The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
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#1111 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
That photo was in Paris, 1904.
Quote. "Tommy Hall, English, holder of world record for 1-hour: more than 54 miles!!! Paris, 1904"
I think the pacer was rated at 15CV.
Quote. "Tommy Hall, English, holder of world record for 1-hour: more than 54 miles!!! Paris, 1904"
I think the pacer was rated at 15CV.
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#1112 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Great shot !
I believe that motor-paced record went to 70mph eventually, in the late 30's ?
I believe that motor-paced record went to 70mph eventually, in the late 30's ?
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#1113 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Aha!the velodrome de la belle France...perhaps. yeah the geezer on the front was the pacemaker who also we.. .. broke the wind so the fixie cyclist could break the world record for cycling very fast indeed.
Oddly tonight I had a discussion with the senior surgeon about just such cycling - what I did in my yoof and what joy he has just discovered- oh the joy, the speed.
Fair enough.
Oh my the bruising is developing but still my right thumb - Why! and whiplash neck oh yes....
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Oddly tonight I had a discussion with the senior surgeon about just such cycling - what I did in my yoof and what joy he has just discovered- oh the joy, the speed.
Fair enough.
Oh my the bruising is developing but still my right thumb - Why! and whiplash neck oh yes....
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#1114 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
It was a Monty Python reference, admittedly in poor taste.andrew Ivimey wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2017 2:27 pm What a delightful sentiment... NOT
Still what do you do when you hit an ice patch ? I had 1.5 seconds to consider, brake, slide, fall or keep going, slide and fall or just resign myself to the inevitable. I'm badly bruised and both my thumbs are hurting badly; one's bleeding, but they're not broken.
So only ten miles. I dreamed of more.
Really sorry about the crash. Nasty!.
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#1116 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Is that a 'Keep Clear' sign you've parked on Mr. Bass?
Sorry, I couldn't resist!
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#1117 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
'course not! What sorta fella do you think I am...?
Its a disabled parking spot...
Arf!
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#1118 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Nah.
Deleted this - I'm obviously having a baaaaaad day.
Deleted this - I'm obviously having a baaaaaad day.
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#1119 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Talking Tubs -
Wolber Juniors were great. Affordable, not too heavy, enough section ( 25 or 26mm ) to absorb the bumps a bit, and take a few potholes. Anyone else have faves ? I think I also used some Barums.
Wolber Juniors were great. Affordable, not too heavy, enough section ( 25 or 26mm ) to absorb the bumps a bit, and take a few potholes. Anyone else have faves ? I think I also used some Barums.
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#1120 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
I remember Wolber Juniors but it's too long ago when I cared about the make. There may have been Gewertztraminer something's but. You'll be asking me what tub cement I used next!!! I have used evo stik...
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#1121 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Used to use some sort of double-sided tape, but it was a looooooong time ago - I got rid of the tubs as they punctured all the time on roads - round our way we have a lot of small flint shards on the lanes and they savage tubs.andrew Ivimey wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:09 pm I remember Wolber Juniors but it's too long ago when I cared about the make. There may have been Gewertztraminer something's but. You'll be asking me what tub cement I used next!!! I have used evo stik...
Used to use something called "tyre savers" - basically a little wire scraper that rested lightly against the tyre and flicked out any bit of flint/glass/whatever that'd got stuck in the tub. Cheap and effective.
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#1122 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
I remember them!
Oh how my bruises are coming out, coming up, joining up & in. Strange sorenesses all over.
Wailing and general gnashing of teeth. It is so sunny today Anna & I walked across the fields (double the exercise as we pick up so much mud that we emerge at the country park twice as heavy as when we started) then double our wobbly weight once more by eating huge full Englishes and lashings if steaming coffee. Back to Beds Borough on the bus with all the pensioners and their livestock to market.
Promptly fell asleep reading the paper. Anna is outside polishing and re-arranging stones.
Oh how my bruises are coming out, coming up, joining up & in. Strange sorenesses all over.
Wailing and general gnashing of teeth. It is so sunny today Anna & I walked across the fields (double the exercise as we pick up so much mud that we emerge at the country park twice as heavy as when we started) then double our wobbly weight once more by eating huge full Englishes and lashings if steaming coffee. Back to Beds Borough on the bus with all the pensioners and their livestock to market.
Promptly fell asleep reading the paper. Anna is outside polishing and re-arranging stones.
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#1123 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
Diamonds ?
Gin is good for polishing those sort of stones,-------hic !
Gin is good for polishing those sort of stones,-------hic !
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#1124 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
No,stones.
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#1125 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.
She's polished them all away?
I'm very confused.
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