HECK YESSSSSSSS!!!!! All the grins. :grin: :grin: :grin: Great stuff. It was a pleasure to watch those slim-tubed machines being put through their paces. It caused me to reflect on how workmanlike and understated a lovely slim-tubed MTB looks as well (such as, oh, erm, well yes, my own P7 funnily e...

Started off having a doo-wop day. Marcels ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O_UwVjFs ) etc, then took in a bit of Ronettes ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RUOp6Qjn9U ) - they all look like they're having a whale of a time. In fact I'm a sucker for 60s girls ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d...

How long did that take you with a bucket and sponge JC?

Or, did you drive it round the corner to those blokes who do it for seven quid at the garage including air-blowing the mirrors?

Looks like one of the motors from Mad Max

XT 9-speed chain, along with some hen's teeth and a Conti Light tube.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:00 am He did reasonably well to emerge unscathed, although I recall a percentage of tw@t tax was levied on his bill.

To be fair, this is all well confusing :roll: : I had a perfectly good what I called hybrid bike. I decided I wanted to do some what I called bike touring, so I bought a pannier rack and bag for that; then I discover something called bikepacking, which seemed to be defined by having fancy seat pack...

Another stalwart's birthday! Yes, it's... Mike, Mike From Bromsgrove . Late Feb seems to be a good time of year to bear ditchdwellers .

Aye, impressive that was Steve :-bd "Waitrose delivery for a Mr O'Groats. Is there a Mr O'Groats here?" :lol: I remember sitting in my favourite boozer near Mach during a WRT a few years back, quite a group of us had convened from various directions, and a somewhat lively 'debate' commence...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:17 am

Ooh, paint job - you're nearly there then

this is the start of the money

Ah. Always the trrrrrricky part .

applied with a piece of frozen cauliflower

that's quite off-the-wall. Must be Cheery Friday

Ooh, paint job - you're nearly there then :smile: . Better get checking that life insurance small print :smile: . Black - I'm afraid I'm going to have to relate my black-paint-job story again, sorry. My good pal/soulmate Mad Mel in Stockport frequently wore a pristine white boiler suit for another e...

full circle

Or in our case probably a full dodecagon with different length sides .

Verena, the rack v pack thing is a long-running good-natured(?) debate on here. Always good value for a laugh/wind-up.

Heh heh, well I think we have two ends of the scale for you to choose from there . Come to think of it mine actually is a cradle rather than a harness.

sean_iow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 11:00 pm there was a noticeable change of attitude to the second home owners.

At least something good came out of all this then .

Agreed. I'm as cheesed off as anyone about having to bivvy in my garden yet again in March. Actually I'm not. It is what it is until it's not. 23:59 April 12th, I'm outta here. Or can we commence a bivvy at 00:01 April 12th I wonder? Noooooooo, don't start it all off again!!!!

I think some of you are over interpreting. I have been talking to campsites. They have explained it as - The overnight stays/holidays/campsites etc is due to using shared accommodation or facilities. Or the cleaning of....... It has nothing to do with solo, no shared bogs or beds, wild camping. I d...

summittoppler wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:57 pm ...... Just gotta think what I'm attaching it to now

....to the end of a chain, the other end of which is attached to a motor vehicle speeding off in the direction of 'away' .

Give over Reg, pisstake ye not, you've just bought a bloody 9 speed cassette yerself man!

BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:53 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Feb 25, 2021 8:35 pm r@ck! Burn the witch!

I’ll get me coat.....

Wot are you like HOTT! That's the equivalent of the Amazon van turning up completely empty apart from a tiny parcel resting in the middle of the cargo area .

4 cableties and 4 bits of gaffertape. Performed faultlessly for two years now. Cost about 5p and weighs around 13g.

...... with a parcel from the British Museum. Containing an XT 11-34 9 speed cassette. Lovely little thing. Was rummaging in the shed the other day and noticed my stash had three spare chains but only one cassette. Momentarily panicked and hit the.button on one more cassette and one more XT chain.Th...

r@ck! Burn the witch!

^ yep, overnight stays, April 12

Bad luck . But, most interesting thing is what did daughter say after you'd warned her about that very eventuality

Special glass too! Or is it a vase full?

:lol: excellent write-up there our Pete, some great lines. You've gone all cabbage-crates-over-the-briny which makes a nice change from the political angle. Only problem is it reminds me of the Armstrong & Miller WW2 pilots: "Pete couldn't make me go, cos that is illegal yeah, and anyway I ...