Wobblers
Euthermic
- Location
- Minkowski Space
To be honest, the Bear Grylls solution sounds distinctly more appealing.
FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Whitstable, 15th August
- Thread starter dellzeqq
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To be honest, the Bear Grylls solution sounds distinctly more appealing.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
You've just remined m in my inebriated state I have a Snickers in my pocket :-)
BromyG
Veteran
- Location
- Deepest Essex
Great ride again and now my first SMRbtH complete! 
(a further 61 miles back to Southend via the Gravesend ferry to Tilbury)
http://app.strava.com/activities/181092986
(a further 61 miles back to Southend via the Gravesend ferry to Tilbury)
http://app.strava.com/activities/181092986
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User10571
Guest
Arthur
Comfortably numb and increasingly fixed.
- Location
- Gillingham, Kent
An excellent ride in perfect conditions, and the first time I've ever had to point out a pile of wayward plums as a hazard in the road.
A few photos here...
A few photos here...
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
So so jealous!!!
sagefly
Veteran
Cool stuff, 5 months is a good way in. Dehydration has effed you up plus the sugar load, will fark you up.
It hurts but keep taking the drugs, as is said, my fear is joint damage and proper arthritis.
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
A great ride, we were dropped off by HPC and collected from Whitstable by my lovely wife, all for the price of a sausage & egg bap as it was Kai's first Fridays ride and twice the distance they'd ridden before.
Perfect weather aside from a bit chilly, I added the waterproof for a bit after Strood to warm up, I didn't realise Friday rides were allowed to be dry. The sunrise and sunny ride in was lovely great breakfast venue.
Kai suffered a bit with mechanical issues, slipping the chain at the Rotherhithe tunnel roundabout and on the hill out of Greenhithe, it ran OK until the big climb where it went twice in quick succession. It's a bit expected with a singlespeed conversion, despite the tensioner, and Kai was understandedly frustrated. The Tec's pounced on it then and after repositioning the tensioner it held for the rest of the ride. I've very much left Kai to do their own thing with their bike, but may grab it and look at upgrading the tensioner (this one has some flex in it and the jockey wheel could be a better fit for the chain) or otherwise sorting it.
The last 5 miles proved the toughest for Kai, I think they were physically spent by then and a fair amount of the pack went passed as we worked our way in to Whitstable, but we completed the ride and as always I'm a very proud father. Spent most of the day asleep, but checked on the way up and Kai has said they'll do another, although may pick one of the bikes with gears for it.
Thanks to everyone who had a part in things and especially Simon for all his cat herding and making it happen. I really enjoyed riding through my home turf, even passing the campus I'll be commuting in to on Monday, as well as the one I work at most days.
Perfect weather aside from a bit chilly, I added the waterproof for a bit after Strood to warm up, I didn't realise Friday rides were allowed to be dry. The sunrise and sunny ride in was lovely great breakfast venue.
Kai suffered a bit with mechanical issues, slipping the chain at the Rotherhithe tunnel roundabout and on the hill out of Greenhithe, it ran OK until the big climb where it went twice in quick succession. It's a bit expected with a singlespeed conversion, despite the tensioner, and Kai was understandedly frustrated. The Tec's pounced on it then and after repositioning the tensioner it held for the rest of the ride. I've very much left Kai to do their own thing with their bike, but may grab it and look at upgrading the tensioner (this one has some flex in it and the jockey wheel could be a better fit for the chain) or otherwise sorting it.
The last 5 miles proved the toughest for Kai, I think they were physically spent by then and a fair amount of the pack went passed as we worked our way in to Whitstable, but we completed the ride and as always I'm a very proud father. Spent most of the day asleep, but checked on the way up and Kai has said they'll do another, although may pick one of the bikes with gears for it.
Thanks to everyone who had a part in things and especially Simon for all his cat herding and making it happen. I really enjoyed riding through my home turf, even passing the campus I'll be commuting in to on Monday, as well as the one I work at most days.
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Well that was a lovely ride. Dry and a tail wind! Who could have asked for more. Thanks to Simon for organising and to everyone who helped on the ride by waymarking and Teccing. I am pleased to report that we made the fantastic sum of £380 at the midway point for Step and Learn, the charity that is based in the hall.
I took a few pictures
This is my favorite.
I took a few pictures
This is my favorite.
Plenty of the other clown bikes though...
Arthur
Comfortably numb and increasingly fixed.
- Location
- Gillingham, Kent
I think he was going way too fast for a normal camera to capture...
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Until he had to push it uphill...
