Another cold damp morning ride... Garmin stats It actually warmed up to 6 degrees, it was only 3.5 degrees when we set out, I was shaking like a shitting dog till we’d done a few miles and got warmed up !!
Chobham about 16 miles, followed a hunch and missed the rain apart from last 10 minutes. Quite eerie to see only four or five cars on the motorway as I cycled over, industry certainly grinding to a halt it seems.
Thank you DS, I was telling Viv, I felt very guilty from two days ago having hoovered up all the reduced price Danish pastries at the local mini market and then eating the lot the same evening, hopefully this will balance things a little.
I’m puzzled, are you guilty for buying them all thereby depriving other folk of a bargain or for eating the lot in an evening?
Both! I left about half what I had, and it was near the end of the evening and it often goes in the dustbin, the whole lot. I just cannot resist an apple turnover or similar, on top of this there was cinnamon, pecan, raisin whirls, cheese straws, it’s making me hungry again just talking about it.
Fresh this morning, but a nice steady paced social ride with a takeaway coffee stop . The whole route rideable, for a change . Not a single roadie seen today, happy days .
Oh dear, you bought them at half price but only ate half you do realise you paid full price in the end?
err.. no, ate the lot, plenty more in the shop - it's the shop that throws them away - and they were quarter price.
Been looking for a full suspension bike for a while but prices are crazy at the moment so hit the buy it now on this last night. Picked it up today and it’s hardly been used so think it was a good buy at a grand. Currently got the 27.5 plus tyres on which I’m looking forward to trying. Doubt I’ll be able to keep up with junior at Hamsterley though.
This beauty belongs to a pal of mine. He's offering it for sale at £1750.00, if anyone's interested in owning a real classic. Its a 1988 Colnago Master Series 2 “Retinata” with 56 cm Frame , original blue “Retinata”paint. Built with Campagnolo “Croce D'Aune” components which were only produced between 1988-90 & other “period correct” components & accessories. Component list: Croce D'Aune Front & rear hubs built in to Mavic OPEN 4CD rims fitted with Schwalbe Durano Plus clinchers. Croce D'Aune Front & rear skewers. Croce D'Aune Crank set & sprockets 53/41, 170mm matching sides stamped “84”, Self extracting bolts,Campag retaining ring nuts. Croce D'Aune pedals & alloy “M” toe clips with Christophe straps. Croce D'Aune Front & rear derailleur mechanisms Croce D'Aune Bottom bracket with correct (& very rare!)70-SSA 111mm spindle Croce D'Aune Syncro 2 shifters with friction or 6 speed index shifting Croce D'Aune 27.2mm Aero seatpost Campagnolo Cobalto brakes & levers – supplied at the time to replace the rather ineffective Delta/CDA units which were soon discontinued. If you value braking over style Cobaltos beat Delta/CDA every time! Campagnolo Super Record headset. Campagnolo seat pin Campagnolo Aero bottle & cage 3TTT Colnago pantographed 120mm stem. 3TTT Competizione bars San Marco Rolls saddle 1987 Delta GC Export pump This is a lovely original Colnago Master Piu, identified by the internal rear brake cable, single bottle mount, curved fork & most obviously the fantastically complicated Retinata paint job.
That seems a very low price for a Colnago of that vintage with such exotic components. Luckily for me it’s too big. He was brave riding on Delta’s
