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Oaky

  • ACME Fire Safety Officer
  • Audax Club Mid-Essex
    • MEMWNS Map
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #925 on: 26 April, 2016, 11:43:51 am »
Should we start a MEMWFGNS thread?
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tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #926 on: 26 April, 2016, 11:47:44 am »
Well if Bobb comes through on his promise to go fixed after the BCM then we won't need to as we will pretty much be that anyway.  Only the heretics will be left using gears  :thumbsup:

By the way, what is your new bike (which I assume has the facility to change gear) ?

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Oaky

  • ACME Fire Safety Officer
  • Audax Club Mid-Essex
    • MEMWNS Map
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #927 on: 26 April, 2016, 12:47:32 pm »
Quote from: tedshred on 26 April, 2016, 11:47:44 am
By the way, what is your new bike (which I assume has the facility to change gear) ?

It does indeed have gears... It's a Planet X London Road (mine's in black).
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You are in a maze of twisty flat droves, all alike.

85.4 miles from Marsh Gibbon

Audax Club Mid-Essex Fire Safety Officer
http://acme.bike

Oaky

  • ACME Fire Safety Officer
  • Audax Club Mid-Essex
    • MEMWNS Map
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #928 on: 26 April, 2016, 12:54:53 pm »
N-1+1 pretty much fresh out of the box:-

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85.4 miles from Marsh Gibbon

Audax Club Mid-Essex Fire Safety Officer
http://acme.bike

tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #929 on: 26 April, 2016, 02:13:52 pm »
 :thumbsup:

Looks nice in black.  The green one on the website should have been called "OD Green".  It was a little vivid.
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Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #930 on: 26 April, 2016, 02:23:37 pm »
Quote from: tedshred on 26 April, 2016, 02:13:52 pm
:thumbsup:

Looks nice in black.  The green one on the website should have been called "OD Green".  It was a little vivid.

Yes, my legal team are already talking to Planet X about them nicking the colour from my avant garde palate. Disgraceful.
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Carlosfandango

  • Yours fragrantly.
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #931 on: 26 April, 2016, 02:39:41 pm »
Quote from: tedshred on 26 April, 2016, 02:13:52 pm
  It was a little vivid.

Say's the man astride his "belisha beacon orange"  bike.
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tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #932 on: 26 April, 2016, 05:17:48 pm »
That bike's old now, I've had it nearly 5 days.

It looks like my next bike will be an equally vivid yellow...
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tippers_kiwi

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #933 on: 26 April, 2016, 05:23:21 pm »
Quote from: tedshred on 26 April, 2016, 05:17:48 pm
That bike's old now, I've had it nearly 5 days.

It looks like my next bike will be an equally vivid yellow...
WTF? You have to ride these things as well....
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tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #934 on: 26 April, 2016, 05:47:16 pm »
Sorry Tippers, remind me what is your current N ?

As of last week mine was 3.  It is now 4. Hopefully sometime next week it will be 5  :thumbsup:  I suspect the bling on your CdF alone would account for about 3 of my complete bikes  ;D

Talking of bling and to amuse Carlos in particular, I have just sourced some orange material to make a co-ordinated mud flap for Guilliamo.  I know it won't be a Walomatic Enterprises original but hopefully it will do the job without Bobb and Jiber making loud remarks about being splashed by little bits of mud, the little lambs.
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Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #935 on: 26 April, 2016, 06:02:34 pm »
I read the last two words of your post as "little limbs". Talking of short people do you think we'll see DL this week? 
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Tomsk

  • Fueled by cake since 1957
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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #936 on: 26 April, 2016, 07:24:11 pm »
Mid-Essex Winter Brevet Populaire Series: new topic wot I started over in 'Audax'...

So I was thinking...

A one-a-month 100km series from say, November to February: X-rated, mid-morning [10:00?] pub start to facilitate ECE-ing to 200. Ride to a good café and back via a few info controls.

I'd take this on myself, as it's not too arduous a project, but is any of the Mid-Essex Crew interested in dipping a toe into the waters of organising?? There's myself and Huggy who could mentor and help get things started.

Start of choice would for me be the 'Battisford Court' Wetherspoons in Witham. Lots of room, decent size beer garden for cycle-parking, good choice of food [and beer  ;D]. Witham has good train and road links and it's not too big a town to find reasonably quick routes out into the countryside. Chelmsford or Colchester would be less attractive. Well placed for routes out to the coast, up to Suffolk [Wally's Cafe?] and indeed all points of the Compass...

Thoughts...?
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Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #937 on: 26 April, 2016, 08:14:48 pm »
I don't want to be an organiser but I'm happy to help out. Just let me know what needs doing.
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tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #938 on: 26 April, 2016, 08:33:21 pm »
I am definitely interested in participating and helping to organise


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jiberjaber

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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #939 on: 26 April, 2016, 09:01:03 pm »
Potentially... Witham is a bit close for an ECE for me.... but a 100 km ride out with friends is always welcome :)  :thumbsup:

In other news, I appear to have done something to my knee today, it started hurting after I got off the turbo and seems to hurt if I straighten it (front inner right knee)... nothing has changed in my setup so I'm hoping if I give it some rest till Friday I'll be OK... worried!  :o
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Joergen

Tomsk

  • Fueled by cake since 1957
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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #940 on: 26 April, 2016, 09:09:58 pm »
Quote from: tedshred on 26 April, 2016, 08:33:21 pm
I am definitely interested in participating and helping to organise

ok ted  we can start looking at routes and dates soon  :thumbsup:
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Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #941 on: 26 April, 2016, 09:15:37 pm »
A route based on last Wednesday's ride might be good.
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Tomsk

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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #942 on: 27 April, 2016, 10:23:03 am »
Quote from: Oscar's dad on 26 April, 2016, 09:15:37 pm
A route based on last Wednesday's ride might be good.

Go on, you know you're tempted to take up the organiser's baton... :thumbsup:

Step one is to contact our Regional Co-ordinator ['Iddu' otp] to be set up as a fledgling organiser [bit of form-filling involved here] and to get access to the planner: then check for clashes with other events [probably not a problem in that season], pick a date and start playing with maps. There's the summer for leisurely route checking, route sheet writing and sussing out cafes and pubs for the 50km control.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

The events will need to go live in time for the autumn edition of 'Arrivee', but the sooner the better...
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Oaky

  • ACME Fire Safety Officer
  • Audax Club Mid-Essex
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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #943 on: 27 April, 2016, 10:41:50 am »
Is it time to form Audax Club Mid-Essex?  (ACME  ;D)

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Audax Club Mid-Essex Fire Safety Officer
http://acme.bike

tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #944 on: 27 April, 2016, 10:46:20 am »
 :thumbsup:

Think of the marketing potential with the Jerseys !
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Tomsk

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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #945 on: 27 April, 2016, 11:01:04 am »
ACME, I like  ;D :thumbsup:
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bobb

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #946 on: 27 April, 2016, 11:09:08 am »
I want an ACME jersey!  ;D
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Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #947 on: 27 April, 2016, 11:16:21 am »
Quote from: Tomsk on 27 April, 2016, 10:23:03 am
Quote from: Oscar's dad on 26 April, 2016, 09:15:37 pm
A route based on last Wednesday's ride might be good.

Go on, you know you're tempted to take up the organiser's baton... :thumbsup:

Step one is to contact our Regional Co-ordinator ['Iddu' otp] to be set up as a fledgling organiser [bit of form-filling involved here] and to get access to the planner: then check for clashes with other events [probably not a problem in that season], pick a date and start playing with maps. There's the summer for leisurely route checking, route sheet writing and sussing out cafes and pubs for the 50km control.  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

The events will need to go live in time for the autumn edition of 'Arrivee', but the sooner the better...

I absolutely 1 trillion % do not want to become an AUK organiser. I love organising stuff but don't fancy organising audaxes cos you have to follow rulz.
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tedshred

Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #948 on: 27 April, 2016, 11:21:11 am »
I am on the verge of filling in some forms...

I will try to explain later if I make it out which is now 80/20 likely.
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Oscar's dad

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Re: MEMWNS Miscellany
« Reply #949 on: 27 April, 2016, 11:23:07 am »
I think we do need a jersey of some description.  Who's good at designing stuff?  Tomsk?
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