RR: Buttys Brid Trip 300
MSeries
gloves, neoprene overshoes and rain jacket. Set out at 06:00 in the
company of 34 others, for a few seconds I was the lead rider but not
wishing to take on the responsibility of navigating the first turn I let
a few riders pass. My companions chain was shed on the first hill so we
found all of the others then passed us !!! Ambling up the hill we had
approximately 297km to catch someone up !!! It didn't take that long, we
found another rider, the one who helped mount the chain, wondering where
the A688 went, the first info. control asked the question but the signs
didn't refer to this particular road. We guessed it mean't A628 so wrote
Glossop down. We made an error last year and found this years route
somewhat hillier than the one we took before. Since we are reasonable
climbers we managed to catch a few riders in the hills, this made me
feel better. We came across some friends and rode with them for a while.
A long while actually, one guy stayed with us all day. After crossing
the M1 the land flattened out and my two companions got their heads down
and tanked on. I hung on for dear life as constantly churning the big
gear is not my thing.! There was not wind to speak off, cool and dry,
almost perfect. Before we knew it we arrived at the first control,
Rebeck Cafe, Christines Diner or whetever its called now. Shared some
road tales with a truck driver who joined us for skinheads on a raft
and hit the road again. Grinding, grinding, grinding the day was warming
up and I was beginning to feel a little sick with the heat and effort.
Around Dunnington, the next info. we picked up a man called Stephanie,
at least thats what it said on his bike, perhaps his bike is/was owned
by Stephanie Roberts, perhaps is bike is called Stephanie Roberts !!!
Nice chap anyway, stayed with us for most of the day, don't really know
were we managed to drop him. I was glad to get to Bridlington, a cheap
lunch, a photostop on the prom., I have finally managed to see the sea !
A few other riders were leaving as we arrived in Brid, three made a
quick stop and a few arrived as we were leaving. The level crossing was
closed again, another enforced stop, then back on the road proper. I was
flagging on the long drags and flat roads. I needed to rest my legs but
with a high pace I was just getting dropped whenever I stoppped
pedalling. Thankfully my companions eased off and let me catch on. The
quick turnaround trio kept getting caught by us, wheelsucking us,
dropping off then catching up at a junction or when we stopped. Never
took their turn on the front, miserable b****rs. They never spoke to
us, didn't even seem to speak to one another. Those carbon fibre Dolans
look nice but they aren't very fast are they, it's rider was probably
upset that a 40yo greying bloke on a 20yo Raleigh over took him !!! The
road started to get hillier as we climbed back over The Wolds, MSeries
got his head again and cruised to the front and onwards. Long downhill
to Pocklington and the BP garage. The three amigos, well two of them,
took a wrong turn, maybe not their fault, I think a new exit got added
to a roundabout since the route was last checked. The third was dropped.
The £5.99 rock lights would have made a fine addition to my bike, solar
powered no need for batteries, shame they didn;t do a red one for the
rear. From here to the finish was IIRC about 100km on my stamping
ground. Flat but I had recovered and was able to drive us along. Quite
uneventful to the final control, quite eneventful after this too.
Dispensed with the route sheet for the last 40km, didn't need it, the
route passes withing 5km from house, we could have called in for a
cuppa, plenty of time to spare. . Lights on for the last half hour,
route deviation through Huddersfield, drop the others on the final hill.
Something wasn't right, after nearly 200 miles I shouldn't be floating
up hills like this. Home in 15hours 10mins.
Simon Mason
"MSeries" <skank...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:445df1e0$0$9227$
> route deviation through Huddersfield, drop the others on the final hill.
> Something wasn't right, after nearly 200 miles I shouldn't be floating up
> hills like this. Home in 15hours 10mins.
Well done Martin - I wouldn't have fancied Brid yesterday. Got soaked just
walking the 10000 steps to Waitrose and back to get all of the out of date
Sushi ;-) I also had to stay in to listen to myself on an Afrikaans radio
station.
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page501.htm
Well that's my excuse for having a rare day off the bike.
--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net
Tony B
15 hours sounds a good time to me, that'll be cos you weren't having to
drag me and my twin rock lights along ;-)
Lucky with the weather I guess, today has seen a lot of rain here in
Manchester.
Well done!!
bfn,
Tony B
MSeries
I did a 15hour 300last year and this seemed much harder. IIRC we stopped
for longer on this ride so therefore we rode faster. On the other one
we were in a large group for a while whereas on this, at one point we
were a group of 8, only three of us did any real driving.
Steph Peters
(http://www.plus.net) wrote:
>Lucky with the weather I guess, today has seen a lot of rain here in
>Manchester.
Sure was. As motivation to get my backside off the sofa and onto a saddle,
I do a mental deal with myself: go cycling or do some bit of housework I
loathe. Today was so wet I rang Audrey to say I was staying home in order
to vacuum the stairs!
--
Steph Peters
Chorlton Wanderers Cycling Group
Monthly slow and easy rides from South Manchester
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/cycling/chwan.htm
MSeries
Thats where my thread went
davek
> Something wasn't right, after nearly 200 miles I shouldn't be floating
> up hills like this.
That sounds more like something was /very/ right!
>Home in 15hours 10mins.
Nice one. That's bloody fast. If I can get my PB for a 300 under 16
hours I'll be pleased, but 15 seems way out of reach for me.
d.
Dave Larrington
I reckon you'd have managed with ease on the Invicta if you'd been
having a good day. If /I/ did 14:30...
I didn't really, but someone's pen slipped. I made it 14:38 by the
computer and 14:41 by the time I got my card stamped, as my fingers
weren't up to the task of getting the thing out and signed.
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
A complimentary biro(tm) is /not/ to be sniffed at.
Blonde
found it realatively easy. I think this was partly 'cos this weekend
involved no lack of sleep, was warmer and sunnier, was 20 miles less
than last and the roads were a lot better than those Cheshire ones last
weekend too! But, more worryingly, I think it was also due to the fact
that riding 300s on consecutive weekends means that a more or less 200
mile cycle ride on a weekend now seems quite normal!
Dave Larrington
Are youse lot doing the Spurn Head in two weeks time as well as the
Thorne - Edinburgh wossname?
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Ha ha, you fool! You've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders!
The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia"
MSeries
Dave Larrington wrote:
>
> Are youse lot doing the Spurn Head in two weeks time as well as the
> Thorne - Edinburgh wossname?
>
Yes we are. Are you doing Spurn Head ?
Dave Larrington
I am indeed. Now, if I can just work out a method of attaching that
bloody light which will stay intact for more than 400 km...
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
The entire population of Uxbridge has no idea that it doesn't actually
exist.
Blonde
Dave Larrington wrote:>
> I am indeed. Now, if I can just work out a method of attaching that
> bloody light which will stay intact for more than 400 km...
S'funny you should say that, I've been having trouble with keeping my
rear lamp attached to my bike! It fell off after about 250K on the
Plains 300. Luckily I didn't need it again after the first few hours.
MSeries has made me a sturdy bracket and reattached it so I shouldn't
have the same happen again. It would help if my rack wasn't attached
(badly) with ill-fitting p-clips botched up to fit better with rubber
from old inner tubes. The constant rattling can't have helped the
longevity of the original bracket much!
Dave Larrington
Blonde (leonor...@yahoo.co.uk) wrote:
> S'funny you should say that, I've been having trouble with keeping my
> rear lamp attached to my bike! It fell off after about 250K on the
> Plains 300. Luckily I didn't need it again after the first few hours.
> MSeries has made me a sturdy bracket and reattached it so I shouldn't
> have the same happen again. It would help if my rack wasn't attached
> (badly) with ill-fitting p-clips botched up to fit better with rubber
> from old inner tubes. The constant rattling can't have helped the
> longevity of the original bracket much!
It's my front lights which are giving me trouble. Advice from Elsewhere
suggested that a Cateye seat-post clamp and suitable short piece of
metal would do the trick. It transpires that the metal from which B&M
brackets, even when cut into a short length, is NOT suitable, as it has
the fatigue resistance of brie.
Note to self: try a piece of stainless steel cutlery next time.
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Alistair Gunn
> I was glad to get to Bridlington
That's *got* to be a first? Surely most people are glad to be leaving
Bridlington? <grins>
--
These opinions might not even be mine ...
Let alone connected with my employer ...
Dave Larrington
> MSeries twisted the electrons to say:
> > I was glad to get to Bridlington
>
> That's *got* to be a first? Surely most people are glad to be leaving
> Bridlington? <grins>
The last time I was in Brid was on January 24th 1981, and I was quite
pleased to be there. Something to do with the previous night's Black
Sabbath gig at the Royal Spa Hall :-)
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Frozen gorillas can be used to control the temperature of a warm and
stuffy room.
dkahn400
> Note to self: try a piece of stainless steel cutlery next time.
A fork attachment?
--
Dave...
MSeries
My secondary lamp is attached with a cateye seatpost clamp, a short
piece of aluminium and a piece of steel from a computer. two rivets and
a bolt. It hangs down from my handlebar and seems fine so far.
Dave Larrington
MSeries (skank...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> My secondary lamp is attached with a cateye seatpost clamp, a short
> piece of aluminium and a piece of steel from a computer. two rivets and
> a bolt. It hangs down from my handlebar and seems fine so far.
I was trying to remember what odd bits of metal I've got lying around,
and have just realised there's an entire dead PC at home begging to be
turned into something more useful than "object for holding the door
open"...
Pass me my hacksaw, Carruthers! There's a cutting to be done!
--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
Me, I wanna be an anglepoise lamp, yeah!