I’m a Tourist – Get me out of Here!

Todays mystery object is the dangly bit which attaches a bicycle derailleur to the frame. This particular example was bent in the work bike shed nearly a year ago and proved extremely differcult to replace (been off a second hand French bicycle).

What I’ve learnt:

- They’re called ‘hangers’.
Like an electrical fuse they’re designed to break first in a collision to prevent damage to the frame. However, every manufacture seems to use many different variations, making them differcult to identify and replace.

- An after market has sprung up
After market supplies have moved in to supply replacements; manufactured in small runs.
ie. derailleurhanger.com

St John Street Cycles were able to confirm that my example is actually a ‘Number 6‘ and had one in stock.

The long suffering Twickenham punishment double were back in action this weekend, joing 350 other crews in the Pair’s Head; a 4 mile race from Barnes to Hammersmith Bridge. It was quite a solid row; we weren’t last in our division.

This outing also provided an excellent excuse to improve the commute by rowing (half way) to work on Thursday.
It took about an hour to paddle down from Twickenham to Barnes. It would probably have been quicker if we hadn’t perfectly timed the incoming tide to ensure that it was uphill the entire way.

This is so much easier than last year.

Date: 14 July 2007 17:04:27 BDT
Subject: Re: Molesey Entire

Thanks, received
Race Secretary, Molesey Regatta

1h 50m 36s. Alot easier than Windsor.

Marathon that is.

I was a late minute drafting into this weekend’s Windsor Half Marathon, ahead of next month’s office excursion to Cardiff.

Gun Pos   Gun Time   Chip Pos   Chip Time   No.   Name
1276          01:58:15      940           01:51:15       1401  Wayne Mccrae

Crap time.

My entry for the Box Hill Ball Buster has also been accepted, so there’s going to need to be some more training this month.

Knocked out in the semi-finals, having held out Thames in the first heat.

Gerry shot some video.

First racing appearance in a single scull this weekend at the Kingston Regatta. A chance to trek up over Teddington Lock and row down to Kingston.

Made it through to the the semi-finals on Saterday and second by two lengths on Sunday.

The results for the Chase 5k run are in. Normally I won’t even consider getting out of bed for less than 8 miles but this event has always been something of an office grudge match.

The Stewards Enquiry concluded that winning margin was a mere 8 seconds.

25.55 – 1.22 = 24.33
24.51 – 0.10 = 24.41

Putting the novice back into novice sculling…

The first public outing for the Twickenham Turner/McCrae Punishment Double was Richmond Regatta this morning. We were suitably dispatched by the eventual winners of Senior 2. One of the most painful experiences I’ve ever had in a boat.

Memo to self; do something about the gearing on those blades.

Twickenham erg test results are in. 6m 42.8s.

You can cover most of the cheap seats in the mens squad with a handkerchief. Someone is going to get seriously hurt if this keeps up.