Cycling

[F1Yorkshire]

Oh dear. Any other injuries or just the arm?

 

[gethinceri]

Various scrapes and bruises F1Yorkshire, Automatic reaction to brace one's fall by reaching out when rolling across one's back is safer, shock bruising to upper arms and shoulder, ace scrape and bruise to inner thigh where bar end dug in. It was 35 kms into the ride............................I rode another 70 kms!
Thanks for asking.

 

[F1Yorkshire]

Gotta soldier on! I would have done the same but I physically couldn't get back on my bike. Least it's a relatively minor injury unless you're right handed in which case you're screwed lol!

 

[gethinceri]

I am right handed but as long as I can ride on the weekend i couldn't really care!

 

[The Pits]

It may hamper your sex life a bit....

Have you got hold of your new bike yet gethinceri ?

 

[gethinceri]

New bike in two weeks The Pits. Don't worry, you'll see the first pic here!

 

[Jen]

Of what! Bike or sex?

 

[gethinceri]

Keep wondering Jen.
Watch this space.

 

[The Pits]

gethinceri one in your neck of the woods, are you entering the dragon?

http://humanrace.co.uk/events/cycling/dragon-ride

 

[gethinceri]

No mate, too much to spend on roads I ride every week. My brother's ridden it a couple of times though, it sells out so quick you have to enter a ballot or raise ridiculous sums for charity, like many other amateur sporting events.
I'm aiming to ride 5 or 6 events this year, The Pits.

 

[The Pits]

I thought you'd say something like that. I was giving it a little thought, it is quite a way to go for me, but the climbing looks really good.

 

[Greenlantern101]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/roads-not-a-velodrome-2014040385379

 

[The Pits]

 

[Wombcat]

Saturday I'm gonna do this:
http://www.sport.be/parisroubaix/2014/eng/parcours/maps/midden.html

 

[Wombcat]

As mentioned above, today I did the 141 km of Paris-Roubaix Challenge. Which is starting in Roubaix, and then all the cobblesections from Wallers-Arenberg.
I did the same last yearm this year it went a lot better. I was in a fast group till Wallers (35 km/h average going onto the cobbles). On the cobblesection I overtook a lot more people than I was overtaken, until the last 3 sectors where my energylevel was drained a bit. Nevertheless I did the 141 km in about 4 hours 45 minutes, avereging 30 km/h.
Last year I had an average of 27,6, although that was 15 km more (they took a shorter route to Wallers).
And I don't have as much blisters as last year
So I'm pretty pleased

 

[gethinceri]

 

[Mephistopheles]

You hadn't posted for so long I thought you had fallen of the thing and broken your stupid bloody neck....

 

[The Pits]

Looks great gethinceri let us know how you get on with it. I have just over a week until I am allowed to officially think about indulging, although the new house seems to be taking up more and more of the money that we dont have!!

As an aside, I took part in the Evans Rideit sportive this weekend, really good ride, although fuelling up on a McDonalds the night before was not the best idea. My time was 29th out of the 239 who took part in the same route, quite chuffed with that, bearing in mind the wind. I think I could have gone a bit quicker if I was properly fuelled.

http://images.evanscycles.com/uploa...eynes_14/MK_sun_sportive_rider_times_2014.pdf

 

[gethinceri]

That's a big event The Pits, which distance did you enter?

 

[The Pits]

I was in the medium, listed as 60m but actually 61.4m, the extra 1.4 made a big difference. The timing indicated 3.41, but my own timing was 3.34, as there was a bit of walking involved after you trigger the start, and when you get back.

BTW Peter Trasler on the timing sheets.