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fluff and almac, I'm leaving junc of garys inn and theobalds road at 6ish if you fancy...

There is no bonk, there is only the talented, and the less talented.

"“WHAT IS TALENT, REALLY? … [INDENT] *“… IS IT THE FACT THAT YOUR HEART PUMPS MORE VOLUME THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON’S, OR THAT YOUR BLOOD TURNS LESS ACIDIC WHEN EXERCISING SO THAT YOU RECOVER FASTER? NO—TALENT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR CAPACITY FOR SUFFERING. YOU JUST LEARN TO SUFFER MORE.
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IN THE END, MAYBE, THERE IS NO EXPLAINING."

-Eddie Merkx, as taken from Big Ring Riding blog

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If that were any smaller my bank account would be in tatters. But my rep would be off the charts. Hmmmmm.

GROW YOU FUCKING LEGS, GROW!

Happy Birthday John-Boy!

Saw OneLessCardigan at the E&C roundabout slicing through traffic and skidding Like A Boss. I was going to say hello but at rush-hour on the roundabout heading towards Walworth Road it's best to just let a brother concentrate.

**THURS 27th OCTOBER
**1. Dropout

WEDS 2nd NOVEMBER
1.Dropout

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Can't commit but will drop by if it begins to look tempting enough (+ depends on Sheryl Crow)
**1. Lance Armstrong

1. JUllirch - depends on if Lance dropsout (get it??)
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itsbruce, can you confirm the roads up around the M25 being very busy? I dunno, last time I was up around the m25 it was pretty leafy, dirt single-track through the underbrush, saw a golfcourse or two, one underground sewer, gravel etc.

So I'm totally down for this ride. Can I suggest the 13th of November just to get try and get a date set?

Noted. Disc for the back, tri for the front then. Clincher obvisously to avoid glue burns.

18 months ago kids would be trading in their art collective memberships and beating each other to death with their DSLRs to get their hands on a white spok. Now 30+ replies and a reasonable (for a spok) price and no takers. Maybe tastes really ARE changing. I blame the forum.

Or it could be that they've just moved on to tri-spokes for circus wheels as they are carbon and really light and fast and impervious to wind.

If anyone has one I'm in the market by the way.

I’m glad that I’m not the only one who’s decided to take a week off (one to recover from months and months of biking every day and the St Margarets ride, which beautiful bastard though it was, knocked it out of me a little) until the roads clear up. Although it’s goddamn beautiful today I’m happy to let those Altura fucktards smash around the roads on their wife’s mountain bike until things get chilly.

Bit of a shame the Central line’s a bit fucked this week. Sweaty times down there atm

Shit have I joined a cult? Good thing I'm SS.

Yeah I can't take all the cyclist at the moment - I'm working with 2-3 near misses a ride now from a combination of crazy bikers and impatient cars. Now that it's late-ish autumn I just want it to get really cold so we dependable cyclists can have most of the roads back. Eesh.

Few more crappy iPhone pics:

photo (1) by danieljsoul, on Flickr

photo (2) by danieljsoul, on Flickr

photo by danieljsoul, on Flickr

Wouldn't have been climbing no hills had you not been leading. Cheers again Dan

Again thanks to Stonehenge, Munch and Dropout for guiding/providing backup. And thanks to Skive too who - though he wasn't there for it - still set it up and found a new leader so we could do it.

And boy did we ever. Loveliest route I've done on I don't know how long on one of Englands finest days. There was some serious exercise on this ride, but was happy to climb those hills as the woodsmoke, autumn leaves, harvesters, quiet lanes and low but strong sunlight made it all so damn beautiful.

Similar to OLC I bailed at Dover to make it back for a party. Would have loved to see the beach proper...maybe (definitely!) next time.

Great pics btw Fox

"Departure will be 8am from the junction of Sandgate Street and the Old Kent Road. Sandgate street is a quiet road with a good bit of pavement so we should not get in the way of anybody. PM me if you can't find it on the map."

I got ants in my pants thinking about weather like today on Saturday.

Fox, if you bail and it's like this on Saturday you'll be kicking yourself....

I wish, but there's ambulances everywhere. Theobalds shut down one side as far as I can see. It's right outside my window but I can't face going outside.

All I've heard is "lorry" and "rider under a bus". An air ambulance just landed in Grays Inn Fields. Fuck.

I really hope the guy was ok.

On another note, is there something wrong with me that 12 hours later I was sitting down for dinner and all of the sudden I said 'Holdsworth' out of nowhere, remembering that was the make of his frame?

8.30 am, saw a chap sitting on a corner of Boscombe Road and Uxbridge Road with an ambulance in attendence, couple cars stopped. Was a sliver/chrome SS with deep section silver wheels, yellow writing down the frame. I heard "...case of dangerous driving so the police are on their way..."

Really hope the chap is ok.

I think it's pretty easy PRV: lots of things for sale in classifieds. Nothing in classifieds should be on eBay. Any nice thing you see on eBay that ain't yours you can link to in eBay finds. That's it.

Also lot of chat.

Stonehenge since you're pulling a Skive, I'll try my best for a Do a Crash 'Henge moment. That leaves it to itsbruce to imitate an American and be a quarter retarded for the duration of the ride

The real shame is that some mug is going to go to Evans and buy some underwhelming fixie for £450 while this lovely build gets split.

Sad face.