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Could be a 3 way race for best excuses .

I am starting with the ‘ still haven’t set my new bike up yet.....’

6 months to get fit.

Apparently the bike has has a nat top 10 finish , which won't help me.

Saddle is a Fabric scoop?

I went up north for a work meeting today and this found its way into my car on the journey back- the one I bought is an ex race team bike with a few scuffs on the crank arm and 1 small paint chip on the forks. Seemed decent value at almost half price.

Just been informed by the boss , that I will be busy on Saturday taking Tom to his first football tournament.

Shame as I am looking a new (albeit used ex team ) CX bike this afternoon .

It’s a maybe depending on a few things - will you know end of week.

Where and when?

This is the type of commitment I dream of and is probably why I never achieve any of my targets.

I'm not in London this weekend but I am am going to use this to make me do a ride , even if it is inside.

They weren’t that impressed . I did try .

I’ll mention it for you. Am sure they will be impressed.

I am about to have a meeting at Trek UK hq, I’ll point them in this direction.

He would have fitted in better with a beard and some craft beer.

He was going faster than I was as I sat in the car wondering why I drive to work.

He looked very colour co-ordinated .

Ved on the Ridley going over North Sheen level crossing.

Well done everyone , gutted I couldn't be there with my stopwatch and clip board but family had to take priority this year.

That was Fin .

Sorry but I can't make this now .

Anyone considering a trip north should go , the last one was a great ride out!

Hippy on his inbred this morning in Ealing?

He was elsewhere today.....

I think Alex has some in her fridge at work- do you want me to check with her?

I once drove part of the Reprezent crew to a gig in my Renault Clio as they were late.

Probably wasn't the way they were expecting to roll that day. To be honest driving back was a bit hazy.

Never had it.

https://roadcycleexchange.com/collection­s/road-bike/in-stock+under-1000+large

I live opposite this place. The pricing is in my opinion always a bit overpriced but you are getting something that has been serviced in house ( I sometimes get my bike done by them as they are ok) and I think you get a warranty.

They are decent guys and the coffee is very nice.

Might be an option if you want peace of mind on a 2nd hand option.

Looking back its all a bit bizarre . I arrived in Bristol in 1991 as a long haired , middle class , indie kid. By complete fluke I became friends with some of the "cool kids" and next thing I was sharing Red Stripe with Daddy G at a house party, smoking spliffs with Rae & Christian and Roni Size's Reprazent crew back stage at The Thekla, buying records with Geoff Barrow and other dj's , hanging out behind the decks with James Lavelle , DJ Shadow and Krush , nodding at their record selection like I knew something as they played the Blue Mountain.

I also ended up partying with Matt Pritchard and his mates pre Dirty Sanchez which looking back was a bit odd .

The flip side was that there was a dark side, my friends had a gun put on the table when they attempted to buy a large quantity of weed from someone, seeing people in the squat scene end up on smack , getting mugged , barricading your flat door as the dealer next door is getting his kicked in by an unhappy customer..

These days an artisan coffee and a sour dough pizza are much more my cup off tea.

Bristol is currently seen as somewhere at the forefront of all things hip and progressive, and has been since about 1990.
Culturally, that’s Inkie and Banksy and street art. That’s Massive Attack and Tricky and Geoff Barrow’s Portishead. That’s St Paul’s soundsystems and Gloucester Road and house parties in squats and illegal warehouse raves.
Sourdough Bristol also means the price of the cheapest house in Montpelier is £300,000. It means the rent in St Paul’s going up from £800 a month to £1,200 a month.

Reminiscing about the past always looks better through rose coloured spectacles.

I may have only had to pay £375 for a 1 bed flat in St Pauls in the 1990's , but it meant sharing a hallway with a crack dealer and walking past the hookers to get up the stairs.

The squat parties were full of crusties with their cheap drugs and smelly clothes and being mugged in St Pauls coming back from a sound system party was never fun.

Oh , those were the days and we didn't even know what sourdough was .....

Thanks to everyone who helped out and/or provided prizes.

Dov /Sam - the youth loved the shirts, caps , bottles and fidget spinners. A lot of parents were impressed ( apart from the fidget spinners) ...

Riders seemed pretty happy , just a shame more didn't risk the weather .