Shands said:Maybe we could emulate Alpe D'huez' famous dutch corner and have a 'Bluemoon corner' when the tour hits Yorkshire.
Rascal said:Shands said:Maybe we could emulate Alpe D'huez' famous dutch corner and have a 'Bluemoon corner' when the tour hits Yorkshire.
Im hoping they use the drag up into the town centre past my mates pub in the final run in.
She is a Blue and im sure all Blues would be welcome to watch from there as we could follow on the TV and nip out for the ride past whilst having a few beers :)
Shands said:Rascal said:Shands said:Maybe we could emulate Alpe D'huez' famous dutch corner and have a 'Bluemoon corner' when the tour hits Yorkshire.
Im hoping they use the drag up into the town centre past my mates pub in the final run in.
She is a Blue and im sure all Blues would be welcome to watch from there as we could follow on the TV and nip out for the ride past whilst having a few beers :)
Watching it? At the rate you're picking up the sport you'll be riding in the thing! ;-)
chesterbells said:Decent mileage that Judge. Much maintenance required commuting 90 miles a week? I assume youre using the road bike for it? I've dabbled the odd day, but I'm a bit fair weather when it comes to starting a bike ride (dont mind once i'm already out).
Fellas, on a different note, has anyone made any plans for the yorkshire tour days yet?
Been looking recently and it looks like most of the county is booked up already; I suppose I should have got my act together more quickly. Harrogate is the one place it looks possible to see both days from (they must obviously have someone of influence who has Prudhomme's ear).
At the moment I'm looking at Buttertubs Hill near Hawes for the Saturday, and Holme Moss just outside Holmefirth for the Sunday, both look the best climbs on each day.
Tbh, from a spectator point of view I'd have preferred a TT as you get the riders coming past over the space of between 1 and 3 hours (although on tv TTs are not that exciting imho), but these should be good.
I'd expect the Moss to be like a mini Alp with spectators.
Both days will be long, but i dont think I'll be camping out there days in advance Apl D'Huez style!
Anyone else got any plans?
chesterbells said:chesterbells said:Decent mileage that Judge. Much maintenance required commuting 90 miles a week? I assume youre using the road bike for it? I've dabbled the odd day, but I'm a bit fair weather when it comes to starting a bike ride (dont mind once i'm already out).
Fellas, on a different note, has anyone made any plans for the yorkshire tour days yet?
Been looking recently and it looks like most of the county is booked up already; I suppose I should have got my act together more quickly. Harrogate is the one place it looks possible to see both days from (they must obviously have someone of influence who has Prudhomme's ear).
At the moment I'm looking at Buttertubs Hill near Hawes for the Saturday, and Holme Moss just outside Holmefirth for the Sunday, both look the best climbs on each day.
Tbh, from a spectator point of view I'd have preferred a TT as you get the riders coming past over the space of between 1 and 3 hours (although on tv TTs are not that exciting imho), but these should be good.
I'd expect the Moss to be like a mini Alp with spectators.
Both days will be long, but i dont think I'll be camping out there days in advance Apl D'Huez style!
Anyone else got any plans?
Thought I'd give this earlier post of mine a bump seeing as there's a bit of Yorkshire chat going on.
discopop said:Judge Roughneck said:Thanks for the comments. In terms of maintenance, I'm always cleaning the bike, wet roads and its caked in shite. There is an intermittent clicking which I'm trying to eliminate and I've had 3 punctures in 900 miles. I will probably replace them with Specialized Armadillos before winter for increased protection. Other than that I love the bike.
I'm not on Strava because I haven't got an iPhone/android phone for the app.
The intermittent clicking can be a couple of things, if you are using clip in pedals sometimes they can click and make random noises another area to look at is the bottom bracket which are notorious for clicking and although I suspect yours are sealed shimano bearings its not uncommon for theses to have issues, with £30 quids worth of tools changing a BB is a simple job, I prefer the BB 30 system on my bikes as its a 25 min job to change the bearings.
Spec Armadillos are a good winter choice also very good are Conti 4 seasons, very fast but after a full winter on cycling not a sniff of a puncture then its Conti 4000's for the summer
chesterbells said:Yes mate for Hawes. Holme Moss is the climb out from Holmefirth up & over to the reservoir. It's Woodhead area rather than Ladybower/snake pass.
Looking at some of the cycling press they mention these 2.
I think Holme on the Sunday may be more significant; Sunday is the bumpier day, it's a bigger climb, and it comes after about 4/5ths of the days race distance.
Rascal said:chesterbells said:Yes mate for Hawes. Holme Moss is the climb out from Holmefirth up & over to the reservoir. It's Woodhead area rather than Ladybower/snake pass.
Looking at some of the cycling press they mention these 2.
I think Holme on the Sunday may be more significant; Sunday is the bumpier day, it's a bigger climb, and it comes after about 4/5ths of the days race distance.
I meant Woodhead and got mixed up. That is quite steep both sides and can get very windy over the top there. I stopped off up there early one morning for a brew and a fag on my way to Holmefirth to work on LOTSW.
Great to see EBH win today after a brilliant lead out from Thomas. My bloody aussie stream crashed at the red kite but i managed to get it back for the replay.