Rob couldn't work out how to reply!!

Rob said...
Thats where Ole McDonalds chopper ended up. Tree hugging at Marston Woods is no good for him.You have to be telepathic to cycle with this lot. You all deserve to hang around twiddling your thumbs whilst I guess which way you are going next!!Mine is normally a Chili Tea. Chamomile can be usefully rubbed into the chamois of your shorts - it beats Bongela!!

I tried rubbing his Assos cream in, and it does wonders for the figure!

Most unlike Oakers:

Little has been seen of a group of cyclists last seen waiting for Oakley to catch them on a ride amongst the villages of Bedfordshire.

Reports of liver abuse - a result of excessive consumption of apple based alcoholic beverage - spread through whispers from other more sober invitees to the Ole MacDonald hospitality trough.

Unusually subdued, Oaker's skull warmer refused it's normal breakfast of millionaire shortbread and chamomile tea - spreading a lacklustre sheen across the Oaker's gurning grin.

Search parties found little sign of survival, bar one rusting steed, decaying as a tree grew through it waiting for the cyclist that never came!!

Trials:

A report from a different view.
Whilst the new bike appeared to function well, the rider displayed usual technical hitches. These comprised: inability to correctly set up a Garmin computer, struggling at any incline and talking nonsense.
At one stage, rider and bike were unceremoniously parted and the bike abandoned in the grass. I shall publish photographic evidence in support!!

Test Trials complete

Following delayed delivery, the new Bianchi 928 c2c carbon mono fibre 11 speed campag has now finished it's initial launch & first trial. Apart from the company all went well. Removal of tar proved to be only a small problem

Succesful meeting!

A well attended meeting last night brought much discussion and early agreement - there would be a mix of starters with both chilli-infused and plain garlic breads, washed down with salad and Peroni!
The BEST is now CAST, with the ride now starting at Calais, and requiring a hasty renaming of the blog provided I can find out how to.
A wager was unearthed with Brownie more certain of the tardis like internal dimensions of a Mercedes Sprinter van than Flame: you can see that there have already been some tests carried out.
Ole MacDonald seemed perplexed that 'Perry Mason' might be the only (practising) lawyer in the group - explained by the jar of paraquat he traded later on with Slippery.
Budgetary overspend at this stage is on a par with the burgeoning cost of Lord Coe's East London footlocker. The London Business School has assessed fiscal drain as rising through Q3 and Q4 2009, with advised cutbacks.
Eurotunnel carriage restrictions and additional charges has limited the number of bikes we can carry to 3, with Brownie organising a rota of fair use aided by crossbar hitching on the downhill sections.
Rising fear has surfaced amongst some riders in respect of training through the cold, damp and windy months - maybe the winter might bring fairer conditions?
312 sleeps to go!

Thursday:

Pizza now at Santaniello's as opposed to Pizza Express.

I saw the cover of cycling Weekly and wondered if the potential tour winner was our own Oakley-cum-toupee?

Logo again!!

Another potential logo has been put forward by Bullers - he is prepared to let us use his own coat of arms as a starting point.
We can discuss Thursday!

Rival logo:

Incensed that the BEST 2010 event was only 'all about the cyclists', Brookesy has thrown his hat in the ring.

'I don't see why there there shouldn't be a fair reflection of the hard work the support team outs in. It's not easy tackling all those pinot washed lunchtime lunches whilst worrying should anything happen in the peleton some 20 miles behind. Only last year, I declined the palate clearing sorbet as I was unable to fully focus on the meal. In recognition of this, I wish to ban all talk of ultra thin 6.5mm chains, and propose a new logo and name for the event. I will concentrate on building up my usefulness - after a 20 year lapse - so that you will notice when I join with my colleagues from the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port in a day of solidarity to fight the lack of thanks I get.'

We wait to see if this day of solidarity involves sunning the torso whilst quaffing alcohol and truffle-infused gourmet food - if so, we won't know the difference.

First the route, now the pizza!!

Will there ever be a consensus of this group?

After the discussions of which route to take to Dover - Magellan's western passage or the Suez Canal, debate is now raging over the choice of pizzas.

Dr Love is calmly sitting on the fence, willing to take whichever crust, base and topping combination comes his way, but there is sadly little common ground elsewhere.

Lous(e) has suggested extra buffalo mozzarella topping, whilst the Chancellor is insisting on a gluten free base mix. Howie, on the other hand, lost interest when he realised it wasn't a whole buffalo.

Oakley has tokens for Pizzataliband, a new Afghan-Italian mix theme restaurant in Shortstown, though there is no confirmed intelligence of the location yet.

There appears little chance of measured debate, so maybe Peronis all round will settle the matter and Brownie can later tell us what he - sorry we - decided later!

Its all hotting up!

With the return of the farmer from travels in Tuscany - viewing a new beet cropping attachment for his '56 Massey - the route debate heats up.

Said Mark 'I'm used to driving my tractor through London on Countryside protests. If any of them Townies give me grief, I let 'em have the spreader full face on with hen slurry. I'm certainly not afraid of none of them Estonian 'jackers, and was looking forward to a rare 'ol punch up. I can see that a few of the pensioners in the team might be a bit worried, but I hear that Saga give 'jacker cover as standard now. (Bex says I misheard and they give Jacko cover now!)

Possible Logo

Having spent a lot of your money, reserving hotels I though we might save a few pennies by adapting robs xtramile cycle shirts and getting rob to have them over printed.

David, Simon & I will futher overprint with a copy of our over 60's bus pass!

Boris finds it all a bore!

Recent discussions on the Bedford to Dover route have reached the Office of the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

Reviewing Brown and Lousada's fears of 'bike-jacking' - a new phenomenon common to the outlying suburban parklands of Erith and Swanscombe - Boris was swift to allay fears.

Speaking from the Mayoral Office overlooking the Belfast, Boris commented: 'These worry monkeys have little to fear given the recent fall in scrap values of recycled bike frames. The prevailing targets of these 'jackers are '70s Chopper and Raleigh bikes - prized for their heavier weight. Indeed, the Mayor's Office has honoured these chaps with an environmental award for the most ingenious source of scrap metal.'. Moving on to the proposed routing via Banbury, Norwich and Tilbury, the Mayor further added: 'Like a lot of this claptrap, Urban pedalphobia is a chattering classes buzzword towed by the bandwagon of yuppie-dom. It bores me immensely, and I have no hesitation in yawning widely and loudly at the Brown's route. Like his namesake, his policy of U turn and meandering is to be deplored'.

Next meet:

Pizza Express, 7.30 23rd July.
Graham to organise agenda again?

Planning for 2010

An early blog to start off.

10 of us are cycling in May 2010 from either Bedford, or some of us Calais, to St Tropez.

This is in celebration of one of us - David Eales' 60th birthday. Here's a picture of the best bike to use - Bianchi and Cinelli models are Campagnolo driven scrap!

More to come now we're set up!

Bye for now.