The Pyrenees Run Part 3 – Red lights, levers, cyclists and bloody Barry.

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    Radar
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    This article has been moved to our Travel and can now be found by following this link 

    #66453
    Champs
    Participant

    For official purposes, I ‘accidentally’ rode through the red light

    And technically, there was a big green arrow directing me which lane to go in!

    Since probably christmas I have been toying with changing my bike, and no… i am not getting two. i dont use one enough, however although we only covered 130 miles this was the day I fell back in love with my bike, with the evening conversation moving to ‘sorting the brakes’, ‘fitting rearsets’, ‘getting the fairing tidied up’ and of course ‘DYNOJETTING’!

    The smallest bike in the fleet, low on torque and speed but the little 6r kept up with everything the big bikes had, only being let down by my lack of talent. I know I am biased but nothing beat the noise of the zx6r with straight through scorpion can at over 10K rpm in amongst the mountains. Happy days!

    #66454
    HippoDrones
    Participant

    sorry to hear of the damage to the bike, hope easily fixable? 

    There was a really bad accident in one of the Switzerland/Italy tunnels not that long ago and I think that is why they space everyone out through them all now.

    There would have been a mutiny if someone served me shandy rather than beer! :D

    #66455
    ses310
    Moderator

    Damage wasn’t too bad, although at the time if I’d of been on my own I’d have rolled the bike off the side of the cliff I was that annoyed! Once I’d calmed down and could see it with a clear head was fine.
    Good write up again, captured the day perfectly.

    #66456
    Thumper
    Participant

    Thank you Radar, I’d forgotten just how much we got up to on this day.
    Your write-ups are actually a lovely memento.
    Ahh, those lanes with grass up the middle….

    #66457
    Thumper
    Participant

    Tour De France Roads – Quicker by bicycle than motorbike?

    I have a lot of respect for the guys doing the camera work now on those fast twisty bits.

    Ses & Radar being sized up for being overtaken by a cyclist!

    [youtube]https://youtu.be/Dcfkl6nUVrE[/youtube]

    #66458
    Thumper
    Participant

    Champs….more Like Superman……..

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    #66459
    HippoDrones
    Participant

    hahaha :D

    #66460
    ses310
    Moderator

    It’s the cyclist waving to the camera that just makes it so much worse haha

    #66461
    Radar
    Moderator

    It’s the cyclist waving to the camera that just makes it so much worse haha

    and you had your indicator on!

    #66462
    ses310
    Moderator

    It’s the cyclist waving to the camera that just makes it so much worse haha

    and you had your indicator on!

    Only just noticed that, I must of been thinking of pulling over to let him by!

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