Tea? (Part 3)

[classic33]

 

[the_mikey]

Get out, man..
The Bawb was out in the occasionally really wet stuff, E wind in his dip, pitch dark and 17 in the pocket at the end


I'm on drugs which require I don't eat for an hour after taking so rather sit and drool at the cooking smells wafting up the stairs..oot I go..

oh and good evening to all you scallywags

Good evening Bob

 

[Bobby Mhor]

I used to go out in all weathers but I no longer see any point to it. I get maximum return from what I do on my bikes and don't have a need to seek anything more.

2014 has been a good case in point for me. For the first time ever I spent 100% of the winter indoors and then got out on my TT bike as soon as the weather inproved. My club make Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for its TT competition with qualification for the awards being average speed over the club 25, 10 and 5 mile courses (which are anything but drag strips). Gold is 25mph+, Silver is 24mph+ and Bronze is 22.5mph+. I have always got a Silver award and this year I became the first man in his 60's to get an award above Bronze with my usual Silver. In other words I still managed my primary aims of fun, fitness and a little competition without having to bother with mixing with traffic in all kinds of sh;tty weather.

What I do wouldn't suit everyone but then I only need to suit myself, which I do.

I hope you enjoy your outdoor winter cycling. However, I won't be joining in.

Yeah, I hope you realised I was more tongue in cheek..

I've worked outside all my life in all weathers..
Weather for cycling doesn't bother me except a howling gale in my face...

Being over 18st, I never achieve speeds like yours..in fact, I'm known as '10.50 Bob' due to my average being between 10 and 11 mph..
The Bawb is certainly not aerodynamic..
I did try the indoor stuff last year using borrowed gear but not for me...I like the interaction of meeting people and the sights and smells of the country as 99% of my outs take place on country roads and the local route 75(esp as I help keep it in good order in the bit we do)...
but as you say each to your own....

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Good evening Bob

Mikey lad
You have returned safely I see..
Any Duke of Wellingtons in your trip today?

 

[the_mikey]

Mikey lad
You have returned safely I see..
Any Duke of Wellingtons in your trip today?

No Duke of Wellingtons anywhere I've been today. He had a blue traffic cones when I saw him in 2011.

 

[classic33]

I had a short ride out in the wet this evening, only 22km long but that's


No Duke of Wellingtons anywhere I've been today. He had a blue traffic cones when I saw him in 2011.

Police or cleaning cones?

 

[Bobby Mhor]

I had a short ride out in the wet this evening, only 22km long but that's


No Duke of Wellingtons anywhere I've been today. He had a blue traffic cones when I saw him in 2011.

My main light chucked it as I was getting up a lather..
The return home is roughly 350ft rise from Brookfield, luckily it is a steady rise except for a few short sharp rises en route...
Calories burnt are about to wasted on cheesecake

 

[the_mikey]

The autumn seems to have been delayed, the thick carpet of wheel jamming leaves hasn't occurred so far...

 

[the_mikey]

Police or cleaning cones?

I blame APCOA.

 

[classic33]

I blame APCOA.

Meaning you don't know!

 

[172traindriver]

I was talking about you. Your the one who mentioned monkeys Mr TD

and you are the one that said you knew me

 

[classic33]

Meaning you don't know!

Car parks! What do they want cleaning cones for?

 

[the_mikey]

Car parks! What do they want cleaning cones for?

They use blue traffic cones, often to direct cars to or away from certain areas.

 

[classic33]

They use blue traffic cones, often to direct cars to or away from certain areas.

Cone Colours
Always thought blue were for emergency usage only. Or in cleaning.

 

[Saluki]

I have a cuppa. At last I can drink it without either burning myself or dribbling.