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#3121 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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YGMV - You Got My Vote?

Anyway, it's good to see Audio-Talk CC back on the road again - good efforts all round.
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#3122 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Yep - good efforts folks...

I have seen the consultant about my knee - op will be in a few weeks but no cycling until next year :(

On another point, regarding John Kelly on the Wainwrights, enormously impressive in this heat.

There's a bit of grumbling about Wainwright's name been associated with this as he was pretty anti this sort of event - yes, the peaks are in his list, but many doubt he would have approved...
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#3123 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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IslandPink wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:18 pm That's all Greek to me, but I like the fixed bike there Dave, great saddle for instance.
Aha! But currently Scobs is SS, I haven't got the strength to go far on Phixczt yet. Little steps.

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#3124 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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jack wrote: Mon Jul 19, 2021 8:27 am On another point, regarding John Kelly on the Wainwrights, enormously impressive in this heat.

There's a bit of grumbling about Wainwright's name been associated with this as he was pretty anti this sort of event - yes, the peaks are in his list, but many doubt he would have approved...
Oh no, he wouldn't have approved, that's for sure.

Meanwhile John Kelly had to give up early this afternoon.
The clip of him lying in a river in the morning sums it up :
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#3125 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Ray got it right. I suppose I just made it up. Oh well, eh, never mind.
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#3126 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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#3127 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Oh dear,
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#3128 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Kinda leads you back up the barking creek!

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#3129 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Don't let this be putting any ideas into your head Mr. Bass :o

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58044570
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#3130 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Meanwhile, after a very wet morning I headed out for a long'un this afternoon - just shy of 41miles and 3000ft of climbing for those who need a translation.

Maximum gradient was 16%, phew!

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#3131 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Well... I managed about 6.5km and 77mtrs of climbing before my knee gave out again.

Still, it was my first attempt at riding for months...
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Whoa, take it easy 'til you get mended Nick.
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July was a good month...

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#3134 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Looking at Sabrina Verjee's data, 523km in under 6 days with 36,000mtrs of ascent.

Just the vertical ascent part is equivalent to climbing 164,000 stair steps.

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#3135 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Yep, I don't even make the top quartile for my age group!
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