The Cycling Thread

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

*Must not look at wiggle website, must not look at wiggle website, must not look at wiggle website*

Lookit!



On wiggle for a very nice price... Damn my little brother!

[fizzwheel]

Mike, you are a bad bad man

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Mike, you are a bad bad man

This is porn...



Also a very good price, but still out of my league

[fizzwheel]

To use a Jeremy Clarkeson phrase.

"I've just had a crisis"

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Lookit!



On wiggle for a very nice price... Damn my little brother!

Lush

My mate in NZ has bought something very similar

[maviczap]

Despite the forecast saying heavy rain all day, the day dawned sunny & 12deg

So went out for a great ride, purposely choosing a harder route than Monday, which also was better as it was better that I had a tail wind home, which is not always the case.

So much so, I was able to ride 50t big ring all the way home. Compared to last year, I'm out on the road earlier, and I'm as fit. So once the warmer weather gets here I'll be well ahead compared to last year.

I wasn't cold today either, which does help. Plenty of puddles and mud, my overshoes were covered in mud spatter after my 2 hour ride

Beats sitting on the turbo in the garage

Well I went to the cycle show today in London, part of the international boat show...

Well they wasn't much on sale at all, I was after a track pump for sale price nothing, not many bargins at all! Wasn't very busy either oh well I had a fun Though I decided the bike for £8000 there abouts was a bit much!

Yes Wiggle is evil, must hide credit card! Its meant to rain for the best part of the next days alot joy!

[Luckypants]

Our local pate company was there (I get their FaceBook feed...) Patchwork Pate, I hope you sampled it cos its delicious. Not much doing on the bike front though by the sound of it.

Weather for next few days not looking good, got two rides at the weekend as well Well at least I'll get a chance to try out my latest wiggle purchases.

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Our local pate company was there (I get their FaceBook feed...) Patchwork Pate, I hope you sampled it cos its delicious. Not much doing on the bike front though by the sound of it.

Weather for next few days not looking good, got two rides at the weekend as well Well at least I'll get a chance to try out my latest wiggle purchases.

Nope I didn't find them, however I did find enough samples to keep me going through the day which was nice. Yes I felt the show was missing something, there didn't seem a be a great deal going on. Myself I wanted to see boats, bikes and kit aimed at regular people what I would imagine using day to day and on a trip.

There were too many stands trying to selling hoildays, useless products the crazy girl on Blacks stand needs a mention she looked a like a disturibued clown, I ran!

Thought I did try out stand up paddle boards which was a fun.

However the rain won't bother me too much from tomorrow till Monday I'm gonna be flat out.

Well had a big issue with getting air into my tyres. Bought a Pocket Rocket mini pump and Ive struggled to get more than 60-70psi in it. Every time it seems to reach that point, it seems to become very sensitive with the position I'm holding it and lets air out of the valve. I've tried moving about but with no luck. Not sure if its a faulty pump but i'm not too confident in case of a puncture.

Bought a track pump, loaded 100psi into each tyre and set out today for the maiden voyage. As it was gone 3pm, I only managed 15 miles at just under 15mph before darkness set in. Provided that measly mileage doesnt cause me any muscle tiredness tomorrow, I should be good to go for a 30 miler. I plan to work on my distance until I can confidently do 60 miles (hoping to have this under my belt by end of April)