I rode from just North of Seven Sisters tube station to Lewisham - including a long section of canal and the Greenwich tunnel under the Thames.

Over my cold but knees are still sore but forced myself out for a gentle ride to Sumner. Perfect day for riding in Christchurch. Wind got up just towards the end. Going slow as though 26kph. Caught up with John Mullen and got grief for...

-Wearing Helmet
-Using iPod
-Having Powertap
-Having carbon frame
-Hand position on bars
-Shifting from Henekin to Corona
-Coaching women

i went from home to the kiwi down to governers bay (was going to go round short bays) but legs felt like crap so biked back up to the kiwi and home

I did Short bays today was a good ride especially the tail wind back from Sumner, but a killer head wind back to my place Looks like the weather is going to be packing in for a few days - but u know the weather forecast

Fergie wrote: Over my cold but knees are still sore but forced myself out for a gentle ride to Sumner. Perfect day for riding in Christchurch. Wind got up just towards the end. Going slow as though 26kph. Caught up with John Mullen and got grief for...

-Wearing Helmet
-Using iPod
-Having Powertap
-Having carbon frame
-Hand position on bars
-Shifting from Henekin to Corona
-Coaching women

he forgot :

having anything smaller than 42 as your small ring
having anything larger than 21 as your biggest cog
having more than 7 gears
having non-downtube shifters
not running tubulars
having a frame not made out of steel by an ancient italian dude

John Mullen sounds like someone slackboy and myself could get on well with

Except for the non-helmet thing - I don't think Slacky would approve. Oh, and he would be making slanderous and offensive anti-roadie calls even if he was on a road bike.

nzkel wrote: I did Short bays today was a good ride especially the tail wind back from Sumner, but a killer head wind back to my place Looks like the weather is going to be packing in for a few days - but u know the weather forecast

dam you are training hard keep it up .................. i need to do alot more

danose wrote:he forgot :

having anything smaller than 42 as your small ring
having anything larger than 21 as your biggest cog
having more than 7 gears
having non-downtube shifters
not running tubulars
having a frame not made out of steel by an ancient italian dude

John Mullen sounds like someone slackboy and myself could get on well with

You obviously know him. Cause apart from "we live in a Police state" and "not wearing seatbelts" that is John down to a T.

That and U2 is the greatest rock band in the world and you not a real fan unless you have seen then at least 10 times in concert and at least once in the eighties, nineties and the new millennium!

Fergie wrote:
That and U2 is the greatest rock band in the world and you not a real fan unless you have seen then at least 10 times in concert and at least once in the eighties, nineties and the new millennium!

hmmm - was all sounding good up to then, everything after Boy is rubbish

I must be a wuss - even if they made helmets voluntary I'd wear one now, last time I rode without one it felt wrong and odd.

XCrider wrote:

nzkel wrote: I did Short bays today was a good ride especially the tail wind back from Sumner, but a killer head wind back to my place Looks like the weather is going to be packing in for a few days - but u know the weather forecast

dam you are training hard keep it up .................. i need to do alot more

Thanks, holidays are great aren't they! I could get used to this Back to work mid next week tho, dammit!

VERT wrote:

Al_Bushman wrote:

VERT wrote: I rode around the bays and it was stupidly mentally crazily mental mental stupid windy as hell. At one point I was in my smallest gear out of the saddle on the flat trying to pedal

it was stupid mental windy

Soft! Wasn't that windy, I was sanding paint outside all arvo and only had to stop my wig blowing off twice!

Dude I dont know what party of the country you live in but in Wellington along Shelly bay it was easily some of the strongest winds I have ever tried to ride in (not counting the mental stuff you get up Kaukau)

Ah Ha! I thought all roadies came from Christchurch 'Round the Bays' sorta sounds like 'Short Bays' in which case I thought you were from Chur Chur. My apologies. Anyhoos - that'll teach you for living in Wellywood!

Well - I did the Dyers Round-a-bout to Gibraltar rock - return TT last night. Hey Danose - beat my PB too!! Splits as follows:

Dyers to Kiwi: 17m 5secs
Gibraltar Rock 36m 20secs
SOK 51m (approx)
Dyers Round-a-bout - 57m 10 secs.

Windy as f#@k on the tops though.

I was under strict orders from the wife to be back in under an hour as we were going out for dinner, and fear of a beating drove me to my best time

I'm heading out to do Bays now... might through in a couple of laps up Mt Crawford on the way around. Must burn off all the chocolate and booze of the last week!

Al_Bushman wrote: Well - I did the Dyers Round-a-bout to Gibraltar rock - return TT last night. Hey Danose - beat my PB too!! Splits as follows:

Dyers to Kiwi: 17m 5secs
Gibraltar Rock 36m 20secs
SOK 51m (approx)
Dyers Round-a-bout - 57m 10 secs.

Windy as f#@k on the tops though.

I was under strict orders from the wife to be back in under an hour as we were going out for dinner, and fear of a beating drove me to my best time

Don't you like it when your Wife beats you?

*queue witty _jb_ comment*

Well this morning I headed out for a cruisy ride around Spencerville/North Beach, was a good ride but it seemed really windy although the trees were hardly moving.... maybe I was just tired hehe 42km ride so was OK I guess