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Riding to the New Forest eh? I'm supposed to be in Poole for the bank holiday weekend and was toying with the idea of riding down there (again).

6:25! are you mad?! I'm all for suffering, but...

(Will keep it in mind, thanks)

Well, I can't do this Thursday (26/8), there's a possibility of a final one in the current format for the Thursday after (2/9), 9/9 is definitely off for me and after that it's all up in the air. I was thinking of running the Hour tomorrow night, but the weather has quite different ideas and you've already had you fill for being on the water this month.
Come the week of the 13th and onwards, dying light and a change of work commitments means the hour may well be re-arranged to a morning session, half 7 to half 8 or something horrible like that.

Did see a guy rocking a rear orange spok being a bit of an idiot southbound at that holborn csm junction tonight though. Being in the lane nearest the middle of the road and sticking your hand out to turn left across three lanes of traffic doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

No orange spoke. He's always wearing black, think he's got drops. black cap with WC stripes down the middle tonight. Obeyed the reds and was nippy enough for me to 'give it a go'. He always seems to be nippy though. Used to see him when I was commuting out to Sidcup, when I'd turn up to Lewisham Way he'd keep going on the New Cross Road.
The man's a mystery.

This beer's for you, Phantom of the Old Kent Road, Mr Cinelli-Vigorelli-who-usually-rides-down-the-OKR-at-620ish-but-tonight-was-riding-down-at-half-eight-who-I-see-all-the-time-but-never-acknowledges-me.
Keep on spinning, dude. Keep on spinning.

^^ God be with ye = goodbye if I remember rightly.

A quick search on the BBC website suggests that they stick with AIDS but go c/lc on Nato. Though non-news BBC departments take the NATO route. I am confused, but am enjoying not doing any work for a bit.

balls, Ball's got a point, didn't read the next wikipedia paragraph.

On the copyediting end of the publishing industry, where the aforementioned distinction between acronyms (pronounced as a word) and initialisms (pronounced as a series of letters) is usually maintained, some publishers choose to use cap/lowercase (c/lc) styling for acronyms, reserving all-caps styling for initialisms. Thus Nato and Aids (c/lc), but USA and FBI (caps). For example, this is the style used in The Guardian,[46] and BBC News typically edits to this style. The logic of this style is that the pronunciation is reflected graphically by the capitalization scheme.

Wikipedia, definitive source on everything*, has this to say:

All-caps style
The most common capitalization scheme seen with acronyms and initialisms is all-uppercase (all-caps), except for those few that have linguistically taken on an identity as regular words, with the acronymous etymology of the words fading into the background of common knowledge, such as has occurred with the words scuba, laser, and radar — these are known as anacronyms (a portmanteau with anachronism).

I think we've a way to go before mamils is acceptable, I guess current usage would be MAMILs. Regarding the assertion that

Modern style is to use upper and lower for acronyms that make a word.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'make a word', but if you mean that they can be pronounced in one mellifluous swoop instead of being spelt aloud (cf. KGB) then NATO would be a suggestion to the contrary.
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*I jest

I'm quite tempted by some dyno-rod–orange for the track bike...

If your'e desperate I could get some bonty fleuro pink stuff and pedal it up the hill tomorrow too. Any excuse for a bit of Swain's.

It took us forever, I think we finally got to Bournemouth about 6ish which would indicate 10 and a bit hours. There was lots of stopping and sorting en-route, including an epic wait for some chips at a pub in Winchester and tyre/puncture struggles through the New Forest. Our moving time wasn't so bad, I think it was a 16–17mph average.

Might sound obvious but don't forget lights so you can get home from the station in one piece at the end of the day.

Scarlett and his technicolour dreamcoat jersey. nothing but a multicolour blur. 's a good look.

Anerley was the only hill I got to the top of first, and as such I would like it to be instated as a points climb please.

I'm guessing I'll need something CX suitable to ride. Should be able to borrow something from a buddy though.

http://www.3peakscyclocross.org.uk/course_details.htm is the route;
"Unrideable: 6kms - 8kms (dependent on individual ability & prevailing conditions)"

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Also, ***"PLEASE NOTE!! Most of the off-road sections are over footpaths and/or private land. This means that no training on a cycle is allowed on those sections - it is illegal to ride on there except on the day of the race." ***= balls. Not doing it formally, thus not doing it at all. Ah well. Sunday's off-road excursion has got me curious about all of this though.

This sounds painful in all the right ways.

And I would have sorted it for you. Was sitting in LMNH instead of my usual 6.20 southern fly-by though :(

(Karma still owes me one free fix after I donated a tube and a pump and some time to a guy at the top of Loampit Vale this time last year.)

Hit 55 with the SSTC on Sunday going down Titsey, tucked, spinning the 53x11 and abusing Scarlett's wind-shadow.
Highest speed I've hit on two wheels, wasn't as scary as I was expecting.

Brave pushing it a bit on the OKR this morning, and then taking it easy for my benefit.
Nice to see a familiar face on the way in, even if it does have to be his.
(well done on the weekend result)

I'm going to be doing the usual 'All aboard the pain train!' routine, hopefully this time without any navigational fails or mechanicals. Aiming for a sub-4 I guess. Will be looking for suitable mugs people to be towed by

I'm not entirely sure what's going on here, but I'll be back in 5 with some popcorn.

You're more than welcome to bring a turbo over here and join me for some living room suffering once winter autumn sets in proper.

that insight bought to you by Damian's Weekend Walks: Surrey