried to capture this, at risk of falling off, but it didn't quite work.
Who needs St George when have our own parfait gentle knight of the Fridays?
