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Liquid Knight

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15,754 posts

182 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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A leisurely thirty eight minutes into work and forty four home in fog. Grrrrr!

Two issues. My sore neck is a lot worse. I'm not saying I miss having suspension but bumps and pot holes I noticed on my old bike have given me whiplash on the new one; and the fog lifted enough for the cows to stare at me as I went past again. I'm pretty sure they're planning something again.

Liquid Knight

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Friday 5th September 2014
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Sorry internet but my sore neck has kept me awake today so I'm not cycling in. Just back from the doctors who advised me that if it doesn't get better in the next couple of days or if it gets worse I need to go to A&E. rolleyes

So suspension option for the bike or bin it and get a dual 29er?

Liquid Knight

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Sunday 7th September 2014
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So much for Dr's orders. My clutch slave cylinder decided it didn't need fluid on the way into work. Drove the last two miles in second gear and called home to get Dad to bring my bike out. I enjoyed an easy Sunday ride home apart from all the road kill. It's the time of the year where commuters are driving in late twilight dawn or dusk, so you have dozy drivers at greater volume and animals who aren't expecting them. Add to that the grain dumped on the roads by overfilled harvest trailers and it's a massacre waiting to happen.


Liquid Knight

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Sunday 14th September 2014
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Friday

I broke into the 34 minute barrier. 34.41

woohoo

11.5 miles / 34.6666 seconds x 60 = 19.9mph average speed.

woohoo

Okay I cheated a bit. I drafted a bus for a few miles of thirty zone, but it's still only twenty seconds off my old record that was with a gale force tailwind.

The charger broke on my old Cree light so I ordered a new one...



...and got a free light with it so from now on...



...SMIDSY is called CD10 cophehe

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Sunday 14th September 2014
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I would heartily recommend the prismatic lenses for the CREE lights. They spread the light left-right so you can either overlay both lights for a super-bright umbra or you can light up the sides of the roads really well. They were a fiver each last time I looked.

Liquid Knight

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Thursday 18th September 2014
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A sheet of blue and a sheet of silver...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300772011310?var=6000557...

...any ideas what I'm planning?



hehe

Liquid Knight

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Monday 22nd September 2014
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Not bad for a first effort with a Stanley blade instead of a craft knife eh?

If that doesn't work...



...this will record it. The front Redilite is on top of my helmet now. wink

Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 23rd September 2014
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34.49 into work wearing sunglasses.

Very, very long twelve hour shift.

36.09 minutes home with all my lights on and I've blown my left knee.

I had to hurry due to a family crisis and didn't get to bed until ten, up at two and driving in tonight. Sorry chaps.

The sign worked pretty well. Only a few close over takers to bother about.

Liquid Knight

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Tuesday 30th September 2014
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Literally back in the saddle today as the Tax is due on my Punto (that didn't sell on eBay this week), my X1/9 has a knackered clutch slave cylinder (that happened half an hour after I spent this months parts budget on body panels) and my Panda is still mothballed waiting for the scheduled M.O.T later this month.

Once passed and taxed my Panda will be my driving to work when it's foggy car as it should Indian Summer or not be cool enough to cycle regularly soon, my Punto will be SORN or sold and my X1/9 hasn't got (predates) fog lights.

So my camera will be bar mounted today as the extra weight on my helmet will make pothole whiplash worse. wink

If this is my last post I regret loads but wouldn't change a thing. hehe

Liquid Knight

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Wednesday 1st October 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT61rc1jlvE

37.07 as the plan was to take it easy, but then I got bored. hehe

Liquid Knight

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Wednesday 1st October 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGPtZLTxxxY&fe...

Forty six minutes home so an hour and twenty three to do twenty three miles?

That wouldn't be half bad if there weren't a twelve hour recovery time between. wink

Liquid Knight

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Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Well that didn't go according to plan.

All ready to set off, one last look at the time on my phone before putting it in my bag, "18:44" perfect.

Get downstairs and the clock in the kitchen says "18:55".

silly

My phone had lost ten minutes because it had reset itself somehow. Grrrr!

Borrowed my sisters car as it was in the way and got to work on time-ish.


Liquid Knight

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Friday 3rd October 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgImxNrQfZc&fe...

I like the solid bar mount. Let's have some fun. wink

Liquid Knight

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Liquid Knight

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Saturday 4th October 2014
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What's a...

Pillock said:
STAB FISH!!!
???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jedwKOWJbN4&fe...

Liquid Knight

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Sunday 5th October 2014
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Looking at the weather forecast. I'll need my wet gear and a sail for my ride home tomorrow. smile

Good test to see if my camera is waterproof I guess.

Liquid Knight

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Monday 6th October 2014
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So that went as well as expected.

Headwind but cool this morning, pitch black and I'd forgotten just how doltish drivers are that time of day. I don't think it's inconsiderate it's more likely ineptitude.

Head, side, three quarter and tail wind home with combination of spray, drizzle and driving rain for the last bit.

The two slowest times on the new bike but the best I've felt in ages. wink

Bring on tomorrow. smile

vxsmithers

716 posts

199 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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I like these kind of threads smile it looks like no-one is reading but you can guarantee there are!

I've got back into cycling in the last 3 months, lost 5kg so far and cruising along on a 1990s full suspension knobbly tyred specialized. Can't believe it cost me almost a grand in the 90s, feels more like an rsj the weight of the thing! all good training I suppose until I get a new lighter bike in the new year.

Strava really helping with the motivation.

Liquid Knight

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Monday 6th October 2014
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vxsmithers said:
I like these kind of threads smile it looks like no-one is reading but you can guarantee there are!

I've got back into cycling in the last 3 months, lost 5kg so far and cruising along on a 1990s full suspension knobbly tyred specialized. Can't believe it cost me almost a grand in the 90s, feels more like an rsj the weight of the thing! all good training I suppose until I get a new lighter bike in the new year.

Strava really helping with the motivation.
If you'd like to transform your bike into a pedal powered supermoto try these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SLICK-BLACK-WHITE-WALL-M...

...I was getting my knee down on a roundabout with my Specialized on a pair of their coloured slicks. wink

Just reviewed the ride home.

1/ I can confirm the camera is monsoon proof. It was raining heavier than I thought.
2/ It's bloody useless in the dark.
3/ I did a forty one minute ride home. silly

That's normal weather comfy rid territory.

Comfy ride? Time for a chaffing update. Yep not as much as before but that's probably due to the bike not moving about beneath me. I am getting hair follicle issues around the belly button so I need to move my seat up a little bit. wink

vxsmithers

716 posts

199 months

Monday 6th October 2014
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Liquid Knight said:
If you'd like to transform your bike into a pedal powered supermoto try these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SLICK-BLACK-WHITE-WALL-M...

...I was getting my knee down on a roundabout with my Specialized on a pair of their coloured slicks. wink
I almost did this last month but I quite like the feeling of over taking the odd 'proper' cyclist on a totally unsuitable bike for the road. Plus the fitness will be reduced if I make it easier!

I think this bike will be kept for kids duties and towpath cycling when/ if the new bike comes. Trying not to spend any money on it, but I felt a rumbling yesterday so maybe bb is on its way out. Its either that or a pedal