Author Topic: [HAMR] Jan 26th (Read 8425 times)

Pale Rider · « **on:** 26 January, 2015, 05:36:15 am »

Looks like Steve is having a lie in - no tracker at 5.35am - unless the electronics are playing up.

Vince · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 January, 2015, 05:46:55 am »

He is under way now.

Pale Rider · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 January, 2015, 05:55:04 am »

Quote from: Vince on 26 January, 2015, 05:46:55 am

He is under way now.

Jolly good, 5.45am start which might have been his scheduled departure time.

No host booked tonight, so presumably it's a loop back to Milton Keynes.

Looks like he's heading west.

Wobbly · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 January, 2015, 06:25:28 am »

Extremely mild out thtre right now

But the forecast for later in the week looks awful

IanDG · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 January, 2015, 07:45:02 am »

About 122 miles needed to exceed Tommy's January total.

jamesld8 · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 January, 2015, 08:42:11 am »

Quote from: Wobbly on 26 January, 2015, 06:25:28 am

Extremely mild out thtre right now

But the forecast for later in the week looks awful

Head SW Steve I`d say for later in week, certainly not up North. Very strong NW airflow develops Wed onwards

Ningishzidda · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:02:23 am »

Hire a camper van. Get someone to drive you overnight to Milford Haven. Take advantage of the strong westerlies. 207 miles of anyone’s money.

clarion · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:09:57 am »

Hope Steve gets a good day in today.

loadsabikes · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:38:16 am »

Looks like Steve managed a bit longer rest last night. It will have done him good, there is nothing like your own bed for a " proper" sleep.
Weather looks a bit pants later in the week so a couple of good days would help his campaign.

Ningishzidda · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 January, 2015, 11:49:47 am »

Bollox.

He's been past Vale Cycles in Evesham and Echelon in Pershore, and I'm too late to phone them.

Hopefully, they were both watching and came out to cheer.

matthew · « **Reply #10 on:** 26 January, 2015, 11:50:30 am »

Looks like the grub at Wobbly's gaff has proved to be a hit, Steve seems to be heading there for lunch!

Vince · « **Reply #11 on:** 26 January, 2015, 12:16:13 pm »

Wobbly gets let off. Diverting at Pershore so it looks like Chewkesbury again.

Wobbly · « **Reply #12 on:** 26 January, 2015, 12:40:48 pm »

Quote from: matthew on 26 January, 2015, 11:50:30 am

Looks like the grub at Wobbly's gaff has proved to be a hit, Steve seems to be heading there for lunch!

Crikey! Good job I didn't check his whereabout earlier else I'd have gone into a panic assuming that's just what he was doing!

However he now appears have stopped in Tewkesbury, no doubt at one of the Temperance Pubs they have there.

rafletcher · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 January, 2015, 02:24:41 pm »

Quote from: Ningishzidda on 26 January, 2015, 11:49:47 am

Bollox.

He's been past Vale Cycles in Evesham and Echelon in Pershore, and I'm too late to phone them.

Hopefully, they were both watching and came out to cheer.

Now on his way back to Evesham... 2:25'ish

Ningishzidda · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 January, 2015, 03:19:54 pm »

Missed it again.

I have to do work here.

Never mind, the guys at Pashley might come out and jeer at the lunatic on a Raleigh....

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #15 on:** 26 January, 2015, 03:36:40 pm »

There are a couple of links. Steve did a lot of his early Audaxes (including PBP95) on a Pashley Moulton and rode LEL13 on a Pashley-built Moulton TSR.

IanDG · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 January, 2015, 04:13:46 pm »

123 on the tracker. Steve now ahead of Tommy Godwin's January total

Wobbly · « **Reply #17 on:** 26 January, 2015, 05:30:24 pm »

Quote from: Ningishzidda on 26 January, 2015, 03:19:54 pm

Never mind, the guys at Pashley might come out and jeer at the lunatic on a Raleigh....

It'll be very ironic if Steve went through Stratford Upon Avon this afternoon and no-one at Pashley knew...
...because that's where I've been all afternoon; at Pashley Cycles!

Oaky · « **Reply #18 on:** 26 January, 2015, 06:39:16 pm »

Looks like Marsh Gibbon could be on the cards again

Wowbagger · « **Reply #19 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:04:49 pm »

Steve is still out, although getting close to home, with over 180 miles on the tracker. That will be close to 200 on Strava.

Climberruss · « **Reply #20 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:11:03 pm »

Looks like he's going to come in naround the 190 mark.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #21 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:35:02 pm »

I just had a quick look at IronOx's tracker. He's managed an heroic 33 miles. However, the point that interested me greatly was that the temperature in the Fort Worth area has shot up from below 0°C, which is where it was at the start of the year, to over 20°C. How do you prepare for a day's cycling with that sort of day-to-day temperature variation?

Von Broad · « **Reply #22 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:47:50 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 26 January, 2015, 09:35:02 pm

I just had a quick look at IronOx's tracker. He's managed an heroic 33 miles. However, the point that interested me greatly was that the temperature in the Fort Worth area has shot up from below 0°C, which is where it was at the start of the year, to over 20°C. How do you prepare for a day's cycling with that sort of day-to-day temperature variation?

I guess a support vehicle just follows you and picks up all the clothes that are strewn* over the road !

He's got a rather large carbon footprint too.

[* remember that word from 'Lady Grinning Soul'

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thing1 · « **Reply #23 on:** 26 January, 2015, 09:53:52 pm »

Steve's been home for almost an hour but still no Strava upload. Tactical delaying ?

mcshroom · « **Reply #24 on:** 26 January, 2015, 10:00:03 pm »

I would guess his dinner was ready when he arrived