2013-07-07 - Rapha Women's 100 - Herne Bay

Noooo not the ampleman!! Is he repairable?

awh, theres no way i can get to london till after 9, so not gunna make this :( have a lovely ride though ladies!

Where are you coming from/which station are you coming into? We can always shift the time back at bit/work something out?

It's looking rather like i am not going to make this ride after all as I've very badly pulled a muscle in my shoulder doing... something, I'm not sure what, and I've also possibly broken a toe by kicking some carelessly-placed weightlifting equipment while barefooted. So, um, it is probably best if I stay at home and try not to break anything else. Have fun, folks!

RUBBISH!

Noooo not the ampleman!! Is he repairable?

the dude is now missing a leg :(

ps: get well soon...

the dude is now missing a leg :(

Build him a new robot leg! :D

Why don't you build yourself a robot toe and come out sunday??

spread repppp before giving to poots again.... :D

tbh it's not so much the toe that's the problem but the shoulder - it's debilitatingly painful. I am trying to Man Up by reading the list of broken bones suffered by various riders in le Tour and comparing them to my sore muscle, but all it's really doing is indicating to me that i haven't got what it takes to ride in le Tour. Facepalm.

I was a bit worried about my fitness for this ride but having looked at the route and the number of trains stations nearby, fuck it, let's see how it goes. My nerves will not beat me!

Not suggesting you should adopt a similar attitude boffers, just realised how that might sound!

We're all in it together!
me wheezing after 2 flights of stairs

See you at Tower Bridge junction at 8am.. on a Sunday! Crazy.

tbh it's not so much the toe that's the problem but the shoulder - it's debilitatingly painful. I am trying to Man Up by reading the list of broken bones suffered by various riders in le Tour and comparing them to my sore muscle, but all it's really doing is indicating to me that i haven't got what it takes to ride in le Tour. Facepalm.

Maybe work up to a 3 week long race by riding your bike for just one day on sunday?

I was a bit worried about my fitness for this ride but having looked at the route and the number of trains stations nearby, fuck it, let's see how it goes. My nerves will not beat me

Great attitude. Tbh, we'll probably be stopping every 15 miles or so for water/snack stops with the warmth and if you break it down into 4 manageable chunks, simples! The hardest/most horrible bit is getting out of London, so once chunk one is done...!

Bothwell: shite attitude:

Other people: Great attitude.

Pft! Ride up a couple of hills in forrin parts and now you're Dave Brailsford?! :p

I'm sending the psychologist round to yours tonight. He'll talk through your fears, sorry, I mean injury whilst you're on the turbo.

#marginalgains

earliest i can get to london liverpool st. is 8.51, but i also have no idea how to get from there to greenwich, so that could take a while. i think i'll just do cambridge to london by myself instead. but hopefully will make another ride soon, it'd be great to meet you all!

I'm sending the psychologist round to yours tonight. He'll talk through your fears, sorry, I mean injury whilst you're on the turbo.

#marginalgains

I'd punch him in right in his smug, psychologising face if I only had the strength to raise my arm!

It's occurred to me that I've still got all those stickers. What shall we do about that?

Ok where in Greenwich ?
Some of us live in the burbs you know.
I havent been to greenwich for years....im gonna be knackerd by the time i get there :/
Meh.

Meet 8.30am for a 9am grand depart from Greenwich Park Car Park South - zoom in on map for exact point.

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Wooo! Look at that!

Our ride will look nothing like whatever they are trying to relay with that picture and I'm very pleased about that :D

The main rapha ride sounds rubbish. Box Hill, how imaginative! And likely to be so clear of cyclists on a sunny summer sunday.

Geez, some of the other rides sound like szrs bizniz... they even have an entry fee and min and max speeds.... how unfun.

We should do some moody black and white shots of us with beer and chips and send them to Rapha!

We should do some moody black and white shots of us with beer and chips and send them to Rapha!

Moody black and white shots wearing Milltag rather than Rapha! Let's see how many they publish ; )

and ...all smiling and laughing...no suffering...