Cranked Up Really High

Placid

You need some of this old boy:

Mitaman

placidcasual wroteYou need some of this old boy:

Ball Butter, vital for the longer rides.

Placid

Travis Bickle wroteI'll be riding from Seascale to Whitby on that fucking thing on the 27th of June.....

There's no better buzz than when you stop after being 10 hours in the saddle. The pain on the hills is unpleasant though. I couldn't look at my bike for months after.

Djpekingman

Travis Bickle wroteI'll be riding from Seascale to Whitby on that fucking thing on the 27th of June.....

Keeps you off the streets I suppose.....

Bielsa’s_Bucket

Travis Bickle wroteI'll be riding from Seascale to Whitby on that fucking thing on the 27th of June.....

I'd better start thinking about this myself soon !! Back up to 15 stone again :/

I'll let you know when we start planning the long ones so you can join us if you like, just be prepared to take it easy, Placid's 10 hour reference for c2c is way ahead of where we are. 12-13 hours will be a good result :(

Placid

10 hours was me speaking generally. Christ, Im slow as fk.

Travis_Bickle

Little Billy Bremner wrote
Travis Bickle wroteI'll be riding from Seascale to Whitby on that fucking thing on the 27th of June.....

I'd better start thinking about this myself soon !! Back up to 15 stone again :/

I'll let you know when we start planning the long ones so you can join us if you like, just be prepared to take it easy, Placid's 10 hour reference for c2c is way ahead of where we are. 12-13 hours will be a good result :(

You're on. And I want to finish. How long it takes doesn't matter. Did occur to me yesterday I have to do 5 times what I did on that ride......

Travis_Bickle

But I did 112 on the Etape Du Dales. Mate reckons that's a harder day in the saddle. I think he's humouring me....

CharlieG

Did my first ride over 30 miles for 4 months, yesterday. Lost a lot of fitness but managed to average just over 13 mph - not bad for the Lakes. Would quite fancy the c2c meself as this summer's plan to ride a couple of sportives was buttfucked by post viral fatigue syndrome.

Edited on laptop due to tablet's retarded, predictive text.

Travis_Bickle

Nice trip out this morning. Not the longest (20-odd miles) but plenty of uphill. Then again round here it's hard to find flat bits.
New bike is great. Shows just how much having a road bike that fits matters.

scootay

Bike porn

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/bike-smut-is-the-festival-for-pedalphilic-bicycle-bangers-456

Travis_Bickle

Quick ride in the dark tonight. 40 minutes on a 'loop' I'm going to use to get some miles in for the C2C and Etape Du Dales next year. Hard getting time to get out with work and 2 young kids but this might do the trick.
New front light is mental, brighter than the ones on my car!

Travis_Bickle

Another quick ride today as I had a stack of work to do.
Getting much quicker riding on the drops on the road bike now. Bit of a leap of faith at times riding on the road. The descent down from Ogden back into Halifax is a great road for getting used to going reasonably quick for a decent length of time. Well it usually is. Today me and a few cars got stuck behind some bloke doing about 15mph. Played havoc with me Strava ;)

Djpekingman

Bike shop in Geneva. Bike 10k. WTF?

Travis_Bickle

You can easily spend that on a bike. Same as cars. Read an interesting article recently that showed that bikes are getting more expensive relative to earnings. Especially the high-end stuff.
Bet it was Storck.

Placid

Anyone got a Garmin for the bike?

Bielsa’s_Bucket

placidcasual wroteAnyone got a Garmin for the bike?

Yes, got a Garmin 800. I used to love it but now it's become some kind of an addiction. When you've got one, all you seem to do is watch your speed all the time, trying to beat previous times and average pace etc. it's like Strava, but with Strava I can't check until I get home and on the PC , with the Garmin it's there all the time whilst your cycling

I keep meaning to go out and leave it at home, just so I can see if I enjoy the ride more when not concentrating on what speed I'm doing, but as said at the top, it's become an addiction and I can't leave home without it...... :/ and I'm still slow as fuck anyway !!!

CharlieG

Got a basic 200. Glorified cycle computer but powered by GPS. You can save your routes and data and download to your pc or whatever. For what I need its no frills approach is ideal.

I_Wood

No thanks needed, you lads stay safe out there :)

CharlieG

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