CC Jodrell Bank Run Spring 2012 - SUNDAY 22nd April

[skudupnorth]

Ditto, except I had 2 to clean, also had to replace this:
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This is the bolt off my mudguard stay, it happened when I decided to have a closer look at the method the Council had used to lay the tarmac. [twice ]

Mudguards......i've heard of them Thinking of putting mine back on for the next summer ride !!!!

 

[ColinJ]

Oh yeah, to add to the shopping list I need a new shorter stem cos I'm sick of sore shoulders during and after the ride.

I'm only 5ft (and half an inch) and my bike frame is 50.5cm with a current stem of 10cm so need a radically shorter one.

Feel free to chip in with suggestions.

One thing you could try is to flip your stem over. That has the effect of lifting the bars and bringing them back a little. It might make enough difference to make you comfortable on the bike - it did for me, on my other road bike.

Two things though, if you decide to try that - your cables might be too short (mine only just had enough slack), and you may not like the appearance of the stem that way up.

There's a discussion about short stems on the CTC forum here.

 

[Hacienda71]

Mudguards......i've heard of them Thinking of putting mine back on for the next summer ride !!!!

Noisy buggers those mudguard things......

 

[potsy]

Anti-social buggers!!

Good to have lecabnoir along, if only to make me look taller in the group photo

 

[skudupnorth]

Noisy buggers those mudguard things......

Very noisy,i could hardly hear the rain falling !

 

[lecabnoir]

That's not really an achievement Potsy, I make 10 year old kids look tall.

 

[potsy]

Just cleaned my bike, it was absolutely minging !

Still ignoring mine

 

[ColinJ]

Pennine-Paul posted something that reminded me that I had a problem with a sore right leg a couple of years ago and I thought that the problem might be partly due to squeezing the greatly expanded me into too-tight Lycra (nice image, eh). I switched to baggy shorts last summer and they definitely helped so I've just ordered some 3/4 length Endura Humvees for these colder, wetter rides and will see if the leg problem eases off when I wear them.

 

[fossyant]

Noisy buggers those mudguard things......

Not SKS's.

 

[fossyant]

Still ignoring mine

To report, left hamstring back to normal - as expected it's an old twinge.

TotallyFixed - how was the Brookes saddle - that 'other' bolt didn't look well ?

 

[fossyant]

Doh,

Going to have to make sure the bike is really clean after Sunday's ride - just got a message that one of the major bike mags wants to do an article on my Dura Ace 7402 groupset !

 

[potsy]

Doh,

Going to have to make sure the bike is really clean after Sunday's ride - just got a message that one of the major bike mags wants to do an article on my Dura Ace 7402 groupset !

Any excuse to get the baby wipes and Mr Sheen out

 

[fossyant]

Any excuse to get the baby wipes and Mr Sheen out

You know me !

 

[dan_bo]

it'd just be the baby wipes if it was mine......

 

[fossyant]

Editor bloke just called and did a quick interview - need to get some piccys on a white background. Bulk supply of Mr Sheen ordered