Guest Agteros Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 What pain? Apparently there was only one (little) hill that compares to SBR in the south.... and Slave managed it all on his 21 sprocket.
Wonder Woman Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 You guys all look very cold' date=' OX you should have arranged for better weather. Slave, I see you made it, glad your shoulder is better.Trubie, were you the kings of the hills ?And what were you doing logged onto the hub at 6:47am on a Sunday morning ????[/quote'] No definitely not king of the hills, more like the queenie......... How dare you take my status away from me
Wonder Woman Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 And from now on I'm the only DD around... Nancy, you will just have to stay Nancy from now on, I REFUSE to share initials and names with such a poofter Thanks guys for making me work so hard and thanks for the fantastic ride, I really enjoyed those mean boytjies....certainly need more of them!!
Trubie Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 You guys all look very cold' date=' OX you should have arranged for better weather. Slave, I see you made it, glad your shoulder is better.Trubie, were you the kings of the hills ?And what were you doing logged onto the hub at 6:47am on a Sunday morning ????[/quote'] No definitely not king of the hills, more like the queenie......... How dare you take my status away from me I would never dream of doing that WW, that is why I did not call myself Queen , but queenie. Only one QOM!
Wonder Woman Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 DD ?? Wonder Woman to Wonder Bra???? Are you implying something here I'm also upset with you so don't think you're off the hook either
David #7 Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 DD ?? Wonder Woman to Wonder Bra???? Are you implying something here I'm also upset with you so don't think you're off the hook either I know that I am in the dog box, sorry.
Nancy Drew Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 And from now on I'm the only DD around... Nancy' date=' you will just have to stay Nancy from now on, I REFUSE to share initials and names with such a poofter Thanks guys for making me work so hard and thanks for the fantastic ride, I really enjoyed those mean boytjies....certainly need more of them!! [/quote'] ja, ja.... so much for going easy hey?... if they were making you work hard, imagine how I would've k*kked off Wise decision I made
Slave Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Ahhh, yes, it was a reasonable ride. (Ok, ok, don't get al bent out of shape Ox, it was good 'k?) Took two anti-inflamatories when I got home on Friday (with grub of course) and hoped that the shoulder would keep me off the bike. No such luck. When we got to Riverstone, it was cold with a capital "F". Trubie took great delight in showing me it was minus 4. It made little or no difference that the hardcore gang comprisiing, IanJ, backward OX and the now DD WW. With all those clothes on though, I never noticed. Maybe my eyeballs were too frozen. From the start, my fingers and toes hurt from the cold. It felt like my hands were on fire from the burning biting cold. Eina. I can honestly say, I have never, ever been so cold on a bike. The hills, well, KDorp hill is kinda like the Lido hill from the Lido up to Mondeor. It just goes on and on with one small exception. No ugly little kick at the top with a steep gradient increase. The view from there is awesome though. Wheelsuck (who has been advised to change his login to PuncturesSuck) punctured for the first time somewhere close to Hedrik Potgieter on the way to Kdorp hill. It gave us some time to thaw out a little and the temp was a little ore civilised after that. My toes were still solid icebergs though. Robert Broom was the only serious challenge though. Steep but relatively short. You guys want to ride hills, we have some really nasty ones out here in da souf. We just keep them for ourselves and treat our northern friends to the gentle flat routes. Sometime soon, we will arrange the hilly southern ride (Ne osman?) Get in some really good legwork before the Amashova. Having said that though, I was one of the back-markers. Not too sure why I struggled up those hills as much as I did. Maybe I left the riding legs at home in bed. Whatever, they stil hurt and it was a challenging route. I learned one or two things about life on that ride. One of those things is simply this, Bears are smart, humans are doff. Bears hibernate while we invent objects of torture and operate them in extreme conditions, like when we should be home sleeping in a warm bed. Another thing I learned is that I am defiinitely a poefter roadie. minus 4 is too cold for comfort. The cold hurt so much, I invented some family junk (commitments) for Sunday morning and for the fist time in many months, did not take a Sunday morning ride. One degree was not enough of an increase in temp for me to brave the roads. Bikes are expensive dust accumulation devices but decorate my garage nicely. I will ride another tour de north if organised, but ONLY if the weather is much improved. It was great to meet some new hubbers. Nanosec can climb a bit. Between him and junior IanJ they spent many hours waiting on the side of the roads at TOC for the slowcoach Slave. Respect dudes, great ride despite it being brass monkeys.
Joe Low Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 32 pages spread over a month to get 10 people to ride on a Saturday morning? Fear not in the current recession, with that kind of effieciency / productivity there are government jobs waiting for you. Ahh well I guess it was like train sets when you were a kid and most of the fun is in the setting up.
Slave Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 What pain? Apparently there was only one (little) hill that compares to SBR in the south.... and Slave managed it all on his 21 sprocket. Nice view from some of those little speedbumps Ox. The view from KDorp hill and then overlooking the dam from Robert Broom. That fisherman had the right idea though. Hide away from the cold in his caravan with some gas heaters going to thaw off all the ice. Probably had a few anit freeze beverages the night before as well. Next time we ride and it's so cold (Sorry, wont be one for me), organise some OBS. I'll drive recovery and FOFLMAFAO at all off ya. You forgot to mention that a 42 drives that 21.
Wheelsuck Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Nice to meet everyone in the flesh, you sort of have a mental picture/paradigm of who the names and avatars are (Thought Ianj was a Dr). Yes it was COLD. Punctured for the first time and WW and Slave came to the rescue as my brain was to frozen to remember to take tubes etc. The second puncture made me decide -not my day. Then got in the backup vehicle with Trubie's son who showed real composure driving in unfamiliar surroundings. So in all a great day out and thanks to Agteros for the arrangements.
Wonder Woman Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Nice to meet everyone in the flesh' date=' you sort of have a mental picture/paradigm of who the names and avatars are (Thought Ianj was a Dr). Yes it was COLD. Punctured for the first time and WW and Slave came to the rescue as my brain was to frozen to remember to take tubes etc. The second puncture made me decide -not my day. Then got in the backup vehicle with Trubie's son who showed real composure driving in unfamiliar surroundings. So in all a great day out and thanks to Agteros for the arrangements. [/quote'] Hey, it was good to meet all you guys as well. Wheelsuck, you shouldn't have given up so easily, i had another tube waiting and ready!!
Thug Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Nice to meet everyone in the flesh' date=' you sort of have a mental picture/paradigm of who the names and avatars are (Thought Ianj was a Dr). Yes it was COLD. Punctured for the first time and WW and Slave came to the rescue as my brain was to frozen to remember to take tubes etc. The second puncture made me decide -not my day. Then got in the backup vehicle with Trubie's son who showed real composure driving in unfamiliar surroundings. So in all a great day out and thanks to Agteros for the arrangements. [/quote'] Hey, it was good to meet all you guys as well. Wheelsuck, you shouldn't have given up so easily, i had another tube waiting and ready!! As I likewise did !!
Trubie Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Nice to meet everyone in the flesh' date=' you sort of have a mental picture/paradigm of who the names and avatars are (Thought Ianj was a Dr). Yes it was COLD. Punctured for the first time and WW and Slave came to the rescue as my brain was to frozen to remember to take tubes etc. The second puncture made me decide -not my day. Then got in the backup vehicle with Trubie's son who showed real composure driving in unfamiliar surroundings. So in all a great day out and thanks to Agteros for the arrangements. [/quote'] Hey, it was good to meet all you guys as well. Wheelsuck, you shouldn't have given up so easily, i had another tube waiting and ready!! As I likewise did !! Plenty of spare tubes in the car also!!
Cyclewizz Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 32 pages spread over a month to get 10 people to ride on a Saturday morning? Fear not in the current recession' date=' with that kind of effieciency / productivity there are government jobs waiting for you. Ahh well I guess it was like train sets when you were a kid and most of the fun is in the setting up. [/quote'] So Mr Joe Low I take it you never rode either. I agree with you setting up was most the fun the big problem for me was the packing away part
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