taylorboosh
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Lol first attempt at the gym commute today - puncture after 2 miles so got a lift off my mate
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Nic Barnes
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I'm going to have to sack biking off for a bit as I've entered the Cumbrian run so focussing on that for the next few months. Nearly clocked 1000 miles already this year so not doing badly as none of that is commuting, and 99% of it will be on the mtb in bike park lakes.
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taylorboosh
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Cant you do a mix?
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willay
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quote: Originally posted by taylorboosh
Lol first attempt at the gym commute today - puncture after 2 miles so got a lift off my mate
that is grim
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taylorboosh
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Lol i had no patches or tubes
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willay
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man if I have a puncture on any of my bikes I'm fucked as I dont carry anything to fix it, and even if I did have my stuff on me (Got stuff for the roadie) - i couldnt change a inner tube on it to save my life
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taylorboosh
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Luckily i was right next to my mans so left to bike there
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Dr Pepper
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I always carry 2 tubes, tyre lever and a mini pump - i can change a tube in a couple of minutes now. It's hard without a tyre lever on road bikes with modern puncture proof tyres - they fit tight! It's easy with practice though - hard bit is working out why it has punctured,and making sure what caused it is gone
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Dr Pepper
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Entered this next year on a bit of an impulse... What did I do! Time to lose a couple of stone. The more I read about it the worst it gets lol
http://www.opencycling.com/
150 miles , 15000 ft of climbing .... Basically a tough 90 mile ride bookended by 30 miles of hell. I am actually less confident about completing this than I was lands end to john I groats
[Edited on 15-07-2014 by Dr Pepper]
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Matt L
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Pepper
Entered this next year on a bit of an impulse... What did I do! Time to lose a couple of stone. The more I read about it the worst it gets lol
http://www.opencycling.com/
150 miles , 15000 ft of climbing .... Basically a tough 90 mile ride bookended by 30 miles of hell. I am actually less confident about completing this than I was lands end to john I groats
[Edited on 15-07-2014 by Dr Pepper]
someone was showing me that link the other day looked good, didn't notice the amount of climbing involved though
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AndyKent
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12 to 16 hours, fook
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by Dr Pepper
Entered this next year on a bit of an impulse... What did I do! Time to lose a couple of stone. The more I read about it the worst it gets lol
http://www.opencycling.com/
150 miles , 15000 ft of climbing .... Basically a tough 90 mile ride bookended by 30 miles of hell. I am actually less confident about completing this than I was lands end to john I groats
[Edited on 15-07-2014 by Dr Pepper]
tempted tbh
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by taylorboosh
Cant you do a mix?
although similar muscles they don't really compliment each other from what I've been reading up on. for general fitness yeah sure. trying to run 3 times a week and bike twice a week then I've still got time to see the girlfriend before she gets pissed off with me
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Dr Pepper
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quote: Originally posted by Matt L
quote: Originally posted by Dr Pepper
Entered this next year on a bit of an impulse... What did I do! Time to lose a couple of stone. The more I read about it the worst it gets lol
http://www.opencycling.com/
150 miles , 15000 ft of climbing .... Basically a tough 90 mile ride bookended by 30 miles of hell. I am actually less confident about completing this than I was lands end to john I groats
[Edited on 15-07-2014 by Dr Pepper]
someone was showing me that link the other day looked good, didn't notice the amount of climbing involved though
Neither did I .... I need to shed a few stone now it simply will not be happening
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taylorboosh
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We should do that as a cs crew
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Nic Barnes
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quote: Originally posted by taylorboosh
We should do that as a cs crew
lets get it tackled
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Cole
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sdw is 101 miles with just over 11000ft of climbing that's 150 with 15000 wow doesn't look like the ascent up north is much more than down here in the south where its flat apparently but 150miles off road in a day is a lot that's probably 20+ hrs in the saddle as an average person does the sdw in 14hrs.
SDW is the south downs way by the way
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taylorboosh
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If your so confident?
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Cole
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nah no uplift
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It's nothing compared to that Coast to Coast, but I'm entering the London to Brighton off road. It's meant to be a bit of a challenge due to the climbs!
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smcGSI16V
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L2B off-road is relativley easy, but for the downs link which is dead flat and boring and the last climb is bitch.
http://www.strava.com/activities/84043703
[Edited on 16-07-2014 by smcGSI16V]
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Nic Barnes
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Looks like I may have broken another set of forks. Great stuff.
[Edited on 16-07-2014 by Nic Barnes]
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Rick Draper
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Looks like I may have broken another set of forks. Great stuff.
Broken due to it been too flat to need forks up North
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Nic Barnes
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Might buy that slash this weekend draper. Bought a t4 transporter today.
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Rick Draper
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quote: Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Might buy that slash this weekend draper.
I'd be all over it like a cheap suit.
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