Thursday Night - Hour of Power

I've never tried riding on them. Phantom ones, yes....

Just been watching chasing legends. Very amusing to discover they nicknamed tony martin 'panzerwagen'.

The good ones always happen when I'm elsewhere :( I have deduced the common factor, however, and will endeavour to be absent more often.

I've never tried riding on them. Phantom ones, yes....

Just been watching chasing legends. Very amusing to discover they nicknamed tony martin 'panzerwagen'.

Joe on the phantom arobars?

On another point, I have been doing solo hours of power down under. Got a nice quiet loop with only one set of lights. Its nice and rolling so after an hour and a bit (to finnish the last lap) it is arround 900m of climbing. A couple of short shap climbs and some nice long gradual winding ones. Missed it last night though due to an almighty thunder storm. Gutted.

On another point, I have been doing solo hours of power down under. Got a nice quiet loop with only one set of lights. Its nice and rolling so after an hour and a bit (to finnish the last lap) it is arround 900m of climbing. A couple of short shap climbs and some nice long gradual winding ones. Missed it last night though due to an almighty thunder storm. Gutted.

Bloody hell mate - sounds a brute. You not getting your 2's up on with Bryce?

The good ones always happen when I'm elsewhere :( I have deduced the common factor, however, and will endeavour to be absent more often.

Nah. You would have been delighted to see people pulling off to the right though.

Sometimes.

I experienced the double-edged sword of pulling off to right, easing off, waiting… waiting… looking… going back on the front again. Psychological pleasure, physiological pain :/

completely forgot about this last night, it's going in the calendar...

I experienced the double-edged sword of pulling off to right, easing off, waiting… waiting… looking… going back on the front again. Psychological pleasure, physiological pain :/

Ha. Hate that.

I need to buy some proper cycling socks. Have decided I look a complete rube on the bike in work socks and lycra.

I think it makes you look special.

I wanted to join for the first time tomorrow. Anyone else out?

otherwise diverted :( massive shame, because the weather's sunny and there's hardly any wind so it'd be novelty bike week for me if I was there. I'm sure the usual crowd will be game, though.

otherwise diverted :( massive shame, because the weather's sunny and there's hardly any wind so it'd be novelty bike week for me if I was there. I'm sure the usual crowd will be game, though.

Why you out? I was gonna go to my first tomorrow too...

Unlikely I'll get there. My legs are DOMS toasted, and I think I'm on the bedtime story shift tonight @ 7pm.

I'm in (hopefully earlydoors). Hoping the legs will be in relatively good nick.

I really need to cycle up some hills soon. RP, no substitute.

Maybe I will - I've swapped bedtime story shifts, and DOMS is just pain, and pain is de rigeur on a bike, right?

Shall we start a list? The pain will melt away after five minutes, before being replaced by a new pain after 15 minutes. Pain upgrade.

Just a sign of weakness leaving the body, my good man.

Hoping to get down for 6.15.

I'll be doing laps from 8ish tonight, so might catch you all as you're warming down.

First time riding my bike in anger in over a week. So I'll be deep inside the pain cave.

...pain is de rigeur on a bike, right?

This, for me, is the source of much preoccupation.

I'll be deep inside the pain cave.

I'm about to head off for a two-day corporate birthday party with my colleagues.

I'm not sure my legs are going to fire properly, but I'm thinking fixed for tonight, 45x15 (3 is the magic number), mainly to check if my fettling 10 minutes ago has banished the creaking from my bar/stem interface again.

hmm - pint and a half of slow release carbs for lunch....could be trouble.

Rode over to Shoreditch Park with Tynan, then around it a few times. My legs were still fucking hurting, and he dropped me, on his 28" gear :(

Portentous.

Hmm.