2010-07-03 - Swaintoux!

ticket purchased, it's going to be a hard morning, train at fucking 7.19!

This is in the godddamned morning?

What kind of bleeding cyclists are you?

I was planning on turning up, having a few pints and seeing how many laps I could do before I puked.

You have ruined my fun.

Harummph. No wonder Souths is best.

Pfft.. if you're not getting up before 5am to ride to some silly TT in the middle of nowhere you've got it easy.

I might actually get to this not riding to Norwich.

Look, I understand about getting up early for cycling events, remember I did Roubaix too.

But this is based on a Drinks! It starts at a pub!

I was planning on turning up, having a few pints and seeing how many laps I could do before I puked.

This. Except replace pints with tramp beers. Morning or night its still beer and hills.
Norths>Souths. Fact.

Nothing in God's green earth is going to make me get up early to ride to North London to drink tramp beers and ride hills.

I'm a classy lady.

classy ladies drink before noon.

Look, I understand about getting up early for cycling events, remember I did Roubaix too.
But this is based on a Drinks! It starts at a pub!

4.30am start for Roubaix and I'm off the sauce for a while

Actually.....

...so am I.

I'm on a diet. No Booze. No bread. No fun.

Actually.....

...so am I.

I'm on a diet. No Booze. No bread. No fun.

I'm strictly tea total - never touch tea.
I might get time to swing by and cheer (laugh) at you lot in the 'pain cave'

Just took my hillclimbing special out for it's first ride since I had a bit of a spill on Tuesday night (1/5th your fault Northies!) and it's got creaky handlebars and when I ride no handed it seems to always go to the right. Kinda worried now.

Oh fuck, this is soon isn't it? Luckily I've been massively idle sorting out appropriate gearing and have since decided it's perfectly reasonable to do some token laps (about 3?) before sacking the whole thing off.

any on e got a 8mm allen key with long handle they can bring up? my prep is not going well at all.

If I only knew what 'any on e' meant I might be able to help.

Good luck everyone. Whittington Hospital is close by and down hill. Wish I could be there to watch and enjoy your suffering. Sadly parental duties beckon....

I'm gonna do 24 laps of the shop in honour today

If I only knew what 'any on e' meant I might be able to help.

"Any on e?" sounds like you're drumming up support for Swaintoux's rave contingent.

He can't be.

In the name of helping someone equally as stupid as me and therefore prepared to give this a go, allen keys in bag.

See you all there!!!

Tdf here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bollocks, slept in, can't make it, hopefully see some of you at LMNH after.

Hows it going up there?

Bollocks, slept in, can't make it, hopefully see some of you at LMNH after.

Now, when have I heard that before ... ? ;)

Well, I just got back home. I only did one lap, but my excuse is I was riding 75 GI, getting up Highgate Hill was bad enough....

Really well done those that made the 24 laps, I just caught the end before I had to go.