Thursday Night - Hour of Power

I could always push it

^statement is charmingly ambiguous.

I hadn't thought of that but take what ever meaning you like I am sure I will get there somehow

I'll be trying them tonight as well. Definitely can't be bothered rushing home and back again like last week.

Yep! Lets just say it was an experience...

might just ride it dry.
oh my.

did you ride the batmobile in today in the rain? =/

hah I remember being more than a little concerned about the braking performance of my zipps when they were caught in their one and only downpour.

Nah the braking was fine with the light drizzle, it was the steering and gears that confused me :-)

Lol

I can just imagine the looks youd have got riding in full TT position up London Bridge

Such a poser hoser OSR

I was turbo-slave this morning and I went to the pub for lunch.

Excuses in, I might pop out if it's dry.

Quelle heures?

Yeah but you should have seen the looks i got on waterloo bridge instead!

A guy on a motorbike at the light up tcr said to me "thats a bit high tech for tottenham court road" to which i laughed and said "commuting is serious business there days" He looked confused and then smoked me off the lights with his filthy engine.

quelle heures?

6 30

I was turbo-slave this morning and I went to the pub for lunch.

Excuses in, I might pop out if it's dry.

Quelle heures?

6:30 meet, 6:45-8:30ish for me I think. Christ this is going to hurt. I'm struggling with walking at the moment :(

thats a bit high tech for tottenham court road

its called electric avenue nothing is too hightech for tottenham court road

baaa da da rock down to...etc.

I'll get my coat.

Please do.

Do not pass york gate, do not collect 8 laps.

more like do not pick up grimacing soggy expression

I didn't get a lunchbreak today and am running behind so getting to the park to time will be a squeeze. If anyone can get me a small bottle of chainlube I'll throw money at them and maybe buy them a beer at some stage in the future.
Meh stress :(

will bring some finish line green lube if that's your thing.

pro winner! ta so much.

so no power?

Nope. The only other bike I have built up at the moment is the bike I'll be racing on Sunday. I don't think I have the skills to avoid hitting a ped or one of your back wheels on 46x14 brakeless in Regents Park!

well an eventful evening! Old Skool, how you doing?

Yeah, hope the damage isn't too bad man.

http://app.strava.com/activities/7812366

Anyway, good measure of my fitness tonight, definitely need to work on the ride more, drink less plan over the next few weeks.

65mph? Not bad...

Echo c.b's sentiments - so sorry that happened tonight and I hope you got home ok.

Maybe time to reiterate a few things to those thinking of coming along:

This is a fast and reasonably serious ride, that requires a reasonable level of fitness. The aim is to be inclusive, but there are a few things to be noted to ensure everything goes smoothly:

• If you're not comfortable riding at 22mph for an hour, then this isn't for you. You're welcome to tag along but please peel off safely when you're beginning to flag. Not once you've blown up. This keeps things smooth.
  
• If you're not comfortable riding in a group, this isn't the place to learn. Things can be reasonably tight, and reasonably fast. Circumstances change quickly, and you should be able to deal with this safely.
  
• If you're not familiar with the bike, get to grips with it somewhere else. The middle of a bunch at 25mph isn't the place to realise that you're paralysed from the lower back down because of fit issues, isn't the place to forget pedalling when you're out on your first ride trying to get used to fixed, and definitely isn't the place to be riding brakeless for the first time.
  
• If you've got legs hewn from granite and the stamina of an olympian you're more than welcome to shoot off the front in a display of awesome might, but please overtake safely and give whomever you pass plenty of room before you drift back in.
  
• Please make sure your bike is roadworthy. Tyres, running gear and stopping mechanisms (plural).
  Sod your own welfare, if something goes wrong you can end up in a mangled wreck of spokes, oil, shredded flesh and broken bones. That's your own business. What is not on is putting those around you at risk.
  
• This ride obeys the rules of the road. This includes stopping for reds and giving way where appropriate. You may not be in club kit, but you're still visible as a cyclist. Acting like a dick spoils it for the rest of us.
  
  
  

This list will no doubt grow, but that's a good start. There are a few specific instances from tonight that these directly refer to, and some are things that haven't been said for a while. I'm not going to hammer the point home any more forcefully than that.

Ride fast and stay safe, hopefully see some of you again next week.

^Well put 6pt. After tonight I'll be wearing a helmet for this, probably should have started doing so sooner to be honest.

Plus I'll be one step closer to being aero!