What were they thinking of?

Just zis Guy said:

Fancy having an open-air event on the same weekend as Wimbledon and
Glastonbury! How stupid can you get? Now my temperature is back
below the hundred Fahrenheit mark and I can stand without assistance,
I can look out of the window and think that perhaps after all I'm glad
I'm not at York!

Aye, feeling better now mate?

We had to be on a loser with the weather didn't we? - I managed a 50
yard test ride on the new bike this afternoon.

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On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:56:46 +0100, [email hidden] (Andy
Hewitt) wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

feeling better now mate?

I managed up and down stairs twice before I had to sit down for a
rest, so I must be recovering :-)

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:56:46 +0100, [email hidden] (Andy
Hewitt) wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

feeling better now mate?

I managed up and down stairs twice before I had to sit down for a
rest, so I must be recovering :-)

Should have gone I reckon, I might have stood a chance of keeping up
with you ;-)

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Honda Concerto 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
http://www.thehewitts.plus.com - now online

Just zis Guy said:

Fancy having an open-air event on the same weekend as Wimbledon and
Glastonbury! How stupid can you get? Now my temperature is back
below the hundred Fahrenheit mark and I can stand without assistance,
I can look out of the window and think that perhaps after all I'm glad
I'm not at York!

Guy

Went to York today, 'twas a bit wet. Met up with John Senior and had a go on
his 'bent.

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Quoted message said:

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:56:46 +0100, [email hidden] (Andy
Hewitt) wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

feeling better now mate?

I managed up and down stairs twice before I had to sit down for a
rest, so I must be recovering :-)

On the bent, the triplet or your claud butler?

cheers,
clive

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:22:40 +0100, "Clive George"
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I managed up and down stairs twice before I had to sit down for a
rest, so I must be recovering :-)

Quoted message said:

On the bent, the triplet or your claud butler?

The Butler is off the road waiting for me to fetch the new wheels from
Bob (who is off sailing at the moment, lucky lad). The "other" Butler
is OK though.

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

Fancy having an open-air event on the same weekend as Wimbledon and
Glastonbury! How stupid can you get? Now my temperature is back
below the hundred Fahrenheit mark and I can stand without assistance,
I can look out of the window and think that perhaps after all I'm glad
I'm not at York!

Saturday was pretty dire, but the parade this morning was fun (forgot to
bring the fish windsocks though, drat) and the weather was a lot better.
The only URC'er we managed to collar was Richard Corfield (Hi Richard!)
but we caught up with a lot of other folk and I stocked up on El Cheapo
track mitts. *And* we managed to get home about ten minutes *before* the
thunderstorm started, so not a bad weekend really....

--
Carol , dead chuffed to have averaged 10.3mph over 35 miles today...
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Carol Hague said:

Just zis Guy said:

Fancy having an open-air event on the same weekend as Wimbledon and
Glastonbury! How stupid can you get? Now my temperature is back
below the hundred Fahrenheit mark and I can stand without assistance,
I can look out of the window and think that perhaps after all I'm
glad I'm not at York!

Saturday was pretty dire, but the parade this morning was fun (forgot
to bring the fish windsocks though, drat) and the weather was a lot
better. The only URC'er we managed to collar was Richard Corfield (Hi
Richard!) but we caught up with a lot of other folk and I stocked up
on El Cheapo track mitts. *And* we managed to get home about ten
minutes *before* the thunderstorm started, so not a bad weekend
really....

I think I saw your trikes outside the refreshments tent this afternoon.
There were two trikes, full loaded with Carradice luggage and fish
windsocks, just before it started to rain. I couldn't see their owners and I
couldn't remember who said they would have fish socks.

MSeries said:

Carol Hague wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Saturday was pretty dire, but the parade this morning was fun (forgot
to bring the fish windsocks though, drat)

Quoted message said:

I think I saw your trikes outside the refreshments tent this afternoon.
There were two trikes, full loaded with Carradice luggage and fish
windsocks, just before it started to rain. I couldn't see their owners and I
couldn't remember who said they would have fish socks.

We left about half twelve or so, so probably someone else :-)

When I say I forgot them I meant completely, not just for the parade
(yes, I'm a twit!). We don't usually use them when just riding, they're
too big and draggy...

I had (mismatched) Carradice panniers, and Rob was pulling a Bob Yak
trailer because he was riding the GT3 and we don't have the rack for it
yet.

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Carol Hague [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

MSeries said:

Carol Hague wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Saturday was pretty dire, but the parade this morning was fun (forgot
to bring the fish windsocks though, drat)

Quoted message said:

I think I saw your trikes outside the refreshments tent this afternoon.
There were two trikes, full loaded with Carradice luggage and fish
windsocks, just before it started to rain. I couldn't see their owners and I
couldn't remember who said they would have fish socks.

We left about half twelve or so, so probably someone else :-)

When I say I forgot them I meant completely, not just for the parade
(yes, I'm a twit!). We don't usually use them when just riding, they're
too big and draggy...

I had (mismatched) Carradice panniers, and Rob was pulling a Bob Yak
trailer because he was riding the GT3 and we don't have the rack for it
yet.

I have a feeling I was near you before the parade. Right hand side of
the road about 5m (or less) up from the junction amongst the collection
of various trikes?

Jon

Jon Senior jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk said:

I have a feeling I was near you before the parade. Right hand side of
the road about 5m (or less) up from the junction amongst the collection
of various trikes?

Sounds about right - I was the small round person in the Cycle Vision
2004 t-shirt (which was just the right shade of green to clash nicely
with my trike frame :-)) and a hat covered in badges. Rob was the tall
thin beardy person similarly attired.

Shortly before we set off I was Explaining Things to a lady on a tandem
who was expounding the But They Can't Climb theory...

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Carol Hague [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

Sounds about right - I was the small round person in the Cycle Vision
2004 t-shirt (which was just the right shade of green to clash nicely
with my trike frame :-)) and a hat covered in badges. Rob was the tall
thin beardy person similarly attired.

I was the nervous looking bloke on the recumbent bike who was waiting
for a larger gap before moving off for reasons of control. In the event
it was fine, but I did fancy taking people down at the start of the
parade.

Quoted message said:

Shortly before we set off I was Explaining Things to a lady on a tandem
who was expounding the But They Can't Climb theory...

As I mentioned elsewhere, I was expecting there to be more recumbents
present. There seemed to be an enormous number of people present who had
never seen one until the rally.

Jon

Jon Senior said:

I was the nervous looking bloke on the recumbent bike who was waiting
for a larger gap before moving off for reasons of control. In the event
it was fine, but I did fancy taking people down at the start of the
parade.

I had a quick look at the 2 wheeler recumbents in the trial area, but
didn't get a chance to go on one (lack of attentiveness from the demo
people who just looked too bored at the time to bother getting up, even
when I asked). It does look like something you wonder how you're going
to balance on, but looks fun once you've got the knack.

ICE's back to back tandem was certainly impressive! As was their child
extension. Hopefuly in the not too distant future we'll have a chance to
try that out. I was going to try the Micro, having heard that a lighter
smaller trike is quite a bit more nippy, but knowing full well I'd be
disowned by the wife if I even thought of it!

- Richard

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Richard Corfield said:

I had a quick look at the 2 wheeler recumbents in the trial area, but
didn't get a chance to go on one (lack of attentiveness from the demo
people who just looked too bored at the time to bother getting up, even
when I asked). It does look like something you wonder how you're going
to balance on

Ask the same question about any bike though... do you really /think/
about how you balance an upright, or do you just do it? Other similar
questions I get asked include "how do you start off?" and a reply of
"just like any other bike" is treated with a degree of skepticism until
I explain and elaborate further to show they really are the same in more
ways than people think: "one foot down for stationary balance, push off
by pedalling with the other, first foot up onto the pedals as you head
off, just like an upright bike[1]".

Pete.

[1] if you don't do rolling mounts. I do, on uprights, and I do miss
being able to get on and underway all at the same time. But not as much
as I miss a big comfy chair on an upright.
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Richard Corfield [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

I had a quick look at the 2 wheeler recumbents in the trial area, but
didn't get a chance to go on one (lack of attentiveness from the demo
people who just looked too bored at the time to bother getting up, even
when I asked).

I wasn't overly impressed with the Bikefix mob. There didn't appear to
be anyone at the try-a-bike section who actually worked for the company
and they did seem to spend most of their time lounging around. Because
there were no representives of the company there, my questions regarding
the sizing of the HPVelotechnic seats were answered with dumbfounded
stares. Granted Bikefix were unlikely to sell anything there and then,
but someone who was directly linked to the sales side of things wouldn't
have done any harm.

Quoted message said:

It does look like something you wonder how you're going
to balance on, but looks fun once you've got the knack.

The easiest thing is to have someone support the bike as you start and
push you up to speed. This will give you the balance and let you feel
what the bike is like. After that it's just a case of learning to start
without assistance. From my experience I reckon that within 5-10 minutes
you'll have few problems, and after about 30 minutes you'll probably be
confident in traffic. My problem was that the "traffic" was closely
packed, slow moving cyclists and I prefer to have a little space to
start with in case something does go wrong.

Quoted message said:

ICE's back to back tandem was certainly impressive! As was their child
extension. Hopefuly in the not too distant future we'll have a chance to
try that out. I was going to try the Micro, having heard that a lighter
smaller trike is quite a bit more nippy, but knowing full well I'd be
disowned by the wife if I even thought of it!

Monster... Monster... Monster... Monster... damn good fun! Now I need to
play on a proper low-rider bike.

Jon

Jon Senior jon_AT_restlesslemon_DOTco_DOT_uk said:

Carol Hague [email hidden] opined the following...

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Shortly before we set off I was Explaining Things to a lady on a tandem
who was expounding the But They Can't Climb theory...

As I mentioned elsewhere, I was expecting there to be more recumbents
present. There seemed to be an enormous number of people present who had
never seen one until the rally.

I thought there were a fair few recumbents about (although possibly not
as many as last year), but then we were hanging about with people we
know, who tend to be recumbent riders so....

I thought the trade stands looked a bit sparse this year, which might
explain why a nice lady rang me up a few weeks ago and tried to sell me
one.

The veggie food stand was missing too. I suspect they've put the fees up
too high and people aren't bothering....

--
Carol
"Nothing is so virtuous as a bicycle."
- Dorothy L. Sayers, _Five Red Herrings_

Jon Senior said:

Monster... Monster... Monster... Monster... damn good fun! Now I need to
play on a proper low-rider bike.

The Monster really is a monster - it looks quite big. That big lightweight
rear wheel must help a bit though. The Micro may go on a train though,
especially if it can be dismantled easily, and that shiny blue/green
one with the suspension on the stand inside looked really smart.

Trice must polish their trikes for display, or keep them meticulously
clean, as mine looks a bit more mucky in places.

- Richard

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Carol Hague said:

I thought the trade stands looked a bit sparse this year, which might
explain why a nice lady rang me up a few weeks ago and tried to sell me
one.

I'd agree on the trade stands. I thought there were more societies last
year. Were the Tandem Club there this year? I didn't notice them. It
took us a lot less time to work our way around this year.

- Richard

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Monster... Monster... Monster... Monster...

Mushroom Mushroom!

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