Stupid New Years Resolution!
Discussion
Too hot to wear my helmet today. 31'C air and 49'C road temperature. Phew! 
I'm glad I don't have black tyres there were a few stick bits of road where the tar has started to melt. I much preferred it when it was -15'C.
On a note about fitness. I'm not trying to be Mario or Lance on my way to work because as well as being largely pointless I'd be practically useless for the first two hours at work and this time of year I'd need a wet floor sign around my neck from the sweat.
Also there's no point in pootling along taking more time than necessary. So I have a set of check points and as only the clock works on the speedo' I try to reach those points at a certain time. To do this I need to average 15 mph this a fair to middling rate. Not too slow and not to excessive; very Buddhist eh?
I'm glad I don't have black tyres there were a few stick bits of road where the tar has started to melt. I much preferred it when it was -15'C.
On a note about fitness. I'm not trying to be Mario or Lance on my way to work because as well as being largely pointless I'd be practically useless for the first two hours at work and this time of year I'd need a wet floor sign around my neck from the sweat.
Also there's no point in pootling along taking more time than necessary. So I have a set of check points and as only the clock works on the speedo' I try to reach those points at a certain time. To do this I need to average 15 mph this a fair to middling rate. Not too slow and not to excessive; very Buddhist eh?
Nice easy Sunday morning ride home today? No, I caught up with the Lycra lot and marked time with them for a bit before they went a different direction. This cycling in a group malarkey works as I was sat at a steady 18.5-19.3mph the whole time I was with them and wasn't putting anywhere near the same effort in as if I were riding alone.
I like the comeradery as well. If one gets a puncture they all stop.
Do they do dual suspension road bikes? It would be a viable option to having my fillings shaken out and quicker than my Camber Pro.
I like the comeradery as well. If one gets a puncture they all stop.
Do they do dual suspension road bikes? It would be a viable option to having my fillings shaken out and quicker than my Camber Pro.
Liquid Knight said:
Nice easy Sunday morning ride home today? No, I caught up with the Lycra lot and marked time with them for a bit before they went a different direction. This cycling in a group malarkey works as I was sat at a steady 18.5-19.3mph the whole time I was with them and wasn't putting anywhere near the same effort in as if I were riding alone.
I like the comeradery as well. If one gets a puncture they all stop.
Do they do dual suspension road bikes? It would be a viable option to having my fillings shaken out and quicker than my Camber Pro.
Just buy a thudbuster. Brilliant bits of kit - if a little heavy. I have one of the back of our MTB tandem to take the sting out of the trail for my OH.I like the comeradery as well. If one gets a puncture they all stop.
Do they do dual suspension road bikes? It would be a viable option to having my fillings shaken out and quicker than my Camber Pro.
You need to calculate what your percentage is for riding in.
As it's Sunday I don't need to worry about other people in the office so I upped the pace a bit today. A steady 18.1mph for most of the journey. Chucked the bike into the last half mile (from a set of traffic lights to the gate); peaked at 32.4mph and held steady at 27.4mph (slowed for a car).
Pretty chuffed it's the first time during the Summer I've broken 39 minutes even though I'm a bit sticky and have Chris Cooper hair now.
Pretty chuffed it's the first time during the Summer I've broken 39 minutes even though I'm a bit sticky and have Chris Cooper hair now.
Night shift, cycling to work, trying to sleep in the heat and screaming kids (school holidays so there are only three quiet places in the whole of the UK at the moment) took their toll this morning. It felt as if I'd deployed a parachute and my legs turned to jelly.
I backed my pace down from 16-ish mph to 13's mph for a few miles to recover but this was perfectly timed with the few hills I have to climb. Grrrr!
Head down, sod this, the sooner I get home the sooner I can have a shower and go to bed. I can't remember the last few miles or so.
Off for a leisurely ride now.
I backed my pace down from 16-ish mph to 13's mph for a few miles to recover but this was perfectly timed with the few hills I have to climb. Grrrr!
Head down, sod this, the sooner I get home the sooner I can have a shower and go to bed. I can't remember the last few miles or so.
Off for a leisurely ride now.
I was in the eye of this storm as I cycled home yesterday evening...
So I finally got to test out my fold away jacket. It certainly was water resistant as none of my sweat managed to drip out and it was also wind resistant as my bag was holding the rear ventilation holes closed so none of my sweat could evaporate either. Needless to say I was soaking wet by the time I got home and it hadn't rained a drop for my entire journey. I rung out my t'shirt and it is still damp twenty hours later.
I'm going to buy a dozen of these jackets and re-market them as mobile saunas.
So I finally got to test out my fold away jacket. It certainly was water resistant as none of my sweat managed to drip out and it was also wind resistant as my bag was holding the rear ventilation holes closed so none of my sweat could evaporate either. Needless to say I was soaking wet by the time I got home and it hadn't rained a drop for my entire journey. I rung out my t'shirt and it is still damp twenty hours later.
I'm going to buy a dozen of these jackets and re-market them as mobile saunas.
So I left a quarter of an hour late, still with a broken chain because my nephew has borrowed (lost) my chain tool, had to stop to get bits of beetle out of my eye (why do they always fly into my left eye?), had to slow down for a trio of horses, got rained on at the end and still got to work on time.
So on the way home this morning there was a field full of crows (apparently a Murder of Crows is a small group and in large numbers they're called a Parliament of Crows). There must have been at least fifty all facing each other completely silent.
I think it has something to establishing the new pecking order taking this years fledglings into consideration as there were crows of all sizes as well as the odd Magpie within the group.
This happened...
...oddly this was fortunate as I was heading along a main road when the chain snapped and a zombie driver overshot a junction on to the road roughly where I would have been if it hadn't snapped.
This happened on the way to work...
...my £7 Aldi jacket went orange where the rain hit it. I don't know if this is due to the amount of dust in the air, pollutants in the water or because the jacket is cheap but it did catch me by surprise.
I think it has something to establishing the new pecking order taking this years fledglings into consideration as there were crows of all sizes as well as the odd Magpie within the group.
This happened...
...oddly this was fortunate as I was heading along a main road when the chain snapped and a zombie driver overshot a junction on to the road roughly where I would have been if it hadn't snapped.
This happened on the way to work...
...my £7 Aldi jacket went orange where the rain hit it. I don't know if this is due to the amount of dust in the air, pollutants in the water or because the jacket is cheap but it did catch me by surprise.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280945255283?ssPageName=...
Arrived today.
I think the "Thank you - F you" concept is on.
Arrived today.
I think the "Thank you - F you" concept is on.
Just took the bike to the shops and back. The playback is pretty good considering the price and the sunglasses fit under my helmet straps with no issue. Two faults to pick at are they look a bit like Oakley MP3's on the plus side this means people don't know they're a camera, on the negative side they look like MP3's the worst sunglasses in the known universe.
Wind noise is very bad so I'll put a bit of tape over the mic hole in due course. Looking forward to and dreading cycling to work in the morning as usual. No doubt I'll have a YouTube clip for you soon.
Wind noise is very bad so I'll put a bit of tape over the mic hole in due course. Looking forward to and dreading cycling to work in the morning as usual. No doubt I'll have a YouTube clip for you soon.
http://youtu.be/ZU5zD5Dt83E
Not a bad little camera for the money. Would be interesting in my car if I make sure I move my head when I look in my mirror.
Set a record time this evening 35 minutes 48 seconds.
Not a bad little camera for the money. Would be interesting in my car if I make sure I move my head when I look in my mirror.
Set a record time this evening 35 minutes 48 seconds.
Hit the snooze button by mistake and had to set a sub forty minute ride in this morning. 
I really mist put my alarm clock the other side of the room so I have to get out of bed to shut it up.
Still 38 minutes 34 seconds in a head wind wasn't bad. The views...
...were pretty good as well.
I really mist put my alarm clock the other side of the room so I have to get out of bed to shut it up.
Still 38 minutes 34 seconds in a head wind wasn't bad. The views...
...were pretty good as well.
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