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- Sat Feb 05, 2022 4:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Day
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3648
Re: New Bike Day
Bikes aren't dangerous, it's people you need to watch out for. I’d go as far as saying if you survive the learning curve on a motorbike, the survival skills learned * transfer across to car driving and may just save your skin here and there. And if you spend time on dirt bikes, those skills transfe...
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 11:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT and routes.
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3638
Re: WRT and routes.
> Lonely Hearts Club is so popular is that there's less to worry about - Hoho. I tagged onto LHC as a WRT Virgin thinking these folk will have it sorted. I realised my error when we were scratting around at gone midnight for a bivi spot (having left the pub at 10). They were making it up as they wen...
- Sun Jan 02, 2022 11:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Where's this? (Shropshire content).
- Replies: 7
- Views: 852
Re: Where's this? (Shropshire content).
Could be The Lawley SO 494/973
- Sun Nov 21, 2021 3:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3047
Re: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
Do you freeze the sauerkraut?
- Thu Nov 18, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3047
Re: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
:). Chilli’s
- Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3047
Re: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
Stuff that has worked for me, not necessarily wrt losing weight - I’ve never needed to lose weight other than the occasional few pounds now and again. But for general well being, I have found a diet with high proportion of fruit, veg and pulses to be beneficial. I also go through phases of fasting b...
- Fri Nov 05, 2021 11:06 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 route.
- Replies: 286
- Views: 61982
Re: BB200 route.
Here in Shropshire cloud cover came over night and looks set to remain over weekend, no wind; so it’s cold but not freezing.
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 route.
- Replies: 286
- Views: 61982
Re: BB200 route.
I’m in Shropshire hills, just up road from L.Mynd. It’s -5 deg C out there at the moment and going down, anyone out in this area this weekend would do well to have warm kit.
- Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: If you've got a phone - answer it.
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2611
Re: If you've got a phone - answer it.
Nope. If you are limiting your definition of "telephone" to a device enabling spoken communication then you really need to get with the program grandad. Give over, until they stop calling them 'mobile telephones' then that's what they are :wink: Nah, they are soooo much more than a means ...
- Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The backlash continues?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 3163
Re: The backlash continues?
I deliberately post bugger all about trips and locations. If people can’t read a map they shouldn’t be out there.
- Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: SRAM supply issues
- Replies: 8
- Views: 978
Re: SRAM supply issues
I found local bike shops had some good stock compared to online when getting new 3 x 9 cassette, chain rings, chain and BB recently.
- Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How unfit am I?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2016
Re: How unfit am I?
Last winter after listening to my son who is young and into fitness training, I spent a good bit of time on indoor trainer - a wahoo kicker hooked up to software and tv screen. First time I’ve used a trainer, and my routine was to pedal up one of the Pyrenean cols which I know well - 14km of continu...
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Rich People in Space
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2292
Re: OT: Rich People in Space
It’s the unforeseen consequences I fear*. I’m all for pushing technology if it has spin-offs which will improve life for people in poverty, and if it pushes tech related to how a plan to deal with a slowly cooking planet. But these latest escapades seem to be focused on tourism FFS. * Are they leavi...
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Rich People in Space
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2292
Re: OT: Rich People in Space
I reckon Bezos or Musk are gonna get to the moon, spend first night in their cabin acclimatising, then waking in the morning to find a menu from Chinese takeaway shoved under the lander.
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Rich People in Space
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2292
Re: OT: Rich People in Space
Meanwhile the Chinese are exploring the far side of the Moon.
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Giving up booze
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3889
Re: Giving up booze
I’ve never had much trouble with alcohol thankfully. But I did smoke for a few years in my twenties, took three attempts to kick it. Have also had phases of life when I’ve wanted to avoid certain food types, be it meat or processed etc. With OP in mind, a thing which works for me is to realise that ...
- Tue Jun 29, 2021 9:13 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Not the HT550
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5762
Re: Not the HT550
Excellent write up you two, real adventure and glad I’m reading it from comfy chair. Hat’s off to you both.
- Sun Jun 20, 2021 2:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Importing from the EU
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1712
Re: Importing from the EU
>And some people think we'll be better off. FFS.
but…but….we have taken back control!
but…but….we have taken back control!
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 3:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Harvesting electrons - advice sought
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1934
Re: Harvesting electrons - advice sought
Take two power banks
Get a phone with a high capacity battery, and/or ability to take spare battery
Solar panel ?
Get a phone with a high capacity battery, and/or ability to take spare battery
Solar panel ?
- Thu May 27, 2021 11:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Good Camping Shops in Telford / Shrewsbury?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1373
Re: Good Camping Shops in Telford / Shrewsbury?
As mentioned there is a Go Outdoors at north end of Shrewsbury. the Cotswold in town has closed. there’s a Blacks and a Millets in town. Just outside town there is Salop Leisure, geared for caravans and motor homes but they have some good stuff.
- Tue May 25, 2021 7:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 66858
Re: HT550 2021
Trep will be heading south soon
- Tue May 25, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 66858
Re: HT550 2021
So Liam's got 25ish miles to go and 2 and a bit hours to do it? I just put a route into mapping tool from top of devils staircase to Tyndrum following the route Liam will take and it estimates two hours. His last position was about a mile from top of staircase with age 14 minutes, so he must be at ...
- Tue May 25, 2021 11:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 66858
- Fri May 21, 2021 12:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 'The China effect'
- Replies: 82
- Views: 7186
Re: 'The China effect'
I’d like to see a workable plan for ecocide, climate and global poverty before exporting our current way of thinking off planet.
- Thu May 20, 2021 9:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 'The China effect'
- Replies: 82
- Views: 7186
Re: 'The China effect'
Difficult for UK to adopt the moral high ground, given our history. I reckon likely impossible for UK to be wholly self sufficient without standard of living dropping below what electorate would stomach. I’m a supporter of globalisation, how about UK tries to lead by example - cut arms sales/manufac...