Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Other Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: BailingBen on March 24, 2012, 12:28:17 am
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i love my bike as im to young to drive i get every where via bike, bike&hover, bike&train
i have two bikes one which i use to take the bangs i/e hover craft,beach
the second (my nice bike) for cruising and boat towing and loong distance
i have a basket a rack on the back and a trailer which are all used for school bags and mainly models pics to follow
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Gota say i use to cycle all the time when i was younger, or bum lifts of my folks lol, trying to get back into cycling abit more this year mainly as fun though, not from a to b :-))
along side the easton road is a very nice ride, we was always down there when kids messin about in the woodland its like memory lane going back down all the routes
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I would love to be able to cycle again but sadly my knees say no (and I'm not even 40)
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used to do a lot of cycling in my youth. The thought of those hard saddles makes me wince now - I used a Brooks B17
Can still remember the specs of my bike, had it built up using a Rotrax frame
KenP
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Me too, had a cut-away saddle. Very racey ! Did time trials and was in at the start of massed-start racing (BLRC) , no more black racing kit. Toured/training all over. Got on a train to London and cycled back home to Ayr , 400 miles in a ten days. Not bad for a 16 year old. Oh those quiet country roads. Inherited a "curly" Hetchins" later had a tailor-made "straight" one to fit me. Now reduced to a kid`s mountain bike from Tesco and was up to the Green Lochan in yesterdays 22c temps. Any idea why it is called that ?
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Minerals in water give the hue. Did about 10 miles of not too rough paths , walked the steep bits of course, well I am 76 years old !!! Great coming back downhill , springs and things on these bikes are great.
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Was all Black Alpacka no numbers and very early starts when I started time trialing used to have to call out your number as you went passed the time keeper at the finish otherwise you didn't get a time early starts to , those were the happy days
Cheers
Bob
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Great day for it too!
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Was all Black Alpacka no numbers and very early starts when I started time trialing used to have to call out your number as you went passed the time keeper at the finish otherwise you didn't get a time early starts to , those were the happy days
Cheers
Bob
Bob,
You are younger than me, I started cycling at the age of 7- with the C.T.C. when my Dad came out of the forces, started racing at 16 in club 10" confined events with the Glasgow Road club as you couldn't get a licance to race until you were 18.
I still cycle today at 73 years of age and competed with the Vets until I was 65 and can still get out twice a week on 40 - 50 mile rides weather permitting.
In all my years of cycling and competing I have never seen riders with black Alpaca jackets so you must be much older than you state.
I well remember the woolen shorts with the Chamois inserts and woolen jerseys than became bog heavy in the rain , not like the modern Lycra, and trying to get the breath to shout your number.
Modern day cyclist don't know that they are living, with changing rooms and in some cases showers, we had to ride down to the events , change under trees and cycle back home after the event with your racing wheels clamped to the front spindle and strapped to the bars, none of this namby pamby car transports.
I hope to get out tomorrow in this great weather.
Here is a pic of my current stead, click on for full size, keep peddling.
George.
(http://s18.postimage.org/7vmmdpwo5/My_Trusty_Stead.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/7vmmdpwo5/)
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Sorry George have only just seen your post , I don't ride these days but am still interested I see the GB pursuit team have just won the world title with a world record time .Don't be fooled by the handle by the way I am much the same age as you.
Cheers
Bob
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not been a good month had my bike stolen followed by about 2 hours ago being involved in a big crash was going down a steep hill where there's a blind turn me and my mate where taking different rots his cam from round the blind bend we both agreed to r8ing our bells at the corner but neither of us heard each others bells we were going very quickly someone who saw the crash said about 20 milles an hour hit each other he flew into the side of the hill ok i carried on down the hill after just about recovering but was still wobbling going even faster hit a rock went head over handle bars into a tree ouch about 4 hours later ive broken my thumb and pulled the muscle in my leg (bottom half) so i think i was quite lucky