Just back from my hols to find 2000 posts on urc alone, I'll never catch up!
Hols part 1: Inverness
This was a running holiday but I was interested to see three German cyclists catching the train from Newcastle to Inverness---I remember a German guy asking in this newsgroup about the trains from Newcastle. Th interesting thing was that the woman of the party had one arm and so her bike was heavily adapted. Both brake levers were on the same side of the bars slightly offset. I could see how the brakes could be applied differentially with different fingers. The gear levers were downtube shifters mounted at the top of the stem. I didn't get a chance for a chat as the Inverness train was "replatformed" at the last minute.
I didn't bump into P**l Sm*th.
Hols part 2: Herefordshire
This was a cycling holiday based around parts of the Wye valley. It was centre-based and organised by the excellent Bicycle Beano. The weather was way too hot for any very long rides but the rides I did around the quiet lanes were very nice. As usual the routes were designed for mixed groups to meet for lunch and coffee stops by judicious use of detours and short cuts. Very relaxing indeed.
Incidental: Kraftwerk's Tour de France Soundtrack has now been released.
Incidental: Kraftwerk's Tour de France Soundtrack has now been released.
Indeed it has - spotted lots of posters for it in Cologne!
Cheers, helen s
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In message <MPG.19a1690b950c4161989b55@localhost>, Colin Blackburn <[email hidden]> writes
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This was a cycling holiday based around parts of the Wye valley. It was centre-based and organised by the excellent Bicycle Beano.
Isn't a vegetarian cycling holiday a bit, well, smelly? Lance Armstrong writes that in the event of wind you should eat food with a lower fibre content and ride at the tail so you don't spoil your colleagues' fun.
A bit difficult if you're all 'full of beans'. ;-) -- Michael MacClancy
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In message <MPG.19a1d6de8d6b17e9989b59@localhost>, Colin Blackburn <[email hidden]> writes
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In message <MPG.19a1690b950c4161989b55@localhost>, Colin Blackburn <[email hidden]> writes >This was a cycling holiday based around parts of the Wye valley. It was centre-based and >organised by the excellent Bicycle Beano.
Isn't a vegetarian cycling holiday a bit, well, smelly?
I must admit to not noticing. All car drivers are, however, [censored].
Colin
LOL
Seriously, if farting can ever be that serious, I think the worst wind- situations I have come across have been in running groups. When I used to run in Oxford there was one bloke, a non-vegetarian, who would regularly drop to the back of the pack before letting rip with some horrendous farts. It's probably a result of the jogging of the intestine during running.
Do MTBers let off more than road cyclists?
And, for the record, Beanos do have bloody good food with probably less beans than the average meat eating kid gets through courtesy of Heinz. The cakes awaiting the cyclist at the end of a long day are always gorgeous. The portions are humungous. And, most of the Beanoers are not vegetarian.
