Captain Slackbladder
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Always amazes me how many commuting cyclists disappear around late October, ok so its dark and a bit colder. Lights and hoy a layer on as necessary. I still enjoy it in a sick kind of way...
2014 Cycling thread - part I
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Always amazes me how many commuting cyclists disappear around late October, ok so its dark and a bit colder. Lights and hoy a layer on as necessary. I still enjoy it in a sick kind of way...
monkeytassle
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yeh same. I went out on sunday in monsoon conditions and took some sort of perverse pleasure in being one of about 3 cyclists out in it. double hard fuckers
Walter Ego
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Which is exactly what I've just doneeasy to look out of the window and say "ah fuck it"
I used to be good at this bike riding thing
monkeytassle
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midnight rides in minus 10 to get your balls wetWhich is exactly what I've just done
I used to be good at this bike riding thing
Manuel
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midnight rides in minus 10 to get your balls wet
Aye but that's a better reason than work. Cycled to work, similar mileage to CJs did a very little bit. Cycled home for dinner and can't be arsed to go back. Cycling round the crops on my GT is a bit sticky and slippy but also grat fun/bloody knachering.
Walter Ego
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midnight rides in minus 10 to get your balls wet
Cee Jay
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Walter Ego
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It's a really nice (bike) ride. No cars = bliss.
ivanthereasonable
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http://cxne.org.uk/events/
I think for the vets/ladies and juniors,its between 40 -60 minutes.And i think that works out at less than 10 miles.
Seniors,maybe 60-70 minutes.I would guess that at 10-12 miles.
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Manuel
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Is that a 10 mile course or so many laps of a course? I reckon I could create a canny 1 or 2 mile course, have options of hard track, corn stubble, rough grass and clayey stoned tracks.
ivanthereasonable
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There also an NECCL cx event at Flatts lane centre,Middlesbrough on 6th dec.There are other events,but that is the closest to Darlo.
Walter Ego
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ivanthereasonable
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The vets race,(i'm guessing you'd be a vet) is usually about 7 or 8 laps of the same course for the leaders,and about 5,6 or 7 for me.The seniors will do 10-ish laps of the same course,but in their own race,when ours is finished.
You could easy make your own course,if you've got a suitable site.I done one of my own on the banks of the tyne.I was there an hour ago.Some short hill climbs,some single tracks through the woods,all on grass and packed earth.
Manuel
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I know now just watched a vid from the Thorneyford one, it looks bloody tough.
The trouble with our place is it's probably too flat. I reckon I could still create a pretty tough and muddy 2 or 3 mile course though,
ivanthereasonable
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http://cxne.org.uk/results/. And those are the lap times for that course,on that day.
Some to them on a mtb,especially on the very muddy courses.Not the fast lads though.They would be seen dead on a mtb in a cross race.I hate the mud.The Strava one Walter has posted was hilly and just a bit slippy.That was perfect.Last sat at the same place,on a different course,it was quite a bit worse for mud,but still a great testing ride.They've just done the inter area champs and it was a quagmire.There are some very funny pics doing the rounds.
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Walter Ego
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You know Strava, have they done away with heart rate info?
Cee Jay
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was working this week..not used hr since Fridays turbo.
Walter Ego
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Seems to be Premium only?
Cee Jay
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