Comments on: My New Bike http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/ Gourmet Food and Wine Bike Tours in France and Italy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bernard Dugdale http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-248 Bernard Dugdale Wed, 14 May 2008 08:55:24 +0000 http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-248 Hi John. We managed the Dartmoor Classic, thanks. It was bloody difficult. Given your cycling palmares, our time is too embarrassing to share with you, but we were thrilled to finish it. My bike got run over on Friday by a lorry, can you believe it? I wasn't on it, luckily, and the truck owners' insurance company have admitted liability. So it's a bit of a work in progress now, I'm afraid, until Evans can work their magic on it. We had to fit new bars and stem (both much heavier!) and the head stem feels a little wobbly. Great excuses eh? I reckon they must have cost me at least 4 hours! By coincidence, I bought a cycling jersey as a momento and asked the organisers who they sourced them from. And the guy from Provision Clothing was stood right next to him. You might know of his Dad (I'm assuming it's his Dad) Steve Joughin, Professional Road Champion in '84 and '86 - that must put him almost in your league. So we will be able to get some jerseys, and of course 4 of them will be on their way down to the mighty Eastbourne Rovers. Bernard Hi John. We managed the Dartmoor Classic, thanks. It was bloody difficult. Given your cycling palmares, our time is too embarrassing to share with you, but we were thrilled to finish it.

My bike got run over on Friday by a lorry, can you believe it? I wasn’t on it, luckily, and the truck owners’ insurance company have admitted liability. So it’s a bit of a work in progress now, I’m afraid, until Evans can work their magic on it. We had to fit new bars and stem (both much heavier!) and the head stem feels a little wobbly. Great excuses eh? I reckon they must have cost me at least 4 hours!

By coincidence, I bought a cycling jersey as a momento and asked the organisers who they sourced them from. And the guy from Provision Clothing was stood right next to him. You might know of his Dad (I’m assuming it’s his Dad) Steve Joughin, Professional Road Champion in ‘84 and ‘86 - that must put him almost in your league. So we will be able to get some jerseys, and of course 4 of them will be on their way down to the mighty Eastbourne Rovers.

Bernard

]]> By: John Dutson http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-246 John Dutson Tue, 13 May 2008 18:25:17 +0000 http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-246 Hello Bernard Thanks for the News Letter, it's good to keep up to date with your Adventure's. Sorry to hear about the New Bike but hope you were able to complete The Dartmoor Challenge. If you order Chain Gang Jerseys I would like to buy one. Best Wishes to You and Albert John Hello Bernard
Thanks for the News Letter, it’s good to keep up to date with your Adventure’s. Sorry to hear about the New Bike but hope you were able to complete The Dartmoor Challenge.
If you order Chain Gang Jerseys I would like to buy one.
Best Wishes to You and Albert
John

]]> By: Cycling On Dartmoor, Devon, The Dartmoor Challenge and The Chain Gang Cycling Tours | The Chain Gang Cycling Tours http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-177 Cycling On Dartmoor, Devon, The Dartmoor Challenge and The Chain Gang Cycling Tours | The Chain Gang Cycling Tours Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:33:50 +0000 http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-177 [...] the help of my glamorous assistant, my new Trek Madone, I was left looking fat and 46 on the vicious assent of Clifford Bridge Hill. We had to climb over [...] [...] the help of my glamorous assistant, my new Trek Madone, I was left looking fat and 46 on the vicious assent of Clifford Bridge Hill. We had to climb over [...]

]]> By: Bernard Dugdale http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-10 Bernard Dugdale Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:50:03 +0000 http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-10 John, I'm delighted you like my new bike. Unfortunately Trek have fallen victim to a serious design flaw. There's nowhere to put a track pump! Can you believe they'd overlook something like that? I've become very self-conscious about taking a track-pump with me in my panniers, and that's thanks to you, Stuart, George and Mike. So sometimes I don't take one with me. Consequently some Chain Gang cyclists have their punctures fixed with an ordinary hand pump, which of course isn't as good. And that's your fault! For anyone else reading this comment, John will never tell you, so I will. He once cycled for England in a demonstration event in the Commonwealth Games. He dismisses this, because it was merely a demonstration event. But with the possible exception of Albert Ayton, that makes Mr John Dutson the best cyclist I have ever met, and it's been a great privilege to cycle with him, and with George, and with Stuart and with Mike. All the best, Bernard John, I’m delighted you like my new bike. Unfortunately Trek have fallen victim to a serious design flaw. There’s nowhere to put a track pump! Can you believe they’d overlook something like that?

I’ve become very self-conscious about taking a track-pump with me in my panniers, and that’s thanks to you, Stuart, George and Mike. So sometimes I don’t take one with me. Consequently some Chain Gang cyclists have their punctures fixed with an ordinary hand pump, which of course isn’t as good. And that’s your fault!

For anyone else reading this comment, John will never tell you, so I will. He once cycled for England in a demonstration event in the Commonwealth Games. He dismisses this, because it was merely a demonstration event. But with the possible exception of Albert Ayton, that makes Mr John Dutson the best cyclist I have ever met, and it’s been a great privilege to cycle with him, and with George, and with Stuart and with Mike.

All the best,

Bernard

]]> By: John Dutson http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-7 John Dutson Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:22:13 +0000 http://www.thechaingang.co.uk/blog/2008/01/26/my-new-bike/#comment-7 Hello Bernard Like the new Bike. Hope you are not going to put that old Pannier Bag on the back with a Track Pump sticking out. John Hello Bernard
Like the new Bike. Hope you are not going to put that old Pannier Bag on the back with a Track Pump sticking out.
John

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