Author Topic: Mid-Essex Mid-Week Nocturnal Series (Read 1752536 times)

Old Git · « **Reply #2450 on:** 09 November, 2011, 04:05:25 pm »

I will ride over from Brentwood for about 20:

See you there

JohnT

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2451 on:** 09 November, 2011, 04:15:25 pm »

I have a new traffic cone outfit!

huggy · « **Reply #2452 on:** 09 November, 2011, 04:33:06 pm »

I intend to meet OD (in his new traffic cone outfit) en route to rendezvous with Oaky at slightly later than is customary at the J&J, let's say 19:40? I did offer to wear ear defenders as protection against the brightness of new traffic cone outfit but apparently very dark glasses of the welding goggle variety are more in order

That will probabaly mean a 21:00ish arrival at The White Hart, but you may be able to see us coming from a fair distance away!!
JohnT if you're there much before us you can start the sampling and let us know a good place to start

EDIT: I've just noticed that it's a full moon out there with clear sky, so what with new traffic cone outfit and the moon then front lights will not be required for the return to the hamlet of Witham

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2453 on:** 09 November, 2011, 04:36:58 pm »

Quote from: Oscar's dad on 09 November, 2011, 04:15:25 pm

I have a new traffic cone outfit!

This development is not an excuse to begin taking the pi55 I'll have you know. Hi-vis at night is safer innit?

Oaky · « **Reply #2454 on:** 09 November, 2011, 05:16:56 pm »

Quote from: Oscar's dad on 09 November, 2011, 04:15:25 pm

I have a new traffic cone outfit!

Now with added va va voom!!

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2455 on:** 09 November, 2011, 05:19:21 pm »

That's me cycling up Mont Ventoux. Have I ever mentioned I cycled up Mont Ventoux?

Oaky · « **Reply #2456 on:** 09 November, 2011, 05:26:52 pm »

Quote from: Oscar's dad on 09 November, 2011, 05:19:21 pm

That's me cycling up Mont Ventoux. Have I ever mentioned I cycled up Mont Ventoux?

Is this you cycling down again?

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2457 on:** 09 November, 2011, 06:08:52 pm »

It is! I really think I should have been looking where I was going - very reckless!

Dez · « **Reply #2458 on:** 09 November, 2011, 09:04:01 pm »

I've just arrived at the White Hart with Wow, Mrs Wow, Woolly and Peli. JohnT was already here.

Then Oscar's Dad, Huggy, Oaky and Tomsk turned up.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2459 on:** 10 November, 2011, 02:07:40 am »

A very amusing evening during which OD dropped his trousers to show Peli his tattooed buttock. There was a beer festival on, which meant that we had to sample a number of brews. Woolly, Peli and I rode back and arrived home around 1.30, after a total of 26 miles. A lovely night with a full moon. There were foxes.

I started having gear trouble, finding it difficult to change, but when I got home I disconnected the cables from the hub and found that the difficulty lay in the twist grip. I suspect that I need to change the cables. I've still got the originals on and they've done 19000 miles. I might change the brake cables as well while I'm at it. That's a job for the morning.

Oaky · « **Reply #2460 on:** 10 November, 2011, 02:07:56 am »

It took me a few seconds to realise that wasn't a stitched together panorama done by your CleverPhone

Oaky · « **Reply #2461 on:** 10 November, 2011, 02:09:30 am »

Put the old ones back on for a bit! 20000 is a much rounder number!

woollypigs · « **Reply #2462 on:** 10 November, 2011, 02:11:12 am »

We even had Jupiter to look at as we cycled back. Great day out and a great night ride back. Our new SuperNova light front and back are brilliant.

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2463 on:** 10 November, 2011, 06:52:53 am »

A smashing evening and it was lovely to meet new people. I fell off into the verge on the way home (no idea why) and we all stopped for a wee into the ford at Terling, which is becoming something of a tradition. Just after Terling a ghostly white owl flew low beside the road.

Got into bed at 2am having hit my annual mileage target. Many thanks to everyone that turned up

delthebike · « **Reply #2464 on:** 10 November, 2011, 07:42:29 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 10 November, 2011, 02:07:40 am

A very amusing evening during which OD dropped his trousers to show Peli his tattooed buttock.

He shows everybody his tattooed buttock but he never tells anyone what the other one is called!

Old Git · « **Reply #2465 on:** 10 November, 2011, 09:00:07 am »

Thanks to all for my first evening with the MEMWNS. It was nice to meet you all
And look forward to the next one. I might even have more than 1 pint

Who was it that said….. no we don’t fall off after having had a few pints…?? (OD)??

JohnT

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2466 on:** 10 November, 2011, 09:18:19 am »

On reflection i have decided I didn't fall off, I gracefully subsided into the grass verge. However I did manage to get mud on the top of my Magic Hat!

Tomsk · « **Reply #2467 on:** 10 November, 2011, 11:50:28 am »

Yes, what a good night that was. Always good to meet new forumites, but glad we were in a cosy alcove out of sight of normal people when the tattoo was introduced

Picked a few nice stretches of lane for moonlit riding along the way. Also good to join the jollity of a post pub ride with the gang, instead of heading back to Dunmow the most direct way. This, plus my 30 miles to the White Hart, made 52 in total, a MEMWNS record for me

Oaky · « **Reply #2468 on:** 11 November, 2011, 12:42:14 am »

Quote from: Tomsk on 10 November, 2011, 11:50:28 am

Yes, what a good night that was. Always good to meet new forumites, but glad we were in a cosy alcove out of sight of normal people when the tattoo was introduced

Picked a few nice stretches of lane for moonlit riding along the way. Also good to join the jollity of a post pub ride with the gang, instead of heading back to Dunmow the most direct way. This, plus my 30 miles to the White Hart, made 52 in total, a MEMWNS record for me

I think that could be an outright record!

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sqlite> select count(*),max(distance) from times where routeid in (select rowid from routes where name like 'yacf mid-%');
count(*)                          max(distance)
--------------------------------  -------------
55                                41.48

Certainly beats me by 10.5 miles. Maybe wowbagger has a longer one?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2469 on:** 11 November, 2011, 01:10:21 am »

My recollection was that I notched up a century ride involving MEMWNR some time in May last year. I've checked and I think it was on 23rd April which appears to have been a Friday. I recall riding from home to Young's End where I met AH, we then rode to Little Totham for lunch, back to Young's End where Tokamak was in attendance, we decided that the food / beer combination was inferior so adjourned to the Square & Compasses and finished the evening at the Compasses, Littley Green whence I rode home. On the technicality that this was a Friday it may fall outside the rules.

http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=12973.msg604568#msg604568 refers.

Edit: Goldhanger, 28/10/2009 involved 56.63 miles for me, and that was a Wednesday. There may be others.

Oaky · « **Reply #2470 on:** 11 November, 2011, 09:14:29 am »

hmm...

* Oaky thinks about a MEMWNSIA200KMDIYP

huggy · « **Reply #2471 on:** 11 November, 2011, 09:19:45 am »

The extra loop with Bobb, OD & myself before collecting Oaky on the way to The Elms a couple of weeks ago helped notch up 49.19 miles for me & OD will have had something similar, Bobb maybe a little more.

This is my route for that night

Not quite matching Tomsk for this week, but I didn't realise we were going to get in to comparing lengths

bobb · « **Reply #2472 on:** 11 November, 2011, 09:53:58 am »

Yes, it was about 50 miles for me.

My shortest ever was 3.9 miles

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #2473 on:** 11 November, 2011, 09:56:50 am »

I'm impressed that we're comparing miles ridden and not pints drunk.

Old Git · « **Reply #2474 on:** 11 November, 2011, 10:41:06 am »

that's only because you cannot remember how many you drank

JohnT