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My ride today took 10 minutes longer than usual while I strapped an excited 2.5 year old securely in place on the back..
I love it..
and I like GW.. but then I also like sticking rusty pins into my eyeballs.. but which is best..?
There's only one way to find out...
No he has a mirror under his pillow, so he can gave at it going "hmmmmm the perfect human"
GW - months ban for the 2x9 thread and / or this one
Month for each.
**crosses fingers**
I'm a bit of a faffer generally, 10 minutes or so at least. Always forget something once I get to the front door, with leg slung over bike, then have to go back. Repeat several times.
Riding from the door it takes about 10 minutes although sometimes 20 minutes for night rides if I have to switch lights between bikes etc.
Recently I keep locking the garage and putting the garage keys in the house, locking the house door then realise that I've left a helmet / gloves / galsees / the bike in the garage, that adds lots of faffage.
If I'm driving to trails I allow an hour to get my stuff together and get the roof bars and bike carrier on.
Riding road or SS generally means less faffage as there is less to maintain.
does it really matter how long it takes to get ready? surely the important thing is actually getting out and riding?
incedently i am a massive faffer, i should think it would get annoying if you were holding other people up, becasue if you are going solo then its not faffing, simply 'getting ready'
also i'm a mountain biker and they are the worst of the lot
Gloves and helmet by the door so more or less straight on the bike.
took me 17 minutes today, often looking about for clothing/tools/spares, bike has to come down from hook, pump up tyres etc.
Under 10minutes.
Depends entirely on how much I want to get out.
I'm a big time faffer particularly if its an epic rather than trail centre.
I've often thought of writing a checklist to make sure I've packed and loaded all the stuff to cover any eventuality.
I once drove over 2 hours to the start of an epic loop in the Brecon Beacons only to realise that I hadn't uploaded the route into the Garmin computer. Ended up driving straight back.
Nothing worse than being on a ride and thinking "if only I'd brought my gopro, or ipod, or lights, another baselayer etc" so it all comes with me and I weigh a tonne!
As for GW what is stopping him or any banned member from registering under another username anyway?
^IP ban?
But yes the prepping for a ride can take a while. I try often to say "im only going out for an hour, dont need the camelbak"
but then I think, what if I get a puncture? I can be a long way away in 30 minutes. Or what if I need a drink? Don't do the bottle cage trick see! So inevitably it all goes in the bag and I'm carrying my whole life around.
Good in the event of an incident, bad 99% of the other time 😉
I climbed out the van today, put in front wheel. Swift change into shorts back in divers seat. Put camera in bag, checked water. Rode.
I think I may have 'squished' the tyre as well as it looked low.
Always prep bikes post rather than pre ride so ready to go. for a road ride from the house then sub 5 mins. mtb is a drive so takes about 3 mins to put kit box with shoes, helmet, lights etc in car and bike on roof. i do sometimes ride with a fellow stw'er who is the ultimate faff queen..... 🙂
Minutes - Everything's in one place..The 5 S's innit... 8)
mtb it's about 10 mins to put the car seats down, get the bike from the shed and take off the wheels, put it in the car then put my bag and helmet in the car.. then a minimum of 45 minutes to drive to where I'm going to be riding. As soon as I get there I try to get my bike etc ready asap, hate waiting around to go ride after a drive.
Road I get dressed, put on my shoes and ride from my front door.
When I get my bmx it'll be similar to the mtb but won't have to take the wheels off or have a bag of stuff, and the skateparks are only 10-20 minutes drive away 🙂 I may even ride to them when I can be arsed, so similar time to the road.
Road, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Like to get clean, eat, drink, take a dump, check my route, check my bike, drink a bit more, check myself out in the mirror then go.
MTB, grab gear and go, then come back for the stuff I've forgotten.
About 1 hour.
Takes awhile to get the bike from the shed as things have to be moved, put pedals back on as the bike won't fit in the shed with them on, get the bike rack from the shed and fit on the car, fill bladder, get changed and then drive for 30 minutes to the nearest expanse of green!
on a good day i can get from "im going for a spin" to singletrack in 90 seconds
Clue is in the name.
Flap Jack
If I'm going out at, say, 1pm my prep starts at about 8am. And I'll still be late.
Absolutely insane isn't it TJ?
Is my honesty on here really that difficult to deal with? Don't think I'd ever manage to get out the house at all if I was that fragile.
As much time as it takes to put on a pair of shorts and my helmet. The camelbak is always ready to go with the "necessaries". Always have one of the 4 bikes ready to ride. Most of the guys I ride with would be the same, but we all know that one person who takes the best part of 1.5 hours to get sorted.
YAY he's back 😀
Took me 10 minutes longer than normal because I couldn't find my lid. Then, when I had found my lid, I had to go back inside to get my car keys because I had parked too close to the garage door to get the damn thing open.
Then it started raining, but I still went out and the huge grin appeared on my face after the first 100m. It's been a long winter. I'm glad spring is here.
Unless I've not eaten then should be out of the house pretty quickly. Bike is normally set to go just a bit of oil on the chain and perhaps move some stuff from the road bike saddle bag to the camelbak or vice versa. Sort out a drink and go. Whenever I say it's going to take a log time to get out its because I can't be bothered riding
miss me big boy? 😉
of course x
Well I managed to do my ironing and make a pot of soup to come home too. And I had a forty minute drive (I'll claim finding my stuff and poking the car as soup making time thank you very much). 😀
So I suppose that makes me a faff queen dunnit: yay we have a winner....
In my defence I went out on my own for 4.5 hours and I was also letting the temp rise, it were frosty out at 7am today.
sunny and warm here and I've been in shorts and a T-shirt all weekend, zero getting ready time so lots of short (1/2-2hr) rides straight from the door.
Where was it frosty?
I probably waste most time deciding which bike to ride.
Where was it frosty?
Here, duh! (NE Scotland). I was up the Firmounth and there was still a little skin of ice on some of the puddles on the higher ups. It was nice in the sun, but only 8 deg in the glen when I arrived about 11.
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Find matching kit. find all tools for bike, road or mountain. select todays shoes. find camera if MTBing. check whether legs need a top up shave. shave. put on bib shorts. remove bib shorts for dump brought on by adrenalin. put on bib shirts again. fill pockets with tools. select music on iPod. kill wifi and brightness on iPhone. get bike out of shed. lube chain. check tyres. fill bottles. out of the house. start music. start tracking app. roll.
Faff time?
On my own 5-10 minutes, depending on bike/clothes locations.
If it involves collecting GW, then that can add substantial time, especially if he's been on the p**s the night before 😉
was -4.5 on the way back from Inners last night, and had to scrape the ice off :-/
Even a go on my turbo takes ages of preparation. Find iPod find dock choose music, stop change music, stop go and get drink.
What a ****** stupid question. Worry more about riding, than how long it takes you to get ready ffs.
Aside from Kudos100 being a chicken with a willy, this is a lovely thread...
Faffing is as follows:
The amount I [i]intend[/i] to spend getting stuff together is relative to how much I really, really want to get out the door.
Eg: OMG that video was awesome, I have to ride NOW! Whenever this happens, I get all huffy and fumbly and awful at everything.
Huffy and fumbly is also every day pre-commute.
See the characters in "SH** Mountain Bikers Say" video struggling with their drivechain for an example of such huffiness.
AAAARGGH!
select & iron outfit, choose helmet/shades combo, apply extra sticky glue to soles of shoes and sharpen pedal pins, don armour, lube, lube bike
RIDE !
About 15 minutes from getting out of bed to leaving the driveway if I'm driving somewhere to ride. Camelbak is always packed. Try to prep bike and get riding gear out the night before so it's get up, ablutions, make a coffee for flask, chuck bag, helmet, water and snacks in car, drop seats, front wheel out, bike in car, lock garage, drive off.
Riding from door not much less as I'd tend to be less prepared so extra faff time looking for clothes, helmet, etc.
slainte 🙂 rob
I normally ride after work (weekends are for the family normally) and it takes me about half an hour to pull everything together and into the car before work. Ten minutes when i arrive wherever my normal group is heading out from to build bike and change.
Heading out with toddler on the back takes longer if he's mucking around or helping.
I had a go and behaving like GW (like a ****) didn't get much out of it. Meh I'll go back to posting like an adult 😆
I can be ready in about 15 mins from deciding I'm going for a ride.
I have an Aussie buddy who needs a couple of DAYS notice , and I'm not kidding.
always thought you behaved more like an amoeba Kudos, clueless and spineless.
My last 4 rides have been epic pre-ride-faffs!
Friday - get home, get ready, get out of cycling gear to take a dump, get ready again, realise tyres are flat, find pump, pump tyres, go ride (about an hour for an hours road ride)
Saturday - get ready, get out of door, raining, go back inside, have lunch, fall asleep, wake up, go ride (4 hours faff 1 hours ride).
Sunday - Minimal faffage, 2h30min ride
Monday - 90min between getting up and getting out the door, 30min commute, 15min getting changed at the other end.
I don't even have to do anythignduring faffing, it's just 40 trips up and down the stairs as stuff seems to get dispersed evenly through the house.