Originally Posted by DangerousBastard Oh you pore thing, Jess. Thats a horrible introduction to biking. As to getting it sorted - be patient with yourself, and start work on getting the bike fixed. I think it's really important to take a break from riding after a bad incident, so with any luck both you and the bike are ready to go at the same time - anywhere between two and four weeks - everyone is different, and you mustn't hurry it. Get back on the bike only when you feel happy to do so. You might ...
Cursed alarms... 0500... this was hard work, but at least my back felt a lot better than the previous night... These rides are hard work at pace on a naked, but hey, they were great in corners, which is what I wanted. Doing the maths last night, I had decided that with being more tired on the 2nd day, getting 2800 points in the bag on the first day, it would be extremely unwise to push for the remainder of the required 7000 points to get a gold award, and scaled back my ride for Sunday ...
The alarms came at 0430, much too early for my liking but no choice to be had and after half a year of waiting (I didn't do the first as the bike was in the shop being repaired) the 2010 TT2000 was finally here. Showered in the freezing cold... damn toilet block was separate and breezy. Gear was put on and packed into the luggage with the noise of bikes constantly going past and we headed the 7km down the road filling up our tanks and grabbing some drinks for later in the day. At ...
I lay around for awhile, mentally running the day’s route through my mind and finally gave-up and got-up to shower and pack. As I went to drop the key at the office, there was Lance so we chatted for a bit before I went to check-in for the ride. The first section was to Takaka and back and this was more unsampled road for me, from Mot’ onwards. I was a little slow getting ready so we were about 5 minutes late getting away, but then, others were still arriving to check-in. This proved ...
3 Strikes for the TT2000 and we were ‘In’! Strike 1 – We got to do a 1,000Km ride Strike 2 – We got to do 2 of them back to back Strike 3 – It was in the South Island and we were due for a treat! Sailings were organised and accommodation was booked for Christchurch and Nelson, tyres were good, the bike is always ready for a decent ride, we decided that a Bronze Flyer would suffice so we could approach the ride in a more relaxed manner and come Friday at 0725, ...
Birthdays and Burns: The Joys of Youth I have really been enjoying being young lately. That may sound like a very odd thing to say, because I think mostly you don’t really think about that sort of thing. Hence the maxim ‘youth is wasted on the young’. But recent events have got me thinking, and quite appreciating what I have at the moment. One such event is the imminence of my 21st birthday. 21 is supposed to be such a milestone, a turning point, a time when everything ...
Thursday morning, we packed and set off. Toto proudly claiming on MSN he had barely looked at the website, had just finished planning his routes and generally giving the impression that he was following me, so it shouldn’t be too difficult. (There would be a recurring theme that Toto barely ever knew where he was, didn’t know any town names, and couldn’t remember any from the discussion we had had for the past 5 minutes). Set off from the BP Autobahn on Thursday at 10am (a bit late, ...
2nd coat of f/glass applied today. Has hardened perfectly. Quiet bumpy though from the mesh mould. Will probably use it on the Tape Worm and make a card board mould for 'NANOOK'. Found that soaking the pieces of f/glass in the resin got the best results, but only two or three at a time otherwise it goes all goopy and weird. Still, pretty good for a first go. Used 4/5ths of a half litre bottle of resin for two and a half layers of the seat. Used more than I thought, but as long as it works then I ...
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