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On 19/07/2014 at 09:29, no balls said:

Retreat have set up an outside bar at the front

Miss NB, just saying😊

Out walking around Yarrow reservoir and the roads are closed. Great to walk on the roads in peace. Until the bikes come. You can here them from a hundred yards away with their carbon back wheels humming as they speed down hill at about 40 mph.

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3 hours ago, BobyBrno said:

Miss NB, just saying😊

Out walking around Yarrow reservoir and the roads are closed. Great to walk on the roads in peace. Until the bikes come. You can here them from a hundred yards away with their carbon back wheels humming as they speed down hill at about 40 mph.

I heard that during the commonwealth games, when the riders flew down the hill from Rivington into the village area, that they were approaching 70mph.

Just had a check and it seems that that is what tour de France riders are doing on some of their downhills.

Madness, can't imagine coming off at that speed.

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Just now, Carlos said:

What I don’t get are the mammals who think they are Wiggo, flying down Hardy Mill Road on a Sunday, when the weather is nice. Pricks.

 Breaking the speed limit at times. Been behind one once sticking to 30 and he pulled away.

Wonder if any of them have ever been done?

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5 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

 

If it is only a half one, then there does seem to be a fair length of road closure.

I think the big boy’s one went around twice.

On a wholly different subject, I made my way home from Sunderland this morning. The A1(M) Southbound was being used as part of a cycle race. Amazed me the number of car drivers, those who only seem to look at the bit of road in the 20’ area  they’re currently driving towards (even at 70mph, just don’t bother giving these cyclists any space at all. Mainly because the time they’re alongside them is the first time they’ve seen them, despite the biggest and brightest flashing red lamps I’ve seen.

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