the winds are meant to die down by around 3 o clock.
im up for one.
stu
chaingang tonight?
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chaingang tonight?
by Stu Merckx Man » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:00 am
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by George » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:43 am
Not for me tonight, I'm spending the evening with Amy Winehouse, and that's no joke 
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by mlocke » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:57 am
If I get home ontime then I could be up for this.
7:15 meet?
What distance, speed, time do you normally do?
Cheers
Mark
7:15 meet?
What distance, speed, time do you normally do?
Cheers
Mark
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by Ian A4size » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:39 pm
Not for me tonight, I'm spending the evening with Amy Winehouse, and that's no joke
Cripes George you are really gonna suffer.
I can't hold onto anything when she starts up that awful row- let alone a wheel on the chaingang.
Cripes George you are really gonna suffer.
I can't hold onto anything when she starts up that awful row- let alone a wheel on the chaingang.
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by Andrew G » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:44 pm
[quote="mlocke"]7:15 meet?
What distance, speed, time do you normally do?
What distance, speed, time do you normally do?
Yes it's 7:15 at CSS.
Unfortunately I've only been able to make a couple of these as I'd hoped to do more.
Distance = straight down A23 to Gatwick and back
Speed = bloody quick
I can't hold on to Paul and Dom's wheel's so just tried to hang on as long as possible (about the M23 turnoff) and then just carried on riding as hard as I could by myself, or in a 2up with whoever else was dropped (Ben or Kevin as it turned out on the 2 times I was there). As I had already commuted and done 30 miles I only went as far as Redhill (or half way up the hill the other side) and then turned back and rode as hard as I could solo back to Coulsdon. Just spun home as a slightly slower pace but in smaller gears from there.
If you can get there give it a go. You'll have to bury yourself from the start but just try to hang on for as long as possible and when dropped just keep going as hard as you can. You could either turn back at Redhill (if you get dropped early like me) and keep charging along on your own, or go a bit further, turn earlier and try and jump on the train on the way back.
Make sure you have good lights on the bike and light yourself up like a Christmas tree (front and back).
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by George » Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:47 am
[quote]Not for me tonight, I'm spending the evening with Amy Winehouse, and that's no joke
well unfortunately she gave me the cold shoulder and didn't turn up, limo was waiting outside her house in camden for 2 hours.150 universal music industry chiefs were well pissed off she couldn't be bothered with her 45 min set at the grove.
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by Andrew G » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:16 am
Maybe she reads the forum, saw Ian's post and went in to a spiral of self doubt.
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by Ian A4size » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:37 pm
Hopefully she will shack up with that other waster(misprint), Pete Docherty- -i've censored the rest myself- you can guess where i'm going 
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Re: chaingang tonight?
by -Adam- » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:10 pm
[quote="Ian MunneryA1size"]Hopefully she will shack up with that other waster(misprint), Pete Docherty- -i've censored the rest myself- you can guess where i'm going
That would be Doherty you mean?
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! i got a little bit of cramp in my calf and once a gap opened up there was no chance of getting back on his wheel, but he waited for me at the top.