@dan: "I'm hopping on a train to Stevenage on Sunday morning to do the
Emitremmus ("'Summertime' reversed") ride to Saffron Walden and back -
got my route card and bike number in the post yesterday.  Anyone else
from these parts on the list?
Contemplating riding back to London afterwards, just to push the
distance up to an imperial century - how would the panel get from
Stevenage to Paddington?  I'm not afraid of dual carriageway but would
enjoy the journey more on quieter roads
-dan"
    @andy: "<quote>
Club weekend. ride from Wirral to Ironbridge on Saturday, return on
Sunday. Overnight at the YHA Coalport.
Route is out to Ellesmere for lunch and then round the west side of
Shrewsbury to arrive in Ironbridge on the south side of the severn.
Cross it and to the YHA for Dinner, beer at the pub and hopefully some
sleep. 
Next day climb out of the valley and to Little Wenlock. Over to Wem then
near Whitchurch for lunch. Back to the Eureka cyclists cafe by 4pm and
that's home.
Andy Templeman <<url>"
    @mrcauser: "On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:18:48 +0100
<email_address> emquired:
Burwell Museum, where there will be a display of vintage and unusual
bikes.  I'm supposed to be leading a ride mid-afternoon, but we don't
go far.
Mike
Mike Causer"
    @nospam: "<quote>
Alas nowhere. However I am looking for cycling related things in 
Edinburgh to keep me going through the week.
chris"
    @rogerurcm200910: "<quote>
If you don't mind going a fair bit out of your way, you can cross to
the A10 and then head down the Lea Navigation (M25 to about Victoria
Park, then canal westwards).
I still feel that variable gears are only for people over forty-five.
Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the
artifice of a derailer? [...] As for me, give me a fixed gear!
 Henri Desgrange"
    @nospam: "<email_address> wrote
<quote>
[...]
Its a Bank Hols this weekend over here...I think its because Halloween is a 
Catholic holiday...and the one weekend a year when fireworks apparently 
aren't illegal in Ireland?
Either way, we get Monday off...so assuming we get my gear changes fixed at 
some point in the next 3 days....then I plan to take dogs & bike up in to 
the Slieve Bloom mountains for a bit of bikejoring chaos.  If I can't get my 
gears to change down...we'll stay closer to home on some more level trails 
;o) "
    @notcheckedever: "<quote>
We're out green-lanong (as far as possible) in the 4x4 with the bikes
on the roof to Castleton, then cattempting to cycle up and around
Mam-Tor and environs.  For once I'm not leading, so don't know the
route  ... should be fun .. ;)
Paul - xxx
'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp"
    @colinnelson2: "I have had a little 'bimble' around some of the local lanes
(set jonathan50@example.net), and will be loading the panniers up
with the weekend shopping at ASDA in about an hour (just
about to undergo the 'Porridge Ceremony'). Weather's a bit
drizzly with a slight breeze - but not too cold. Not sure if
I'll bother riding later on - I'm not keen on overcast
skies, wet and wind (not all at the same time anyway). On
the other-hand ... Tomorrow's another day ...
Colin N.
Lincolnshire is mostly flat ... But the wind is mostly in
your face"
    @dkahn400: "<quote>
 Have a look at the following route which is a little under 35 miles.
<<url>
Come straight down the B197 through Knebworth to Woolmer Green, then
take the lanes through Burnham Green and Tewin. Go left on the B1000
then right onto Panshanger Lane. Cross the A414 to Cole Green and
Letty Green.
Left onto the B158 through Howe Green, then right to Little
Berkhamstead, Epping Green, Newgate Street and Northaw. Right onto the
B156 then join the A1000 to Potters Bar. Stay on the A1000 through
Barnet and Whetstone, then follow the A598 through Finchley and
Golders Green. Then you can work your way through Hampstead and St.
John's Wood to Abbey Road. Follow that down to Lord's Cricket Ground
and you're almost there.
Dave..."
    @notcheckedever: "<quote>
LOL, might take the velcro wellies then, get a little action for a
cheap bribe .. ;)
Paul - xxx
'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp"
    @armb: "<quote>
That sounds fun. I'd better go and do some housework and free up some 
time for tomorrow....
(I have a large pile of moth eaten carpet to take to the tip :-( )
"Autumn Miscellany  -  Sunday 25th October 2009, 12 noon - 5pm" ?
<url>
<url>"
    @armb: "<quote>
I've been reminded we have a prior lunchtime engagement. I might try 
and make it in the afternoon. I hope you have a good time anyway."
    @colinnelson2: "<quote>
lanes
if
Lo! and Behold!
The sun did shine ... So I had a ride by a Riversidey bit,
pottered along some quiet Laney bits, through a Woodlandy
bit and back home for tea. Very enjoyable.
Colin N.
Lincolnshire is mostly flat ... But the wind is mostly in
your face"
    @dyls: "<snip>
I'm not going to ride anywhere this weekend... currently, the windspeed
is a good 10 to 15 mph faster than the speed limit on the road outside
my house, and we have horizontal rain!"
    @ossettmouldings: ""Paul - xxx" <email_address> wrote >
<quote>
I live near Wakefield and sadly  (through work pressure) I'm not fit enough 
to get so far south - neither is there sufficient daylight for my favourite 
trip(s).
BUT if I were, I'd love to cross Holme Moss, Glossop, Chapel en le Frith, 
Edale, Hathersedge(sp), Strines Moor and home>
A fabulous and thorougly enjoyable ride - but one that takes hours - too 
many hours.
John of Ossett "
    @mrcauser: "On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:04:13 +0100
<quote>
Thanks.  If you do make it I'll have the tools to make the Speed Ross
suitable for your leg length (bring your SPD shoes!), and use something
else myself. 
If you can't make it the first social ride of the new Burwell Cycling
Group is on Sunday 1st Nov (errrr, I think, could be the 8th: must
consult rest tomorrow).  I am supposed to be Rides Leader, thanks to an
extensive collection of O.S. maps and having ridden every road, track,
drove and footpath (naughty!) in the area.  
As we don't know the wishes or capability of those who may turn up
we'll be running two rides if necessary, one of an hour's riding with
tea-stop halfway, and one of two hours-plus, also with tea-stop (or
beer ;-) halfway.  The routes will be common until the shorter one
stops.  For practical reasons I'll be on an upright for that, so you
could use the Ross if you fancy [1].
Going to Wicken (short) and Ely (longer) is the obvious choice.  Anyone
who wants to go further will be directed to Audax UK, anyone who wants
more tea-stops will be directed to the CTC DA ;-))
[1] Alan has been havering at the edge of the darkside for some years 
now.  My aim is to push him over the edge.
Mike
Mike Causer"
    @mountainoaf: "Wasn't expecting to do many miles today with the club... ended doing
up 50. Arrived at designated meeting place at 0700hrs: only one other
there. However, we did meet up with another - walking his dog - who
said he'd be jonathan50@example.net. So the two of us did a quick 15 miles
before returning. 2 others also turned up, making a peloton of 5, and
we did a tried and tested hilly 35 additional miles. Stayed dry. Legs
hurt now.
Route: <url>
Oaf"
    @dan: "Dave Kahn <email_address> writes:
<quote>
Thank you very much for the suggestion, but I am embarrassed to report
that in the end I wimped out and got a lift home.  An excess of alcohol
the night before made the 100km much harder than it should have been and
I still haven't completely shaken the headache.
Ride report for the Emitremmus to follow after I've eaten and bathed,
but the summary is: lovely roads, superb organisation, friendly people,
intelligible route sheets, and even rather good weather for most of the
ride.  Can't recommend it highly enough - definitely one worth doing
-dan"
    @notcheckedever: "<quote>
Well, for various reasons, it didn't happen.  First time I've been home
for a full Sunday for ages.
Boring isn't it ... ;)
Paul - xxx
'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp"
    @armb: "<quote>
I'll mail you.
Current status:
Recumbents I think would be fun: A long list
Recumbents I am convinced would be more practical for the in town part of 
my commute than spending the same money on a better upright: None yet,
though I haven't ruled it out
Recumbents I can (maybe) justify just for fun:
<url>
Amount of progress on actually building one - approximately none.
See also tourers, tandems, cargo bikes, dog trailer, and a long list
of not-cycling related projects...."
    @keith_squawk: "<email_address> says...
<quote>
I ended up doing a small local ride, as much as possible not on roads 
and not always simple in North London.
One part was on a wide shared pavement along the North Circular, other 
bits along a stream (saw a Heron with something small in its beak - 
either furry or feathered, couldn't tell. Also parakeets but they are 
regular these days). What I was doing was checking to see which paths 
had easily visible 'no cycling' signs and which didn't. I know the paths 
(and signs) well in one direction so went the other way for a change.
Despite the lack of signs I wouldn't reccomend some paths to those who 
wouldn't be happy with less than a foot width of crumbling tarmac before 
six foot of drop to a stream. Nor to those who are unable to ride really 
slowly behind people out walking, or to those who are wary of dogs, or 
to those who can't stop and wait for other people to pass in the other 
direction.
It was great.
Loads of people to nod at and dogs to say 'hello' to. Kids wobbling 
around on bikes or wobbly legs, families out cycling, mud holes covered 
in leaves, piles of leaves to silde on and four stiles to carry the bike 
over. I used a lot of tracks  and paths that have been around for a few 
hundred years, the useful ones that have been 'replaced' by roads.
It turned out to be only ten miles and it took only about an hour - I 
might introduce it to some of the local club riders but I know there 
will be issues with having to pick the bike up now and then and some 
will try to barge past people on the paths here and there - oh, and only 
a fool would try it on a road bike with skinny tyres.
Maybe I'll wait until it gets more muddy before trying it again, my 
tyres are almost slicks on the hybrid, I was expecting more sliding 
about."
    @invalid: "<quote>
The one I owned(*) was fun, though not enough fun to justify its long term 
space in the shed, so it was sold.
Some of the ones I have ridden tempt me further.  I can see the point for 
touring (and specialist racing).
My experience was that they are bad at urban commuting.  Reasons were:
a) Acceleration, nothing like as fast away from a line as an upright.
b) Manoverability, can't change direction as easily as an upright.
c) Visibility, lower seating position means that cannot see over/around 
traffic. Combine with (b) and its harder to see around traffic.
d) Hill climbing slower than upright, particularly with inability to stand 
on pedals for extra short term power.
e) Ease of foot-dabbing, cannot move forwards with foot hovering near ground 
for stability.
I ended up having to ride much more "in" the traffic flow, waiting in queues 
to slowly ease up to traffic lights rather than filtering up the line of 
cars, etc..
Net result was that it was considerably slower in urban traffic than a 
diamond framed tourer; my timings suggested it added 15% to my commutes. As 
a consequence, I didn't use it that often for commutes.
(* A Pashley PDQ ).
- Nigel
Nigel Cliffe,
Webmaster at <url> "
    @palmersperry: "Alan Braggins twisted the electrons to say:
<quote>
Pretty much all of them actually (in varying ways and to varying degrees), 
in my admitedly limited experience!  :-)
The only real problem I had with commuting on various recumbents[1] was
when it came to switching from filtering up the inside to filtering up
the middle.  Basically you have to stick your feet out where they can be
(maybe) be hit by oncoming traffic, before you can see whether it's safe
to do so!  (Obviously this does depend upon the angle you're changing 
position at.)
On something as low as a recumbent trike then you need to be aware that
you really can disappear behind cars, and adjust your riding style
appropriately, but on things of a higher nature this is less of an issue.
[1] Streetmachine, Grasshoper, ICE QNT, Giro 20, Giro 26.
These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ..."
    @ossettmouldings: ""Mike Causer" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
Reminds me what a bloke in our club claimed;-
"CTC" stands for "Caff To Caff".
Seems true to me.
John of Ossett "
    @ossettmouldings: ""Man With Chip" <email_address> wrote in message 
news:<email_address>
<quote>
Small wonder so few turn up.
At 07.00 on a winter Sunday?
This is inhuman and horribly antisocial.
Bah!!!
John of Ossett "
    @ja: "<quote>
<grin> Indeed it seems the tea shop is to cyclists what the 
MacDonalds drive-thru is to boy-racers.
I was thinking on Sunday after yet another ride to a teashop 
(lovely cup of tea it was too) - how come we didn't actually 
take a bit of a look around the place we cycled to before 
cycling back again?  I mean, it's not as if any of us had 
anything to rush back home for! :-)"
    @keith_squawk: "<email_address> says...
<quote>
Over here in Barnet we have a motto that apparently means 'never pass an 
open cafe' or something like that. Rides are frequently worked out by 
tea stops.
<url>  - the logo says it all."
    @clive: "Didn't go on a jonathan50@example.net. Windy and wet. Had a walk on Saturday.
On Sunday I finally retired my first hub dynamo :-(. First put together in 
1997, a Shimano NX 10. Did several years of commuting, up to 21 miles/day, 
then got replaced by a SON sometime around 2004 and moved to my wife's bike, 
which doesn't cover much distance these days (the Birdy and tandems cover 
rather more).
Something was up with the wiring, and the bearings were really quite badly 
shot, so I finally retired it and put my other spare Shimano hub wheel in 
there, bought to cover the period when the SON was having its bearings 
replaced.
And I also gave myself a new back mudguard, so no more rattle and squeak :-) "
    @realnotantispamaddress: "<quote>
A client I used to have said that he had been advised, on reaching a
certain age, that one should never 'pass a toilet, waste an erection, or
trust a fart'.
But I don't think it would make an attractive logo.
Daniele"
    @keith_squawk: "juice.co.uk>, <email_address> says...
<quote>
The first and last appear to be very similar, as for the middle one  
useful for finding somewhere to put a flannel while washing?
Oh, to get back to topic - I'm so glad I wasn't riding this weekend, it 
was hard enough fighting the wind driving my shed* back from Margate, my 
arms ache.
*high-top camper van"
    @notcheckedever: "<quote>
As per last reply from me, we're hoping to complete the aborted Peaks
trip this weekend ... ;)
Paul - xxx
'96/'97 Landrover Discovery 300 Tdi
Dyna Tech Cro-Mo comp"
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