Pubcycle 2023, our tenth excursion, is scheduled for 26th November.  We will be raising funds for Agathian’s Shelter, and if you can’t join, just send the money.

 

My first task is to confirm the participating pubs; then the posters, check the route in detail, confirm the riders, start collecting sponsorship…

 

Thanks in advance for your support - the kids appreciate it!

Nice......One thread on the forum stating how dangerous it is to ride a bicycle or scooter and now another thread promoting cycling.

57 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

Nice......One thread the forum stating how dangerous it is to ride a bicycle or scooter and now another thread pro1moting cycling.

We have never encountered any dangerous cycling, though I can think of one or two occasions when we have encountered dangerous driving.  If I was wanting to improve road safety, I would eliminate the killers, not the victims.  

3 hours ago, StreetCowboy said:

Pubcycle 2023, our tenth excursion, is scheduled for 26th November.  We will be raising funds for Agathian’s Shelter, and if you can’t join, just send the money.

 

My first task is to confirm the participating pubs; then the posters, check the route in detail, confirm the riders, start collecting sponsorship…

 

Thanks in advance for your support - the kids appreciate it!

Is there one in TH, or just MY?

2 hours ago, dingdongrb said:

Nice......One thread on the forum stating how dangerous it is to ride a bicycle or scooter and now another thread promoting cycling.

What will be consumed at the pubs? Just soda water? If alcohol (as is customary at pubs) then recipe for disaster.

 

10 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Is there one in TH, or just MY?

Only MY.

16 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

What will be consumed at the pubs? Just soda water? If alcohol (as is customary at pubs) then recipe for disaster.

 

Generally, the landlords provide a small cider at each of the pubs, while the riders pay a comparable amount to Agathians’.  A couple of years ago, we were delayed by slightly slow drinking, and I remarked “I’m anxious to get to the last pub, where I can have a proper drink”.  
This year, we’re planning on finishing in Bangsar, so I’ll need to take it easy at the end, because there’s at least one stop on the way home from there.

I went out on a route check this morning, and it was shorter and much harder than I expected.  I certainly struggled through the heat of the mid day sun.  You might want to apply a coat of Hammerite  if you suffer from male pattern baldness.

I’m having trouble drumming up more than tepid enthusiasm for the ride this year.  Maybe I should consult a doctor…

Let me know how much you want to sponsor.

we’ll be starting and finishing in GravyBaby Bangsar.

 

I guess you guys have set off already - see you there!
We've got RM8640 pledged already, but its not too late to add more ...

On 10/12/2023 at 9:16 PM, StreetCowboy said:

I’m having trouble drumming up more than tepid enthusiasm for the ride this year.  Maybe I should consult a doctor…

 

Or, maybe you should ride in the nude?

 

Naked riders always get much enthusiasm from the spectators.

 

 

Pubcycle XI on 18 August this year will not be a cricket or football competition, unless there is an unexpected turn of events between now and then.

The current plan is that riders and spectators contribute sponsorship to Agathian’s Shelter, and coincidentally a few of us cycle round several pubs.

I’m sat in the pub and the blokes next to me have just wished each other “Happy Tuesday”, and fair enough, it’s the best Tuesday of the week so far, but in terms of Tuesdays, how does it rank?

 

Back in the day, we were planning Pubcycle IX 2022, and recruiting volunteers.  I got a message “I’d like to join”

”Nae bother!”

”Only I’m blind”

”That’s ok - I’ll call out the directions, as well as signalling”

”No - I need to ride behind someone with a tandem”

Finding a volunteer pilot willing to put their own and their buddy’s safety at risk through the busy KL highways was a trivial matter, but finding a tandem at short notice for the Pubcycle proved more challenging.

”Well, maybe it was for the best; for a first ride together, the Pubcycle is a bit challenging, and no matter how limited, the drink is unlikely to help either of us”

So we deferred the tandem ride to February 2nd - Tandemonium Twosday!  I still couldn’t find a tandem, and that date passed.

 

So maybe today was one of the best Tuesdays, unless you count the ones that never happened.