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Why does it always rain on me? - Keane

Not sure why but the transport police seem to be more proactive. When my bike was nicked they had him on cctv and he was arrested within a week - too late for my bike of course but now I’m still getting the princely sum of 38 pence a month seven years later whenever he’s not in prison.

I'll grudgingly admit that when we strayed inadvertently over the border on holiday last year, we tested a few from Leek Oatcakes and they were almost acceptable :wink: . Bonus points for selling them to us through the back window. I'm told you can buy oatcakes 'ready packaged' from supermarkets bu...

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:44 pm Oatcakes, yep! Nearly as good as Derbyshire ones with a bit more practice .

That’s fighting talk in these parts

Last nights run, but went on a local Halloween run in costume, with scarers, music and props at strategic points on the course. There must have been over 60 people with the vast majority in costume, it was a giggle. Running in a velour onesie was an experience, I probably lost a kilo.

Isla sold most of it a couple of years ago, I don’t know if she kept a minority stake.

No sooner do I commit to an event, I finally get my hospital appointment and have to cancel the training. Argh, back to gentle 5k runs for a few weeks.

I took the new watch out for a run today in the rain - 11.3 km of character building wetness. I've signed up for a half marathon in delamere forest in 4 weeks on the back of running 15km a week for the last month, what can go wrong? On the subject of insanity, I couldn't get 'The sun has got his hat...

and dropped off a new running watch - now contemplating whether I should I go our in the rain to give it a test.

That is a very nice looking bike - going from the fact that there's 3 cables, is that an igh on the back?

Aptly, I think that's a monkey puzzle tree. We have one in the park on our estate that's a left over from the Victorian era insane asylum.

16/09/23 73.5kg
27/09/23 73.9kg
06/10/23 73.05kg

Getting back in the exercise groove now the kids are back in school

25/08/23 73.2kg
16/09/23 73.5kg
27/09/23 73.9kg

Slowly going in the wrong direction - exercise levels are down but appetite isn't which isn't helping at all.

A departure from the norm today, I managed to get out with the Cannock Chase Trail Runners - a gentle paced 8.8k with a nice mix of single track and forest roads with the second half run with head torches.

I finished off some maintenance tasks today. A 1/4 turn on the front derailleur high limit screw fixed the chain rub in high gear which was simpler than expected. In an attempt to fix a constant creak under load I removed the pedals, gave them as good as a clean as I could without using solvents, re...

I just assumed that's why he wouldn't be ready until 30 minutes after the start time - he'd still be assembling his bike.

The views must have been amazing assuming you’re not too deep into the pain cave to appreciate it. I’ve got my sights set slightly lower at another attempt at a marathon next year.

This sounds fairly insane - 106 mile loop around Mont Blanc:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/66747975

I lost my lowest gear on a recent ride - so I thought I’d be brave and try and fix it myself. Having gone through the full rigmarole of getting the bike stand and my tools out and watching a couple of videos, in typical fashion, 2 quarter turns of the barrel adjuster later it was shifting perfectly...

12/05/23 71.2kg
25/08/23 73.2kg
16/09/23 73.5kg

I ate too well while on holiday it seems.

I lost my lowest gear on a recent ride - so I thought I’d be brave and try and fix it myself. Having gone through the full rigmarole of getting the bike stand and my tools out and watching a couple of videos, in typical fashion, 2 quarter turns of the barrel adjuster later it was shifting perfectly....

Rack and panniers. Just sayin’ :grin: That not traditional bikepacking then.... Original recieved wisdom was panniers & racks break.... IIRC when Tailfin first burst on the scene a couple of years back and it seemed like half of the field were using them, there were a few breakages in the GBDur...

I was recommended a Selle SMP TRK - its heavy and looks ugly but was still comfy after 10 hours in the saddle on a hardtail.

I noticed it towering over a 10' wall but I couldn't get close to it from inside the wall because there was a gazebo in the way so it was probably closer to 20' now I think about it logically. Having looked at the Gunnera the leaves were a bit more regular shaped than that. It was the final day of t...