This is what 66.61km looks like
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This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Sun Nov 16, 2014 2:06 am
I do not like to leave it too long between ride-my-age rides and manage three or four a year. (It's a right-of-passage sort of thing for aging unicyclists around the world to do at least one each year.)
Well I haven't had too many opportunities for a full day ride since I returned from Europe. So after getting to my sisters place in Mount Lawley and on a whim (as these things always are) I continued further east to my nieces' place in Ashfield.
I think I am feeliing my age though. I am still tired and a bit more sore than I recalled from previous ride-my-age. Still, it's done and I won't feel the need to repeat it probably for the rest of the year.
Anyway, this is what 66.61km on a unicycle looks like after it's all done. It was BEEEEEUTIFUL!
Well I haven't had too many opportunities for a full day ride since I returned from Europe. So after getting to my sisters place in Mount Lawley and on a whim (as these things always are) I continued further east to my nieces' place in Ashfield.
I think I am feeliing my age though. I am still tired and a bit more sore than I recalled from previous ride-my-age. Still, it's done and I won't feel the need to repeat it probably for the rest of the year.
Anyway, this is what 66.61km on a unicycle looks like after it's all done. It was BEEEEEUTIFUL!
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby Dirty32 » Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:34 am
Top effort, Colin!
Well done.
Well done.
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby gabrielle260 » Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:56 am
Well done Colin! Bet it tasted good!
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby jlh » Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:39 pm
Good job on the ride mate but could have chosen a nicer brew from that mob!
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby petie » Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:11 pm
Good effort! I like that staircase too, any chance of a proper pic of it?
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby CXCommuter » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:15 am
Well done Colin.
Sorry but has to be said- you went for a unicycle, then got Rogered.
Sorry but has to be said- you went for a unicycle, then got Rogered.
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby PA » Mon Nov 17, 2014 3:06 pm
Well done on making the distance and how far you rode. I will say I was not sure what sort of picture I was going to see in here, so relieved it was a beer.
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby John Lewis » Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:56 pm
Top effort Colin.
That would be tough enough on two wheels let alone one.
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That would be tough enough on two wheels let alone one.
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Mon Dec 22, 2014 12:38 am
I had to backtrack today in Mandurah to find my phone I had left in a shop. Extra kms not planned for gave me another shot at riding my age.
Second time done in a month! Maybe I'm not ready to retire just yet?
Naaah. Six working days to go and NOTHING is gonna make me go back to work. Growing old has it's benefits.
Second time done in a month! Maybe I'm not ready to retire just yet?
Naaah. Six working days to go and NOTHING is gonna make me go back to work. Growing old has it's benefits.
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby Roobar » Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:38 am
Great effort. Isn't the retirement just time to ride your age more frequently?
We had our annual wind up recently and the only retiree had ridden as many km as any 3 of the rest if us.
We had our annual wind up recently and the only retiree had ridden as many km as any 3 of the rest if us.
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby _mike_ » Wed Dec 24, 2014 12:17 am
I passed you Sunday morning near the Roe heading southbound - called out your name was curious how far you were headed, nice effort down to Mandurah! Yourself and the guy on the roller blades with tree trunks for legs are PSP icons
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Re: This is what 66.61km looks like
Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Dec 24, 2014 4:35 pm
Whoa! It's tempting to embellish my riding to epic proportions but in conscience I can't let you think I rode the whole way to Mandurah._mike_ wrote:I passed you Sunday morning near the Roe heading southbound - called out your name was curious how far you were headed, nice effort down to Mandurah! Yourself and the guy on the roller blades with tree trunks for legs are PSP icons
Normally I 'd ride to Murdoch and catch the train to Mandurah and then do a lot of riding there. But as it happened when I arrived at Murdoch I had a forty minute wait. So I used the time to get some exercise and pedalled to meet that same train at Cockburn. I was not quite at the platform when that train arrived then departed. So I went an extra leg to Kwinana after that.
I did ride south to Rockingham once to visit a mate. I found most of the ride so tedious and lonely that I swore off doing it again. It's much more fun riding around Mandurah, the marina and Halls Head.
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