I did it! 9 km in 1 hour 30 mins. I rode in this morning and my legs felt good.rheicel wrote:You are a machinecasual_cyclist wrote:I'm walking home after work, so I didn't ride. It's 9 km though, so I think that's a reasonable reason...
The "Excuses" Thread
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Postby jasonc » Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:04 pm
6km/h. good walking pacecasual_cyclist wrote:I did it! 9 km in 1 hour 30 mins.
I'll put in my nomination for tomorrow. I have a daddy daughter day because of school holidays.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby westab » Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:39 pm
Mate in my books that counts as an Honourable reason - time with family is always important to me. May not always be as enjoyable as riding but is important.jasonc wrote:6km/h. good walking pacecasual_cyclist wrote:I did it! 9 km in 1 hour 30 mins.
I'll put in my nomination for tomorrow. I have a daddy daughter day because of school holidays.
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Postby jasonc » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:19 pm
that's not a total failure. you didn't turn around and not use the bike at allkPrdfHTb wrote:I had multiple mechanical failures 20km into my commute; dealing with them at the time would have made me unacceptably late so I headed for the train.
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No riding since, I feel miserable
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My parents will be looking after the three rug rats - should be a great night.
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Walked back to go.
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Looking forward to getting on the bike for a commute tomorrow.
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Postby jasonc » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:32 am
youch!rangersac wrote:Tuesday night MTB group ride. Over the bars at about 40kph on a downhill fire trail. Result: One destroyed helmet and jersey, but thankfully just a fair bit of skin loss and bruising and most importantly the bike appears to have survived unscathed. Did the commute fine on Wednesday but both yesterday and today woke up feeling like I'd been beaten by eight dwarves wielding thick broom handles.
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Postby oxonabike » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:15 am
Surely that's an 'Honourable Reasons' candidate!rangersac wrote:Tuesday night MTB group ride. Over the bars at about 40kph on a downhill fire trail. Result: One destroyed helmet and jersey, but thankfully just a fair bit of skin loss and bruising and most importantly the bike appears to have survived unscathed. Did the commute fine on Wednesday but both yesterday and today woke up feeling like I'd been beaten by eight dwarves wielding thick broom handles.
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Postby rangersac » Mon Jul 28, 2014 11:50 am
I thought about it, but given I managed the commute the day after, they pulled out on the next two I figured it fit the excuses bracket pretty well!oxonabike wrote:Surely that's an 'Honourable Reasons' candidate!
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no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.poohkies wrote:still way way to cold
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Postby TraceyG » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:31 pm
But I did get in 50km from Licola almost all the way to Cowwarr (hubby arrived in car to pick me up with a promise of coffee - how could I say no) - took serious concentration to stay safe with the wind blown debris all over the roads.
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