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Cycling Daddy

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Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #25 on: 11 December, 2014, 01:49:02 pm »
BTW Is the weather guaranteed??
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BlackSheep

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #26 on: 11 December, 2014, 04:17:54 pm »
Quote from: Cycling Daddy on 11 December, 2014, 01:49:02 pm
BTW Is the weather guaranteed??

As always  :thumbsup:
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Doo

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #27 on: 13 December, 2014, 08:07:12 pm »
How I would love to cycle this event.

Would it really be wrong for me to participate despite knowing my wife could give birth at any point?!
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I dunno why anybody's doing this!

Banjo

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #28 on: 13 December, 2014, 10:01:49 pm »
Quote from: Doo on 13 December, 2014, 08:07:12 pm
How I would love to cycle this event.

Would it really be wrong for me to participate despite knowing my wife could give birth at any point?!

I havent heard of anyone giving birth at a control point but Im sure it could be arranged.:-)
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Cycling Daddy

  • "We shall have an adventure by and by," said Don Q
Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #29 on: 13 December, 2014, 10:07:26 pm »
Quote from: Banjo on 13 December, 2014, 10:01:49 pm
Quote from: Doo on 13 December, 2014, 08:07:12 pm
How I would love to cycle this event.

Would it really be wrong for me to participate despite knowing my wife could give birth at any point?!

I havent heard of anyone giving birth at a control point but Im sure it could be arranged.:-)
I expect she will be stoker on the back of a tricycle tandem then? ;D
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Wobbly

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #30 on: 13 December, 2014, 11:27:21 pm »
Hmm. In a moment of drunkeness I've entered.

A 200? In January? I mean, is that really humanly possible?
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Reg.T

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Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #31 on: 14 December, 2014, 12:28:54 am »
Humanly? Yes.
Humanely? ....
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Bikeabilityman

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #32 on: 14 December, 2014, 12:31:43 am »
Mmm. Unfinished business on this one. No TG for company if I enter and cycle to the start again.
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Cycling Daddy

  • "We shall have an adventure by and by," said Don Q
Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #33 on: 14 December, 2014, 07:01:40 am »
Quote from: Wobbly on 13 December, 2014, 11:27:21 pm
Hmm. In a moment of drunkeness I've entered.

A 200? In January? I mean, is that really humanly possible?
Time to break out the heavy weight tweeds and Deerstalker...goes well with a Pashley what?
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Hot Flatus

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #34 on: 14 December, 2014, 07:09:43 am »
This ride ought to be renamed as it doesn't actually go to Sale.

Get the geography right, Mark  ;D
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rabbit

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #35 on: 14 December, 2014, 07:36:10 am »
Quote from: Doo on 13 December, 2014, 08:07:12 pm
How I would love to cycle this event.

Would it really be wrong for me to participate despite knowing my wife could give birth at any point?!

How close will she be?
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BlackSheep

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #36 on: 14 December, 2014, 08:13:29 am »
Quote from: rabbit on 14 December, 2014, 07:36:10 am
Quote from: Doo on 13 December, 2014, 08:07:12 pm
How I would love to cycle this event.

Would it really be wrong for me to participate despite knowing my wife could give birth at any point?!

How close will she be?
Studley - which is only a few minutes away from the first control   ;D
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BlackSheep

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #37 on: 14 December, 2014, 08:14:34 am »
Quote from: Flaatuus on 14 December, 2014, 07:09:43 am
This ride ought to be renamed as it doesn't actually go to Sale.

Get the geography right, Mark  ;D

 ;D
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Cycling Daddy

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Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #38 on: 14 December, 2014, 05:35:22 pm »
DO you get extra time for attending a birth???
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teethgrinder

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #39 on: 14 December, 2014, 05:55:48 pm »
Quote from: Bikeabilityman on 14 December, 2014, 12:31:43 am
Mmm. Unfinished business on this one. No TG for company if I enter and cycle to the start again.

No, so you'd better make sure you're using good tyres this time and that your cranks are tight.
 :)
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PAC

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #40 on: 14 December, 2014, 06:41:34 pm »
Entered :thumbsup:
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jamesld8

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #41 on: 14 December, 2014, 08:13:38 pm »
is an 0800 start offered on this 200 as well as the 0700 ? Or does this depend on number entered

 (although am I not correct that being a BRM I can start later than official start time but coudl lose that hour?)
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BlackSheep

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #42 on: 14 December, 2014, 08:49:05 pm »

As this ride is likely to be in the depth of the winter's conditions, I think (what a tease ....I know( the start is at 08:00 from Ihe Royal Hop Pole.

Hang-on I'll just go and check ........











Oh bugger, the door's just slammed shut, its very foggy out here........never mind - there seems to be an archway with an a strange address above it.










It's dark in here, seems like some form of construction site ..........it is!!!!!










I think I might move-in.










I must sit down, there seems to be some blood stains on the floor - Oh my God I'm bleeding from my shoulder blade, must be the result of some bastards sticking-the-knife-in.











Freinds (you know who you are), will always be welcome,




















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bikey-mikey

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Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #43 on: 15 December, 2014, 12:23:20 am »
I've been out riding a lot and missed the last few days...

Pity some other people weren't out riding their bikes more.... That's what Audax is all about really  :D

But I did find time to enter this excellent ride, cos it's always been great.

See you in the New Year, Mark, and I think you deserve a pint or two !!

 :thumbsup:
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Cycling Daddy

  • "We shall have an adventure by and by," said Don Q
Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #44 on: 15 December, 2014, 06:19:57 am »
Quote from: bikey-mikey on 15 December, 2014, 12:23:20 am
I've been out riding a lot and missed the last few days...

Pity some other people weren't out riding their bikes more.... That's what Audax is all about really  :D

But I did find time to enter this excellent ride, cos it's always been great.

See you in the New Year, Mark, and I think you deserve a pint or two !!

 :thumbsup:
+1 did think cabin fever virus was at large off on a little commute today.
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jamesld8

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #45 on: 15 December, 2014, 07:41:13 am »
thanks Mark.

ah yes read route info now !!! :facepalm: :facepalm:
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....after the `tarte de pommes`, and  fortified by a couple of shots of limoncellos,  I flew up the Col de Bavella whilst thunderstorms rolled around the peaks above

Wobbly

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #46 on: 15 December, 2014, 06:52:27 pm »
Quote from: BlackSheep on 14 December, 2014, 08:49:05 pm
Oh bugger, the door's just slammed shut, its very foggy out here........never mind - there seems to be an archway with an a strange address above it.

Are you in a maze of twisty passages, all alike?

The key word is PLUGH unless my memory fails me.

(So I'm a geek. Google "Colossal Cave", ok?)
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mmmmartin

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Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #47 on: 15 December, 2014, 08:15:33 pm »
Dear Mr Blacksheep
No doubt this will be a superb event, as it is organised by you.
I have paid my entry fee. I have absolutely no intention of turning up or of riding: please just trouser the entry fee and spend it on Mrs Blacksheep. What with one thing and another, you deserve this and much more for all you have done recently for the cause of audax.
There's a letter in the post, as well.
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Besides, it wouldn't be audacious if success were guaranteed.

jamesld8

Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #48 on: 15 December, 2014, 08:44:01 pm »
I very much intend and hope to turn up, thus breaking my `duck` of blacksheep / RHP rides. I have looked at the route sheet and am happy that it will proceed gracefully (weather guaranteed  :D --jetstream where will you be on Jan 3rd ??) into pleasant and interesting areas of land --not withstanding avoiding Sale (Manchester I believe)

Thank you Mark for all of your efforts as an organiser of this and greater events too--  :thumbsup:
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....after the `tarte de pommes`, and  fortified by a couple of shots of limoncellos,  I flew up the Col de Bavella whilst thunderstorms rolled around the peaks above

Cycling Daddy

  • "We shall have an adventure by and by," said Don Q
Re: Mr. Pickwick's January Sale, 200km - (PBP) - £1. Tewkesbury, Jan 3rd.
« Reply #49 on: 16 December, 2014, 12:24:09 am »
Dear Mr Blacksheep
Greatly looking forward to the first of your events I have managed to get to.  Many thanks for all that you have done as an org. of legendary rides. 
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