Cycling

[Jonah]

Been absolutely crap here every lunchtime this week. Looks good today and I'm on halfday so looking forward to getting out.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Richard Freeman, Team Sky's dodgy drug doctor, has been struck off according to BBC breaking news.

[Junco Partner]

Not that kind of thread Bootsy

They Brethren gather here to commune and share the sheer joy of cycling, the visceral thrill of the wind in the face and an open road ahead, the zen-like moments of transcendence when it's man and machine in silent union, the pedals turning and the tyres humming with only a wide blue sky above you...

Ahhh, soon boys...very soon.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

Duly noted I suppose that accounts for it not being The Sports Bar.

P.S. You missed out bees up your nose and spilled diesel.

[Samba]

Not that kind of thread Bootsy

They Brethren gather here to commune and share the sheer joy of cycling, the visceral thrill of the wind in the face and an open road ahead, the zen-like moments of transcendence when it's man and machine in silent union, the pedals turning and the tyres humming with only a wide blue sky above you...

Ahhh, soon boys...very soon.

In fact, if you were in East London, it was today!
Rest of March into April now looking very good.. Winter is over!

[southbrishammer]

Ahhh, soon boys...very soon.

Jeez Junco, what are you waiting for? The weather is perfect, get cycling.

[Junco Partner]

Too many bees

[southbrishammer]

Too many bees

Cycle faster! Beat the bees!

Is that what Peleton sounds like?

[pablo jaye]

Got back earlier from a ride that took in some of the hilly countryside around us ... just checked my speed down the big hill - 64kph .... gulp - got clammy hands thinking about it - thankfully nothing jumped out of the hedge and that all nuts and bolts on the bike were secure!!

[Samba]

Got back earlier from a ride that took in some of the hilly countryside around us ... just checked my speed down the big hill - 64kph

What's that in English, pj?

[pablo jaye]

About 40mph, which feels even faster with the wind blowing through your hair and scarier if you start worrying whether the brakes work/the wheels are secure/if a stray pheasant will jump out of the hedge/potholes appear!!

It’s a route I only do occasionally, due to the above ... and am more likely to cycle up it than down. The ‘other side’ of the hill, has a more gentle gradient ... probably only get up to 30mph max on that!!

[Samba]

About 40mph, which feels even faster with the wind blowing through your hair and scarier if you start worrying whether the brakes work/the wheels are secure/if a stray pheasant will jump out of the hedge/potholes appear!!

:shock: f*cking 'ell.. yeah, you wouldn't enjoy coming off at that speed..
Road from Aveley down to the old A13 I think I got 34 once. You do start to feel a bit like Evel Knievel, at that point.
B-i-l & his mate always wanted to tow a bike fast enough to set a speed camera off (without the camera getting the tower, obvs).
They never tried in the end.
I've always wondered if a bicycle would actually set one off?

[Jonah]

I've always wondered if a bicycle would actually set one off?

They can, I set the one off on Shepherds Hill in Harold Wood a number of years back.

[Clacton-ammer]

They can, I set the one off on Shepherds Hill in Harold Wood a number of years back.

I would be proper chuffed

Do you guys go out in all the lycra, safety helmets etc?

[Jonah]

Do you guys go out in all the lycra, safety helmets etc?

Lycra underneath thin Endura Humvee shorts. I'll leave the full on lycra to the more svelte amongst us - until I can get under 200 pounds it really isn't a pretty sight.

Always helmet and gloves, too many offs over the years to convince me otherwise.

[pablo jaye]

Always helmet and gloves. ... as for Lycra - I couldn’t do that to other users of the road, the stench of piss as they laugh so much would be unbearable.

[Junco Partner]

New batch of £50 bike repair vouchers released this week (England only)

£50 Fix your bike voucher application

They go quick, so get on it soon if you want one.

[Junco Partner]

Lads, I saw this and thought of you...

A Cyclist in the English Landscape

Grounded by the pandemic, a travel photographer spent the year cycling the roads around his house, and produced this series of poetic self-portraits. It could be anyone of us in these beautiful snaps, he really captures the feeling of early morning cycling through a misty landscape well.

Lovely stuff

[Polaroid]

I'm no cyclist but that's lovely

[HammerDivOneSon]

Not sure if this has been posted in here already or elsewhere, but I have just ordered this thing of beauty..

West Ham Cycling Top