Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th August

65.9 mph Bloody hell

This week end has been nice hot and dry so two great days out on the Tandem.
Saturday set off for breakfast in Hackney at our favorite café in London and to have a ride around London it’s self,  However as to a front puncher second one it turns  out that I had put the incorrect tube in! So it made it a bit late to do the normal root to the cafe so we just had a run around the centre of London and had a bite to eat at another watering hall we no on the south bank, London is always great fun with lots of attention and comments and photos taken of us.

The Tires fitted although of good quality are not really suited for the use we put it to punchers are a pain, and we do get a few just lately so looking to changing them this week. We surpassed our photo record with having 14 photos taken of us that we knew of that is.
We have had some funny moments like the oriental guy that had stopped behind us at traffic lights I heard the door open and he got out and run in front of us to take a photo.

Sunday was a great day got the thunderbird out into the country for a long run, suffered one rear Puncher! But I am and expert at it now LOL.
The root.

 Out west from Hayes, through West Drayton and onto Slough and Windsor, coffee and Eccles cake by the river then out into the country lanes, to Touchen End then Moss End, for lunch. Back via Bray and a Tea stop at Burnham Beeches, Tried to max out on our downhill speed into Uxbridge, highest gear in everything, rear cassette, Schlump and on the SRAM hub gear. Powered in to it Speedo registered 65.9 mph. Bloody hell certainly felt fast!

However the Pilot was screaming loudly and struggling, complaining bike was unstable at that point; “it’s braking up (admiral thats me I do not like stoker) like Scottiein star trek   it can’t take any more!!! and the brakes went on, sensible as I had a bit more to give but would we have lived to tell the story?

West Middlesex run 7th August 2011

42.7 miles - Out from Hayes to Ickenham Pump to meet the rest of West Middlesex Group. Up to Harefield, then nice descent, before more climbs then down along the valley into Chesham. A Return via Stoney Lane where we needed the lowest gear and back via the Chalfonts and Denham. Final Tea and Cake at Denham Country Park then home.  
Rather wet 

Recommend the Ginger ice slice at Denham Country Park However we consumed the last two slices! O dear well hard luck! J

August 6th Today’s Ride 50.1 miles

August 6^th Today’s Ride 50.1 miles
Out from Hayes past Heathrow Terminal and on to Staines, then out through Runnymede into Windsor for a tea and cake stop by the river. Out south then past Lego land through Winkfield and Maidens Green towards Maidenhead, turning at Bird Hill golf course and heading back via Bray to Downey for another tea and cake stop at the "Walled Garden", then onto to Windsor and Eton. Met "Cycleman" from the YACF forum on the wooden bridge at Eton with his 700c ICE adventure, had a good chat about Tries then off again via Slough and Uxbridge to home.
Slow Puncher front left bramble thorn, first front puncher.

July 24th Sunday run out

Nice sunny day out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucPRJJHVufk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Just out for a run around.

Greenspeed GTT recumbent Tandem in Central London
July 23^rd Link
Just out for a run around.www.youtube.com/watch?v=84PjoH3COmQ

MMM Changed my mind about the lights

MMM Changed my mind about the lights I thought the Tandem looked like a snail with eyes on storks!
So took the T bars off and found they mounted on the Mud guard stay nicely.
This will make the guy up front happy to as he was winging about it a little droping big hints about eye line and all that LOL so In the end I agreed..

We have Mug grads

We have Mud grads Great they arrived just to day

And two light setups off the  grads fixings.++

Mud grads Great and a  mug of coffee

One on and another mug of coffee

There you go Nice

We have lights to for the winter

Not bad if I say so myself.

Well out of the way of legs and knees

However I do not think the captain is very keen on them