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They went to @TurtleRecall

Have developed a habit of getting spendy on the vino + it's getting a bit out of control. Not volume wise, just price. Has anyone grown accustomed to a lofty (it's all relative) price point and had to ween themselves down a tier or two? It feels like a one-way street.

Yes, very sad. It does happen every year - almost guaranteed to uncover an underlying heart problem in someone given how many take part. Wonder if they will bring in requirement for medical signoff, like ASO do with the Etape du Tour.

Bubbles with single dimensional people/views

Exactly as that'd be terrible. Imagine a place like that but with the opposite view + outlook. All remoaner, pseudo anti-capitalist craft-beard cunts, bashing tories and sneering at anyone in a suit...

Only time I felt good today was on the bike. Thank fuck for cycle commuting.

There is talk that he first 2 miles might be neutralised, with the timing officially starting 2 miles in.

That sounds bizarre. It is a sportive, not a time trial or a race, and since the road is very wide at the start and the waves are staggered, the first two miles aren't more crowded than the rest of the route.

In total I spent less than £25 (including the train home) for an amazing day's cycling.

Normally I come up with some ridiculous scheme that ends up being expensive, but with help from friends of friends waiting for us at the beach, this year was different.

Train home: 18.75
Suffolk-priced food + tea: 3.50
One inner tube

Drone pic is supremely cool.

Woke up this morning 03:15 with a strange urge to ride.

Rode with a friend this time - a very different experience and more in the spirit I guess. Entire ride was in Z2 but the kms just flew by with company and no particular efforts. We got to enjoy dawn across the fields, which was beautiful. The food stand just before Framlingham was epic.

Q: What do you have without meat?

A: Macaroni cheese + vegan pasta with herbs

Jaw drops

I bought some Pavés because they look fucking sadistic, and my right CroMo, after 7000K of city commuting, probably 3500x clipping in, occasionally pops off at max torque, like when a bus seems about to smash me into the pavement. Have tried new cleats + half heartedly cleaning but didn't bother to try replacing any bits. [EDIT: sold]

Observations on Pavés:

• They're heavier because there's now metal in places which used to be plastic
  
• Clipping in and out feels different, they don't ping out so willingly as before + no satisfying click
  
• The material under the bow ties where the spring sits seems tougher... the whole unit does
  
• I can't tell the difference between the red and yellow cleats, and the yellow cleats seem to work fine
  
• Being clipped in feels more solid but could just be new v old as both my Zero sets are quite old
  

I do daily and maintain a spreadsheet. Can then try to figure out what's going on with things like high/mid/low for the week, month etc. Kind of addictive if you like stats.

Have to applaud the bus driver today on Victoria Embankment who, on breaking down, opted to park in the middle of the lane rather than block CS8, then stood guard on the pavement to make sure his mechanic didn't step out into passing riders, which the mechanic almost did, right into me.

Maybe Nick would have the sense not to cross on red and be playing Pokémon Go at the same time. Looking at 2017 pics am more confident it was him - longer hair now.

Last night almost ran over either Robert Peston or an uncanny lookalike, at Westminster crossing as the lights changed. Was like a deer in headlights and he didn't know whether to retreat (in the path of taxis) or keep crossing (cyclists). Looked so helpless I took pity.

@Sumo has good taste in beer and is easy to deal with.

Close pass by lady in a Mercedes. She gets stuck at a traffic light, I try to get her attention as I filter, but she's texting.

It's a matte almost naked carbon finish and would be in a prominent position.

My C59 head tube is getting worn by cable rub. Is it naff to use those rubber cable protectors? I notice Condor put them on my friend's bike.

Water got into my PC8 in the rain, half way up the Peyresourde. Did the rest of the trip without a computer. Kind of refreshing but I wish I had the data now.

There appeared to be a tipper truck race.

They fucking love it on the highway. I heard they're paid by the drop but not sure if true. Fun to draft them, especially when they're changing lanes all the time to ditch people turning at junctions.

Just spent four days in the Pyrenees - had forgotten how little you actually need to eat for 4-6h riding/day. Didn't have the same access to food as I do at home/work so no huge pasta pyramids before or fried tofu / halloumi / paneer "I need it for the protein" recovery meals after.

Coming back to a long week at work (60h at a desk), I realise my problem is how to deal with very easy access to food vs a real struggle to squeeze more than my usual amount of activity into the day. There was free pizza and cake on Friday, but no leave-at-5-and-go-training option.

You'll be pleased to know I lost my IE800s again, but for real this time, with a 5.5g iPod, as part of a very long clusterfuck of a journey to Turkey.

I don't get it. Build bike with alu frame and ultegra - a nice, balanced build, then spend several pages weighing it and discussing weight savings e.g. shiny carbon. It's not particularly hard to build a sub 7KG bike.

Friends don't let friends buy Vectors.

Will have a factory-repaired Campagnolo 4-arm SRM for sale soon.

Have had some fantastic commutes this week. Sunny + breeze + quiet roads (some very early starts and some very late finishes).

Changed eastbound route now to avoid that Westminster / Bridge St junction - just take Whitehall --> Horse Guards Ave. I know that's not revolutionary, but much happier with it.

The Eastcheap vs Lower Thames st junction is a complete joke on the superhighway but I try not to blame the drivers who get in the way - it is just a terrible design and should probably have a box junction or something there.