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Post by Campervan Von Bigglesworth on Jul 6, 2015 9:26:27 GMT
Fucking puncture 5 miles from home today on only its second outing of 2015; cycling gods are testing me  I've reluctantly purchased a bell for my manly bike too, pedestrians & dogs keep getting in my bastard way. I asked for a bell for an adults bike in the shop and he gave me a few options to which I replied... "Have you got anything a little less gay?" Shop man... "More descrete you mean sir?" ;D I think the least gayest ones are those spring loaded leaver ones that just do a single "ding" when you flick them. The other type are so gay, you may as well stick a fucking wicker basket on the front of your bike with a small dog in it. |
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 15, 2015 19:30:42 GMT
New tyres at the wknd... Kevlar fuckers!
20 miles tonight
15 Monday
Fucking arse is killing, tried to re angle the seat which I'll test on next outing. Any arse / seat experts care to advise?
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Post by Salopstick on Jul 15, 2015 20:33:13 GMT
New tyres at the wknd... Kevlar fuckers! 20 miles tonight 15 Monday Fucking arse is killing, tried to re angle the seat which I'll test on next outing. Any arse / seat experts care to advise? Sports direct do a gel cover for about £8. Quite decent |
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 15, 2015 20:39:29 GMT
New tyres at the wknd... Kevlar fuckers! 20 miles tonight 15 Monday Fucking arse is killing, tried to re angle the seat which I'll test on next outing. Any arse / seat experts care to advise? Sports direct do a gel cover for about £8. Quite decent Id rather have a sore arse than look like a cunt!.... I now have a bell which ruins my cred' no end! I thought saddles were supposed to "break in" after a while, I'm on nearly 400 miles (not much admittedly) but it shouldn't be like this surely! |
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Post by Revolver Ocelot on Jul 15, 2015 21:04:43 GMT
Sports direct do a gel cover for about £8. Quite decent Id rather have a saw arse than look like a cunt!.... I now have a bell which ruins my cried' no end! I thought saddles were supposed to "break in" after a while, I'm on nearly 400 miles (not much admittedly) but it shouldn't be like this surely! I've done 6000 miles on my current bike and it still hurts my arse. ;D |
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Post by Salopstick on Jul 15, 2015 21:08:10 GMT
I have a gel cover on my road bike and no sore arse
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 15, 2015 21:29:02 GMT
Id rather have a saw arse than look like a cunt!.... I now have a bell which ruins my cried' no end! I thought saddles were supposed to "break in" after a while, I'm on nearly 400 miles (not much admittedly) but it shouldn't be like this surely! I've done 6000 miles on my current bike and it still hurts my arse. ;D At my current rate it'll take me over 15 yrs to do that many miles ;D |
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Post by Revolver Ocelot on Jul 15, 2015 21:45:43 GMT
I've done 6000 miles on my current bike and it still hurts my arse. ;D At my current rate it'll take me over 15 yrs to do that many miles ;D It's taken me less than two. I've got a problem. |
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 15, 2015 21:51:50 GMT
At my current rate it'll take me over 15 yrs to do that many miles ;D It's taken me less than two. I've got a problem. Go on then, show us your bike! Commute on it? I don't realy like riding on the roads but it's the only way to go fast / rack up the miles. |
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Post by Revolver Ocelot on Jul 16, 2015 7:12:06 GMT
It's taken me less than two. I've got a problem. Go on then, show us your bike! Commute on it? I don't realy like riding on the roads but it's the only way to go fast / rack up the miles. No I don't commute just ride most days in the summer 30-40 miles and once or twice a week in winter. I don't have any pictures of my actual bike but it's a Giant Defy 1.  I'm saving up for a garmin I think and would love a power meter to train to, however the garmin is about £400 and power meters range from £400-£1300  I could buy an amazing new bike for that much money. |
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Post by Northy on Jul 16, 2015 7:13:27 GMT
Nothing to do with the Pimms drinking then  My Nieces partner works in a bike shop somewhere near to Newcastle bus station, Goldtec I think it is. |
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Post by Salopstick on Jul 16, 2015 11:26:32 GMT
Go on then, show us your bike! Commute on it? I don't realy like riding on the roads but it's the only way to go fast / rack up the miles. No I don't commute just ride most days in the summer 30-40 miles and once or twice a week in winter. I don't have any pictures of my actual bike but it's a Giant Defy 1. I'm saving up for a garmin I think and would love a power meter to train to, however the garmin is about £400 and power meters range from £400-£1300 I could buy an amazing new bike for that much money. nice bike I've got a cinelli experience for road biking and an old giant expression hybrid for out with the kids I would never buy a new bike at RRP. You can pick up £1000 bikes on eBay for £300 Therre is a place just outside loggerheads in the sticks that sell /nod hand bikes cheap. Where I got the giant from greenvalleycycles.net/p/how-to-find-us |
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Post by Revolver Ocelot on Jul 16, 2015 15:59:28 GMT
nice bike I've got a cinelli experience for road biking and an old giant expression hybrid for out with the kids I would never buy a new bike. You can pick up £1000 bikes on eBay for £300 Therre is a place just outside loggerheads in the sticks that sell /nod hand bikes cheap. Where I got the giant from greenvalleycycles.net/p/how-to-find-usNice, I love Cinelli. I never knew that shop existed and I must have cycled around there hundreds of times ;D I start in Newport and just go wherever the quiet roads take me, been through the Eccleshall, Woodseaves, Loggerheads, Drayton loop loads in the last couple of years. |
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 16, 2015 22:43:16 GMT
Go on then, show us your bike! Commute on it? I don't realy like riding on the roads but it's the only way to go fast / rack up the miles. No I don't commute just ride most days in the summer 30-40 miles and once or twice a week in winter. I don't have any pictures of my actual bike but it's a Giant Defy 1. I'm saving up for a garmin I think and would love a power meter to train to, however the garmin is about £400 and power meters range from £400-£1300 I could buy an amazing new bike for that much money. Nice, I do like the look of road bikes. The quality and technilogy is amazing. If I won the lotto I'd get myself a "racer" just to look at and admire, supomething like this...  |
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 18, 2015 21:28:19 GMT
18 towpath miles tonight which was surprisingly easy(ish), would have fucked me a code of years back.
I'm liking biking and wondering if to splash out in a better (lighter/newer) bike?
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Post by Salopstick on Jul 19, 2015 9:48:00 GMT
Jonsey have you got strava on your phone to track your rides
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 19, 2015 11:28:21 GMT
Jonsey have you got strava on your phone to track your rides No just a good old fashioned speedo, I've had runtastic on an old phone but never used it for riding, might download again. |
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Post by Salopstick on Jul 19, 2015 12:05:29 GMT
Jonsey have you got strava on your phone to track your rides No just a good old fashioned speedo, I've had runtastic on an old phone but never used it for riding, might download again. Strava is the best tbh |
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Post by JonesInAMillion on Jul 25, 2015 20:15:42 GMT
Burslem to Stone & back along the canal this evening,most enjoyable!
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Post by Revolver Ocelot on Jul 25, 2015 20:47:40 GMT
 That's my evenings work, pretty slow but not done 50 for a while. |
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