Walter Ego
Striker
I'll probably be following the Hadrians cycleway out of Carlisle and that goes to Silloth. Would just go to Bowness, but that's not really the coast is it.
2014 Cycling thread - part I
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Cee Jay
Striker
aye a mate of mine did it
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81296965 Friday "recovery"
and caning it on way back( battery ran out)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81296911
he is young and a fit fucker
monkeytassle
Striker
frig me. a shade over 5 hours.aye a mate of mine did it
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81296965 Friday "recovery"
and caning it on way back( battery ran out)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/81296911
he is young and a fit fucker
quick edit for battery running out. still...good average,
Cee Jay
Striker
frig me. a shade over 5 hours.
quick edit for battery running out. still...good average,
aye the twat's final bit was downhill and will have been on the rivet for 30 more miles or so
he's got a fair few years on me mind
Walter Ego
Striker
Whee is it?
monkeytassle
Striker
aye the twat's final bit was downhill and will have been on the rivet for 30 more miles or so
he's got a fair few years on me mind
big group?
Cee Jay
Striker
Blaine( races TT for Team Swift)
sub 55 for 25, so no slouch, though still to break 20 for 10( will do I imagine this season)[DOUBLEPOST=1388758891][/DOUBLEPOST]
just him, though rode over with a mate on his "easy ride on the Friday)
monkeytassle
Striker
I can't decide whether a group is better. yep, you can tuck in and go if you're all the same standard but every time I'm in a group it's patchy. stop/start/stop/start.
Walter Ego
Striker
Ah, should have guessed. Couldn't place the username. I was talking to him a while back drafting a bus down Durham Road - Him on his Cervelo and me on my Surly.
Cee Jay
Striker
suppose like most testers I know the vast vast majority of training is on your todd, you get used to being in the wind/no shelter.
The C2C last year was the only time I've ever ridden with any more than one other rider.
Probably explains my lack of etiquette
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His P5 ?
Not out training on that was he
Walter Ego
Striker
His P5 ?
Not out training on that was he
Aye, he was taking it into the shop.
monkeytassle
Striker
suppose like most testers I know the vast vast majority of training is on your todd, you get used to being in the wind/no shelter.
The C2C last year was the only time I've ever ridden with any more than one other rider.
Probably explains my lack of etiquette
plus side is I don't mind doing long drags at front
i'll be honest I prefer being out front. I keep half-wheeling people in a group which makes people (very) angry. :-D
the only time we did a proper group stint was me and 2 other lads steaming along the flat into bourg d'oisans taking turns. it's immense the speed you can maintain. pretty much 50km/h at the end of 100km and 2000m of climbing with relatively little effort.
Cee Jay
Striker
never out of Cycle World( his P5 is like a homing pidgeon..returning from where it was built)
Blaine the only lad in there with Gold discount card...he's that good a customer
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the day I met up with Hitchin when up here it was pissing down when I left him for home...went in full TT mode to get back quickly and some lad sat on my wheel for about 9 miles..I was blasting it and he sat and had a great pull( oooerrr)
He was chuffed at end and said it was his fastest ever commute home...git
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Manuel
Striker
suppose like most testers I know the vast vast majority of training is on your todd, you get used to being in the wind/no shelter.
The C2C last year was the only time I've ever ridden with any more than one other rider.
Probably explains my lack of etiquette
plus side is I don't mind doing long drags at front[DOUBLEPOST=1388759145][/DOUBLEPOST]
His P5 ?
Not out training on that was he
And even then we weren't very organised. I think that initial horrendous weather put us all in our shell a bit (It certainly did me) I normally ride on my own or with one other.When I hit a hill I just go at my own pace but if I'm faster am happy to wait at the top to regroup.
monkeytassle
Striker
never out of Cycle World( his P5 is like a homing pidgeon..returning from where it was built)
Blaine the only lad in there with Gold discount card...he's that good a customer
the day I met up with Hitchin when up here it was pissing down when I left him for home...went in full TT mode to get back quickly and some lad sat on my wheel for about 9 miles..I was blasting it and he sat and had a great pull( oooerrr)
He was chuffed at end and said it was his fastest ever commute home...git
bad mannered get
I'm sure I've asked this before but a fairly tame short tt (10 miler say) what sort of averages do you push? in km/h please
Walter Ego
Striker
Depends what you want, many people confuse riding in a group with a chaingang.
monkeytassle
Striker
true.
I much prefer a small group, say 3, of equally matched fitness. only stop when you need to, taking turns to cover some distance.
that said the c2ci1d goal isn't to break records is it?
The Fullwell Step
Striker
you had a f***ing long wait at the top when I came out with you
Cee Jay
Striker
bad mannered get
I'm sure I've asked this before but a fairly tame short tt (10 miler say) what sort of averages do you push? in km/h please
I would be about 44KM...but my pb is pretty poor, and would be expecting to lower it to a short/mid 21
and its MILES man
monkeytassle
Striker
I would be about 44KM...but my pb is pretty poor, and would be expecting to lower it to a short/mid 21
and its MILES man
good effort that. I try to maintain 40km/h on my commute if I can and that's tough
km/h for us continental types
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