@ cyclingmollie, sympathise with that, I could be observed wincing and cursing at each cattle grid/pothole for similar reasons :-(
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Old Town Hall 106km Audax 13 feb 2011
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@smudge If that's what the Tour of East Lothian's like what must the Paris Roubaix Sportive be like? New bike please.
I think I need to go to bed. I. AM. KNA****ED.
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"So far, everyone has been very coy about their times....."
5 hr 2 mins. But no tea stops.
The bike is going to need a deep clean this week - never seen it so dirty.
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Well done everyone. We got round in the end although the first half of the ride demonstrated that SWMBO can't push a 34/25 (although she did get all the way up Redstone Rigg at about 5rpm!)
We did it in 5:57 (rolling) / 7h actual and my average HR was ~130, compared with 145 on the 200 last week. I found it difficult to bimble and let all the roadies pass unhindered!
FWIW I also had an easier ride last weekend doing 200km than I did yesterday doing half that. So a few of you should certainly be thinking about entering one of the longer rides!
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Hi, sorry forgot to post on here about this.
6.25 overall time, including stop in Dinbar for Lentil soup and a Bacon butty.I hit a wall (not a real wall) at the Dunbar stop. I was drained. I recall standing at the counter looking at people sat at empty tables, thinking I need to sit down now or I'm going to collapes! We eventuially grabbed the table by the counter by the radiator. The 'second half' was better but the hills really zapped my energy, leaving me behind our (10.24) group. I ate better (fig rolls and jelly babies) on the second half to maintain my energy levels.
This was my first (and nearly last) Audax and was a real eye opener. I learned I need to keep munching to keep energy levels up, and I need a lighter bike having rode round on my Dawes Galaxy with 35mm Schwabe Marathon Plus tyres, rear rack and heavy box stuffed with things I didn't need, just weighing me down.
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If you have a Garmin atached to your handle-bars then I passed you near the start. Doing that ride with a fully laden touring bike is a lot harder than doing it on a race bike. No wonder you were feeling it.
There are usually pictures posted on the MRCC website but that seems to be getting upgraded at the moment and most of the content is gone.
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Thanks Cyclingmollie, yes I do have a yellow eTrek on my handlebars. Its perfect for what I need it for, distance and speed, plus I can cycle off into the unknown and know I can return using the trackback feature.
Perhaps on these sorts of things we should have a badge for CCE with our name on it?
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A CCE badge would have been handy, I think I saw your bike but I wasn't at my most observant it must be said.
I was certainly wishing for touring bike gearing on the run up to Redstane Rigg, possibly worth the extra weight just for the triple and souplate rear cogs imho!I'm sure I'll see you sometime on another one Dave, that was my first Audax as well, and the enduring memories will be how severe hill & headwinds combined are along with tall gearing and the fact that by the end I was REALLY missing my Brooks flyer and cursing "road" saddles lol
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If we could come up with a design, a CCE spoke card would be quite cool. Think this has been mooted before?
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are we forgetting the top trump cards?
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Nope, but if put through the spokes they wouldn't be very visible unless parked, maybe there is an better addition/alternative for recognising CCE'ers on the move?
Or do you mean clothes-pegged to the seatstays to make a "motorbike"noise as we ride along? :-DPosted 13 years ago # -
QR code vests
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Facial tattoos? ;-)
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QR Codes are fine if you have a suitable techy phone, but for us luddites who only have phoning people/texting phones (I break to many to use expensive ones :-/ ) it could mean anything from the singlespeed owners club to friends of the daily hate(!)
Also I'd never be wearing it (the vest) at the right time :-/Some sort of sticker/badge would be easier maybe?
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"Some sort of sticker/badge would be easier maybe?"
QR code with CCE underneath?
Other possibilities are possible.
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One of Kaputnik's splendid card designs? Is there a generic CCE one?!?
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Im up for the qr + CCE :)
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Did the course today - the wind was more Northerly, so the effects were felt returning from Whiteadder to Garvald and the towards Dunbar & Haddington. Had a very brief stop in Dunbar for an energy bar, but other than that just kept plodding on. Finished feeling pretty good - although the cyclist that overtook me at Longniddry Bents probably wouldn't have thought so.
Nice route though.
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