17th Jan 2010
As it was a fairly nice day today a few of us went down to the quayside for a quick ride/trick session. Photos Below.
More on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/philxthomas/
As it was a fairly nice day today a few of us went down to the quayside for a quick ride/trick session. Photos Below.
More on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/philxthomas/
A few months ago during a polo game, we noticed someone on top of the shopping center car park taking photos of us. Then recently we were informed that there was a photo of us in the baltic! I haven’t managed to find the physical exhibition yet, but an article with the photo is online here: http://www.balticmill.com/showusasecret/#4
Speaking of polo… We no longer play on Tuesdays as it gets dark shortly after breakfast. We may play the occasional Sunday game so check here or the forum for dates, but we are on the lookout for a floodlit or undercover court for the winter. There is a ride happening this Thursday to find one, and if you have any suggestions, leave a comment.
Had an awesome weekend in Edinburgh. Newcastle came 3rd, Glasgow 1st & 2nd, and Edinburgh 4th, 5th and 6th. Great to meet everyone and the tournament was a lot of fun. Thanks to all who organised it, hopefully we will be back up soon for another event.
Here is a photo from jeffcapeshop
Tour Of Britain was pretty cool, saw a lot of nice bikes and the place had a great atmosphere. Had a few people come and ask about my crazy fixed gear bike. There was also roller racing, but unfortunately the bikes being used were tandems with no clips. A guy destroyed the drivetrain of one bike, possibly be cause he was strong, probably because the bikes were poor.
I have no idea who won the race, but it was worth going down.
More pics here
Richard came to polo last night and took some cool photos so I thought I’d post a few up here. To see more of his photos visit his site here: http://www.richardkenworthy.co.uk/
Got back from Cambridge last night. Such an amazing weekend and, although we didn’t win a single game of the tournament, it was close. We lost our first game 3 – 2 against Manchester (Netto Fabulous) who eventually came 3rd overall. We lost our second game after going to sudden death with a 1 – 1 draw against Cambridge (Team Cream), but this one was really close.
Thanks to everyone from Cambridge for organising, Harvey for the house, and all the teams who came and made it. Was great to meet everyone and I’m sure we will see you again soon!
The ride started off ok. 6 am, people were on time. I managed a puncture 5 minutes in but was mostly fine after that. Awesome weather all morning, few stops, and we set a good pace.
After getting some abuse from the locals in Blyth, we cycled up route 1 through Amble, Craster, Alnmouth and had lunch in Embleton.
After lunch there was some rain but it was still hot. We carried on North and my favourite part of the day was flyinging down a hill and seeing the huge Bamburgh castle appear on the horizon, the 75 mile maker.
With everyone feeling great at Bamburgh, we thought the last 24 miles would be easy. They were not. It started to get really hilly and the route took us off-road a few times.
Having said that, some of the best miles were in the last quarter. Though I think the last 10 took nearly 3 hours, arriving in Berwick felt great.
Overall, an amazing day. 3 people rode fixed, 1 single-speed, and 1 geared.
