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Anyone got an old 26" rim brake suspension fork (1 1/8th steerer tube) in the back of the garage looking for a home? Thx Barry

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Just for the record, IMO I don't think sweeping the course should happen every year.... assuming someone is mad enough to try it again! Mud, leaves, horse S%&t are all par for the course. But this year was exceptional. The road was clean until just 2 weeks before the race, when 1-in-20 year coppicin...

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The least worst of my photos are on the club's dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/p7l2oxxcg8je ... W8K_a?dl=0

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Plotting a fast/light tour from Birmingham to Vienna via the Alps in Sept :) Train from Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport and ride across Essex for overnight ferry from Harwich to the Hoek van Holland. Simples. First real destination is Andermatt in central Switzerland where I will go play i...

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Here is our route through the lowlands:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fMDl8 ... sp=sharing

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Thanks Martin and Helen for timekeeping.
And many thanks, Martin, for the lift home through the doom and gloom...
I don't like TTs or rain, but thats how desperate I was to get out the of house and on to the bike

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We got blown to Copenhagen

I'll post some pics and blog soon... honest

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Neil Compton wrote: ↑
27 May 2017 21:08
Have a good one Barry. Doubt i'll have got as far as Holland by the time you set off but you never know. Will you be going along the coastal route?

Will go inland through Friesland as I have friends living there, but probably hit the coast north of Groningen

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Might see on the road, Neil. I'm off on the ferry to Amsterdam 6 June and after a few days in town will start pedalling towards Copenhagen. It will be good to be back on the road

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How do we know who was on a TT/Road bike? Is that recorded?

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Thanks Martin and Richard for organising. .... Having seen photos of Dave's injuries, I can't believe he raced last night. No one could! But he still managed an excellent time. Probably because he was well rested. But it was like something out of the Rocky Horror Show. Thankfully there were no child...

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I might put in an appearance, just for the sheer fun of it all

Can someone bring a track pump, please. Mine has blown up

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Just fitted 28 mm tyres to my Van Nicholas Yukon. Total no brainer for the roads here.

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yes, its the INNER wheel rim width which is important. No good trying to stuff a wide tyre in to a thin inner rim. I have 28 mm tyres (bontranger and GP4000s) on bontranger wheels with a 19.5 inner rim width and they handle on winding descents like nothing else I have ridden. I've smashed all my dow...

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Planning a c. 3 week tour from Rotterdam to Copenhagen in June with a friend. Anyone got a ladies bike (to fit c. 5.2 ft), suitable for touring in the flatlands (i.e. doesn't have to be high spec/light) I could borrow for 3 weeks in June? If it doesn't have a rear rack I'll fit one and service the b...

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Already complicated, now even more so as Eurostar will require you to put your bike in a box. CTC (and all other European cycling orgs) are running a campaign to get Eurostar to change their mind. I've just signed. Would be great if others do. You don't have to be a CTC member to sign. Click on the ...

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Mr Regan going guns I see.

I presume he will be put on the front of all A runs and made to work. Its the price you pay

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Was doing some reps up my local hill climb here in Brisbane during the week, and was suddenly struck by a place name at the bottom of the climb:

Simpson Falls

20150306_065540 by Slogfester, on Flickr

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Yes, Dave, all just for walkers and cyclists. It used to be tree lined but the floods and erosion swept them away (and part of the floating bikeway further downstream!). so they have installed more man-made shelter. This particular bikeway was a victim of of its own success with occasional bikeway r...

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Now THATS a proper bikeway (and bidon):

Bicentennial Bikeway, Brisbane by Slogfester, on Flickr

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Damn, I'm in another hemisphere

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Sorry Dave

http://andyterry.com/tracks/Barry_New_Zealand.html

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Well done Richard. You got a podium picture in Cycling Weekly too. Go the Beacon

4.5 kg. Blimey!

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Thanks to all who helped with today's TT. Some cracking times in perfect conditions.
So, how many seconds do we think the new tarmac is worth?

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Surely this bike should be called 'Frankenstein'

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I have a brand new retro FRC SS Jersey LARGE which I would like to swap for a XL or XXL.

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Calling all Mountain Goats. Get in early on this one. With its looong history as a hill climb venue for motocars, I reckon this will be bigger than Ben Hur on a 3-wheeled chariot in a few years time.

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Madeleine is one of my favourite climbs too. The tartes on top are awesome and there is a (school boy) trophy photo-op small detour about 1/3 the way up the north side!

http://www.cycling-challenge.com/col-de ... tographer/

Fun times

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Excellent. Well done.

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Welcome back Neil. Good work. Was your trip sponsored by Pizza companies

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Congratulations Martin. You're certainly on form this year.
Unfortunately this comes with responsibilities; you'll be put on the front this Sunday when I get tired

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Sounds great Neil. Look fwd to some pics and stories.

Bon route

p.s. my mate Will's blog is a gold mine for info on Rhone and Swiss Alps:

http://www.cycling-challenge.com/

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well chapeau to everyone for just rocking up and congratulations to carl. flipin miserable day

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Fantastic. What an adventure

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Tim Moore has published another funny ditty on his re-enactment of the infamous 1914 Giro d'Italia; average stage length over 400 km! It was the BBC R4 Book the of the week, narrated by Tim himself. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04442bq Unfortunately the first episode has gone but 2-5 are still a...

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rented a old bone-shaker bike with 3 non-working gears that seem to weigh about 50 kg in kerala once and did a mini tour for 4 days including the mountains. its mad, colourful, noisy and exhilarating like everything else in india.

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Yes George, we rode around those parts 5 years a go. You can still see my tracks via gpsies: http://www.gpsies.com/mapUser.do?username=slogfester Hilly and mountainous- although my Swiss friends would dismiss them as 'little bumps'! We were advised not to ride through one large valley in N. Hungary ...

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Many thanks for detailed reply Phil. I'm not in the least surprised you have done the route and have a encyclopaedic memory and analysis of the details. I may now ride it West to East on Monday, weather permitting (its looking dodgy at the moment), so would that have a significant effect on route se...

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I'm thinking of doing this :shock: (friends live there) and need a route. Looking at the route of the recent Elenydd ( http://www.audax-salop.talktalk.net/elenydd/route_map.html ) I could pick it up at Mortimers Cross and follow the route as far west as possible. Cyclestreets fast uses the same rout...

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Eventually, this is how it ends up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5aUMu6Bzg

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It may sound as though I am underselling the Beacon's participation in LVRC, but there are two people which stand out. The late Hugh McGuire was an accomplished LVRC rider of national standards and former participant in the Peace Race and Tour of Scotland. Ken Haddon, a second claim member of the B...

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Its always puzzled me why 40+ year old riders want to pitch themselves against people half their age. In Oz races are divided and started by age and ability. IMHO this makes much better races. It just aint no fun having your arse whipped by someone half your age. I had a look at LVRC a few years a g...

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Riding in a floral dress? It is but a Midsummer night's dream.

I'm in... if around.

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Wanted
DVD (sets) of Tour de France and Giro d'Italia 2013. I missed 95% of it (doing my own Tour of Europe), and need some motivation in the middle of winter!
Barry

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my partner julia

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Off this summer for a long lazy tour through central and western Europe :) Always keen to hear from others who may have pedalled the same route. Roughly, we plan to start in Tuscany in early June and head north over the Brenner Pass, Austria, Bavaria, East Germany/West Czech, Berlin, Copenhagen. Tur...

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respect x 10

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