[VecchioJo]

ride to Spin Up In A Brewery,
ride to [url=http://www.spinupinabrewery.com/]Spin Up In A Brewery[/url], then ride to Haywards Heath station to get the train up to Clapham for the [url=hhttp://road.cc/57865]London To Brighton Night Ride[/url], ride home.

108 miles all in all, not all in one go, but 18 hrs in the same shorts, can i claim a Chamois Century?
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[VecchioJo]

i’ve crashed and been crashed
i’ve crashed and been crashed into many times and never once hit my head, smashed or even scuffed a helmet, if i’ve been wearing one at the time

just sayin, for anecdotal evidence balance

think hard about your choice

🙂

[VecchioJo]

100.1 miles
rode the Wight
100.1 miles 🙂

rode the [url=http://www.southernsportive.com/index.php?go=wight]Wight Riviera Sportive[/url] which at 96 miles long seemed a silly distance to stop so tagged an extra 4 miles riding round Yarmouth to make up the distance

[VecchioJo]

another one sneaked in under
another one sneaked in under the wire on the last day of the month, worth the wait though, especially after the last week or so as the weather was really rather lovely, but the wind made up for it, had to go round the block to clock up the full century 😉

[VecchioJo]

i wouldn’t worry too much
i wouldn’t worry too much about being able to ride in a bunch, it’s pretty common sensical really, ride to earn respect and with respect to others

but notfastenough is right that it’s not just about outright speed, which you should be fine with incidentally, it’s an awful lot to do with tactics and racecraft, a less fit rider can beat you purely by using his brain, and that’s only something that can be gained with experience

just enter the race and see what happens, it will be a bit raggedy, 4th cats always are, you might find that its not really for you, but you might just get hooked

[VecchioJo]

was out in the same peloton
was out in the same peloton as GavinT on the traditional start of Spring 100 miler, with the odd classic-inspired off-road section including an impromptu bit of ruff-stuff in Ashdown Forest to avoid a massive detour round a forest fire..

[VecchioJo]

i had an Arione crack, heard
i had an Arione crack, heard the noise in the middle of a race and carried on unknowingly, it was some weeks later that i discovered it was the saddle, it had been on a mountainbike for ‘some time’ though so wasn’t overly vexed

[VecchioJo]

rear left pocket – snacks
rear left pocket – snacks bars, tube
rear middle pocket – jacket/gillet/Buff (weather dependant)
rear right pocket – keys, money, phone, camera

saddlebag with tyre levers, multi-tool, spoke key, puncture kit, valve extender

pump on frame

[VecchioJo]

I was out yesterday with a
I was out yesterday with a group of friends all dressed up in what we hoped was enough to suit the weather, it turns out it still wasn’t, but as we butted onto a sportive route we saw enough riders in a sparsity of clothing that had us sucking cold wet air through our teeth.

I wouldn’t say that what we might consider poor clothing choice is anything specific to sportives, I’ve been caught out enough times over the years in the wrong clothing, and this was before sportives had been invented, it’s just part of the experience of being on a bike in a changeable climate. To get to a level and knowledge of ‘being prepared’ you have to suffer a whole series of ‘unprepared’ experiences, gradually learning what to wear and what to do to survive each ride and weather situation, as they say – “Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions”

you can advise people what to wear and they can ignore you, tell you to mind your own bloody business, or they can be perfectly happy with what they’ve got on, and sometimes they just have to find out themselves what works and what doesn’t, I belong in the (probably old-fashioned) last viewpoint

[VecchioJo]

as GavinTs post, but a bit
as GavinTs post, but a bit more at 115 miles to get to his house and back.

lovely day for it, first ride of the season in 3/4s, over-socks not shoes and “Not Winter” tops

slightly spoilt by agonising stomach/kidney pain for the last 40 miles or so, but i MTFUed and ground my teeth down, just like Tyler and his broken bone, but a bit more middle-aged and trapped wind

[VecchioJo]

i’ve had the snuffles since
i’ve had the snuffles since the start of the month, desperately trying to get the legs/lungs up to speed before squeaking one out last minute, that extra day might come in useful

[VecchioJo]

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[VecchioJo]

not just bikes, there are
not just bikes, there are some Campag Chorus brakes on my town hack that are over 20 years old, remnants of the first proper groupset i got for my first proper road bike

i really should get some new brakes because they really don’t work so well any more, but, you know…….

[VecchioJo]

January – done
January – [url=http://road.cc/51139]done[/url]

[VecchioJo]

i’ll actually be there
i’ll actually be there 😀

(hastily draws road.cc logo on large sheet of cardboard)

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