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Danny Colyer
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In another thread, IanB wrote:
> I hope to sort this out when I come back after the Birthday Rides (but have not seen any posts
> about this), see some of you there?
I was there (red Street Machine towing a blue and red Little Van trailer). I'm not aware that I met
anyone else from urc, but I may have done so without realising it.
We were camped at Moreton. The Warmwell campsite was fully booked by March and we didn't want to
stay in a lodge. By midweek just about everyone at the Moreton site seemed to know Jenny, who
thoroughly enjoyed herself and was always ready with a smile and a giggle.
Usually Jenny's trailer stays folded up in my workshop when we're not using it. Last week it stayed
ready to use, and Jenny very soon got into the habit of climbing into it and trying to strap herself
in. Which was satisfying, to see that she likes being in the trailer.
We did 2 1/2 family rides. My Mum and her husband joined us for the Sunday ride, and she felt that
28 miles was too far, so we just did the first loop with a long stop at The Seven Stars on the way
back. We also did the family rides on Tuesday and Friday. I was allowed out on my own on Wednesday
to do the moderate Sherborne ride. I was particularly impressed that it seemed to have more
downhills than up.
Rather pathetically, that 60 mile ride was the longest ride I've done in the last 5 years and the
last 5 miles or so were hard work in that heat. I was hoping to find some really good descents so I
could test how fast the SMGT will go, but most were too twisty to get much speed up. I clocked
37.8mph on one descent (without pedalling), and I could probably have got a few more mph out of it
if I'd trusted the road surface at the top.
Road surfaces were one thing I didn't enjoy. A lot of the roads had high grip, energy sapping
surfaces, notably the A352 :-(
We visited some great pubs, most serving at least 2 Badger beers and good food. I had the chance to
ride a trike (upright, but still great fun) and I saw 6 other bents (3 Trices, an Orbit Crystal, a
homebuilt with a homebuilt bent trailerbike and a third bike that I didn't get a good look at). All
in all a great week. And to top it off, conditions this morning seemed perfect to try for a new PB
on my morning commute. I tried and I succeeded, clocking an average speed of 17.0 mph.
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Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( http://www.juggler.net/danny ) Recumbent cycle page:
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -
Thomas Paine
> I hope to sort this out when I come back after the Birthday Rides (but have not seen any posts
> about this), see some of you there?
I was there (red Street Machine towing a blue and red Little Van trailer). I'm not aware that I met
anyone else from urc, but I may have done so without realising it.
We were camped at Moreton. The Warmwell campsite was fully booked by March and we didn't want to
stay in a lodge. By midweek just about everyone at the Moreton site seemed to know Jenny, who
thoroughly enjoyed herself and was always ready with a smile and a giggle.
Usually Jenny's trailer stays folded up in my workshop when we're not using it. Last week it stayed
ready to use, and Jenny very soon got into the habit of climbing into it and trying to strap herself
in. Which was satisfying, to see that she likes being in the trailer.
We did 2 1/2 family rides. My Mum and her husband joined us for the Sunday ride, and she felt that
28 miles was too far, so we just did the first loop with a long stop at The Seven Stars on the way
back. We also did the family rides on Tuesday and Friday. I was allowed out on my own on Wednesday
to do the moderate Sherborne ride. I was particularly impressed that it seemed to have more
downhills than up.
Rather pathetically, that 60 mile ride was the longest ride I've done in the last 5 years and the
last 5 miles or so were hard work in that heat. I was hoping to find some really good descents so I
could test how fast the SMGT will go, but most were too twisty to get much speed up. I clocked
37.8mph on one descent (without pedalling), and I could probably have got a few more mph out of it
if I'd trusted the road surface at the top.
Road surfaces were one thing I didn't enjoy. A lot of the roads had high grip, energy sapping
surfaces, notably the A352 :-(
We visited some great pubs, most serving at least 2 Badger beers and good food. I had the chance to
ride a trike (upright, but still great fun) and I saw 6 other bents (3 Trices, an Orbit Crystal, a
homebuilt with a homebuilt bent trailerbike and a third bike that I didn't get a good look at). All
in all a great week. And to top it off, conditions this morning seemed perfect to try for a new PB
on my morning commute. I tried and I succeeded, clocking an average speed of 17.0 mph.
--
Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( http://www.juggler.net/danny ) Recumbent cycle page:
http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -
Thomas Paine