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fancy a new (push) bike
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on October 30, 2008, 16:28:40 ---The frame, forks, stem, handlebars & seat-pin are all carbon-fibre, so it's rather lightweight
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Sorry, that was 'crossed wires' on my part :oops:
The new bike has the afore-mentioned items supplied by Ritchey.
The Carbon-Fibre items were on the Bianchi 1885 I looked at.
The Ridley is still very light though :dance:
Bush Tucker Man:
Got the phone-call at about 15:55 to tell me it was ready, I was changed, drove over to Castleford & was walking in the shop before 16:15 :lol:
I haven't ridden it properly, just up & down the street to set the saddle height and set-back, & the stem height.
Dressed properly, of course, in my bib-tights & Sidi's
By golly!, it's stiff & accelerates quickly!
Although, I'm still not sure about that red saddle :-k, and might put my comfy (& well worn in) 'Flite' saddle on it off the Dyna-Tech
Bush Tucker Man:
I rode round 6 of the 'Yorkshire Points' series this afternoon.
It was the 'Condor Cross' (@ Bradley Woods Scout Camp. Brighouse, near jct 25/M62)
I think the going was probably best described as 'soft', as it was godawful conditions
In fact, it was positively glutinous, most of us ended up looking like George Hincapie (United States Postal Service. Lance Armstrongs team) did at the 2002 Paris-Roubaix :lol: :lol:
Pinched from Graham Watson.com (cyclings premier photographer)
We did a good approximation of George, but the speeds weren't high enough to get a facial of that quality, just a light spattering :lol:
Seemingly over half of the course was a quamire, & seemingly neccesitated more running than riding
It started to 'precipitate it down' again during the race, as it did for the practice/'warm-up' laps
I had a decent start, but lost some ground on 2 occasions when riders fell off in front of me [-X
I'd been following Ian, one of the Wakefield Triathlon Club riders, who I know (his daughters went to the same school as Amelia, before they moved up to another school)
It's not the same Ian who ran the 'Prince Of Wales Hospice' 10K with me, & then rode the cross at Temple Newsam (his daughter is still at school with mine, but both the Ians know each other - through the 'Tri club')
Out of the past 3 races I've done with (this) Ian, I've beat him at all 3, but he's originally a runner & this course suited him far better, so he bet me convincingly!
Anyway the results are on the 'YCCA' website (click on the pic of me below, and go to 2008/2009 results), but I finished at 31st/61 overall, & 26th/45 in my age-group.
Ian came in at 13th/61
After finishing, I just took off my grotty jersey, put a towel on the seat & drove home.
I did get the "You're not coming in this house in THAT state!!!!" upon arrival home :roll: :roll:
So, it was a bucket of hot water outside to get rid of most of it.
Kit thrown in washer, shoes (and gloves) in a bucket, me in the shower, 2 pints of tea taken on-board
Then the bike was washed. Thankfully, it was still very wet mud (& leaf-mould) so it just came off with the hosepipe
The official 'British Cycling' report will be added as soon as I see it on-line
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on November 09, 2008, 21:57:22 ---The official 'British Cycling' report will be added as soon as I see it on-line
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it's online now
There's 3 pics of me
They're not linkable, nor available to 'save picture as' though. Unless someone can tell me how :-k
See;
Gallery 4; 63rd/64 images
Gallery 5; 41st/73 & 70th/73 images
Bush Tucker Man:
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on November 10, 2008, 19:06:10 ---
--- Quote from: Bush Tucker Man on November 09, 2008, 21:57:22 ---The official 'British Cycling' report will be added as soon as I see it on-line
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it's online now
There's 3 pics of me
They're not linkable, nor available to 'save picture as' though. Unless someone can tell me how :-k
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They did :-$
Click on pic to open (3 images)
I was still reasonably clean at that point :grin:
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