Tuesday Nights in Kent 2017

Summer is almost upon us!

TiK 2017 starts on Tuesday 28 March, and continues every Tuesday until 24 October.

A nice little 50km route

Starting from Cadence, Crystal Palace at 7pm. We aim to get round in under 2 hours and usually have a pint (or 2) at one of the pubs at the top of the hill.

Everybody is welcome and the pace accounts for the mood of everybody. We usually re-group at the top and bottom of hills.

What you will need:

1. A good front light. This is important. It gets dark on the way back, the road surface is not always great. A Hope Vision 1 or similar is a good minimum.
   
2. A rear light which does not blind anyone behind you (a bit of masking tape over very bright lights is recommended)
   
3. A wide smile!
   
   

I won't post each week as an event. We can use this thread for attendance lists and general banter.

Kapow.... want to try and smash these this year

What's your goal? 10? 20? 30?

1 or 2

But I will SMASH those

Me and Jaygee doing a recce tomorrow night...

We need to conflab on Crepe City BTW

I think I made it on 2 of these last year.

First one I can do this year is 2nd May 😬

I just wrote "i'm more likely to do the early season ones". Then I stopped and thought about what that would mean.

Next season.

Popped out for a 'quick' 90km at 3pm.

Became a 'fuck, I'm on a 120km route and I'm only half way and it gets dark in half an hour' 80km as I ride to Brentwood St in ZONE 9!

I am WELL in the doghouse.

Shouldn't this be in the Monday afternoons in Essex thread?

I think this has the capacity to be the non club run bantz thread.

I plan to make as many of these as possible - I doubt I will race much this season. Having a steroid injection in my hand this week or next, so hopefully I will be able to flog myself into shape after that and join in some time next month.

Looking forward to some Tuesday (s)miles.

Steroids in the hands is next-level masturbation commitment.

I was offered steroids in my knuckles at my last rheumatology consultation. I decided against them. It would have been into 4 knuckles. No thanks.

I've tried rest, stretching etc. This is my last port of call. To be honest- I'm at my wits end with it; how miserable it's made me has only been slightly mitigated by some nice holidays and being too busy at work to get genuinely depressed about it

Is this all from crash at track league.

Or FWAPPING?

I know your feelz.

Down for these sessions big time - particulrly the beer part

Bump. Looks like tomorrow will be good

Remember to bring your lights.

I was planning my attendance this morning, but just been reminded that we have Parents Evening. Sad to miss the season opener.

In.

Don't think it's from crashing and it's the wrong hand for...

I think it's RSI related or something - work and cycling. Started getting bad when I was doing more miles again in December, and then just got progressively worse. Exacerbated by smashing it into a rock whilst skiing a couloir and some rope work/climbing stuff while I was out there too.
Will have a bike fit and all that crap just to check I'm not ruining everything.

I still have nerve damage from the BCM three years ago that will come/go dependant on volume of miles.

Was that really three years ago?
Blimey. time etc. and so on.