Time for another $0.50 beer here but first another post for you https://andrewcater.wordpress.com/2016/07/27/the-rough-seas-continue-in-romania/
He had a brother who was driving taxis that night, Reg...he didn't stop for you!Was I on that ride? I seem to have a distant memory of flirting with such a cutie....
We have followed his career with interest. I remember his delightfully wicked grin at hpc the first time I turned up on something other than my old, since sold, EBC Tourer. "That looks much faster than that mountain bike thing you had last time" he said. He was right. It, the black 'un, that took me from London to John O'Groats has since been cannibalised to build the grey 'un. Which is even quicker! I think he would be pleased.Having respected this thread from a distance, and followed the intrepid Andy via his words and deeds - testing and "character-building" to say the least - I thought back to days of yore...when Ian didn't like the dark and 'we' were all just getting to know each other.
I remember a kid with a torso about the size of one of my thighs, bundled and dishevelled (think a Primark clothes rack, on sale day etc) perched upon his white Spesh. He was all-in at Gatwick airport, and it needed pain chocolats and coffee to encourage him to Nirvana of Greg's delicious sausages,on the Madeira at Brighton.
I used to ride back from night rides - before deciding to form a beer club to eliminate such rash behaviour - and, on that night, we did - under the guidance of Brilliant Brian. In the revered company of @TopCat and @arallsopp "Young Andy" got his first 100 miler under his belt. Happy days!
Go Andy!
Actually, it may have been the one before. Claudine was present and correct at taxi playtime I think.Not sure if it was the taxi one or the one before....
On my short 200-miler I had this zipped tied on my bars, about six inches either side of the stem.
Plumber's lagging. It was very effective.
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I didn't know there was such a thing as a short 200 miler.