The Poor Student 8th Jan



David E. Belcher wrote:

> David Martin wrote:
>
> > Please sir, I have a Ribble too.. It is holographic black with extra
> > dirt..
>
> *Extra* dirt? Is there an additional charge for that (like car makers
> do for metallic paint)? ;-)

It's the dirt rather than the holographic finish that gives it the 3-D
effect.

--
Dave...
 
dkahn400 wrote:
> I must remember to have some breakfast before the start next time
> instead of at the first control.

Pffft! I had a bowl of porridge at about 5.30am, and a banana just
before the start. Fat lot of good it did me!

> Is that "Endurance" in the Japanese game-show sense?

Yeah, I can just imagine Chris Tarrant chuckling smugly over footage of
some bunch of crazy fools riding bicycles over the Cotswolds in
sub-arctic conditions...

d.
 
davek wrote:
> dkahn400 wrote:
> > I must remember to have some breakfast before the start next time
> > instead of at the first control.
>
> Pffft! I had a bowl of porridge at about 5.30am, and a banana just
> before the start. Fat lot of good it did me!
>
> > Is that "Endurance" in the Japanese game-show sense?
>
> Yeah, I can just imagine Chris Tarrant chuckling smugly over footage of
> some bunch of crazy fools riding bicycles over the Cotswolds in
> sub-arctic conditions...

It would be too hard; the last one I saw they only had to sit in a pool
full of ice in their trunks next to a Dyke in Holland in January and
drink n pints of Heineken, the loser was the first one to have to go
for a leak. That would be luxury compared to Sunday.
 
dkahn400 wrote:
> David E. Belcher wrote:
>
> > David Martin wrote:
> >
> > > Please sir, I have a Ribble too.. It is holographic black with extra
> > > dirt..
> >
> > *Extra* dirt? Is there an additional charge for that (like car makers
> > do for metallic paint)? ;-)
>
> It's the dirt rather than the holographic finish that gives it the 3-D
> effect.

no, it is holographic black paint.. Black paint with holographic
sparkles in. Looks very nice too (for the price).

Just bought some Pedros Bio degreaser to clean off the dirt later.
Looked at the citrus stuff and it seemed a bit vicious.

...d
 
In article <[email protected]>,
dkahn400 ([email protected]) wrote:

> There was a section of sharp gradients. I comforted myself by
> remembering that Mr. Larrington would be enjoying this even less, and
> would probably be reclining in a puddle of water into the bargain.

Puddle of sweat perhaps; I didn't find the rain too bad. On the other
hand, I once again failed to resist the temptation to use a muddy glove
to attempt to clean a muddy mirror, which foolishness meant that it was
no longer possible to distinguish between a motorcar and an audaxer with
twin E6's until engine noise, or lack of it, could be discerned.

Unlike any 200 since the Denmead Summer Randonee back in August, I
appeared not to have any bad patches. The drag out of Cirencester was a
tad depressing, but the fact that I overtook a few people on uprights
sort of improved things.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Wood is an excellent material for making trees, but is otherwise not to
be trusted.
 
In article <[email protected]>, nik
([email protected]) wrote:

> I was grovelling along after the headwind up the Whiteway and the
> Compton Abdale bumps.

There was a headwind? Can't say I noticed ;-)

> Probably see some of you on the Marlborough Connection in Feb.

I'll be there. Hopefully with fully-functional lights this time.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
God was my co-pilot, but we crashed in the mountains and I had to eat
Him.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
MartinM ([email protected]) wrote:

> my Ribble is no longer yellow after Sunday; a mixture of black and rust.

The Trice, OTOH, is still the same two-tone red-and-mud that it's been
since last year's Watership Down...

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
This Unit is a productive Unit.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
MartinM ([email protected]) wrote:
>
> davek wrote:
> > dkahn400 wrote:
> > > I must remember to have some breakfast before the start next time
> > > instead of at the first control.
> >
> > Pffft! I had a bowl of porridge at about 5.30am, and a banana just
> > before the start. Fat lot of good it did me!
> >
> > > Is that "Endurance" in the Japanese game-show sense?
> >
> > Yeah, I can just imagine Chris Tarrant chuckling smugly over footage of
> > some bunch of crazy fools riding bicycles over the Cotswolds in
> > sub-arctic conditions...
>
> It would be too hard; the last one I saw they only had to sit in a pool
> full of ice in their trunks next to a Dyke in Holland in January and
> drink n pints of Heineken, the loser was the first one to have to go
> for a leak. That would be luxury compared to Sunday.

Luxury compared to this morning too. Gale force wind, p*ssing rain and
rim brakes. I failed rudely to torpedo a motorcycle from astern, but
'twas a damn' close run thing.

Note To Self: if tempted by this sort of foolishness in future, ensure
dry socks are available at destination :-(

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
This Unit is a productive Unit.
 
Dave Larrington wrote:
>>Probably see some of you on the Marlborough Connection in Feb.
>
> I'll be there. Hopefully with fully-functional lights this time.

I've got either that one or the Kennett Valley Run pencilled in as my
200 for February, but haven't made my mind up which to do. Doing both
would be an unlikely scenario. How do the two rides compare? The Kennett
Valley sounds like it might be a little easier. Has anyone done both?
And how does the Marlborough Connection compare with the Poor Student?

Beyond that, I've got the Invicta Grimpeur 100 and Invicta 200 in March;
in April it's the Invicta 300; and in May there's the Invicta 400.
Hurrah for West Kent DA for putting on all these rides close to my home!
These all qualify as National Series rides, too, so all the better. I
did the 300 last year, and entered the 400 but had to pull out because
it clashed with moving house. Hopefully no such distractions this year.

The Kent Corners 200 in June starts within riding distance from home
(and passes about 1k from my front door!), so that's a definite, and I
would really like to do the Three Coasts 600, if at all possible, to
complete my SR series (also for a National Series gold medal). In July
I'll probably go for the Fairies 300, which is also within riding
distance from home (about 20km).

Beyond that, it starts getting tricky to find calendar 200s that I can
get to easily, so might have to resort to permanents if I want to get
the RTY, but maybe the above list of rides is ambitious enough for one
year...

d.
 
davek wrote:
> Beyond that, it starts getting tricky to find calendar 200s that I can
> get to easily, so might have to resort to permanents if I want to get
> the RTY, but maybe the above list of rides is ambitious enough for one
> year...

Just be glad you don't live in Scotland. Count the number of 200's
within a couple of hours drive of Dundee on the finger of a careless
butchers hand.

...d
 
The Invicta 300 remains a fall back if I throw a wobbly after squinting
over El Supremo's route sheet. Denmead 200 in March, El S 200 in April,
Severn Across and Thorne-Edinburgh 400s. Then I suppose anything with
lots and lots of hills in prep for La Marmotte. A 600 would be nice
only so I don't feel like a **** when they insist on 2 SR's for PBP but
I'll probably have to forgo. Am hoping for a Cambridge-York-Cambridge
600 in 2007
 
Dave Larrington wrote:

the 2006 AUK calendar

You are a childless person with no need to raise or measure the
haemoglobin levels of London W2 and ICMFP
 
davek wrote:

> And how does the Marlborough Connection compare with the Poor Student?

I would say the Marlborough Connection was slightly harder, but not a
great deal in it. Both superb rides. Biggest difference is that the
Poor Student ends at the Park & Ride while the Marlborough Connection
ends at Ye Pubbe.

--
Dave...
 
In article <[email protected]>,
MartinM ([email protected]) wrote:
>
> Dave Larrington wrote:
>
> the 2006 AUK calendar
>
> You are a childless person

Correct.

> with no need to raise or measure the
> haemoglobin levels of London W2

W2? I am this: puzzled (and an inhabitant of E17).

> and ICMFP

I already owe you for a mug of coffee. What are you trying to do,
bankrupt me?

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Flies are the work of Stan, and should be killed by all means available.
 
The message <[email protected]>
from "dkahn400" <[email protected]> contains these words:

>.... the Marlborough Connection ends at Ye Pubbe.

I understand that this year the Marlborough Connection is being promoted
to a hall start/finish. (Still in Woodstock.)

Don't worry though Dave - I'm sure there will still be sufficient food!

Nik
 
nik wrote:

> Don't worry though Dave - I'm sure there will still be sufficient food!

Not when I'm done with it, there won't. The silver lining is that I may
not have to buy Peter Turnbull back a pint for the one he got me last
year. :)

--
Dave...
 
Dave Larrington wrote:


> W2? I am this: puzzled (and an inhabitant of E17).

in which case you Hb is already sufficiently high due to various
chemicals in the atmosphere.

W2 happens to be where the honorable and esteemed hopsital wot I work
at is , and where our beloved heir to the throne (ie not the PoW) was
born (even if it was in the private wing)
 
MartinM wrote:
> Dave Larrington wrote:


> W2 happens to be where the honorable and esteemed hopsital wot I work
> at is ,

and being a horse-piddle they pay considerably less than folk who sit
in front of Babbage Engines all day, hence the need to spend one's
weekends watching falling and rising Hb's (and other things)
 
In article <[email protected]>,
MartinM ([email protected]) wrote:
>
> MartinM wrote:
> > Dave Larrington wrote:
>
>
> > W2 happens to be where the honorable and esteemed hopsital wot I work
> > at is ,
>
> and being a horse-piddle they pay considerably less than folk who sit
> in front of Babbage Engines all day, hence the need to spend one's
> weekends watching falling and rising Hb's (and other things)

(Light dawns)
(Light goes out again)

Hb's to me are either pencils or Vauxhall Vivas...

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Historians' Right To Work Campaign - We Demand A Continuing Supply Of
History!
 
In article <[email protected]>,
dkahn400 ([email protected]) wrote:
> nik wrote:
>
> > Don't worry though Dave - I'm sure there will still be sufficient food!
>
> Not when I'm done with it, there won't.

You'd better leave some for me, you fast-finishing person you!

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Historians' Right To Work Campaign - We Demand A Continuing Supply Of
History!
 
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