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#991 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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thomas wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:54 am
Team pentode? Yep, I'm in....I'll probably be the one puffing away at the back, trying not to whine, mind....
I think we'd all be huffin' n puffin' on this one, it'll be about 65 miles if we avoid the horrible Crayford marsh section that we've done before with our SimonC.
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#992 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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A couple of really interesting rides this week.

1) I woke up one morning (Tuesday)... and instead of having the Blues I thought to myself "where does the River Darent that my fair home town is named after actually start?".

So I thought I'd follow the Darent Valley Path fairly closely and trace the river to its source, cool huh? Well I thought so, so off I went.

I rode to the where the mighty River Darent meets Ol' Farter Thames....
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There's a whopping great Concrete and steel Barrier that either prevents Dartford from Flooding or too much Dartford awethumness escaping to London, I don't know which...
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Scobswell was in 'Touring Trim' , which means we took a packed lunch.
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Onwards we rode, until it was discovered by Christopher Columbus Jnr. that the Darent Valley Path doesn't actually go to the source (or more precisely 'sources' as I later found out!)
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^^^ Theres actually 2 starting places for the Walk, one in Chipstead...
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...where the River Darent looks like this tinkly trickly thing..
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and the other is near Sevenoaks Rail station, hence the figure of 8-ing whilst navigating between start points and the return home.

It wasn't a long ride as such, just a 'I wonder where...' etc etc etc. As it turns out, I need to ride out beyond Westerham to get to the sources, thats for another day, I've done a bit of research and will prepare another packed lunch for that ride :)

Stats.
Departed: Sep 05, '17, 11:40AM
Starts in: London, England, GB
Distance: 35.5 mi
Elevation: + 1782 / - 1635 ft
Max Grade
8.9 %
Avg. Grade
0.3 %
VAM 316 Vm/h
Ascent time 01:43:07
Descent time 01:16:02
Total Duration: 04:35:33
Moving Time: 02:59:09
Stopped Time: 01:36:24
Max Speed: 30.1 mph
Avg. Speed: 11.9 mph
Pace: 00:07:45
Moving Pace: 00:05:03
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#993 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Ride number 2) this week was more water related questing.

I woke up one morning (Thursday) and thought... "I wonder if I can ride right the way around Planet Thanet?"...

So I did!
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I started at Whitstable and hugged the coast all the way round on the Viking Shore route, it was awethumne. I spent a lot of my late teens and 20's on this stretch of coastline but I'd never visited every bay in one day before. Brill sights along the way...
Easy to follow route, keep the Sea on yer left!
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...unless you forgot to take a piccie of Reculver...
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Entering Hipster-central aka Margit, as featured in the Chas n Dave operetta 'Margate' ....
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...we find the place where Joni Mitchell was inspired to write a superb piece of music...
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and Boz Scaggs wrote his shuffle...
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...and Broadstairs, home of the best Ice Cream parlour in Kent (IMO), witness the fitness of a scoop Pistachio on top of a scoop of Sri Lankan Coconut. Zero Calories I'm sure...
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and further round the loop where Charles Dickens recorded a concept album or summat...
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and then from Pegwell Bay I cut right across Fannet which has hoooooooooooooooooge great Farms growing golden stuff...
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S'fun.

Departed: Sep 07, '17, 12:29PM
Starts in: Whitstable, England, GB
Distance: 46.5 mi
Elevation: + 1975 / - 1943 ft
Max Grade
8.8 %
Avg. Grade
0.2 %
VAM 311 Vm/h
Ascent time 01:56:04
Descent time 01:40:32
Total Duration: 04:12:24
Moving Time: 03:36:36
Stopped Time: 00:35:48
Max Speed: 28.4 mph
Avg. Speed: 12.9 mph
Pace: 00:05:26
Moving Pace: 00:04:40

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#994 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Very interesting! :thumbleft:
 
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#995 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Oooh. SWIMBO and I did pretty much that ride on the coastal path in 2014 zummer. Went to the Turner Contemporary (Tate Margate) to see the Mondrain exhibition, which was luverly - noone there but us...

Did you go through Reculver? That's where the Bouncing Bombs were tested by Lancasters flying from Manston - the bird reserve there is great for waders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reculver

Really like the Dr. Livingstone approach in the "Search for the Source of the Darent"

Did a lot of the coastal path - it's pretty good and we never saw many other cyclists...

Favourite ride is Goudhurst (where we live) to Whitstable & back. Lots of hills, about 70miles round trip, but totally beautiful and littered with good pubs...

DtB - you should be aiming for The Shipwright's Arms at Faversham - http://www.theshipwrightsathollowshore.co.uk/ - one of our top "cycle to" pubs ...
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#996 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Top work agent Bass. Like the ice-cream particularly.
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#997 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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jack wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:58 am DtB - you should be aiming for The Shipwright's Arms at Faversham - http://www.theshipwrightsathollowshore.co.uk/ - one of our top "cycle to" pubs ...
Yeah, like that Pub, did it on an Oare Creek exploration day. I prefer the Micro Pubs in Whitstable TBH more.
IslandPink wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:17 pm Tell me, am I right that Planet Thanet was married to Van Morrison at one stage ?
Almost. Planet Thanet married Transit Van, ZZ Top wrote about it, "wimmins go crazy 'bout a Transit Van" or summat.
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#998 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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....and another, gotta make the most of reasonable weather and free time.
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Ace Performance-Enhancing-Packed-Lunch stop view :)
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Stats, nothing outrageous, my little leggies feel a bit tired this week.
Departed: Sep 09, '17, 11:04AM
Distance: 51.5 mi
Elevation: + 1635 / - 1635 ft
Max Grade
7.6 %
Avg. Grade
0.0 %
VAM 256 Vm/h
Ascent time 01:56:41
Descent time 01:51:17
Total Duration: 04:59:36
Moving Time: 03:47:58
Stopped Time: 01:11:38
Max Speed: 24.2 mph
Avg. Speed: 13.6 mph
Pace: 00:05:49
Moving Pace: 00:04:26
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#999 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Hi Dave
You went very close to Stoyans home today, I,m planning a Sunday HiFi Listening Visit , would you like to join the session ?
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#1000 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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JohnG wrote: Sun Sep 10, 2017 7:13 pm Hi Dave
You went very close to Stoyans home today, I,m planning a Sunday HiFi Listening Visit , would you like to join the session ?
Thanks for the offer John, I'll pass this time around but keep it in mind he's localish if you have another sesh with him sometime. Ta again.
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#1001 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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#1002 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Cheese = Nom Noms :)


We're clearing stuff out JTS's childhood home and found some old pics of her long-deceased Dad, I never met him but check out his bike choice, I reckon we'd have got on just fine :)

Brake location on the 2nd photo is interesting.
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She said years ago he was a cyclist and 'won stuff' in the early 50's.
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#1003 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Ooooooo just like when men were men and women!
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...and everyone rode bikes with no gears? yey!
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#1005 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Very classic shots there - excellent !
2nd shot, brake is positioned for improved aerodynamics - silly boy - did you not know this ? :D This practice was still evident in late '70's.
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