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see my little story above or below.. no the rims (mavic blues) are ok, the tires(shit another usa spelling) are still on the go.. had to buy 2 chambre d'air though. bon courage.
Well Done, you old rogue. Five bars is 75psi.

Knees - ignore BRF.
His circumstances are totally different to yours.

Stick with the rollers.
knees, if you live on a housing estate you can 100 laps of the cresent, pop in the house say every 10 laps to see if all is ok and then do another 10 laps, time yourself at each 10 lap period and on the last 10 go like shit man.. you have done 50 miles within 100 yds of home,, ps beware of dogs/ vandals/ and insurance compensation seekers who step out in front of you and then claim you were " racing on the public highway ", or" riding a bicycle in a furious manner,".
i once got done for riding behind a coal wagon from skipton to steeton one early morning, it was my dawn patrol days ( out on bike 5.30 am to 7.30 am) try it, its great.. well i was pinging along behind this open coal wagon which was doing 45mph in a 30mph area. all of a sudden i heard a wail of a police siren behind, hell someone must be in trouble, but kept going..the next minute i was was being forced off the road by this huge volvo barge thingy,, he stoped me and the wagon,,, the driver of the wagon said that it was coal for the hospital boiler in steeton, he had to speed because they had run out..he got off with it, but the cops did me for riding furiously behind this wagon... the biggest problem was that it was raining and the coal dusthad been blowing off the back of the wagon,, i was totally black, they thuoght i was a west indian, but when i opened my mouth they saw i was white..... my wife mrs BRF was pissed off when i got home, she had to wash all my clothes....bon courage...ps its true.. if i have time i will tell you all about sitting behind a wagon which was delivering live hens to the slaughter house....now theres a tale

I couldnt get out on the club ride today, so I went out myself on my own traning ride, left home at 8, i got one mile in and punctured, got the kit out, and discovered that the valves werent long enough, but kept trying, 50 minutes later I phoned home and got picked up. Later i went to the town and got some long valve inner tubes, I went home put one in, and ripped it on the rim, I am now repairing it....:mad:

Bad day for me really, anyway soon will be going bowling :rolleyes: , anyway.....

I couldnt get out on the club ride today, so I went out myself on my own traning ride, left home at 8, i got one mile in and punctured, got the kit out, and discovered that the valves werent long enough, but kept trying, 50 minutes later I phoned home and got picked up. Later i went to the town and got some long valve inner tubes, I went home put one in, and ripped it on the rim, I am now repairing it....:mad:

Bad day for me really, anyway soon will be going bowling :rolleyes: , anyway.....
as quoted useless, should have put the wheels back in, put your lights on and done your 60 plus miles, you've lost them now, you need to do 120 miles next time you go out.. if you can bugger about bowling you cannot expect to be a winner.. too late for you ??? bon courage.

There is always the option of putting the tube in the saddle-bag and stuffing the cover with grass.

It's a job getting the tyre back on, and the ride is interesting to say the least - but it's got me home at least twice.

Between 1898 and 1904, Dick Long used to contribute "The Wheeling World" in our local paper under the pseudonym of Dick Turpin. It was a tantalising window onto the local Victorian and Edwardian world of club cycling.

In one article, Dick talked about a ride when his chain had broken: to get home he removed the pedals, dropped the saddle and rode the machine like a hobby-horse.

I remember this about three weeks later. I was out on a night ride when the swaging on my 27/6d-at-Bill-Harvell's chainwheel finally gave way. Solution? Do as Dick had done.

A 12-mile hilly ride on a hobby-horse gives you a new opinion of our cycling pioneers.

John

I couldnt get out on the club ride today, so I went out myself on my own traning ride, left home at 8, i got one mile in and punctured, got the kit out, and discovered that the valves werent long enough, but kept trying, 50 minutes later I phoned home and got picked up. Later i went to the town and got some long valve inner tubes, I went home put one in, and ripped it on the rim, I am now repairing it....:mad:

Bad day for me really, anyway soon will be going bowling :rolleyes: , anyway.....
Take no notice of BRF, he's in a bloody good mood today after slogging the other 54 riders into submission in the Pyrenees. He'll be having a stiff 51 Pastis, and feeling pleased with himself, especially having beat them up riding his hack bike. So I raise my glass to him.
Seems you've had a shitty day, they happen, but I query the wisdom of not taking an extra tube. It's easier to change than arsing about with puncture outfits, especially if it's raining. I remember that I was probably your age when I last used tyres and tubes, from then on it was tubulars only until the end. From learning all the time, for the life of me I can't see how anyone can possibly ride town crits. on clinchers as you call them and not kill yourself, or anyone else. You need fat round 13oz. tubs with less pressure in than normal, to get round the ever turning circuit. I'll give you a visual example. Watch motor bike racing, these days they ride tyres that are virtually round. You rode the track last week. You don't need side tread really, do you, the grip is on the track.
Well have a good game of bowling, get rid of the day with a bit of fun.

knees, if you live on a housing estate you can 100 laps of the cresent, pop in the house say every 10 laps to see if all is ok and then do another 10 laps, time yourself at each 10 lap period and on the last 10 go like shit man.. you have done 50 miles within 100 yds of home,, ps beware of dogs/ vandals/ and insurance compensation seekers who step out in front of you and then claim you were " racing on the public highway ", or" riding a bicycle in a furious manner,".
i once got done for riding behind a coal wagon from skipton to steeton one early morning, it was my dawn patrol days ( out on bike 5.30 am to 7.30 am) try it, its great.. well i was pinging along behind this open coal wagon which was doing 45mph in a 30mph area. all of a sudden i heard a wail of a police siren behind, hell someone must be in trouble, but kept going..the next minute i was was being forced off the road by this huge volvo barge thingy,, he stoped me and the wagon,,, the driver of the wagon said that it was coal for the hospital boiler in steeton, he had to speed because they had run out..he got off with it, but the cops did me for riding furiously behind this wagon... the biggest problem was that it was raining and the coal dusthad been blowing off the back of the wagon,, i was totally black, they thuoght i was a west indian, but when i opened my mouth they saw i was white..... my wife mrs BRF was pissed off when i got home, she had to wash all my clothes....bon courage...ps its true.. if i have time i will tell you all about sitting behind a wagon which was delivering live hens to the slaughter house....now theres a tale


Did a 50 miles today.
First time back on my bike since 10th September 2004.
Why ?
Managed to catch a severe bronchial infection in Barcelona on the 18th September which completely fucked me up.
I was in a terrible state - flu like symptoms for October and feeling shattered.
November was a slow improvement - had to resort to antibiotics to try to recover.

Today was only the third day back - great to be on the bike again : although
it took me 4 hours to do 50 miles (3hours 49mins to be exact).

The December 2004 edition of Cycle Sport Magazine is devoted to Eddy Merckx
for those of you who are interested.
The best edition of this magazine this year - I say.

There is over 100 pages devoted to the great man and an excellent interview
with him at this years Dave Rayner Funds dinner.

Merckx has lost a lot of weight recently and this has led to questions about his health.
His only comment is "I've been told to look after myself, by my doctor".
Speculation has been rife in the cycling press but Merckx has refused to say anything more on the subject.

One very interesting comment he makes in his interview in the mag : he says that before his crash at Blois, he was a better cyclist (I think the crash happened after the TDF in 1969).
He broke his pelvis in that crash and EM always maintained that he was not as good a cyclist after that crash.
He went on to say that before the crash - he never ever felt tired when competing and this included racing a full season and destroying the field in his first TDF in 1969.
the mind boggles.

I strongly recommend that you get this magazine - it's well worth reading.

Did a 50 miles today.
First time back on my bike since 10th September 2004.
Why ?
Managed to catch a severe bronchial infection in Barcelona on the 18th September which completely fucked me up.
I was in a terrible state - flu like symptoms for October and feeling shattered.
November was a slow improvement - had to resort to antibiotics to try to recover.

Today was only the third day back - great to be on the bike again : although
it took me 4 hours to do 50 miles (3hours 49mins to be exact).
Well done Lim, Now why don't you do what I recommended to someone from Ireland on ES, and that was to wear a balaclava, and a wool scarf across the mouth and nose, thus breathing in pre-warmed humidified air. Anytime I had a chest infection, or indeed winter hacking in cold conditions, this what I did. No use sucking in frozen air into a hot body.

The December 2004 edition of Cycle Sport Magazine is devoted to Eddy Merckx
for those of you who are interested.
The best edition of this magazine this year - I say.

There is over 100 pages devoted to the great man and an excellent interview
with him at this years Dave Rayner Funds dinner.

Merckx has lost a lot of weight recently and this has led to questions about his health.
His only comment is "I've been told to look after myself, by my doctor".
Speculation has been rife in the cycling press but Merckx has refused to say anything more on the subject.

One very interesting comment he makes in his interview in the mag : he says that before his crash at Blois, he was a better cyclist (I think the crash happened after the TDF in 1969).
He broke his pelvis in that crash and EM always maintained that he was not as good a cyclist after that crash.
He went on to say that before the crash - he never ever felt tired when competing and this included racing a full season and destroying the field in his first TDF in 1969.
the mind boggles.

I strongly recommend that you get this magazine - it's well worth reading.
Je n'ai rien a dire, au sujet de.... Eddy, champion. Absoluement. Godefroot, Karstens et Bruyere, tut tut.
Peut etre je vais l'acheter.

Did a 50 miles today.
First time back on my bike since 10th September 2004.
Why ?
Managed to catch a severe bronchial infection in Barcelona on the 18th September which completely fucked me up.

i havent been out for two weeks since i have the tail end of an ear, throat and chest infection....there must be something going about.

i had no idea the human body could produce so much phlem.

christmas shopping in crowded shopping malls. Pure Hell.

i havent been out for two weeks since i have the tail end of an ear, throat and chest infection....there must be something going about.

i had no idea the human body could produce so much phlem.

christmas shopping in crowded shopping malls. Pure Hell.
I've never heard of a rider catching an infection in fresh air. Please advise.

Take no notice of BRF, he's in a bloody good mood today after slogging the other 54 riders into submission in the Pyrenees. He'll be having a stiff 51 Pastis, and feeling pleased with himself, especially having beat them up riding his hack bike. So I raise my glass to him.
Seems you've had a shitty day, they happen, but I query the wisdom of not taking an extra tube. It's easier to change than arsing about with puncture outfits, especially if it's raining. I remember that I was probably your age when I last used tyres and tubes, from then on it was tubulars only until the end. From learning all the time, for the life of me I can't see how anyone can possibly ride town crits. on clinchers as you call them and not kill yourself, or anyone else. You need fat round 13oz. tubs with less pressure in than normal, to get round the ever turning circuit. I'll give you a visual example. Watch motor bike racing, these days they ride tyres that are virtually round. You rode the track last week. You don't need side tread really, do you, the grip is on the track.
Well have a good game of bowling, get rid of the day with a bit of fun.
I did take a spare tube but it didn't fit (the valve). Today hasn't really been my day..........

Did a 50 miles today.
First time back on my bike since 10th September 2004.
Why ?
Managed to catch a severe bronchial infection in Barcelona on the 18th September which completely fucked me up.

How many times have I told ye to stop kissing all the trampoline senoras on Saturday evenings wandering down Las Ramblas, especially trying to remove
tonsils by non surgical means. 'Tis a wonder indeed that other bits are not afflicted just yet.

I did take a spare tube but it didn't fit (the valve). Today hasn't really been my day..........
Don't bother too much. It's the social season. Just keep banging the miles in on the road when you can. No excuses, BRF is right, and so is Lim, and myself. You don't who we are, do you? And you might never know. We know each other. just get on with it. The new season starts on New Years day, so bang in the miles before then. Then it's all systems go, hail rain or snow. I'll tell when to swap endeavours. Whether you realise or not, we don't get invaded by American wankers trying to find a magic formula as to how to become a Champ. Just show 'em Phil.

i havent been out for two weeks since i have the tail end of an ear, throat and chest infection....there must be something going about.

i had no idea the human body could produce so much phlem.

christmas shopping in crowded shopping malls. Pure Hell.

I made the mistake of walking from our hotel in Barcelona, out to see the
Olympic stadium and back - in 35 degree heat (about 10 mile walk in all), while Mrs.Limerickman went shopping on Las Ramblas.

Came back to the hotel room and dosed off with the air conditioning on in the
room.
I woke up and thought I had died - literally.
I couldn't move - frozen.
Spent two days in bed - freezing, in 35 degree heat !
Then had to get on a plane with more air conditioning to get home !

The lesson of this sorry saga is - if you're roasting, take a cold shower.
On no account should you fall asleep in an air conditioned room, while sweating.

How many times have I told ye to stop kissing all the trampoline senoras on Saturday evenings wandering down Las Ramblas, especially trying to remove
tonsils by non surgical means. 'Tis a wonder indeed that other bits are not afflicted just yet.

You missed your calling "Doctor" Fred !

Je n'ai rien a dire, au sujet de.... Eddy, champion. Absoluement. Godefroot, Karstens et Bruyere, tut tut.
Peut etre je vais l'acheter.

Oui, c'est bien l'achat de valeur.

Great interviews about EM with Gimondi, Maartens, Sercu and co.
His son - Axel - is also interviewed.
Axel seems like a fine person : bloody good cyclist too (hard though being the son of the greatest ever).

EM's record is astonishing - hard to fathom just how good he was.

You missed your calling "Doctor" Fred !
Oh be Jasus, got the culprit. Air conditioning, blowing all the germs on a recycling system. Anyway Flu'll just poleaxe ye in 5 Minutes flat. My young mate Sanjay worked for Lufthansa at Shannon, and I asked about pasturisation of recirculated air in passenger aircraft. There is none. I really must take it up with him again. Nice Lad, do you remember those photo films of smashed up aircraft at the beginning of the Iraq war. He said that's bollacks because all the jet engines were missing off them. Another bit of bullshit from Merkia.

Oh be Jasus, got the culprit. Air conditioning, blowing all the germs on a recycling system. Anyway Flu'll just poleaxe ye in 5 Minutes flat. My young mate Sanjay worked for Lufthansa at Shannon, and I asked about pasturisation of recirculated air in passenger aircraft. There is none. I really must take it up with him again. Nice Lad, do you remember those photo films of smashed up aircraft at the beginning of the Iraq war. He said that's bollacks because all the jet engines were missing off them. Another bit of bullshit from Merkia.

Was that Lufthansa Turbine Technologies or Shannon Aerospace (both Lufthansa companies) ?

Were they doctored photos ?
Can't say I took any notice as to whether or not they had engines on them.
Merkins playing tricks again wouldn't surprise me.
Bit like the envelopes filled with powder being sent to the Senators and Congressmen after 9/11.
Anthrax - turned out to be nothing.
More likely coke from their Columbian contacts ?