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    #2132
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,256 ✭✭✭secman


    Wimped out this morning, used the bike yesterday instead, a good call, me thinks.


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    #2133
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,587 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    secman wrote: »
    Wimped out this morning, used the bike yesterday instead, a good call, me thinks.

    Me too, just not arsed to be dealing with that.


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    #2134
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,802 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    better out there than i'd expected (i'm inside for the day though) - met eireann had predicted non stop rain, but the road is dry, no doubt helped by that wind.


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    #2135
    LollipopJimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,442 ✭✭✭LollipopJimmy


    I have a skip in my front garden and am hoping they truck arrives soon to remove it, its very windy here.

    I've a motorbike lesson today and go to a guy in Kiltiernan, I had intended to cycle up but I shall be taking my OHs car


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    #2136
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,681 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    Wimped out & took a lift to work due to wind & rain. Unfortunately the downside is a miserable walk home.


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    #2137
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,256 ✭✭✭secman


    dahat wrote: »
    Wimped out & took a lift to work due to wind & rain. Unfortunately the downside is a miserable walk home.

    You could always do a HAPPY walk home :)


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    #2138
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,681 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    secman wrote: »
    You could always do a HAPPY walk home :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swloMVFALXw&ab_channel=TurnerClassicMovies


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    #2139
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,256 ✭✭✭secman


    Had to wimp out today...not weather related, had to go for a non invasive Angiogram today.
    Hoping to get a decent spin in tomorrow..fingers crossed.


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    #2140
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,148 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    secman wrote: »
    Had to wimp out today...not weather related, had to go for a non invasive Angiogram today.
    All ok?


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    #2141
    secman
    Registered Users Posts: 6,256 ✭✭✭secman


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    All ok?

    Hopefully, been having various tests since August ever since a radiologist commented on my heart whilst reviewing a chest xray, should have a clearer answer following this weeks tests. No harm at all at my age and my activities on the bike.


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    #2142
    Mercian Pro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    Hope all goes well Secman.

    Having been up in the Park on 4 out of the past 7 days, despite the perfect weather I decided to give it a miss today and went for a nice walk instead. TOH, Hendricks the mutt and myself headed down the North Quays, over as far as the edge of the circle at Sandymount and back via the South Quays. Envious of the hundreds of cyclists I saw out but consoled myself that the Park was probably packed on a sunny Sunday. Haven't checked the forecast yet for the week ahead but hopefully it's okay :)


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    #2143
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,802 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    trying to decide whether to go out or not, been using the chainsaw for the last hour and a bit and it's warm work, tough on the back.


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    #2144
    jimm
    Registered Users Posts: 650 ✭✭✭jimm


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    trying to decide whether to go out or not, been using the chainsaw for the last hour and a bit and it's warm work, tough on the back.

    Two Birds.....One Stone :D


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    #2145
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,802 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    madre de dios.
    i was only talking to someone at the weekend who witnessed a chainsaw accident last week (thankfully only stitches required)


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    #2146
    wheelo01
    Registered Users Posts: 679 ✭✭✭wheelo01


    Wimp with justifiable reason??
    Feckin hell they were some showers, sleet, rain, and hail - no chance I'm getting myself or the bike that wet :D


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    #2147
    Mercian Pro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    Three good reasons to head out for a spin today - the expanded limits, my birthday and the nice present of a Siroko Jersey. One reason not to - those bloody April showers. Wimped out and though I had gained some valuable brownie points by going for a family walk instead until we got soaked when nearly back at the car. Much better forecast for the next few days so it should be the south Dublin border cycle tomorrow.


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    #2148
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,148 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Happy birthday!


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    #2149
    magicbastarder
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    First migraine in about five or six years, so I had to wimp out. Given my vision was slightly screwy, it was probably wise. Annoying given that was the warmest day in weeks.


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    #2150
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    I went to inspect a frame on my way home, and have decided I want it despite it in reality being a silly purchase.

    I said I'd collect it tomorrow as I had a few things to carry. Tomorrow is to be a bit of a wet and windy day so regretting that


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    #2151
    magicbastarder
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    what frame is it?


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    #2152
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Tis an argon 18 of some description.

    Anyway, adding myself to this. Stripping down my knackered Guerciotti frame :(, and when doing the pedal my hand slipped and when flying into the crankset which now had no chain on it so the teeth sank themselves into my knuckles.

    One knuckle is quite swollen so might be on the turbo trainer for a few days


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    #2153
    triggermortis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    Had my first covid jab on Thursday, and felf a bit off yesterday. Had hardly any sleep last night and got up at 5, as there was no point just laying there staring at the ceiling. Another feature of my symptoms kicked in and didn't dare venture too far from the toilet.
    Cried off the group spin, and opted for a local jaunt with my daughter later in the day


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    #2154
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users Posts: 3,632 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    The bike will not be leaving the nice dry shed today.


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    #2155
    Reality_Check1
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Reality_Check1


    +1 to the wimp club

    I think the club spin might have been cancelled outright so many people pulled out today


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    #2156
    dahat
    Registered Users Posts: 16,681 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    +2 , awful day early on so knocked out 3hrs on the trainer. Honestly believe I’d have been less wet outside.


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    #2157
    Reality_Check1
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭Reality_Check1


    dahat wrote: »
    +2 , awful day early on so knocked out 3hrs on the trainer. Honestly believe I’d have been less wet outside.

    Same!! I got 2 hours in on the trainer including a short 26km race - Jesus Id forgotten how tough Zwift racing is. Full gas for the full thing


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    #2158
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,802 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    anyone here ever join the wimp list for the opposite reasons to normal?
    i had been thinking of going on a spin up to kippure maybe today, but i'm a bit fair skinned and the idea of doing that cycle in blazing sunshine with very little shade for good long sections, is more preferable tomorrow when the forecast seems to be more for broken cloud.


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    #2159
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    I'm hankering to go up that direction myself, but all my zoom / teams meetings tend me to be in the middle of the day so bit of a pain. I'm back in work 3 days a week now too.

    My 2 presently available bikes have all the gears in the world too, but are heavy


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    #2160
    Macy0161
    Registered Users Posts: 9,322 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Overcast in roundwood as I type fwiw! Is it road bike doable up to the mast?


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    #2161
    Weepsie
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    Overcast in roundwood as I type fwiw! Is it road bike doable up to the mast?

    Tis. Coming down is what I find sketchy rather than going up, which is just you know, a bit of a slog


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