Thursday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham March 28th

[kimble]

To be fair about Greg's blue lights, we had a gentleman (and may still have for all I know), who had a blue rear light a year or two back, essentially like the old thin Cateye TL-LD800 only blue instead of red. I remember chatting to him later, and he lost it when the entire bicycle was stolen. They were briefly popular, possibly because Argos for some very odd reason, had them in its catalogue.

There's been an outbreak of green front lights this winter, thanks to Tescos having a set for under a fiver...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

To be fair about Greg's blue lights, we had a gentleman (and may still have for all I know), who had a blue rear light a year or two back, essentially like the old thin Cateye TL-LD800 only blue instead of red. I remember chatting to him later, and he lost it when the entire bicycle was stolen. They were briefly popular, possibly because Argos for some very odd reason, had them in its catalogue.

Planet-X £1.99. I'm nothing if not a cheapskate. But the bike is blue and as Ian might say "Blue is the colour"

 

[mmmmartin]

Reading these posts fills me with delight because so many of you obviously suffered on that ride as I suffered yesterday on my monthly 200k. It was miserably cold and windy and I had rain, sleet, hail and headwind at various points. Today my body does not like standing up, or even being awake. And my ride was easier than yours because it was during the day. So chapeau to you all. See you at The Minster in a few weeks.

 

[jonny jeez]

Another bad thing about that roundabout, is that a dozy car driver didn't see us as we were going round it, and tried to drive into me, although he did apologise once he'd woken up. Anyway, the diversion was no bad thing, as it enabled the back half of the ride( which went straight on), to catch up.
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I was right behind you...and following like a sheep the wrong way... when this fella tried his very best to escort you back the way you'd come.

His windows were so fogged up is a wonder he could see a thing, very nasty...well handled by the way, lightning fast reactions on your part saved an even nastier incident and despite the potentially awful outcome of his frankly crap driving, your comments to him of "try looking" were more that reasonable and measured

 

[Flying Dodo]

Reading these posts fills me with delight because so many of you obviously suffered on that ride as I suffered yesterday on my monthly 200k. It was miserably cold and windy and I had rain, sleet, hail and headwind at various points. Today my body does not like standing up, or even being awake. And my ride was easier than yours because it was during the day. So chapeau to you all. See you at The Minster in a few weeks.

I wasn't suffering! And unlike some of my compatriots who looked a bit roly-poly after a winter's hibernation, I'm about 5 kg lighter than earlier this year. I just need to grow some sideburns and I could be the next Bradley Wiggins.

 

[itsbruce]

Hi, folks. Had a great time on the ride, although my fingertips were complaining even with two sets of liners under my gloves. Felt full of beans for my first long ride in way too long, even if my calves were a bit stiff from running earlier in the week. After breakfast at the Lobster Pot, I set off to explore Bognor and Chichester before settling down in a B&B for the weekend - only just back today.

Can't leave without mention of the enormous puddings at Faygate:

So big that some awed cyclists were compelled to pay their respects:

But then unfeasibly large confectionery was the theme of the ride, as proved at the Lobster Pot:

More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsbruce/sets/72157633124103724/with/8612007550/

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The Plug is fixed, as in the Plug is Fixed.

Lure of an all-you-can-eat Asian buffet in Brighton with the lovely Helen's extended family won out over Billingshurst - Felpham yesterday, especially after it snowed on my Sunday morning leg loosener. Dad dancing at her niece's wedding in Lewes on Saturday gave me sore knees.

 

[User482]

Someone should tell The Cabin that they could cut those monster slabs of bread pudding in half and still ask the same money for them - they are just too generous.

I still managed to eat mine. Did feel a bit sick afterwards, mind.

 

[StuAff]

If they cut it in half I'd only end up buying two bits instead.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

If they cut it in half I'd only end up buying two bits instead.

You can go off some (skinny) people.

 

[MisterStan]

A night of firsts for me;
My first FNRttc - not as hard as I feared.
My first foray into cycling in London - not as bad as i'd feared.
My first metric century - see both above.

Thanks to Flying Dodo for collecting me from St Pancras and thanks to everyone for being friendly and welcoming.
I think i can hear Southend calling....

 

[MisterStan]

they could cut those monster slabs of bread pudding in half and still ask the same money for them.

P.S. this is a terrible idea.

 

[Davywalnuts]

So, my skinny.

And no, I am not skinny.

The Ride. Fab. Just simply fab. Baring that section of road works before 4am'sies. Cold, pah. Weather, perfect. Views, wonderful. Company,. delectable, as always. Brekkie and half way stop, superb. Fellow TEC's and waymarkers, awesome. Our leader, illustrious.

Me. Fine, fat and funky. No problems on this ride at all. Slight coldness from damp clothing from the pursuit into HPC, but, fine.

Bike. Did me proud. Baring the back wheel. With the bearings of which ended up truly knackered and was the big factor in not cycling back, which, was the right choice as play is now about 3mm either side and is now LBS'ed. Maturity there, finally, possibly. But even on a 66" SS gearing and faced with Bury Hill, I did not worry. I almost managed all of Bury Hill, but at the time, still had my mind on cycling back and preservation.

The gripe. Adam has already covered this. But it is a problem that always grows in the latter stages of the ride and one that causes a lot of frustration. As the Sun light appears, so does more traffic and so a little bit more awareness and communications up the ride will help me and others massively.

So I thank you all for a fab ride. I do love this one.

Ah, only one piccy, as others have the same.

 

[Wobblers]

Someone should tell The Cabin that they could cut those monster slabs of bread pudding in half and still ask the same money for them - they are just too generous.

Very true. Though I'm glad they didn't. Come to think of it, I could forgo the sandwich and just stick with the bread pudding - I mean, it's got fruit in it, it must be healthy, right?

 

[Tim Hall]

If they cut it in half I'd only end up buying two bits instead.

"If you cut it in half, it's half the calories. So you can eat twice as much"