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by BigdummySteve
Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483807

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

As mentioned a while ago, Reg's proposal for residential areas is even more reasonable: blanket 10mph speed limit, remove all road signs and 'furniture', remove all road markings, raise all carriageways to kerb level or vice versa. Everyone has to 'filter in turn' at 'junctions'. All 'road', ie sha...
by BigdummySteve
Sat Jul 09, 2022 11:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 182097

Re: What are you listening to now?

‘Might as well put another record on,neighbour’s are playing loud,tuneless stuff so…Fela Kuti & the Africa70 with Ginger Baker-Live,then Pink Floyd-Wish you were here :-bd
by BigdummySteve
Sat Jul 09, 2022 11:26 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 182097

Re: What are you listening to now?

I discovered Wet Leg last night This is my new favourite song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd9jeJk2UHQ Many will hate it. They probably live round the corner from Sean IOW Great single, sadly I found the album a let down, tonight’s list (vinyl) has been, Tom Tom Club,Violet Femmes, Television-Ma...
by BigdummySteve
Sat Jul 09, 2022 11:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What's your current dream bike?
Replies: 70
Views: 4443

Re: What's your current dream bike?

i have my dream bike, just dont have the health to ride it. so i am going to say a big tough ebike that i cant ride all day on. if any xl riders fancy my dream bike (rohloff ti fargo) give me a shout. :sad: I feel your pain Tony,my dream bike is in my front room, admittedly it’s not a Ti Fargo but ...
by BigdummySteve
Sat Jul 09, 2022 10:53 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483807

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

RIP wrote: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:30 pm Friday night bivvy in an old railway station. Not on bike so not a BaM. :grin:

Obviously 'LADIES' are a closed door to Reg....

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If it’s not a bivvy, it’s vagrancy :lol:
by BigdummySteve
Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:26 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Salsa Fargo for sale £1350!
Replies: 10
Views: 1749

Re: Salsa Fargo for sale £1650

Aye gutted, but I have face reality. Initial diagnosis is of multiple bone fragments in the joint and under the kneecap. Just waiting for an MRI scan appointment, the real deal breaker will be how much the cartilage has been damaged. A colleague of mine waited 4 years for less major problems to even...
by BigdummySteve
Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:49 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Salsa Fargo for sale £1350!
Replies: 10
Views: 1749

Salsa Fargo for sale £1350!

Sadly there’s no real possibility of my being able to ride in the near future so my beloved Fargo is up for sale, Specs 2017/18 Medium frame set, recently powder coated in a ‘tasteful’ yellow Front wheel-Son Dyno hub, sapim spokes and WTB ci31 carbon rim Rear wheel-Onyx Vesper hub,sapim x-ray spokes...
by BigdummySteve
Sat Jul 02, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The 2022 Tour Divide watchers thread.
Replies: 449
Views: 26710

Re: The 2022 Tour Divide watchers thread.

Nice one Steve,proper.
by BigdummySteve
Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:24 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Revelate full frame bag+ magtank 2000
Replies: 4
Views: 583

Re: Revelate full frame bag+ magtank 2000

Frame bag reduced to £70
by BigdummySteve
Thu Jun 16, 2022 9:28 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Revelate full frame bag+ magtank 2000
Replies: 4
Views: 583

Revelate full frame bag+ magtank 2000

Excellent condition £80 posted Revelate Mag tank 2000 £45 posted Like this one ( Fargo not included! Although…. ) [url=https://flic.kr/p/2jugtUN] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50202996826_fbc67a933e_c.jpg Dimensions can be found here ( mine is a medium) https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cf...
by BigdummySteve
Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: RAB mythic 200 £125
Replies: 10
Views: 1237

Re: RAB mythic 200 £125

Bag sold
by BigdummySteve
Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:08 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: RAB mythic 200 £125
Replies: 10
Views: 1237

Re: RAB mythic 200 £125

Spec’s here,

https://trekandmountain.com/2018/06/27/ ... 00-review/


it’s not a roomy bag. I’m 5’8” and broad, 46” chest and fit fine. But if your tall and broad it might be tight.
by BigdummySteve
Sun Jun 05, 2022 5:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: RAB mythic 200 £125
Replies: 10
Views: 1237

Re: Garmin 1030-£225 and RAB mythic 200 £140

Garmin sold
by BigdummySteve
Thu May 19, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: RAB mythic 200 £125
Replies: 10
Views: 1237

Re: Garmin 1030-£250

Still for sale, grim news about my knee means I’m unlikely to be doing any cycling in the near future
by BigdummySteve
Fri May 13, 2022 6:19 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: For when you've bought too much int' Spar.
Replies: 7
Views: 744

Re: For when you've bought too much int' Spar.

As an ex Bigdummy owner that convertible long tail is just pure porn :X
by BigdummySteve
Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:31 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483807

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Cheery here despite not being at the WRT due to a very foooooked knee, first I finished early and was home by 2pm :-bd then I remembered it’s a bank holiday :-bd and just to put the cherry on Friday,s cake I managed to book two tickets to ‘Rage Against The Machine’ in August :-bd just warming up the...
by BigdummySteve
Sat Apr 23, 2022 1:05 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483807

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Boab wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 11:37 pm Currently making a Panettone. 👍
Isn’t that a type of colour chart ?
by BigdummySteve
Fri Apr 22, 2022 5:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483807

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Cheery here :-bd my lads around and been briefed about his new birth date, we’re on the guest list for Paul weller tonight, seems like a fair trade. I told him to buy me an album and he returned with’All mod cons’. As far as I’m concerned I’ve won at parenting :-bd
by BigdummySteve
Sat Apr 09, 2022 1:55 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 182097

Re: What are you listening to now?

….the mighty Led Zeppelin, sometimes I struggle to believe some people don’t actually like them. A convoluted listening route eventually led me to this track, stoners favourites ,The Orb, featuring Lee ‘scratch’ Perry https://open.spotify.com/track/1O79Bxc3uJCyIZCY3VZEMS?si=BYt_OPSJSleVKzn-jK3FRQ Wh...
by BigdummySteve
Fri Apr 01, 2022 11:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 182097

Re: What are you listening to now?

Currently, television,Marquee Moon :-bd :-bd but me and my lad have been going through The Jam and Paul wellers later stuff. I was working at the Town and country club and managed to blag a slot on the guest list for me and the boy, he’s recently discovered the Jam’s early stuff so I’m quite excited...
by BigdummySteve
Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Do you ever ...
Replies: 30
Views: 3809

Re: Do you ever ...

Every time I handle a rugby ball I think of my form/games teacher Jack Myers, in particular his first rugby lesson. He held aloft this funny shaped ball then hoofed it down the field, "Right then" he said, "first one who fetches is back wins,if some one else has it and you don’t think...
by BigdummySteve
Sat Mar 19, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69710

Re: What are you drinking now?

A rather cheeky chocolate and banana Imperial stout from vocation brewery, at 11.4% it’s numbing the inevitable in the rugby :-bd
by BigdummySteve
Wed Mar 02, 2022 3:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Day
Replies: 45
Views: 3633

Re: New Bike Day

:-bd Particularly like the YZ, I always think that something like that would be a hoot on the road :mrgreen: They are, I put a CR 500 two stroke on the road. I’d seen possibly the first super moto race in the UK, a bunch of nutcase French guys did a demo race at lyden hill, including a total loon o...
by BigdummySteve
Tue Mar 01, 2022 10:01 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115702

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out..

Hmm not sure I get the ‘Ghost Grappler’ Surly have made some interestingly different bikes, I’ve owned a Bigdummy and an ECR. Both were different to much else and worked well for their intended purpose because of it. This looks like a lot of trendy ideas chucked into a tumbola and picked at random. ...
by BigdummySteve
Thu Feb 24, 2022 10:27 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 182097

Re: What are you listening to now?

:roll: ‘Funhouse’ by the Stooges :-bd My next holy grail is the first Violent Femmes album (an absolutely superb record with possibly the finest bass tone ever recorded) I’m loving buying albums in vinyl again, so much nicer, especially some sleeves. I’ve a couple of Led Zeppelin albums with nice di...