Getting the excuses in early, huh? :)
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Something like that! Pencil me back in for next week!
Posted 13 years ago # -
and whisky in front of the fire is calling
We could pop round after as that sounds like a great idea ;-)
Sure my lights will give up after one lap... glad I don't have dynamo lights.
Posted 13 years ago # -
Sure my lights will give up after one lap
Forgot to charge mine last night, so gave them only a quick squirt this morning.
I'm geared up for a short commute, so it will be interesting to see how long they last on full beam - odds are, longer than me!
Robert
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Think I'll probably be there tonight. Went round last night to test lights. As long as I go downhill at the same speed as I go uphill then they're not too bad.
Looking forward to the post-ride whisky at Anth's.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I think Im coming down with something too... see you there :)
Posted 13 years ago # -
May come tonight if the times work out, but for one slow lap only as my bike will be well weighty (not too mention the cakes that I ate today - meeting fodder).
I'm coming from the Commonwealth Pool end - is it better to go round to the lake by the cycle path or the road?
Posted 13 years ago # -
Got to go and pick up my wifes Bike to work bike from hellfrauds at seafield at 7pm. (she went for the ridgeback world voyage) .
I will deffo make t next week.......
Posted 13 years ago # -
we tend to ride the road as speeds are a little excessive for a thin bumpy shared use path, and once you hit the roundabouts its only a short fast pedal to the loch.
Posted 13 years ago # -
A grand, record turnout of seven - if I'm not mistaken Ruggtomcat and Laidback on recumbents, Dave on MTB plus trailer, Amir and Roibeard on flatbar uprights and Jackson Priest and myself on drop-bar uprights.
A bit of a smirr going on, but another lovely night.
See you all next week!
Posted 13 years ago # -
I rewarded myself with a swing back through Marchmont for baclava. Yum!
Posted 13 years ago # -
That was fun (esp as only did one lap). Weather was perfick for cycling up hill.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I partially chickened out and partially couldn't make the loch for 6.15 since I finish work in Morningside at 6.
I may do my own Hilly Wednesday to see if my fitness is anywhere near par. If it really isn't, then I'll maybe come next Tuesday with my camera.
When did you set off riding?
Posted 13 years ago # -
strange to see the sea of twinkly lights waiting for me at the loch, lovely session but the first lap was intense! legs felt like blocks of wood at the top. Thats what I get for trying to follow Dave, even on a moutainbike with a trailer! Bit easier after that, not!
Posted 13 years ago # -
I think if anyone can't do 6:15 (or 6:25 if Laidback is in charge of leaving Marchmont O'clock!) Then a plan would be to wait either at the barrier at St Mary's Loch or at the roundabout at the bottom of the descent (end of the one-way traffic) where the road in from Duddingston meets the road downhill to Holyrood. Those are easy places to pick people up - even easier if you shine your light up the hill so we can see you waiting and not zoom past!
Posted 13 years ago # -
I 'enjoyed' it too. Seemed to get strangely easier as it went on. Although that might be because it got slower! Had a fleeting temptation to do a 5th lap as I cycled back towards the loch on the way home, but had to get back to my burds. That's my excuse anyway.
Very nice to meet everyone too.
Posted 13 years ago # -
18:15 starts would markedly reduce my weekday-evening bairn-interaction time but just been thriceround (but with three Abercorns and two Meadowfield Drive returns to compensate) and saw only one other living human person around the hillroad (and possible sign of one other above the ruins).
Posted 13 years ago # -
@All - Thanks for keeping me company and waiting guys - I'm sure the subsequent laps were quicker without me!
BTW, on the later laps did anyone find my lungs, hacked up somewhere on the ascent before Dunsapie?
Robert
Posted 13 years ago # -
@Roibeard. Ha. I cough my lungs on that section every week but a little higher up each time. And it takes less time to get them back in again. Keep at it.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I think if anyone can't do 6:15 (or 6:25 if Laidback is in charge of leaving Marchmont O'clock!)
Sorry Amir and Jackson Priest...
Appreciate people coming by shop though - even just to shout 'we're leaving without you!'.
That was a good effort tonight. It does get easier...
Posted 13 years ago # -
Actually just put two and two together - I had been despondent that even the bloke with the trailer made it up more easily than I did...
Dave, trailer, blog, audax, mccraw.co.uk... PBP!
*blushes*
ERC members, audax celebrities, long distance performers
I was definitely with "proper" cyclists!
Thanks again for making a newbie welcome!
Anyone fancy joining me on the Pino (post maintenance, and assuming some lights can be jury-rigged)?
Robert
Posted 13 years ago # -
Can two "normal" folk beat Dave? Now that is a challenge ;)
Posted 13 years ago # -
I'd thought about asking for volunteers for company of the Helios too :)
Posted 13 years ago # -
@Roibeard Save blushes or stress by comparing climbs against a clock, which gear you have to change down to, where you have to start standing on the pedals or how far the imaginary needle rises on your internal knackeredness scale, but not against other people.
Posted 13 years ago # -
@SRD
You saying your normal companion is a 'passenger'??
Posted 13 years ago # -
No, but she doesn't understand that if she can still talk while pedalling up a hill, she is not pedalling hard enough!
I think I'd rather do this in the light anyway, why climb a hill if there are no good views?
Posted 13 years ago # -
There are still views at night, with interesting highlights like the glowing sign of the oatcake manufactory.
Posted 13 years ago # -
The way the castle comes into view between the two embanked sides of the road, jsut before the start of the descent is wonderful - works just as well at night I seem to recall.
Quite like the sound of Hilly Tuesdays, hopefully will be able to attend some time.
Posted 13 years ago # -
I love the views of cities in the evening with the lights all out. Can get some great photos with the movement of cars and so on below as well.
Posted 13 years ago # -
@wingpig Blushes were down to my ignorant audacity, rather than comparative performance.
Mind you, it's just further proof of the inclusive nature of the forum - I wasn't made to feel out of place!
Personal performance was that I didn't get into the lowest gear, didn't get out of the saddle, and felt that a 2nd lap wasn't beyond my capabilities!
@SRD the night-time advantage is that the road was closed, so no impatient drivers tailgating...
Of course, sometimes the road is closed during daylight, so best of both worlds.
Robert
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