Meeting on the Humber bridge.

John B wrote:

MSeries wrote:

Jon Senior wrote:
On Sun, 07 May 2006 13:36:05 +0100, MSeries wrote:
IMO unless you are competing against the others you are cheating
yourself by BUYING go faster parts and equipment. Mean't to be the race
of truth, don't kid yourself you are making progress when you get new
kit. ;-)
Although for any given piece of bling bought, the TT that immediately
follows will usually be faster. My mate and I call this the "shiny new
bits, speed increase". Simply putting new bar tape on can be enough. ;-)

Jon
Don't get me started about bar tape. Some of the abominations I have
seem on peoples handlebars recently is frankly appalling. If they
neglect a part of the bike they can see everytime they ride, heaven
knows what condition their BB or hub bearings are in !!! ;-)

Bar tape on a TT bike?
Think of all that extra weight.
All you need is a short piece on the drops.

John B

I wasn't particularly thinking about TT bikes, but reducing weight on
the bike is surely cheating oneself.

MSeries wrote:


I wasn't particularly thinking about TT bikes, but reducing weight on
the bike is surely cheating oneself.

you have much to rearn glasshopper ;-)
(speaking of which got my first evening 10 for nearly 2 years on Tues,
although being officially Slow no-one even notices my existence)

MartinM wrote:

(speaking of which got my first evening 10 for nearly 2 years on Tues,
although being officially Slow no-one even notices my existence)

You need to talk to young Nathan, ye Sonne of Dame PavingeSlabbe of
Norfolke.
A friend who was riding in Devon where the young laddie was racing told
me he is leading a national competition.
Well done if so.
Hopefully we will receive a report of the trip in due course.

tt

triddletree wrote:
MartinM wrote:

(speaking of which got my first evening 10 for nearly 2 years on Tues,
although being officially Slow no-one even notices my existence)

You need to talk to young Nathan, ye Sonne of Dame PavingeSlabbe of
Norfolke.
A friend who was riding in Devon where the young laddie was racing told
me he is leading a national competition.
Well done if so.
Hopefully we will receive a report of the trip in due course.

It appears to be a veracious statement.

http://www.kingslynntoday.co.uk/View...icleID=1462323

...d

David Martin wrote:
triddletree wrote:
MartinM wrote:

(speaking of which got my first evening 10 for nearly 2 years on Tues,
although being officially Slow no-one even notices my existence)

You need to talk to young Nathan, ye Sonne of Dame PavingeSlabbe of
Norfolke.
A friend who was riding in Devon where the young laddie was racing told
me he is leading a national competition.
Well done if so.
Hopefully we will receive a report of the trip in due course.

It appears to be a veracious statement.

http://www.kingslynntoday.co.uk/View...icleID=1462323

A quick search of the RTTC site shows he is entered in the Junior
National 10 on 21 May. Start time about half way down the field, just
above the juggernaught chasers ;-)

It will be interesting to see how he compares against the best juniors
in England.

...d

"Tony Raven" wrote in message
...
Simon Mason wrote:

I'm sure I'll get sucked in sooner or later - then it's a world of pain
and very expensive aero bits and bobs ;-)


If you're patient, Nathan will discover girls and then Helen will have a
load of very expensive aero bits and bobs going spare. ;-)


:-D

So far he's more than happy to remain faithful to his bicycles. I've warned
him about the dangers of women...

Cheers, helen s

"triddletree" wrote in message
...
MartinM wrote:

(speaking of which got my first evening 10 for nearly 2 years on Tues,
although being officially Slow no-one even notices my existence)

You need to talk to young Nathan, ye Sonne of Dame PavingeSlabbe of
Norfolke.
A friend who was riding in Devon where the young laddie was racing told me
he is leading a national competition.
Well done if so.
Hopefully we will receive a report of the trip in due course.

tt


Ye Offspringe is enjoying his TT-ing and is gradually improving. He is
currently leading the junior section of the Rudy Project Series at the
halfway point, but that may or may not last. If it does: great. If it
doesn't: que sera! Indeed we were down in Devon at the weekend, but it was a
disaster. He had a couple of cars overtake him and then just sit in front of
him... moving slowly and he couldn't overtake. He was particularly spitting
tacks about an ice cream van which overtook him on a downhill and then so
carefully remained in front of him at a slow speed... Sometimes that's the
way the cookie crumbles. It was the hardest leg of the series for him yet,
as it was the longest and lumpiest so far for the juniors. He did not do
well on this one, but as he said afterwards, it's all good experience and it
makes him stronger.

We stayed in a farmhouse B&B at Peter Tavy (Sowton Town Farm) which was
good. Welcoming place - dogs, cat, clean rooms, food very edible, hosts very
accommodating and price reasonable. We'd go back there if we were looking
for somewhere to stay.

Cheers, helen s

In article , Simon Mason
) wrote:

Usual rules a

[...]

A solid disc wheel may be used at the rear of your bike but must not be
fitted as the front wheel. Spoked and composite spoked (tri-spoked)
wheels may be used in the front and rear wheel positions. Under no
circumstances may streamlining devices be used i.e. wheel covers."

Which particular piece of nonsense is the one rule more likely to make
me explode than any other.

(explodes)

--
Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
Do not top-post like a Cretinous Foul-Yob fit only for Stoning.

Simon Mason wrote:

I'm sure I'll get sucked in sooner or later

No pun intended, I hope - slipstreaming other riders will get you into
trouble with the race officials ;-)

David Belcher

David Martin wrote:

A quick search of the RTTC site shows he is entered in the Junior
National 10 on 21 May. Start time about half way down the field, just
above the juggernaught chasers ;-)

It will be interesting to see how he compares against the best juniors
in England.

As he's leading the Rudy Project, one would expect him to be a medal
contender, especially as he will be one of the older riders.
It will be interesting to see.

tt