Author Topic: ACME Miscellany (Read 526163 times)

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #5125 on:** 05 May, 2022, 10:06:17 pm »

About 10km to go.

Nick · « **Reply #5126 on:** 05 May, 2022, 10:27:46 pm »

Amazing stuff and he's almost there!

Snotty Gilbert · « **Reply #5127 on:** 05 May, 2022, 10:33:24 pm »

Finished at 22.25

Nick · « **Reply #5128 on:** 05 May, 2022, 10:37:39 pm »

Amazing stuff and well done to Joss!

jiberjaber · « **Reply #5129 on:** 05 May, 2022, 11:48:08 pm »

Well done Jos

psyclist · « **Reply #5130 on:** 06 May, 2022, 05:52:54 am »

Superb ride Joss, grand achievement

Lightning Phil · « **Reply #5131 on:** 06 May, 2022, 07:38:37 am »

Brilliant effort Joss

JellyLegs · « **Reply #5132 on:** 06 May, 2022, 07:50:51 am »

Amazing effort. Well done.

Tomsk · « **Reply #5133 on:** 09 May, 2022, 08:31:29 pm »

Mark Cornish (ACME points champ 2021) is proposing a 300km 'Dropping a Clanger' jaunt from Ipswich this Saturday, (destination Gunn's bakery in Sandy for a Bedfordshire Clanger) - full details tbc. I was thinking of joining in from home (see route below) and then peeling off at Mildenhall. That'd make it a 200km day out for me. Let me know if you're interested.

https://www.komoot.com/tour/419345723?ref=atd

psyclist · « **Reply #5134 on:** 09 May, 2022, 09:28:00 pm »

Quote from: Tomsk on 09 May, 2022, 08:31:29 pm

Mark Cornish (ACME points champ 2021) is proposing a 300km 'Dropping a Clanger' jaunt from Ipswich this Saturday, (destination Gunn's bakery in Sandy for a Bedfordshire Clanger) - full details tbc. I was thinking of joining in from home (see route below) and then peeling off at Mildenhall. That'd make it a 200km day out for me. Let me know if you're interested.

https://www.komoot.com/tour/419345723?ref=atd

Sounds interesting, but I’ll be in the South Downs testing a lower gear ratio.

αdαmsκι · « **Reply #5135 on:** 10 May, 2022, 10:05:18 pm »

This may not be on ACME radar but I'm running "The Way to the Sea" from Greenwich on Saturday 2nd July and it's relatively accessible for anyone living near the Norwich > Ipswich > Manningtree > Liverpool St. train line.

For example the 07:00 from Colchester / 07:18 from Chelmsford gets to London Stratford at 07h43 from where it's ~8.5 km ride to the start. Ignore the 8am start time, instead I'll have riders heading off between ~07:45 and ~08:30 (as per COVID times).

Details of the ride are here: https://www.audax.uk/event-details?eventId=9256

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #5136 on:** 16 May, 2022, 02:49:50 pm »

Many of us know BFC is a fine engineer and there's nothing bike related that he can't handle. Well I'm here to report his talents extend beyond bikes to beds

At the weekend, whilst attempting to replace the gas struts on the bed shown below, I sheared a bolt on one of the hinges. A quick call to BFC resulted in my taking the hinge (with 2 beers) round to BFC Towers where he drilled out the sheared bolt, re-tapped the hole and supplied two new bolts. I only needed one bolt but according to BFC they have to be a matching pair don't they?

That's the second time he's dug me out of a sheared bolt hole

One day I will learn to be less ham-fisted:

The Family Cyclist · « **Reply #5137 on:** 16 May, 2022, 03:08:02 pm »

Bed Fixing Commuter(rtd)?

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #5138 on:** 16 May, 2022, 03:08:29 pm »

Quote from: The Family Cyclist on 16 May, 2022, 03:08:02 pm

Bed Fixing Commuter(rtd)?

BFC · « **Reply #5139 on:** 16 May, 2022, 05:40:54 pm »

Cycling to be permitted on Harwich and Dovercourt seafront (trial period, 6th June to 30th September).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-61463459

jiberjaber · « **Reply #5140 on:** 16 May, 2022, 08:00:33 pm »

Quote from: BFC on 16 May, 2022, 05:40:54 pm

Cycling to be permitted on Harwich and Dovercourt seafront (trial period, 6th June to 30th September).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-61463459

Didn't stop me last time I rode along there

Good mural of a spitfire from memory.

BFC · « **Reply #5141 on:** 16 May, 2022, 09:23:56 pm »

Quote from: jiberjaber on 16 May, 2022, 08:00:33 pm

Quote from: BFC on 16 May, 2022, 05:40:54 pm
Cycling to be permitted on Harwich and Dovercourt seafront (trial period, 6th June to 30th September).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-61463459
Didn't stop me last time I rode along there

Good mural of a spitfire from memory.

Another case of official permission following real world usage?

Nick · « **Reply #5142 on:** 16 May, 2022, 09:52:42 pm »

Hello all,

Sorry to butt in but if I do Fenland Friends, where do people usually stop for a kip? Is there a Travelodge someone mentioned on here before? Might have been felstedrider.

Thanks

αdαmsκι · « **Reply #5143 on:** 16 May, 2022, 10:24:20 pm »

@Nick

That prompted me to look myself. Lincoln is the sensible location, but nearly £100 for the Travelodge or £85 for the Premier Inn options.

Based on that I'll be riding through.

Nick · « **Reply #5144 on:** 16 May, 2022, 10:26:09 pm »

Quote from: αdαmsκι on 16 May, 2022, 10:24:20 pm

@Nick

That prompted me to look myself. Lincoln is the sensible location, but nearly £100 for the Travelodge or £85 for the Premier Inn options.

Based on that I'll be riding through.

Many thanks - it'll be my 1st 600 so I might have to swallow it. Do you do the whole thing with no sleep at all?

αdαmsκι · « **Reply #5145 on:** 16 May, 2022, 10:31:20 pm »

Dunno!! Ask me when we are back in Dunmow...

The other 600s I've done (eg BCM, 3 Coasts, Windsor - Chester - Windsor) have had controls at which I could sleep. When I did the Flatlands perm I booked the Gainsborough Travelodge, but that was mid-week and only cost £33!

Nick · « **Reply #5146 on:** 16 May, 2022, 10:41:23 pm »

Okay, cheers!

Tomsk · « **Reply #5147 on:** 17 May, 2022, 06:44:55 am »

Quote from: Nick on 16 May, 2022, 09:52:42 pm

Hello all,

Sorry to butt in but if I do Fenland Friends, where do people usually stop for a kip? Is there a Travelodge someone mentioned on here before? Might have been felstedrider.

Thanks

For me, Gainsborough Premier Inn for the civilised or the solidly built bus shelters along the ridge towards Lincoln. We have our ACME favourite here (it's the one with a blue plaque, 'Tomsk Slept Here'

) - depending on the forecast overnight temperatures, it's either just a down jacket or a proper sleeping bag strapped onto the Carradice.

Nick · « **Reply #5148 on:** 17 May, 2022, 07:03:43 am »

Quote from: Tomsk on 17 May, 2022, 06:44:55 am

Quote from: Nick on 16 May, 2022, 09:52:42 pm
Hello all,

Sorry to butt in but if I do Fenland Friends, where do people usually stop for a kip? Is there a Travelodge someone mentioned on here before? Might have been felstedrider.

Thanks

For me, Gainsborough Premier Inn for the civilised or the solidly built bus shelters along the ridge towards Lincoln. We have our ACME favourite here (it's the one with a blue plaque, 'Tomsk Slept Here' ) - depending on the forecast overnight temperatures, it's either just a down jacket or a proper sleeping bag strapped onto the Carradice.

Thank you, Tomsk! Do you have a gps file for the route as I don’t see one on your site or the audax one?

Oscar's dad · « **Reply #5149 on:** 17 May, 2022, 07:08:51 am »

Quote from: Tomsk on 17 May, 2022, 06:44:55 am

Quote from: Nick on 16 May, 2022, 09:52:42 pm
Hello all,

Sorry to butt in but if I do Fenland Friends, where do people usually stop for a kip? Is there a Travelodge someone mentioned on here before? Might have been felstedrider.

Thanks

For me, Gainsborough Premier Inn for the civilised or the solidly built bus shelters along the ridge towards Lincoln. We have our ACME favourite here (it's the one with a blue plaque, 'Tomsk Slept Here' ) - depending on the forecast overnight temperatures, it's either just a down jacket or a proper sleeping bag strapped onto the Carradice.

I've never done the bus shelter thing but on my first 600 (Flatlanders) I surprised myself by having a few hours of good sleep in a wood tucked up in a bivvy bag.