Can someone say something about a bike ride?
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"John Hearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?I'm off for a spot of night time riding this evening. Looking forward to it
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:27:49 +0000
John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Nope.
Quoted message said:
Please?
But I blogged earlier this week about falling off ...
http://bahumbug.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/splat/--
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John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?I had the best ride of the year yesturday! Decided to forget about
average speed, cadance and the like and rode to the top of a hill
behind where I work called White Horse Hill. Sat alone looking back to
where I had just come and though...'cycling is sooooo great. I'm lucky
to have the ability to do it and those people driving around in their
little cans just don't know what they are missing'. Sometimes we get
bogged down in arguments with drivers, equiptment trouble and HRMs and
need a ride to remember why our lives revolve around two wheels!Was that the sort of thing you wanted?
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John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?Yes, I could do with at least some "passive cycling" at present. I am
not well enough to ride and going from commuting 16 miles a day plus
leisure trips to just sitting around is really dull! Just a sniff of
others' cycling pleasures would help me get better!Peter
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Was that the sort of thing you wanted?
Sounds good to me :-) -
wafflycat said:
I'm off for a spot of night time riding this evening.
No riding widdershins round willow trees at midnight, please. -
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John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?I had the best ride of the year yesturday! Decided to forget about
average speed, cadance and the like and rode to the top of a hill
behind where I work called White Horse Hill. Sat alone looking back to
where I had just come and though...'cycling is sooooo great. I'm lucky
to have the ability to do it and those people driving around in their
little cans just don't know what they are missing'. Sometimes we get
bogged down in arguments with drivers, equiptment trouble and HRMs and
need a ride to remember why our lives revolve around two wheels!Was that the sort of thing you wanted?
Which WHH was this?
I took some snaps a few years ago after cycling to the top of such an
eponymous hill, sheep at the bottom were teensy-weensy white balls of
fluff... -
Likewise here Peter
Just recovering after a spill on my own road bike!!!!!!Have five stitches in my chin and three fractures of my jaw bone (OUCH!!)
"Peter Amey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?Yes, I could do with at least some "passive cycling" at present. I am
not well enough to ride and going from commuting 16 miles a day plus
leisure trips to just sitting around is really dull! Just a sniff of
others' cycling pleasures would help me get better!Peter
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www.amey.org.uk -
Peter Amey said:
John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?Yes, I could do with at least some "passive cycling" at present. I am
not well enough to ride and going from commuting 16 miles a day plus
leisure trips to just sitting around is really dull! Just a sniff of
others' cycling pleasures would help me get better!
Yesterday was indeed a good cycling day. Perfect weather - not too hot
and not much of a breeze. So, I took a very extended lunch and did my
first 40-miler ever, in just over 2.5 hours. I was very pleased with
myself yesterday...:-)Does that help?!
Steve.
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Which WHH was this?
The one in gloriuos Oxfordshire. Bit of a short, sharp climb so not
quite a giant, but such a great view from the top. Great ride down
becuase it is a single track so getting into the corners is a must.
One of my favourite training climbs, Was nice to do it on my hack bike
without a care what my heart was doing or whether I had been in the
saddle too long!Must admit after this wonderful week, my training log is looking like
Nicole Cooke's! I've had more time on the bike than I have anything
else! I've really got back to what cycling is....blooming good fun! -
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Quoted message said:
Which WHH was this?
The one in gloriuos Oxfordshire. Bit of a short, sharp climb so not
quite a giant, but such a great view from the top. Great ride down
becuase it is a single track so getting into the corners is a must.
One of my favourite training climbs, Was nice to do it on my hack bike
without a care what my heart was doing or whether I had been in the
saddle too long!Must admit after this wonderful week, my training log is looking like
Nicole Cooke's! I've had more time on the bike than I have anything
else! I've really got back to what cycling is....blooming good fun!Yes, that was the one.
Should go there again sometime...
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"John Hearns" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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wafflycat said:
I'm off for a spot of night time riding this evening.
No riding widdershins round willow trees at midnight, please.I'll be riding a Bianchi.
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Yes, that was the one.
Should go there again sometime...
It should be on every cyclist's lists of killer climbs to do before I
die (be honest, we've all got a list!) I was lucky growing up because
I lived a mere fifteen miles away from it. Made for a great out and
back ride with a nice little hump in the middle. As a tiny little wee
thing that I am, it certainly made me realise that the old saying is
true, shorties really do make good climbers! Sadly I take an evil
pleasure of saying a polite 'hello' to the blokes I pass on the
accent! (Sorry in advance for those of you I do it to tomorrow!) -
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I'll be riding a Bianchi.
Me too! I got my new Dama Elle about three months ago. It is stored in
my living room just to the side of the TV so I can give it a loveing
look every now and then! -
John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?It was a wonderful morning in the parks alongside the Itchen in
Southampton, accompanying a very pleasant lady who has obtained a
DiBlasi folding trike (first time I had seen one in use).
We pootled around in the sunshine looking at how trike handling is
different to a bike, then how to ride it in traffic. Much reference was
made to CycleCraft, and correct road positioning.
By the end of the morning she had confidence in riding in traffic and
controlling it for her own benefit.
Big smiles all around :-))John B
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John Hearns said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?
Racked up a pleasant 146 miles in the last 3 days, 2 of those in shorts
of all things! My turbo trainer is collecting dust and if things
continue (bet they won't!), it may be partially moth-balled till the autumn.No dead animals, no angry drivers.
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Quoted message said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?
OK!
Went out with my Galaxy and met up with a Riddle, an E.G.Bates, a
Merlin, a Mercian, a Super Galaxy, an Airborne Ti (now Van Nicholls), a
trio of Thorns and a brace of Bianchi and finally a Dawes Sardar.
Had a pleasant and sunny ride around the Stock and Hanningfield areas of
Essex and elevenses at Crondon Park Golf Club.
Headed of to luncheon over the north end of the Hanningfield reservoir
through Bicknacre, [censored] Clarks, Purleigh, Mundon and Latchingdon to the
Huntsman and Hounds at Althorne.
Sixty three miles, toast and marmalade, a pint of Mighty Oak and plenty
of sunshine.
How's that?
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John Hearns wrote on 15/03/2007 15:27 +0100:
Quoted message said:
Can someone say something about a bike ride?
Please?Luverly day indeed but I am fighting off a lurgi and didn't fancy
cycling with aching heavy limbs before I'd even started. Shame as I've
got my new HID lamp to try out http://tinyurl.com/yw3qh9 :-(--
Tony"...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least
wildly inaccurate..."
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[email hidden] wrote on 15/03/2007 16:37 +0100:
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It should be on every cyclist's lists of killer climbs to do before I
die (be honest, we've all got a list!)Mine is a list of killer climbs to avoid so I don't die ;-)
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Tony"...has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least
wildly inaccurate..."
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