Guinessisgoodforyou
rBotM Winner
Hot as Satan's ar*e over here
Today's Ride
- Thread starter FairfaxPat
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Same here...Hot as Satan's ar*e over here
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
Hired a bike hence the plasticity thing.
Only the rider and his clothing is retro today.
Up over the mountain
Down to Ballaugh
Back up the mountain,
Shame I didn't have one of my own bikes
Only the rider and his clothing is retro today.
Up over the mountain
Down to Ballaugh
Back up the mountain,
Shame I didn't have one of my own bikes
Frankenorange
Orange 🍊 Fan
Ooh....some TT action
Visiting road courses always ups my respect for the racers. You kind of get the idea of what it is like on telly but when you see it for real it is a different thing all together. So narrow, bumpy, and nowhere to go if it goes wrong.
I always watched the World of Sport coverage of the Bathurst 1000, back in the 70's-80's. They had the start and an hour of racing and i was blown away by it.
Fast forward some years and i went there in 92 and 93, for the "Big Race".
It was the 93 event when i borrowed a tuned up Toyota and did a few laps , when the roads were open , between racing. My respect went off the scale when i experienced it from the drivers seat.
The cops were out on Conrod Straight ,with speed guns , so had to take it easy but did manage to get some wheels in the air through the Dipper
. Same rise in levels of respect when i went to Adelaide for the GP. Fecking bonkers!There still are some purpose built race tracks that are very unforgiving, undulating, and narrow but road courses take the biscuit.
bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
I've cycled round the tt course a couple of times in the past
Noticeable today when I was on a few miles of the mountain section, I got aggressed three times by motorists
I'm going to mention it to the tourist board, because the cycling is great, and tourism is their no2 industry after TaxDodging*
The rest of my cycling here, the motor vehicles were better behaved than the Welsh average.
*both legal and illegal
Noticeable today when I was on a few miles of the mountain section, I got aggressed three times by motorists
I'm going to mention it to the tourist board, because the cycling is great, and tourism is their no2 industry after TaxDodging*
The rest of my cycling here, the motor vehicles were better behaved than the Welsh average.
*both legal and illegal
After yesterday mornings 50 odd miles I started getting a bit restless and ended up heading back out, despite knees like jelly ended up with one of the highest avg speeds of a ride yet.
Echoing the heat sentiments in the thread, very humid today. Ended up having to take a minute to cool off as the amount of sweat was making it hard to get a good grip on my bottles
Midges and greenflies started swarming at the end, had to hose off once home!
@bikeworkshop on the subject of arsey motorists I encountered a new one today; giving way at a roundabout when someone pulls up next to me and starts complaining that they couldn't overtake because I was going "too fast" - was putting in a good sprint holding 30mph in a 30 zone
Echoing the heat sentiments in the thread, very humid today. Ended up having to take a minute to cool off as the amount of sweat was making it hard to get a good grip on my bottles
Midges and greenflies started swarming at the end, had to hose off once home!
@bikeworkshop on the subject of arsey motorists I encountered a new one today; giving way at a roundabout when someone pulls up next to me and starts complaining that they couldn't overtake because I was going "too fast" - was putting in a good sprint holding 30mph in a 30 zone
MattiThundrrr
Kona Fan
Take that home with you like a little trophy, or like Strava, only more importanter. You're the Roundabout Race Champion. Tell the story every time you meet a new cyclist. Non cyclists too, but they'll be less interested
MarinMartin
Marin Fan
No training, no reason, just riding to be free.
ok, so I went for a ride. after about 2 kms my phone rang, the kid asked 'are you coming to pick me up?' '....ooopss. sure, I'll be there soon! sorry to forget to pick you up!' 
went for her, came home, met the wife (she arrived a few mins after us) just to became clear it was not me but the kid who was at fault, because today was not the day I was asked to pick her up, also this WAS (would have been?) my free afternoon to go riding... so not only no pic today but it was the shortest ride, ever. 
...but it was a good afternoon, we had lots of laugh since it came out that it's not always me who forget everything. 
went for her, came home, met the wife (she arrived a few mins after us) just to became clear it was not me but the kid who was at fault, because today was not the day I was asked to pick her up, also this WAS (would have been?) my free afternoon to go riding... so not only no pic today but it was the shortest ride, ever. ...but it was a good afternoon, we had lots of laugh since it came out that it's not always me who forget everything. 
