Wednesday - Go do the Voodoo that you do so well

[Pinno718]

Morning

Wet.
Did manage a pedal between showers yesterday.
My friend is in France cycling on a 90 year old bike to Nantes. He's on day 4. More of that below.

First: coffee

 

[Pinno718]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5q2vz1jd2o

His chaperone is another college buddy who's recovering from ME. So it's all so very positive.

 

[wakemalcolm]

Any more pictures of the bike? Those brakes almost look fit for purpose.

 

[wakemalcolm]

Grey and miserable over here.......and the weather's the same.
Good day for midweek admin catch up, and drinking coffee.

 

[sungod]

'ning

a profound sogginess is upon the land

coffee, wfh, laze

 

[sungod]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5q2vz1jd2o

His chaperone is another college buddy who's recovering from ME. So it's all so very positive.

shiny!

the reporter's description of "chrome paint job" seems iffy, looks more like the real thing

 

[TLW1]

Meh, shoot sleep, feel like the start of a cold, which with a race at the weekend is just ace.

Nice hotel with the current wife last night, so in the office full of a pig based breakfast. Late meetings today are ok as my pal can’t run till later.

 

[briantrumpet]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5q2vz1jd2o

His chaperone is another college buddy who's recovering from ME. So it's all so very positive.

What a lovely story and thing to do.

 

[briantrumpet]

Bjr

More relaxed day than yesterday. Taking a couple of completely shot armchairs to the tip (they've been in the garden under a tarpaulin for ages), phone the surgeon to try and get a date, one lesson to do.

Other than that... it's grey and damp, and...

...coffee.

 

[Stevo 666]

Raining here too, so getting on with stuff in the cave after a decent long day + bike commute induced kip. Junior set off a little while back for another day of slicing up small furry creatures, good luck to her. May go for a virtual drive in my coffee break 🙂

 

[orraloon]

It is grey and dreich. Dontcha just lurve November. Is what it feels like anyroads.

Must get motivated and get organised to go for an (indoors) volunteer sesh over in The Gardens.

 

[TLW1]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5q2vz1jd2o

His chaperone is another college buddy who's recovering from ME. So it's all so very positive.

Love that!

 

[PhotoNic69]

Morning.

Work, work, work, work, work......
Coffee.
Must dash.

 

[Pinno718]

What a lovely story and thing to do.

I had to put up with all the angst and the delays in acquiring parts for the damn bike and general agony uncle services.
The bike came together in a last minute dot com fashion. He had to put another bike together with the same gearing/set up/saddle to see if it was workable and also train on it to see what it was like to ride 50+ per day on a limited gearing short crank arm steel contraption built in the late 1930's. So the actual bike being used had only 2 outings so it was all a bit nervy. The delays in the assembly of the bike was excruciating - old boys who had boxes of parts somewhere and they were really not in a hurry, so we were left dangling wondering if such and such rear mech/hub/bearing/lockring etc etc would turn up and work/fit/be reliable. Steve wanted to keep the bike as original as it was but over x years, many parts have been swapped.
This was started 18 months ago and came together 1 week before departure.

@sungod 'chrome job' is Steve parlance. It's stunning.

 

[Pinno718]

There was talk of painting the 3 main lugs in tricolor colours but a) ran out of time and b) it was straying from the original. I think it would have looked great.
The occupying Nazi's obligated name plates on bicycles.