CitroJim's AX, C3 Picasso, Cycling and Running Tales

[myglaren]

Good to see you are doing well and posting again Jim, keep it up!

[Hell Razor5543]

Oh, I managed to find your birthday card for next year! It should make you grin.

[Michel]

My C5 has not done 6,000 miles this year! Mind you, my company van certainly has done that, and more.

Must have taken you ages. We've got one of those vans at work and it's the most tedious thing I've ever driven!

[daviemck2006]

Nice to see you making an appearance here Jim. You have been missed!

[Zelandeth]

Bloody good to see you back, even if only in brief bursts.

Hasn't been the same without you.

I need to get in touch and pop round some point soon for a proper catch up if life will cut it out and co-operate for long enough!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Hi All

...This forum is now very complex and confusing to me and I'm having massive trouble getting to grips with it again so please bear with me... I may try and give it a bit of Percywhatsit and see if I can make a small return... No promises but I'll try...

I'll leave you with a picture of me recently enjoying a cafe stop on a club bike ride and me at parkrun - an institution very close to my heart!... The board says it all for me.. I've become a cream-tea and cake critic for the club

Welcome back Jim.....keep it simple and just follow 2 threads

the simplest thread on the forum.....Picture (s) of the Day! Shove up any old picture, no need for any words!

and your own Blog!

In time maybe shove up a new thread......."Favourite Coffee and Cake stops" certainltly a favourite pastime of ours these days.

Great to see your contributions again

Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

Thanks all for the very warm welcome back I'm really touched by it

Your 6000 cycling miles a year puts my 2000 (as a teenager) in the shade.

2000 miles is still a bloody awesome mileage Chris

To date in 2018 I have currently ridden 6,389 miles and run 761 miles!

And I've swum 87,530 yards... That's nearly 50 miles

Welcome back Jim.....keep it simple and just follow 2 threads

the simplest thread on the forum.....Picture (s) of the Day! Shove up any old picture, no need for any words!

and your own Blog!

In time maybe shove up a new thread......."Favourite Coffee and Cake stops" certainltly a favourite pastime of ours these days.

Great to see your contributions again

Thanks Neil I have a few candidates for pictures of the day... To be honest I don't know where to start I have so many but I'll soon kick off...

Robyn saw the AA box at Devil's Bridge the other day and sent me a picture of it... Would you like to see that one?

Bloody good to see you back, even if only in brief bursts.

I need to get in touch and pop round some point soon for a proper catch up if life will cut it out and co-operate for long enough!

Zel, it'll be really great to see you! get in touch first as I'm out more than I'm in these days but i can always find some time for you... We need a while as there's a lot to catch up on

It's good to be back!

Just baked a loaf and currently my Christmas cake is busy slowly baking in the oven

Off out on the bike to enjoy this lovely unseasonal weather later this afternoon

[NewcastleFalcon]

Robyn saw the AA box at Devil's Bridge the other day and sent me a picture of it... Would you like to see that one?

Of course, Its great when a little seed is sown in an FCF thread, and it produces some real world effects!
Crikey we had a holiday in Norfolk on the back of photographing the dog next to the Brancaster AA Box!

You may not have seen this Pic taken by Eifion (who made a trip to Devils Bridge) and came back with this prize



Regards Neil

[CitroJim]

I did see that one Neil and as a great lover of Imps it very near made my day

It was worth coming back on the forum just to see that picture

[CitroJim]

The cake is now baked and maturing for Christmas

Next task much nearer the day will be to ice it with royal icing...

[CitroJim]

It's been raining a bit today around here... In fact it has been coming down like glass stair-rods for most of the day

Torrential did not cover it - monsoonal more like!

Most of our club bike rides were cancelled as a result but two of us leaders decided to combine our rides and go out despite the biblical conditions along with four hardy souls who joined us...

At the start of the day we had about 20 riders between us but as the morning dawned that soon whittled down to just the very toughest...

We just rode a short 22 mile route and ended up at the Bike Bus near Cranfield for a very well-received coffee and cake...

The amount of standing water on the road and the depth and size of the puddles was amazing... The road was fully flooded at one point and we rode through a good four inches of water

I've spoken of the Bike Bus before and here it is in drier times

BCG Facebook Picture

It is a true cyclist's Mecca...

And here we are in somewhat wetter times

BCG Facebook Picture

And us sheltering inside enjoying a beverage or two

Own Work (Selfie)

We then had to leave the warm and (almost) dry of the bus and then ride home

Despite all, we immensely enjoyed it and found on our return we'd been christened the Official Nutters

Fair comment I think!

Happy days - The shame was that when I went out for a 4 mile run at 04:30 this morning it was lovely and warm and dry...

[daviemck2006]

Your looking happy and really well Jim. Good to see!

[CitroJim]

Your looking happy and really well Jim. Good to see!

I must admit to both of those conditions Davie

[CitroJim]

It's been a bit of an unusual day for me... After some ten days of running and cycling every day along with swimming on weekdays I decided today would be a rest day... I didn't get up until 06:30 (as against my normal 03:45), I didn't run as I normally do, didn't swim and have not cycled

Instead I beavered away at some necessary admin work and totally mentally exhausted myself doing it Then fitted the new plastic moulding to Robyn's C1 before going shopping with her That revived me a treat!

I charged Robyn a Costa coffee for the supply and fit of the new moulding...

This afternoon I gave my winter bike some TLC. Yesterday when I rode it during a club ride I noted an odd intermittent ticking noise when under power... Investigation revealed this to be the rear gear cassette loose on the freehub due to a partially unscrewed locking ring...

This was a good excuse to give the cassette a strip and a thorough clean... here it is in bits:

Own Work

I also noted a rough sounding bearing in the freehub so that'll need attention soon... It's not a big issue as it's only noticeable on the over-run...

Then I replaced the brake pads front and rear... Both sets were worn right down to practically nothing... I definitely got my money's worth from the last set but yesterday it was patently obvious I needed to sort them as I'd almost run out of brakes... Not good...

Own SWork

Own Work

Tomorrow I'll be back to normal... Out running by 04:30, then swimming and then after breakfast I'll be leading a 40 mile bike ride out to a particularly lovely cafe

Looks like the weather will be fairly OK too...

And finally, I'm still very much enjoying being back on the forum

[van ordinaire]

& we're enjoying having you back, Jim - or,is it only me who's noticed a change of ambiance? A little more nonsense/frivolity/bonhomie?