Squirrels, sound effects & cycling???
It’s been a while but I’ve dusted off the old keyboard and sat down to write the belated “latest Blog”…
Cadwell seems like ages ago…
To be honest I enjoyed racing a Superbike at Cadwell more than I thought. Don’t get me wrong here I always love being on two wheels but it is a bit… erm… tight around there?
The weekend went well; ok I would have liked to have fought for the win but hey – another 2 podiums – great weather – big crowd. It was a shame for Leon [Camier] as he was having a great weekend. If your wheels aren’t in line when you land over the Mountain, The bike really lets you know about it, with the weight you’re just a bit of a passenger until it’s calmed down.
Anyway get well soon fella. I’m sure your first Superbike win isn’t too far away!
Unfortunately our team security was breached during the Cadwell meeting. Don’t worry I’m not talking about light finger looters… A pile of poo was found on the awning carpet on Sunday morning which I’m told had come from the back-end of a squirrel. As a member of our team is the legal owner of rifles, shotguns etc it was suggested he could help make sure it didn’t happen again. You know me a friendly animal lover but I did pause a little too long before declining any offer.
With the big gap in the season I’ve had chance to catch up with life away from the track.
I’ve had a few trips down to the local goggle-plex and caught up with a good few films, one was the Bourne Ultimatum.
Anyone who’s seen the film will know about the motorcycle/scooter chase scene. Here's where I start getting geeky – He jumps onto what looks like an old bike which is really a new 4-stroke Honda trials bike with a fake old style tank – the nitride coating on the fork legs gives it away, come on keep up!
Anyway that’s not my gripe. What gets my goat is when they add a different sound effect to the engine noise [oh and when they wheelie when being chased but I’ll leave that for now].
They used to add four stroke sound effects over what were obviously 2-stroke motocross bikes, now it’s a two stroke noise on a four stroke bike?? What’s all that about?? Come on Hollywood get a grip!!
Anyway it didn’t really ruin the film for me, but it may have done for the people I was with – they didn’t seem too interested? Strange that?
I’m really fired up for the last two races and I’ve worked had on my training. Mainly in my local Total Fitness gym, but also with a lot of cycling. Averaging about 120-140miles a week which may not sound too much but a lot of it has been on/around the Pennines. And anyone who knows Holme Moss will know what I talking about. I’ve tickled her dirty underbelly and survived (yes I am only talking about a hill) a good handful of times in the past month.
Another one of my training sessions was a 50+mile loop to catch the end of stage 4 of the Tour of Britain in Bradford. Having nearly popped a lung to get there in time for the finish, I had a snoop around after the riders had crossed the line. They had TA army or something doing the security and one of them ushered me back onto stage/finish line where some of the riders were cooling down. I aint gonna argue with a man in uniform & I got a good view of the podium presentation. Also the old ego was boosted nicely after being confused for a professional cyclist.
Anyway that’s plenty o’ hot air for the moment…
Now I’ve remember how to use the keyboard I’ll write again soon…
TT#21
Cadwell seems like ages ago…
To be honest I enjoyed racing a Superbike at Cadwell more than I thought. Don’t get me wrong here I always love being on two wheels but it is a bit… erm… tight around there?
The weekend went well; ok I would have liked to have fought for the win but hey – another 2 podiums – great weather – big crowd. It was a shame for Leon [Camier] as he was having a great weekend. If your wheels aren’t in line when you land over the Mountain, The bike really lets you know about it, with the weight you’re just a bit of a passenger until it’s calmed down.
Anyway get well soon fella. I’m sure your first Superbike win isn’t too far away!
Unfortunately our team security was breached during the Cadwell meeting. Don’t worry I’m not talking about light finger looters… A pile of poo was found on the awning carpet on Sunday morning which I’m told had come from the back-end of a squirrel. As a member of our team is the legal owner of rifles, shotguns etc it was suggested he could help make sure it didn’t happen again. You know me a friendly animal lover but I did pause a little too long before declining any offer.
With the big gap in the season I’ve had chance to catch up with life away from the track.
I’ve had a few trips down to the local goggle-plex and caught up with a good few films, one was the Bourne Ultimatum.
Anyone who’s seen the film will know about the motorcycle/scooter chase scene. Here's where I start getting geeky – He jumps onto what looks like an old bike which is really a new 4-stroke Honda trials bike with a fake old style tank – the nitride coating on the fork legs gives it away, come on keep up!
Anyway that’s not my gripe. What gets my goat is when they add a different sound effect to the engine noise [oh and when they wheelie when being chased but I’ll leave that for now].
They used to add four stroke sound effects over what were obviously 2-stroke motocross bikes, now it’s a two stroke noise on a four stroke bike?? What’s all that about?? Come on Hollywood get a grip!!
Anyway it didn’t really ruin the film for me, but it may have done for the people I was with – they didn’t seem too interested? Strange that?
I’m really fired up for the last two races and I’ve worked had on my training. Mainly in my local Total Fitness gym, but also with a lot of cycling. Averaging about 120-140miles a week which may not sound too much but a lot of it has been on/around the Pennines. And anyone who knows Holme Moss will know what I talking about. I’ve tickled her dirty underbelly and survived (yes I am only talking about a hill) a good handful of times in the past month.
Another one of my training sessions was a 50+mile loop to catch the end of stage 4 of the Tour of Britain in Bradford. Having nearly popped a lung to get there in time for the finish, I had a snoop around after the riders had crossed the line. They had TA army or something doing the security and one of them ushered me back onto stage/finish line where some of the riders were cooling down. I aint gonna argue with a man in uniform & I got a good view of the podium presentation. Also the old ego was boosted nicely after being confused for a professional cyclist.
Anyway that’s plenty o’ hot air for the moment…
Now I’ve remember how to use the keyboard I’ll write again soon…
TT#21
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