Archived entries for London
TCR1 Makeover
Spent a whole afternoon cleaning the bike, and still not quite finished. Cleaned the old wheels and cassette for storage.
What’s new:
- Easton EA90 TT
- Michelin Pro Race 3 in red
- Ultegra 11-23T cassette
- Dura Ace 10 Spd chain (to be installed)
- Dura Ace brake pads (I figured new rims, new pads. In case the old pads had any bits stuck in them that’ll wear out my new rims quicker).
Flash Mob?
I think I just had my first flash mob experience tonight. Gin and I just finished dinner on Kingsland Rd (where you go for ‘pho’) and we went to Liverpool Street Station to catch the train home. Now you have to remember this station is busy. It’s kinda like a Flinders Street except 5 times as big and 10 times as busy (you can’t walk a straight line from one end to the other during peak hour). It was just jam packed with people screaming, jumping, etc. Police were on site too and I did hear an announcement towards the end over the PA asking the people to clear/leave the station immediately. Unfortunately as a result of this ‘event’ (whatever it was), they also ended up closing Liverpool Street Station for whatever reason and we ended up having to walk to Moorgate to catch a tube home.
Speaking of flash mobs, here’s a good recent ad that’s also filmed at Liverpool Street Station which may have been inspiration for tonight’s ‘event’?? (Tonight was nowhere near as choreographed as this mind you).
Slackers!
Whilst some of us braved the sub zero temperatures, shin deep snow, icy footpaths and blistering snow flurries to trek into work, others have been less productive creating some really badly proportioned snow sculptures…
Mr Consistency
My gosh… new record for me I think. Haven’t posted in almost 3 months!!! (And yet I’m still ahead in the total post count).
Anyway, went out for my mid-week ride today, doing some hill repeats as per last week. I don’t know what it is but I seem to be very consistent when it comes to a lot of my rides. Considering I had about 6km of traffic to deal with, it still took me almost exactly the same time to the second as my last week’s attempt.
Some other examples of my consistent performance (or lack thereof).
- Time trial course I did 2 years ago in Melbourne. My first leg out was almost identical to the second again as my return leg back.
- My regular commutes into work is usually +/-30 seconds apart from the commute back home, despite the hundreds of traffic lights that I have to deal with.
And it’s not like I try to time them that way. I just don’t look at the elapsed time figures until I get home.
Is there an explanation for this?? Or am I really just consistently slack?