May's ride with food
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StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Sorry Frank, no you won't 
Mista Preston
Veteran
Becs
Veteran
- Location
- Old Hatfield (it's nice honest!)
Am Squiffy on lovely Kentish wine :-) hope you're having fun peoples!
those guys were too slow for me so i jumped on the A10 turned up the afterburners and shot to cambridge
(may i suggest that all roundabouts where there is a change of direction are manned on future rides)
i couldn't answer the phone coz there was nowhere to stop for a couple of miles
(may i suggest that all roundabouts where there is a change of direction are manned on future rides)
i couldn't answer the phone coz there was nowhere to stop for a couple of miles
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User10571
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Oops!
We did wait for you for 'a while' TC.
Your suggestion re direction changing roundabouts is sound.
I'm just back a short while ago from another well-planned Abs ride.
Not even the post-puncture soaking in Stamford Hill (Otherwise known as: 'Head Turning Headwear Centrale') could dampen our spirits.
Eventually the sun came out, and we were unfortunate enough to lose TC.
Please don't ask where we lost him, because
A) if we knew that we wouldn't have lost him and
B) The answer is Ware
So it could be an unnecessarily lengthy exchange ....
A *ahem* progressive pace was maintained and we rolled into Cambridge I think, some time after one o'clock.
Refreshments were had then I set off for the station in the company of Stu and Lee.
Following a bit of inadvertent and failed fare-dodging at Kings Cross (be assured that I have managed to resist arrest and hang on to my liberty) I rode the seven or so miles home into the same headwind that had pushed us to Cambridge, and I didn't enjoy those seven miles at all. No, not one bit. I can't say I'd want to be pressing into a wind like that for sixty or so...
Thanks Abs for organising, and others for fine company - I hope the ride back wasn't too much of a grind.
frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
It wasn't too much of a grind for Abs, Ross and me as we got a train from Royston!
Abs started getting some painful cramps in her leg and it clearly wasn't sensible for her to try to ride, so she decided to get to the nearest station. At which point Ross and I very quickly offered to accompany her! I had been finding it heavy going battering into the wind and was rather clinging on to Ian's wheel for the previous 5 or 10 miles so it was quite a welcome relief as I wasn't really enjoying it. It was about 98 miles in total for me which, as I've had a couple of weeks getting over a leg muscle strain, was enough.
Hope Izap, Martin and Ian have a good rest of ride back!
Now, decisions: hot shower, beer, food... which to have first?
Abs started getting some painful cramps in her leg and it clearly wasn't sensible for her to try to ride, so she decided to get to the nearest station. At which point Ross and I very quickly offered to accompany her! I had been finding it heavy going battering into the wind and was rather clinging on to Ian's wheel for the previous 5 or 10 miles so it was quite a welcome relief as I wasn't really enjoying it. It was about 98 miles in total for me which, as I've had a couple of weeks getting over a leg muscle strain, was enough.
Hope Izap, Martin and Ian have a good rest of ride back!
Now, decisions: hot shower, beer, food... which to have first?
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User10571
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I've had a pint of tea, run a bath (that's going to leave an impressive tide mark - of that I'm certain), and poured myself a glass of chilled fermented grape juice.
Once the last two have been dealt with, I shall think about food.
Oh - and all the Lycra (With the exception of one maverick arm warmer. How irritating is that? Why does that always happen?) is enjoying a 30° C delicates cycle.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
You had a very impressive tide mark round your ankles!!!
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
Back home, having successfully connected with the next Pompey train out of Victoria (and I didn't lose the ticket and railcard like I did last time!).
That was another good-un, losing Dave (TC) notwithstanding (I'll politely disagree on the speed by the way- we certainly sped up after you left us, and even though I was lagging behind a bit at times, even when I was keeping a sustained 20 + mph, I didn't enjoy the wind as much as everyone else did, my moving average was still 15.4 mph, not exactly sluggish). Hope you still enjoyed yourself despite the navigational/wayfinding/communication/etc issues.
I decided that I wasn't going to be the one responsible for us leaving late, so set the alarm for 3.45, and managed to get to Fratton station between showers (caught the last couple of minutes of one shower when I set off). I got the 5 am train into Victoria and made Liverpool Street by 7.25, again between showers. Wandered around the station for a bit, got a cup of tea, then Arnold (Izap) was the first of the others to turn up. It definitely wasn't my fault we didn't leave until nearly 8.45
Apart from the biblical shower in Stoke Newington (at which point I was glad my umming and ahhing about putting overshoes and jacket in the Carradice fell in favour!), we were pretty lucky with the weather I think, the showers cleared fairly quickly and the sun did come out later on (some numbskull on the train commented on my cyclists' tan), though frankly I prefer it overcast. As stated above, the wind didn't feel that favourable to me, it seemed as much a crosswind as a tailwind. Pretty sure it was a headwind for the ride back though!! The traffic remained pretty light until we hit Cambridge (User10571 pointed out an alternative route in when we were on the train), and we made the pub at 1.30- not too bad considering the, er, faffing about we were supposed to be avoiding this time out
Thanks to birthday girl Abs for organising, and everyone else for the excellent company.
Edit: Did consider riding back as a possibility, but the later arrival + headwind to 'look forward' to + another two hours on the train whenever I got into Victoria= naah....I'm not going to be short of centuries this month anyway. Four consecutive ones at the end of the month to start with
That was another good-un, losing Dave (TC) notwithstanding (I'll politely disagree on the speed by the way- we certainly sped up after you left us, and even though I was lagging behind a bit at times, even when I was keeping a sustained 20 + mph, I didn't enjoy the wind as much as everyone else did, my moving average was still 15.4 mph, not exactly sluggish). Hope you still enjoyed yourself despite the navigational/wayfinding/communication/etc issues.
I decided that I wasn't going to be the one responsible for us leaving late, so set the alarm for 3.45, and managed to get to Fratton station between showers (caught the last couple of minutes of one shower when I set off). I got the 5 am train into Victoria and made Liverpool Street by 7.25, again between showers. Wandered around the station for a bit, got a cup of tea, then Arnold (Izap) was the first of the others to turn up. It definitely wasn't my fault we didn't leave until nearly 8.45
Apart from the biblical shower in Stoke Newington (at which point I was glad my umming and ahhing about putting overshoes and jacket in the Carradice fell in favour!), we were pretty lucky with the weather I think, the showers cleared fairly quickly and the sun did come out later on (some numbskull on the train commented on my cyclists' tan), though frankly I prefer it overcast. As stated above, the wind didn't feel that favourable to me, it seemed as much a crosswind as a tailwind. Pretty sure it was a headwind for the ride back though!! The traffic remained pretty light until we hit Cambridge (User10571 pointed out an alternative route in when we were on the train), and we made the pub at 1.30- not too bad considering the, er, faffing about we were supposed to be avoiding this time out
Thanks to birthday girl Abs for organising, and everyone else for the excellent company.
Edit: Did consider riding back as a possibility, but the later arrival + headwind to 'look forward' to + another two hours on the train whenever I got into Victoria= naah....I'm not going to be short of centuries this month anyway. Four consecutive ones at the end of the month to start with
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Another lovely ride out in good company. Although I could have done without the soaking at the start! I'm nursing a very sore foot/ankle now though, which really started to touble me on the retun leg. Jumping on the train from Royston was definitely the right thing to have done. Rode home from Kings Cross on my usual commute route and ended up with 100.8 miles for the day. Just enough.
Thanks once again to Abs for organising, and for everyone for their company. Especially good to meet Arnold and Lee for the first time. Some of you I may see next week on the FNRttC, although I may need to bail out if my foot doesn't heal up quickly.
Abs - rest the leg for a few days, I'm sure it will be fine soon.
Cheers
Ross
Thanks once again to Abs for organising, and for everyone for their company. Especially good to meet Arnold and Lee for the first time. Some of you I may see next week on the FNRttC, although I may need to bail out if my foot doesn't heal up quickly.
Abs - rest the leg for a few days, I'm sure it will be fine soon.
Cheers
Ross
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User10571
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User10571
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My legs are alright, my knees are ummm....not so good :|
I'm starting to blame the saddle height for the pain in the kees
Does that mean that you're ummm... home?
