larsenroad

Most recent activity

• Hulsroy's Hustle

  in Current Projects • 3 months, 4 weeks

  

  Now that's a nice looking bottle!

• Hulsroy's Hustle

  in Current Projects • 10 months, 2 weeks

  

  So good!

• Current Projects chat and miscellany

  in Current Projects • 10 months, 3 weeks

  

  I found this in my shed.

• Finding LFGSS

  @larsenroad started

  • 117 comments
  • 9,418 views

  @Sam replied
• The mint Crux

  @larsenroad started

  • 140 comments
  • 24,753 views

  @larsenroad replied
• The mint Crux

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 1 month

  

  Last little ride today. Bike is sold, so took it to the LBS to have them pack and ship it off.

  I simply didn't use it any longer, so might as well go to a new home instead of taking up storage space. A bit sad. It's a fantastic bike and it felt so smooth and quick the 15 mins I had on it this morning. Buyer gets a great bike for the price – all because he accepts not having disc brakes.

  I picked off the Carbon Ti wheels and sold it with RS81's, so they will get a new life some day. Still, with RS81, cheap saddle, Gravelkings, tubes and XT pedals it weighed in at 7,7.

  Cheers

• Hulsroy's Hustle

  in Current Projects • 1 year, 2 months

  

  Really enjoyed the format of this one.

• Finding LFGSS

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 year, 2 months

  

  Day 6 (3/3)

  The guys at Paradise were super helpful, working overtime on a Saturday so that we could get changed and find something to eat. Even managed to get the hotel next door to store the boxes until the morning after when we were flying home. Big thanks!

  Then, about the finding LFGSS thing. When we got to Manchester, we also found ourselves canceled from the Airbnb booking we had in London. Enter Platypus, who even before it happened had offered a place to stay in London.

  With bikes boxed and stored we spent the time well over to his place, stopping by a pub, a wine shop and take-away joint. He welcomed us into his home and we had an amazing evening with food and drinks. It was the perfect ending to an eventful trip.

  Thank you, Barney!

  Thank you, LFGSS!

  https://www.strava.com/activities/9412497162

• Finding LFGSS

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 year, 2 months

  

  Day 6 (2/3)

  Final stretch, but…

  The drizzle is picking up and disaster strikes, as I feel bumps being absorbed abnormally well. Morale is low as we’re standing by a busy road in the rain trying to seat my f*#%ing Schwalbe tire, using sunscreen as lubrication. Luckily we started early, so when we finally managed to make it rideable we were still on schedule.

  Now, some additional info about the rain. I don’t know if we’ve made a deal with the devil or something, but we’ve been extremely lucky with the weather on these trips throughout the years. It has pretty much only rained during the nights and on the final day – when it doesn’t really matter that much. When it has rained on the final day, it’s been proper rain though, and this year didn’t disappoint.

  As we're getting into London it’s pissing down. Totally drenched now and starting to feel that it’s been a lot of riding the past six days. Now we just want to get to the finish line, get changed and drink beers.

  Riding through central London is quite a pleasant experience though. Considering the size of the city and traffic I feel safe and it’s easy to navigate. As the rain eases up and the sky brightens, we finally coast into the alley of Paradise Cycles.

  Done.

• Finding LFGSS

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 year, 2 months

  

  Cheers guys!

  Day 6: Pangbourne – London
  96 km / 270 m

  Alarm clocks go off at 7 and we roll out historically early just after 8 AM. We pick up loaf, ham and cheese at the grocery store and enjoy it on the sidewalk. A triathlete stops by, and it turns out he has already done the opposite of what we are supposed to ride. So much for thinking we were starting early.

  A drizzle is looming. My navigation is a little too scenic, following a dirt path by the Thames. Voices in the group want speed, not wet mud. But it’s too late and the first 10k is slow before getting on a proper road in Reading.

  We gradually meet more cyclists. As the value of their bikes go up, the number of waves go down. It feels like going back in time. Everyone is on a road or TT bike. Back home, it’s much more of a mix with fatter tires and all kinds of fashion or not clothing. Here, it’s Rapha and club jerseys only.

  HP has a puncture, but other than that not eventful and we get to Windsor where we stop for a snack. The tri-guy fondly spoke of some fancy café where all the cyclists from London go to have a legendary cinnamon bun.

  Yea, no. We stumbled by The Windsor Cycle Hub. Lovely community dedicated to getting people into cycling. All kinds of ages and people were very welcoming – even wanted to document the four not-so-wise men coming from afar – https://twitter.com/WindsorCycleHub/status/1677705957126680578 – We enjoy a snack there and beaver onwards – past the S-Works Cinnamon bunch. Dodged a bullet there as we are not in the mood to discuss threshold watts and tanlines right now.

  (1/3)