woohoo TW - thinking of a big march????gretaboy wrote:I have two weeks of holidays (forced by company) in March so cant afford too much time off the bike before hand otherwise you might catch up
family forced day off tomorrow so no commuting
Postby jasonc » Wed Feb 27, 2013 3:10 pm
woohoo TW - thinking of a big march????gretaboy wrote:I have two weeks of holidays (forced by company) in March so cant afford too much time off the bike before hand otherwise you might catch up
Postby Summernight » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:16 pm
Not if you're male. Which I'm not.jasonc wrote:that's definitely not anything to complain aboutSummernight wrote:And at one point all the cyclists I could see were women. Glad to see other ladies out there commuting to wherever!
Postby am50em » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:49 pm
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Feb 27, 2013 11:44 pm
Postby TailWind » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:32 am
I'd need a a lot more than those two weeks in March to catch up...think I am pushing the limit in terms of time on the bike. The wife goes back to uni full-time to do a masters - not quite sure yet what new time pressures that will create.jasonc wrote:woohoo TW - thinking of a big march????gretaboy wrote:I have two weeks of holidays (forced by company) in March so cant afford too much time off the bike before hand otherwise you might catch up
family forced day off tomorrow so no commuting
Postby gretaboy » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:13 am
Postby AndrewBurns » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:26 am
Postby InTheWoods » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:35 am
Postby Sparx » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:52 am
Postby __PG__ » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:55 am
Postby BrisVegas » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:16 am
bugger. What time was that? I went past there prob around 6am and it was all clear. I don't try and take that Ormadale corner in the wet. My Rubino Pros are rubbish in the wet once you get off the centre strip of tread.InTheWoods wrote:Cootha and riverloop this morning.
Ambulance parked in the middle of the road at the start of Ormadale St or whatever it is called, with a bunch of cyclists parked on the footpath so I presume somebody has come off there, hope they are ok. Roads were wet.
Postby InTheWoods » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:29 am
Would have been more like 7-7:30ish. I didn't see anybody lying on the road, so they may have already been loaded up inside.BrisVegas wrote:bugger. What time was that? I went past there prob around 6am and it was all clear. I don't try and take that Ormadale corner in the wet. My Rubino Pros are rubbish in the wet once you get off the centre strip of tread.InTheWoods wrote:Cootha and riverloop this morning.
Ambulance parked in the middle of the road at the start of Ormadale St or whatever it is called, with a bunch of cyclists parked on the footpath so I presume somebody has come off there, hope they are ok. Roads were wet.
Postby clackers » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:48 am
Postby Summernight » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:07 pm
Yes, it wasn't pleasant with that headwind this morning.__PG__ wrote:Windy this morning in Melbourne's north. Had a blustery headwind all the way to work.
Postby Lizzy » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:08 pm
You are a good soul Colin I've noticed the same thing lately, seems every bridge/underpass I've come past for the last couple of weeks has had glass everywhere. Going to have to add a brush to my burgeoning inventory I think. Went down to Kwinana for a party on the weekend and would you believe every square foot of road and footpath between the station and the house was completely carpeted? Mind you, the way it glints in the sunlight offset all the skid marks nicely I took the Old Faithful hybrid with the grenade proof tyres because I kind of figured it might be an issue but even then was pretty nervous, it was just crunchcrunchcrunch the whole time. They held up though!ColinOldnCranky wrote:Monday there were several places along the ride that had glass - an inordinate amount.
Tuesday I took my mini brush and pan and cleaned up the one on Canning Bridge (riders the day before had conveniently moved it all to the side so it was OK. Other spots I didn't even try with my dinky little brush - I've tired it before and all I get is a sore back for a few days.
Postby InTheWoods » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:16 pm
Weird, I've got pretty much the same thing, except its all my legs, and my arms a bit too. Doesn't feel like that "I'm about to get the flu" feeling, but something's not right.Summernight wrote:This morning I woke up with my calves telling me they were in pain (bordering on cramping). Swimming and stretching didn't ease them overly much and they are still sore now. I think I may have gone for a marathon run in my sleep as they didn't hurt yesterday.
Postby Big_Red » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:50 pm
Get some magnesium & potassium into you - it could be that you're a bit low if sweating a bit on your rides and just need a little supplementation. Having nice long soak in a bath with about a kilo of epsom salts will ease things too. Get your epsom salts from the pet produce store rather than a supermarket to avoid the 1000% markup - you may already know this as you ride a horse...Summernight wrote: This morning I woke up with my calves telling me they were in pain (bordering on cramping). Swimming and stretching didn't ease them overly much and they are still sore now. I think I may have gone for a marathon run in my sleep as they didn't hurt yesterday.
Postby Summernight » Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:32 pm
Thank you. I shall look into it. And yes, the pet produce stores are very handy, although I don't usually have time to pamper myself and have a bath so haven't ever bought bath salts of any sort from anywhere.Big_Red wrote:Get some magnesium & potassium into you - it could be that you're a bit low if sweating a bit on your rides and just need a little supplementation. Having nice long soak in a bath with about a kilo of epsom salts will ease things too. Get your epsom salts from the pet produce store rather than a supermarket to avoid the 1000% markup - you may already know this as you ride a horse...Summernight wrote: This morning I woke up with my calves telling me they were in pain (bordering on cramping). Swimming and stretching didn't ease them overly much and they are still sore now. I think I may have gone for a marathon run in my sleep as they didn't hurt yesterday.
Postby oxonabike » Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:02 pm
Postby TailWind » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:14 am
Postby gretaboy » Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:52 am
Postby Summernight » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:03 am
Postby westab » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:12 am
Postby Sparx » Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:20 am
Postby find_bruce » Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:03 am
Glad I came in later - wind & rain had both dropped off by 8 am when I was coming to workSparx wrote:Didn't mind the wet so much in Sydney this morning so much as the wind. It was howling, at one point I was doing 14kph on the flat at max effort.
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