Thursday Night Ride to the Coast - Felpham March 28th

[rb58]

Wondering how many shirts to wear.....

 

[User482]

Wondering how many shirts to wear.....

I think it's an n+1 situation.

 

[Flying Dodo]

We will be riding on Good Friday which means I can't drink. But it doesn't mean I can't carry a hip flask to cheer my mates with.

Can't you give up something else for Lent, rather than drink. Or doesn't it work that way?

 

[TimO]

Most of my batteries and lights are now fully charged, and the ones which aren't (i) should be done by this evening, and (ii) are spares, so aren't strictly necessary anyway.

I've just found the GPS, which I haven't used for a couple of months, so it had gotten stored somewhere safe (ie impossible to remember where). I need to make sure it's got a plausible Felpham route on it, then do a quick shop for odds and sods for this evening (eg a chocolate muffin to eat whilst waiting at the start), and then pack the bag.

I love working in academia at this time of year. We get from Thursday to Tuesday off, so a six day weekend, with two three day weeks either side.

 

[theclaud]

Cut a bit of inner tube to soften the grip and apply the mole grips.

Good idea but I didn't have time this morning with all the other faffing. I will attend to it when I get back. In the meantime I have found another flask :-)

A bit of the aforementioned faffing was occasioned by the fact that since my Ultremos got a bit cut up on the last FNRttC I have been running the rear with a toothpaste-tube tyre boot, and had it given out in sub-zero temperatures in the arse-end of nowhere, I feared that my recklessness might have occasioned Zeqqly wrath of the beyond-eyebrow kind. So I now have a new Conti GP on the back.

 

[Wobblers]

Ahh, but were not going via Pease Pottage are we...

I have just had my thighs looked after by my leg lady, so I kinda smell like some massage parlor, of the good kind, anyhow. However, it seems I've torn ligaments in me left heel, again, damn it. But it shall be fine for this ride. Poop.

Bike is fettled, last night and all is good... Baring I need the rear wheel bearings serviced, but again, it will be fine. Double poop.

But 'Teef, my dear friend, I love that that piccy shows my beloved Zebra bike! Oh how I miss that bike. The frame is currently wall art, it looks splendid.

And now, with 50 riders, we should all be able to get seated for 3am'sies..

And, I have spare hipflasks... But am not drinking on the one.. Triple poop!

I am so, so tempted to quote this out of context.

Speaking of hipflasks, I'll have to look out mine. It does look like we'll need some Dalwhinnie antifreeze. With all these single malts on tap, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Can't you give up something else for Lent, rather than drink. Or doesn't it work that way?

(The overconsumption of) Booze is a major vice of mine. Fasting and abstinence are good for the soul (and waistline). What else can I say?

I did give up cheese, too, this year, not entirely successfully.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I generally give up giving things up. Hope that helps.

So have you given up giving up on giving up things yet?

 

[StuAff]

So have you given up giving up on giving up things yet?

All that giving up sounds like a lot of hard work

 

[ianrauk]

All that giving up sounds like a lot of hard work

What time you leaving to cycle up?

 

[TimO]

I've dug out a hip flask, and will obviously have mine full of Talisker.

 

[velovoice]

I have purchased one to stand in for the one we can't find! If I were following your naming convensions, it'd be full of... Baileys! But no, it will be Jura. And quite right too.

 

[Aperitif]

I've dug out a hip flask, and will obviously have mine full of Talisker.

Veritable cat's piss!

Edited to advise that it missed thae word 'p1ss' off the post.

 

[PaulRide]

I'm envious of you guys heading off to Felpham tonight. Should be a good one, even if the route's not as scenic as the summer version.

 

[TimO]

Looking around at all the forecasts, they seem to be fairly consistently a degree or two below freezing, with the coldest time (not surprisingly) in the few hours before sunrise.

Even I'm planning on wearing several layers, although that's more about being as comfortable as possible.