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#3662 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Ok so nobody remembered poor Tony Doyle ...

Meanwhile - Game On for Geraint at the Giro, Evenepoel is out with Covid !
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#3663 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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I'm gutted ...
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#3664 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Had a great day at RideLondon today - had a stormer and shaved half an hout off my time from last year.
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#3665 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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"...Gerrroffff my larhhhhhnd!".

Top work Ray, very well done.
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#3666 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Remarkable time, Ray. Half an hour better than my PB when i was 20 !
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#3667 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Dave the bass wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 8:33 pm "...Gerrroffff my larhhhhhnd!".
Yeah, sorry, I hope we didn't make too much noise outside your pile first thing!
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#3668 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Epic stuff, very well done. :D :thumbright:
 
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#3669 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Ray P wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 9:04 pm .. hope we didn't make too much noise outside your pile first thing!
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#3670 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Excellent ride Ray! Very good pace (*)

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#3671 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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IslandPink wrote: Sun May 28, 2023 9:03 pm Remarkable time, Ray. Half an hour better than my PB when i was 20 !
Cheers Mark. I don't have a time for 100miles from when I was 20, back in the 1970's the only accurate timing I had was for TTs and I never did one over 100miles. I did do circa 100mile rides but they were typically informal, relaxed club runs.

My time for the RideLondon results from all the riding I do now, including on Zwift during the winter, which is much more than when I was a club rider in my teens and early twenties (fewer distractions nowadays - well, actually I still have the distractions but...), plus the motivation of being in such a big event and setting out to bag a new PB. A modern bike makes a contribution too, lighter, more aero and simply more efficient - and my best bike back in the 1970's was a pretty top-notch Bob Jackson. Feeding too, I only had one short stop to refill my drink and eat a banana and flapjack slice, as mostly I was constantly micro-feeding with a high-carb isotonic drink with some gel top-ups.

I was back out again yesterday afternoon for a 25mile loop on the local hills and I felt strong so I'm recovering better too.
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#3672 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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I now have a selection of 'official' photographs from RideLondon 2023 and was particualrly pleased with the 'action' shot below.

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#3673 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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With the fine weather I finished work at lunchtime on Friday and took the gravel bike for an outing - train down to Exeter and then rode the Exe Estuary Trail. Just one minor thing, there was no gravel, it's almost all tarmac with a few boardwalk sections. A nice way to relax at the end of a working week.

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Phwooooar, that looks like a lovely route.
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#3675 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Dave the bass wrote: Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:42 am Phwooooar, that looks like a lovely route.
Next time you're down this way Mr. B...
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