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It’s like Torture

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  • March 3, 2013 at 11:12 am #18122
    stealfwayne

    :”(
    Why oh why did I agree to this….

    Working on a Sunday in an empty office – before you ask to manage crane lifts at our site all day – :”(

    The sun is shining, definately a shorts only day. Beautiful, inviting country roads, catching up with teh MAMIL’S further along the road, my mind is trying to depress me with these thoughts even more so as I am desk bound. Not even a hope of getting out today.
    Wishing all you Sunday riders a gloriously long and safe day – You Lucky sods.

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  • March 3, 2013 at 7:33 pm #719971
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    djgorey

    Yeah they used Caerphilly
    Yeah they used Caerphilly Mountain as part of the Welsh stage of the Tour of Britain although I suspect they went up it quicker than I did! I did have to stop for breath a couple of times, but it is 25% in places!

    The descent was fun too – 37.8mph apparently, but I couldn’t see as the windchill made my eyes water so much I couldn’t see where I was going!

    I’m quickly coming up to becoming a MAMIL too – got another decade before I it properly, but it’s there on the horizon!

    Going up the Cardiff side on the way out was the first time since I got my bike 2 1/2 years ago that I hit that point where the only two things in my head were the hill and the pain in my legs. Epic!

    March 3, 2013 at 1:41 pm #719969
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    Leviathan

    stealfwayne wrote:[Lycra] I

    stealfwayne wrote:
    [Lycra] I always where MTB shorts over the top.

    Why? Not scared of a bit of lycra are you?

    March 3, 2013 at 1:09 pm #719967
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    stealfwayne

    Hey DJgorey
    I know a bit of
    Hey DJgorey

    I know a bit of Caerphilly as my bro live in Cardiff – we off road up that a bit, (new to me route called ‘magic’) is just what it says Magic .. but those climbs are brutal. Not had a go on my road bike though…

    MAMIL – Middle aged man in Lycra – a term I have seen on forums in the alst couple of years… I may be edgeing towards being called one though I always where MTB shorts over the top.

    March 3, 2013 at 12:55 pm #719965
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    djgorey

    I’ve just got back from doing
    I’ve just got back from doing Caerphilly Mountain and it certainly wasn’t “shorts only” at the top of that! 5 degrees C and windchill. Was great to do it as it was my second attempt and first successful.

    Just have to ask: what does MAMIL stand for?

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