Grrr....scummy bike light thief

[Arch]

Second the good wishes to you, and here's hoping the thief gets a persistant rash in an irritating and embarassing place.

Arch speaketh the sense regarding the Tesco 3W LED torch. You just need a way of attaching it securely to a light bracket , which I assume you still have. Black gaffer tape is your friend here.

Mainly I remember you mentioning it...

 

[TheDoctor]

I'm by no means the only one. I got the idea from Chuffers, IIRC.

They are good. Chew through batteries though, you need decent rechargables...

 

[summerdays]

Keep on going Cathryn - the end is almost in sight... and its worth it. I wish I had returned to cycling when I was pregnant - though I doubt I would be able to get on the bike by 37 weeks!!! (I had hip problems - and I used to get overtaken by elderly people ... I'm being serious!!).

As to the light thief - scum of the earth... may he be surrounded by a flock of moths when he tries to use it.

I've got the Nano 9 and Nano 1 - I find it quite good for seeing in unlit places (but I'm considering an upgrade to a Hope 1)- doesn't fall off its bracket, and fits in my bag/pocket easily. And it doesn't usually get switched on by accident in the black hole that is my pannier.

 

[Cathryn]

Thanks everyone...a Nano 9 is on its way to me...along with a track pump for my dad and a computer for my mum for christmas. I'm ridiculously excited about getting a bicycle parcel after the endless baby parcel deliveries!!

 

[Crackle]

What a rotten thing to happen. Glad to hear you're well Cathryn, look forward to hearing about the happy event.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Cathryn I dont know if you need a rear light as well but I just ordered a couple of these -> http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Smart_1~2_Watt_3_LED_Rear_Light/5360026001/ off wiggle half price mr Mag00 listed them on the bargains forum and they get good reviews.

 

[Danny]

Thank you everyone for the moral support and the good wishes!! I'm feeling okay actually...heifer-like but it's (almost) all bump rather than enormous fatness everywhere so somehow still feel relatively foxy.

In which case we need a current picture.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Bad luck about the light Cathryn, never mind that though, 3 WEEKS TO GO!!!!!

I though I was a cyclist, but you take the biscuit. Tell me other women looked at you in awe as you pedalled along to the hospital?

 

[Cathryn]

People tend to look as if I'm mad. I spotted a bloke talking in sign language to his wife the other day as I was at some lights and I'm pretty confident he was telling her about me, which made me laugh. I am also the slowest, most breathless cyclist in the whole of Yorkshire...it's hilarious.

I tell you what's great though - my midwife, consultant and cardiologist have all been nothing but supportive about me continuing to cycle. No-one has ever said "Oh, you should stop now." They've all just said "Well done, keep going." and I really apreciate that.

 

[ComedyPilot]

People tend to look as if I'm mad. I spotted a bloke talking in sign language to his wife the other day as I was at some lights and I'm pretty confident he was telling her about me, which made me laugh. I am also the slowest, most breathless cyclist in the whole of Yorkshire...it's hilarious.

I tell you what's great though - my midwife, consultant and cardiologist have all been nothing but supportive about me continuing to cycle. No-one has ever said "Oh, you should stop now." They've all just said "Well done, keep going." and I really apreciate that.

Yes, it's not like you are doing the TDF or anything, just gentle exercise, which if sensible is very good for you and baby.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Good for you, Cathryn... and horribly freak accident involving rotten eggs, a can of 3-in-1 oil and some garden shears to the thief.

My Wife was still swimming up to about a week to go (IIRC) with our first... and we took a car for a test drive when she was 10 days overdue... that was a classic look on the car salesman's face when he found this fact out... I don't think I've ever seen a man look so nervous!!

Keep going, and good luck for D-Day!! (Delivery Day)

 

[longers]

Great to hear your still pedalling Cathryn, I got advice about my sister cycling while pregnant and it was very nearly all positive - I think the only doubts were expressed by a couple of blokes. She didn't do any cycling at all, but she could have .

Good luck with it all!

 

[wafflycat]

Don't tempt me...I'm hankering after the tour de france baby grow!! He'll be 7 months in july, I can see me giving in to temptation before then!!

Reminds me of when WCMnr was a baby (he's 21 now..) watching the Tour de France on Channel 4 with a baby-sized Z-Team cap on his head. I still have the cap

 

[Arch]

Yes, it's not like you are doing the TDF or anything, just gentle exercise, which if sensible is very good for you and baby.

Indeed, and I remember reading that something a lot of women forget is that labour is called labour for a reason - it's hard physical work. The fitter you are, the better you'll cope and the less likely you are to get exhausted enough for it to become a problem.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Reading this makes me wonder what REAL excuse people can have for NOT cycling? Apart from not owning a bike?