The Legend of the Brompton Bumble B

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Special gift & 10,000 page hits....

Well folks I've just noticed I've gone past a milestone of 10,000 page hits.
Probably about 40% of those are mine but hey ho :P

I got a little present from Alfredo Guillen new member of my London Brompton Club Group on facebook the other day. From what I can remember he had them selling on ebay and decided to send them to me as a present. I guess by the colour of them there was only one place they could go >:D

2 Black & Yellow Water Value Handles

On The Legend.....

Totally bad ass

What can I say about these handles eh? come onnnnnnnn :P May take me a little while longer to fold til I get used to them but they sure look awesome.

Oh I put in an order for new tires (Limited edition London Marathon Plus) awhile back and should have got delivered earlier in the week. I had a couple of packages waiting for me at the local sorting office which I thought it may have been so wasn't worried about it too much but it wasn't them (one was the water value handles, the other was Garmin Edge 800 rubber protection).
Emailed company I sourced them from and they are contacting the Royal Mail to see where they are. First time in many yrs that I've had any problems with Royal Mail I have to say.

Quick snap of the Garmin Edge 800 cover

Garmin Edge 800 & Rubber Cover

Monday, 15 October 2012

Future Events for 2013...

Well I've been abit behind with the posts on my blog but that doesnt mean I've not been doing anything.
As I have probably mentioned in previous posts I will be trying to do as many cycling events as possible from now on. As my fitness improves over time I feel that I can do bigger and better things.

I've currently got myself entered into 2 major events already for next year, maybe a 3rd. NightRider 2013 , IG Nocturne Folding Bike Race & The Dunwich Dynamo 2013

IG Markets Nocturne Folding Bike Race 2013

(19th January 2013)

In 2013 they will be doing the first indoor IG Markets Nocturne event. I managed to watch it last year at Smithfield's Market where my good cycling buddy (Mr.O) raced & got into the final. I said to myself that I should have entered but I never did. This year I'm entered but the only thing is that its a lottery type thing so I won't know if I got in till nearer the time.

London Nightrider 2013:

(8th -9th June 2013)

This event is a charity bike ride around London taking in all the sights but with a difference. It's going to be though the night. Be passing through Tower Bridge, a deserted City of London, Canary Wharf, London Zoo, Piccadilly Circus, British Museum, London Eye, Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and more.. It promises to be a damn good night right and as always my partner in crime Mr.O will be right there with me :) We both managed to get the same start time and location at Alexander Palace. Maybe a few more from the London Brompton Club will be coming along too.

The Dunwich Dynamo 2013

(20th-21st July 2013)

The Dunwich Dynamo is a 200 km night ride from London to the lost city of Dunwich on the Suffolk Coast. From 1992 to 1998 it ran as commercial pay-to-enter event. In 1999 it became free -just-turn-up-and-ride. This Successful format has continued since 2000.
Setting a date for an informal 'turn-up-and-ride' event - on the Saturday night nearest a full moon in July.

This last event I will definitely have to have a really big think about but as someone said that I could gauge my fitness for this from how I do on the other events I'm entering as well as the London Brompton Club Rides that I will be going on too.

2013 looks like its turning out to be a pretty busy cycling for me and I only got 2 words to say to it all

"BRING IT!"

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

The Bumble B Helmet

While I was on holidays in the USA I got my friend to spray paint my helmet. I asked if he could do some "in progress" shots as I always love seeing how things are made and the final product.

Well here is the work in progress shots of my helmet :)