ttcycle said:
This thread's all about harmless tt elation...
http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=26839 is a good place to start. In fact, I was going to post a 'short history' but have binned it as it was veering towards uglysmugly - if you know what I mean.
Originally, qualification involved a 'preamble'...maybe some go and come back rides to the coast. Bluff calling (I wonder if BoaB has listened to that Bob Dylan yet?) mapping technology, an awareness of the sun, a love of the North sea and, in the
words of Chuck Berry Chuck in some extreme chill and hunger, preceding absolute fatigue and talking shadows et voila!
Mayble you'll fancy taking off to Brighton, traversing the coastline to Bournemouth before rocking into Stonehenge the same day, like the Andys, or just get down and lost, utilising the latest in GPS to do it - all this stuff counts.
It's an art movement really. A few initiators who suffer the pain of innovation, followed by a groundswell of support..."The Cycling Impressionists'. Once condemned to the Salon des Refusés, we became the norm(?
- and we're not averse to taking our Dejeuner sur L'Herbe...or having lunch on the grass if you like.
arallsopp will be along to elaborate on this grimmest of pen pictures shortly, of that I'm sure, trawl around in the informal rides section for adventures galore.
But you always need a nonsense of humour...sorry - that's just the way it works.
Even more disfunctional people
