Andymann

lol - I'm old enough to remember that with the Chopper there was also a Chipper - a small Chopper for kids. And a Mean Machine from Western Flyer And then Raleigh Bombers which I guess were the first MTB's and the Black and Gold Challengers (or Dikwiels) which I suppose are Gravel bikes now....

Our dog's name is Froome. Super skinny, long legs and keeps on slipping on the tiles and falling over.....

I looked at that bike and instinctively clamped my legs together as the memory of me crushing my nuts on the gear lever back in '78 is still very fresh in my mind

I know of one here in Gauteng if you are serious - it's a later model Prolink one but dressed up to look like the earlier ones. It is absolutely beautiful - the guy is a perfectionist. Has a 6 into 6 as well....

I'm sure you got your Stryd from Niel - Dinamic Coaching right? That's us

I do my runs in bike mode so I can set upper and lower power targets.

I know right. I did a 40min run yesterday which included a 5km TT to get power figures for the run. 2km Warm up. 5km TT 2km Cool down. Logged the 5km as a separate exercise because I needed accurate power. Zero points

If you are part of Discovery Bank, I did mention that in my first post.

That sounds like a lot of hard work while lying on the beach holding a cocktail 🙂 Jokes aside I realised a long time ago I that I am not Discovery's target market for exercise, and to be honest the only cool thing I get from me reaching my targets is UCook every 4 months or so, depending how lucky I am. So I'll try what I can, but if I lose my streak I guess its just one of those things!

Yup - except I am in the Philippines with no Laptop and limited Wifi. No way to take a snip of the results which you need to mail them as a jpg to accompany the link to the official results. I am familiar with that process. I will only also only be getting back after the cut-off on Wednesday the 1st May. In fact, I am not even 100% certain that my Watch will download the points in time.

It's going to be tight - I need 1200 of which I should get 600 for the Bike or the Run on the Sunday. That means I'll need to do at least three runs of 200 each before Friday. Monday won't happen and most likely not Tuesday. So three consecutive runs of 40mins on Wed, Thurs and Friday. It's doable I guess.....

I'm on a 211 week exercise goal streak and doing a 70.3 in the Philippines on the 21st. I plan to recover for a week after in the Philippines, so dropped a mail to Discovery to see if I could pause training for that week while I recover. No chance said the Lady. Who then tried to get me to join Discovery Bank, where, if I did, I would be able to take a rest week. I did in passing, ask the question that as a Medical Aid company, didn't they think is was risky expecting someone who has done an extreme event, like the Comrades, or Iron-man to not take a rest week to recover if they would like to keep their streak going, and offer no alternative, other than to exercise on a smashed immune system and risk getting sick? Silence of course is also an answer.....

You won't be sorry - we had to make a call and stop my Dad from riding some of the really old Velocettes (the pre 1936 bikes) and when one of the guys came round to collect he saw the "Special" my Dad and I built almost 20 years ago. He made me a really attractive offer, but I declined because it was the first Velocette that my Dad and I built together and I just don't want to lose those memories. Shame my Dad was quite emotional when he heard me say that.

Ah - a Hesketh. Lord Hesketh wanted to try and revive the British Motorcycle Industry by building something which owners of Vincents could relate to. I think they only made about 150 of them before the factory closed its doors. Really rare!

Talking of Jos Verstappen, I quite enjoy the Eddie Jordan and DC podcasts - a bit different, and not completely F1 related. In the one episode, Eddie Jordan mentions that he believes Max's talent didn't come from Jos, but from his Mom, Sophie. In fact, Eddie Jordan reckons that the fasted Verstappen out there is neither Max or Jos, but Sophie who should have and would have been very competitive in F1. Interesting.