Jamie Walby
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Jamie Walby
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whoa, big. Soz
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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LEG WARMERS!
Still look a bit daft but i'll look into it. Might just dig out my trackies
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smcGSI16V
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Registered: 26th May 03
Location: Farnborough Drives: Thurlby 888 CDTi No.98
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I was out at 8am this morning doing 20 miles xc car temp read -2.
Was fucking cold. But once your up and running its fine.
However just layer up. I had a beanie under my helmet. Woolie freebie gloves under my usual fingerless riding gloves. Thermal base layer, Fleece jumper and windproof/water jacket on top. I just wear Endura Humervee shorts and finally some Sealskins socks.
Plus a dose of mtfu!
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Jamie Walby
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Sealskin socks any good? I got some gloves which are ok, not sure they were worth the £25 I paid for them.
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smcGSI16V
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Yeah better than normal sports socks plus my shoes I wear aint waterproof. I always end up with wet feet as I'm a bit of a child and tend to ride through all the puddles.
Today I was aiming for the big ice puddles and seeing if I could ride over them, plus I fitted a new front tyre the other day (conti rubber queen black chilli) so wanted to see what grip was like when trying to ride over the ice without it breaking. Had a couple or failures and ended up in about a 1-2ft of water, with all the splashes etc, my feet were bone dry when I got home.
They are expensive at about £25 a pair, but there is nothing worse than wet feet on a cold day.
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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I bought some Nike running tights to wear on bike. Not dared wear them yet. Might be wearing them for footy on Saturday though at this rate (training kids not playing)
[Edited on 06-12-2012 by Ben J]
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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I wear some karimoor cycling leggings under knee length shorts thermal tshirt under a cycling top
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Simon
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Registered: 24th Apr 03
Location: Oxfordshire
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I got some of those leggings when aldi had their bike sale, having been wearing them for cycling to work, really good actaully
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Matt L
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
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did my longest ride on saturday.... 19.6miles 
got near the end and there was a hill, how i didnt fall off/stop i have no idea
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Jamie Walby
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Good work! Finishing on a hill is meant to be good for you....... So Im told
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Matt L
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie Walby
Good work! Finishing on a hill is meant to be good for you....... So Im told
it really didnt feel good at all was struggling to get out of the seat
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Jamie Walby
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But you did it which is the main thing. Eventually you will smash out that 19 mile route and cruise up that last hill like it was nothing!
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Matt L
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that is my aim
btw my cousin has wussed out of the purer 3 peaks so we are just doing the normal 3 peaks to start with then a seperate bike challenege (lands end one probablly) then we will do the purer 3 peaks.
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Jamie Walby
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Lands End to John O'Groats, good fun, not as daunting as it sounds if you train reasonably for it.
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smcGSI16V
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Broke my collarbone today at swinley. Ice hidden behind a tree your riding around, another tree and a human being don't mix.
Broken in 2 places.
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Jamie Walby
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Whoops! Speedy recovery
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smcGSI16V
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smcGSI16V
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Broken in 2 places. They reckon 3-4 weeks healing time. Will find out more when I visit the fracture clinic on Monday.
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Jamie Walby
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Nice a proper snap!!
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Cole
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Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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No riding over Xmas then stu gutted was going to see if you wanted to pop down to try some of my local trails aswell nevermind wait till the new yr now
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smcGSI16V
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Yeah. Think I'm going to be out of action until march, then probably end up spending a couple of months taking it easy and trying to regain fitness and stamina.
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Jamie Walby
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The lengths people go to get out of riding with Cole!!
Just been to see a mate who is a personal trainer to find out my lactic thresholds and heart rate zones so I can step my game up.
Made me think about getting a turbo trainer :s
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Jamie Walby
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2014 Tour de France grand depart is in Yorkshire with 2nd stage finishing in London, apparently!
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I'm going to go to that. It's not far to travel for me and when they were talking about trying to get it to Yorkshire one of the places they wanted it to go through or near was Skipton which is pretty handy for me.
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