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Ridin' around with a head full of music,
Cassette on my geared bike, I'm not gonna use it,
Here we go, out in the lanes, you know,
Woah-oh-woah-oh-woah-oh uh woah woah woah.

etc.

Cliff Richardssssss.

I think it's going to be relatively sedate. It's fucking hot. Might break out the 2 litre Camelbak again. I'd only be doing enough to keep the medium gear ticking over.

I'll call this around 3pm. Bear in mind I'd probably be needing to sort out the GS around 6.30pm for the intended train, just in case queues are mental.

Come on, who wants to be #3 and/or #4 for a reccy tonight?

as in ‘slopes'

^’Pitches'

I’m happy to De La Soul it, if we don’t get 4. Works out around £8.50 each.

I wish Adnams would do a mild. Fuck all this golden beer. I’m not Tony Hadley.

The pace, were this ride to happen, would be steady, either at generic TNRC pace but with less stopping, or a little faster depending on personnel. All of that is relative to the terrain of course, and also takes my 69.6” gear into consideration. The amount of climbing is more akin to the Kent rides than the Essex ones. Some of the shallow descents are lengthy enough to be ‘noticable’ on fixed.

There isn’t any off-road, but after a night of torrential rain, the lanes at the foot of various slopes had been transformed into what looked like dried up river beds.

I’d hope to get round in ~2h30, including stops. I did it in 2h11 on Sunday, including stops, but they only amounted to a minute or so to check if deflated riders needed any assistance. I wasn’t anywhere near the rivet.

I'm willing to piss in your mouth at the top of Ivinghoe Beacon.

**ThNRcyC**

Thu 1st Aug: Hemel Hemstead II - "Pitches and Hoes"
Train out from Euston 19:04
Return : 22:25/37/53, 23:47.

1 x GroupSave4 only. This is not a TNRC. I repeat, this is not a TNRC. This is a beta product with testing invitations for 4 people only.

http://connect.garmin.com/course/4216433#

1. BMMF
   
2. AirTime
   
3. 
   4.
   

You can't have a dozen people or so and their respective +1s waiting around all day for a yes or no. It's only a fucking bike ride. Anyway, the forecast for HH & Tring was for more intermittent rain during the evening, unlike London/Essex.

I had a mind-blowing night in.

GS4, no more, no less.

Wombmates 4 eva.

Happy birthday, Murts.

It is my (our) 20th anniversary in a couple of weeks though. You're permitted to offer tributes at the time (Aug 14th - cue George Clinton & Co).

It's not my birthday, you fucking dicks. I turned 40 in May.

I suppose there could be the possibility of doing a ThNRC as an official nocturnal reccy - check the train time works OK, blah blah blah, but they've always tended to be a strictly 4-up affair. So...

In a sense every day is my birthday, because I'm born anew each morning (rather than 'born again' which sounds too happy and too clappy). At least my wife gets some variety.

There will be no sequel. Sorry. Another written project is on the cards though. That isn't a way of saying I've made inroads into the greetings card market. The only Clinton I'm interested in is George.

Of course it's not my fucking birthday. Did you not notice me bleating on about turning 40 a couple of months ago? FFS, young people these days.

Older people will not be so savy and will not be able to opt out. So kids will see porn and older people will not.

Tell me about it. Older people can't even spell 'savvy'.

I'm going to stay in, spend some time with my son, and have lots of sex. Those will be discrete activities. Neither of them will be particularly discreet, especially now I've disclosed the plans.

Happy birthday to you.

No.

Went round the route this morning. Last night's rain has taken its toll. Some of it will no doubt clear before Tuesday night, but be prepared for a few messy bits of road where we cautiously pick our way through mud clumps, gravel, and flinty rocks; or gently float over them.

I wasn't feeling particularly floaty today.

Enjoyed the route, but it's tougher than usual with a strong SSW wind blowing. Tuesday's forecast suggests something similar. It also suggest heavy rain late afternoon/early evening, which isn't very encouraging. Watch this space...

Draw us a picture then.

A few minutes with a baby wipe every 6 months or so. Possibly 2 baby wipes.

Bad luck. I'll be watching the thread for responses, just in case...