The "Excuses" Thread
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby BrisVegas » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:16 am
Changed the tube and tyre after brekky and then road to work instead. I promise I will go home via the hilliest route I can find as penance.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby jasonc » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:23 am
considering you still rode, i don't know if it counts.BrisVegas wrote:left my run a bit late this morning for the 5am river loop. Was about to head out the door and noticed I had a flat. I didn't have time to change it and get to the meeting point in time, so went back to bed.
Changed the tube and tyre after brekky and then road to work instead. I promise I will go home via the hilliest route I can find as penance.
and you live in bardon, so the hilliest route is coot-tha, if you feel so inclined (get it - inclined)
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby BrisVegas » Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:58 am
Well, I only do river loops Tues & Thurs (wife & kid commitments etc.), so missing this morning's was pretty slack...jasonc wrote:considering you still rode, i don't know if it counts.BrisVegas wrote:left my run a bit late this morning for the 5am river loop. Was about to head out the door and noticed I had a flat. I didn't have time to change it and get to the meeting point in time, so went back to bed.
Changed the tube and tyre after brekky and then road to work instead. I promise I will go home via the hilliest route I can find as penance.
and you live in bardon, so the hilliest route is coot-tha, if you feel so inclined (get it - inclined)
yeah the hilliest route home for me is the front side of coot-tha. At least the first part up from the gardens to the turnoff, then I just keep going around onto Simpsons Road near the start of the back.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby dynamictiger » Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:12 pm
This morning I struggled through spin class, and had planned to ride to work, but felt I had run out of go. Just stopped for lunch and was absolutely starving so this would correspond with the last couple of days activities. I always find hard swims hit me a couple of days later so no go juice...
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The "Excuses" Thread
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Postby Max » Sun Apr 01, 2012 1:44 pm
kb wrote:Was a bit of a shock all kitted up, opening the garage door and... Doh!
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby jasonc » Sun May 13, 2012 7:48 pm
another one for the father-in-law. he's flying out tomorrow night so I have to drop him at the airport. getting a lift in tomorrow morning. have thursday off as well. will have to make the other 3 days BIG.jasonc wrote:father-in-law doing a flight simulator this afternoon and I get to go and watch. It's straight after work so no bike for me today.
EDIT: still got in a 30 minute ride in this morning
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Postby AndrewBurns » Sun May 13, 2012 7:51 pm
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby jasonc » Mon May 14, 2012 7:38 am
for some reason I think your bikejournal account may need some attention.Comedian wrote:Did 420k last week. Should have a rest... but then how else would I get to work.
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Postby Comedian » Mon May 14, 2012 11:53 am
yep I'm a bit slack with that.jasonc wrote:for some reason I think your bikejournal account may need some attention.Comedian wrote:Did 420k last week. Should have a rest... but then how else would I get to work.
If I get a chance ill do an update this afternoon.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby BrisVegas » Mon May 14, 2012 3:40 pm
But anyway, today my daughter rode to school for the first time! Got her a new bike on the weekend for her 7th birthday. A little 20" Avanti Black Thunder with 3 spd Nexus. She's loving the gears and can now get up the hills in our street. So, I rode along with her and went ahead a few times to catch her just in case she lost control, but it went great. Hopefully she is keen to keep doing it, because then I can leave the house in my riding gear and just keep going in to work after dropping her at school.. In the arvo, I will either ride back there and collect her from after school care, or my wife can collect her and throw the bike in the back of the Pajero. It fits standing up!
So, anyway, hopefully I'll get some more commutes in and save on translink's bus fares....
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Postby jasonc » Mon May 14, 2012 5:40 pm
bahComedian wrote:Nup... only about 500. You are doing super well this year.jasonc wrote:wave as you go 1000km in front of me.Comedian wrote:If I get a chance ill do an update this afternoon.
yeh. i have a 7k target
the real target is to do more kms than our car (we have 1)
was only 2kms behind for the year at easter, but 2 trips down the gold coast (in the car) and a week off the bike interstate (with the wife still in brisbane driving) have put me behind, a lot. if i can do 10k I'd be very happy. am now over 1000kms in front of my brother who is/was a big rider, so that was one goal i didn't think i'd hit this year.
thanks for the encouragement. will be doing a lap of coot-tha tomorrow morning in the freezing cold.
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby gautamap » Mon May 14, 2012 9:47 pm
but then I don't come to my class too, need lot of rest, but not browsing on internet :p
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby find_bruce » Mon May 21, 2012 1:47 pm
Have caught some nasty lurgy complete with blocked sinuses, lungs like a spa bath and a lovely cough to boot. Pretty much over the first two & very much over commuting by bus
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
Postby KonaCommuter » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:48 pm
Although walking is an experience. You see more when you’re riding than when you drive. But you see and hear even more when you walk I think that there’s a place for having Police “walk the beat” but Cycle Cops in the ‘burbs would be a real winner IMHO
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Re: The "Excuses" Thread
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