On your Bike

[CitroJim]

Blimey Jim despite all your health problems, when you bounce back it doesn’t take you long to get back to a decent level, good effort

Thanks ever so Skull By my usual standards I'm still taking it easy! So good to be back... Until the next time it all unravels - which it will, being the nature of the beast. Until then I make the most of the current good spell

[CitroJim]

Last evening I was out with my camera at Round 6 of the Team MK Evening 10 TT racing series...

I chose the only spot in North Bucks where it did not rain and for me it remained dry for the duration of the race

I was only later I learned how lucky I was after hearing several riders speaking of the heavy rain out on the course...

CitroJim Race Photography

Camera and I will be action again on Wednesday evening to photograph another local TT race... Fingers crossed for the weather

I'm still not quite fit enough yet to race so for the foreseeable I'll be sticking to race photography.

[CitroJim]

I was out on TT Race photography duties again last evening

I totally unwittingly got one rider launching the most almighty 'snot rocket'* It was pure luck I clicked the shutter at the exact moment. It was not deliberate and I didn't realise until I did the post-processing work. It's a great photo in its own way but not for publication!

As poor old Elon Musk seems to be having a lot of trouble launching his own rockets lately, I've put him in touch with the rider...

As compensation for not publishing such a snotty photo, amazing as it is, here's a more reasonable one:

CitroJim Photography

* A "snot rocket" refers to a jet of mucus that is forcefully expelled from the nostril. It's often done while one nostril is blocked, creating a deliberate and powerful expulsion of snot. It's considered an informal and somewhat vulgar term.

[myglaren]

[PaulC5]

When you notice somebody in a peloton clearing their nose I sometimes wonder if those nearby get covered and if so, would they return the favour.

[myglaren]

Coincidentally, just read about this on ARRSE and sent it to my daughter, an embalmer.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... death.html

[CitroJim]

When you notice somebody in a peloton clearing their nose I sometimes wonder if those nearby get covered and if so, would they return the favour.

They do and they do Paul... Lucky there was nobody near the rider last evening - they would have drowned

[CitroJim]

In what's now become my usual Monday evening gig... TT racing photography

Team MK Evening 10 TT Round 7

Just one from a very big field of riders on what was a perfect evening for racing. Some lovely colour coordination going on and orange too

I'm very much enjoying doing these assignments and camera and I will be in action again on Wednesday evening for another round of TT racing...

I may even get to race one week. I'm now just about fit enough to

[CitroJim]

One of the machines at last evening's TT race meeting

Proper top-end stuff... For the cost of this one you could easily buy a very tidy near-concours Pug 205 GTi and still have enough left over to tax, insure and fill it up with petrol - the car that is, the bike runs on flapjacks

[mickthemaverick]

That's possibly the ugliest thing I've ever seen on two wheels!!

[CitroJim]

That's possibly the ugliest thing I've ever seen on two wheels!!

Yea, but it's faaaaaaaast

[CitroJim]

I was very happy to be on the other side of the cameras lens at last evening's TT race meeting

My first race since 2023 I use the term 'race' loosely as 33 minutes is not fast by any means. In my defence it was very windy and a strong headwind slowed us all up

It's good that I can race again - I'm very happy

The rest of the field was not - they got no photos Can't do both!

[momag46]

We done Jim, 344ft, you could only find that amount in the fens if 172 people got together

[CitroJim]

We done Jim, 344ft, you could only find that amount in the fens if 172 people got together

Thanks Maurice

[Skull]

Jim 18 mph

Who knew MK was that hilly

You could do both if you were allowed a pit stop for flapjack