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- Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
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Re: The post man's been ...
(I'm probably going to get some stick for this...) With a set of aero / TT bars for the Straggler - I'm not needing to go any faster but have taken to resting my forearms on the bars on longer rides to give my wrists and hands a rest, despite the bars being higher than the seat, so it would be nice...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 132897
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
New Lotus eBike , yours for a wallet shredding £20k. Not sure I'd want to strap bags to it... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHeL79Ug0bQO84blGfPlfqpds_QdXqPaRUGqpBqh8L5qPbTbwjLzuhQTSfkzpuRjA9FJhjbCc9uBI83d0Y4ppODu0ipHNcdbvDlmRH8gbLDRZAeznUc=w1920-h1080 I've turned my brightness up to full...
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 6:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 655237
Re: Todays ride
Gritty pics indeed.
Do they still do pat cakes for breakfast (yum- yum) in those . I remember getting them from a cafe with a hole-in-the wall kiosk /hatch-door?
Do they still do pat cakes for breakfast (yum- yum) in those . I remember getting them from a cafe with a hole-in-the wall kiosk /hatch-door?
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat Fighters '23
- Replies: 483
- Views: 89590
Re: Fat Fighters '23
02/07/21 76.5kg 31/12/21 77.6 kg 01/01/22 78.2Kg 08/04/22 73.3kg : : 10/03/23 77.9kg. 17/03/23 77.6kg. 24/03/23 77.5kg. 24/03/23 77.1kg. 31/03/23 76.9kg : 07/04/23 77.3 kg. 14/04/23 78.3 kg. 21/04/23 78.1 . 28/04/23 77.7 . 05/05/23 78.5Kg 13/05/23 79.5 kg 19/05/23 77.9Kg 27/05/23 77.5kg 02/06/23 77....
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Blaenau 600
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1518
Re: Blaenau 600
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 - a few thoughts.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 14223
Re: BB200 - a few thoughts.
Speed reading this thread.
The main points that stand out are...
Elitest Inclusive Scrotum Conkers Bonkers miserable Old Git.
The main points that stand out are...
Elitest Inclusive Scrotum Conkers Bonkers miserable Old Git.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you a hoarder?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2603
Re: Are you a hoarder?
... often once you're dead and your precious bits and pieces will simply end up in a skip anyway :wink: I've been told 'I will be in that skip* with my precious things'. :roll: This is contra to my wishes. I want to be composted! (My descendants will not have a urn of ashes, but 1 cubic yard of com...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you a hoarder?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2603
Re: Are you a hoarder?
Going to be keeping an eye to this thread to see if I'm weird or just as normal as the next man/woman. I'm pretty sure we all collect/hoard something which is value to us and us only :-bd , I do get a slight anxiety when the misses says were having a clear out too :lol: I get very anxious when the ...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4004
- Views: 527428
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Cheery as I'm in the process of paying my mortgage off, 7 years early. Just need the Lloyds bank to pull their finger out, probably have to do some legal stuff and my house is all mine! Other than that, looks like rain an mud will feature on the weekends bike riding (plus got a wee machining job to...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 11:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 270181
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Hi Phil I've been busy, thanks for the offer. I can wait a few days. Let me know the cost. I need 4off 5mm X 10mm dia spacer, threaded m5 + a spare if possible. Thumb sketch below. DM Ta dah! https://i.ibb.co/C8pC5w8/PA200986.jpg I quite enjoyed doing that - artisan machining :grin: PM me your addr...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
- Replies: 1461
- Views: 398644
Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Storm Babet is trying to break the local sewer culvert again. The 2 ft dia cast iron cover never goes back on right. :roll: I saw a twanker in a 4wd try to drive over that, just to piss some one off stood by the bus stop. He deserves a split tyre & dinged rim. Thoughtless Fuck-wit. x( So what th...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat Fighters '23
- Replies: 483
- Views: 89590
Re: Fat Fighters '23
02/07/21 76.5kg 31/12/21 77.6 kg 01/01/22 78.2Kg 08/04/22 73.3kg : : 10/03/23 77.9kg. 17/03/23 77.6kg. 24/03/23 77.5kg. 24/03/23 77.1kg. 31/03/23 76.9kg : 07/04/23 77.3 kg. 14/04/23 78.3 kg. 21/04/23 78.1 . 28/04/23 77.7 . 05/05/23 78.5Kg 13/05/23 79.5 kg 19/05/23 77.9Kg 27/05/23 77.5kg 02/06/23 77....
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4004
- Views: 527428
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
It must be cheer for someone somewhere.
so I'll kick start it......
The weather's is not much to write home about, so I won't mention it.
(opps I just have )
But..
This cheered me up...
The Independent:Man aged 107 reveals three things he eats every day for a longer life
so I'll kick start it......
The weather's is not much to write home about, so I won't mention it.
(opps I just have )
But..
This cheered me up...
The Independent:Man aged 107 reveals three things he eats every day for a longer life
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pinion Gearbox???
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4308
Re: Pinion Gearbox???
There's also Kindernay VIX A more modern take on a rohloff, stocked by https://ghyllside.co.uk/groupsets/8335- ... y-xii.html,
I looks promising. Bikepacking https://bikepacking.com/news/kindernay- ... gear-hubs/
also reviewed it. The swap out hub shell - rims looks interesting..
I looks promising. Bikepacking https://bikepacking.com/news/kindernay- ... gear-hubs/
also reviewed it. The swap out hub shell - rims looks interesting..
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 132897
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Liking this from Bespoked show https://theradavist.com/2023-bespoked-gallery-2/ enlighten me ... I'm obviously missing something. I see collection of grey tubes and functional parts and a wide tyres but mediocre cable disk brakes... . But it just a 'Grovel bike'. Where is the artistry and fancy lug...
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 699
- Views: 150153
Re: Wildlife
We've had a colourful Jay come through the garden. It cheered up a grey morning.....
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:17 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat Fighters '23
- Replies: 483
- Views: 89590
Re: Fat Fighters '23
02/07/21 76.5kg 31/12/21 77.6 kg 01/01/22 78.2Kg 08/04/22 73.3kg : : 10/03/23 77.9kg. 17/03/23 77.6kg. 24/03/23 77.5kg. 24/03/23 77.1kg. 31/03/23 76.9kg : 07/04/23 77.3 kg. 14/04/23 78.3 kg. 21/04/23 78.1 . 28/04/23 77.7 . 05/05/23 78.5Kg 13/05/23 79.5 kg 19/05/23 77.9Kg 27/05/23 77.5kg 02/06/23 77....
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 708
- Views: 77903
Re: What are you drinking now?
Bundaberg root beer & rum. That's got me all nostalgic! I spent about 6 weeks fruit picking in Bundy in '94 when travelling in Oz. Can't say I even tried the rum , though, but I do think I should buy a bottle when I see it. TheBundaberg+ rum one takes some finding in the wild. So in desperation...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 708
- Views: 77903
Re: What are you drinking now?
Bundaberg root beer & rum.
I'm near the bottom of the barrel.
I'm near the bottom of the barrel.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Films to watch while isolating
- Replies: 291
- Views: 64420
Re: Films to watch while isolating
Wheeldale could have got nuked :shock: : https://youtu.be/ceWZslOfEjs Yes Tom Scott posts some interesting or weird stuff I had a very interesting Sunday night and adventure trying finding Wheeldale YHA, firstly the road was very well lit, courtesy of the MOD, Fylingdales 'Dome' . Later I had to re...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping on it
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2773
Re: Sleeping on it
But Calder is!
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1974885
Re: The post man's been ...
Are you making a mobile 'magic lantern' to entertain other ditch sleepers?voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:30 pm A fancy lightbulb, a lead with a lamp holder on the end. Hmmm, I have a project in mind with a spare wheel and a block of wood…
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 132897
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
The latest in rear light technology. What does it remind me of..? I know Some ones dropped a bollock & Balls-ed up the design brief... I think its meant to. try googling Truck nutz. Another unfathomable trend from the USA Thanks but i'll play it safe. Unfathomable & USA an slightly surprisi...
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 699
- Views: 150153
Re: Wildlife
Cheers
It was familiar but I could name it..
First one I've see close and not got bombed by it
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 6:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 132897
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
The latest in rear light technology. What does it remind me of..? I know Some ones dropped a bollock & Balls-ed up the design brief... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHdL8abCC6m6LoEmTuMCRv1E6grn4D2VW0kBRPG0GQMsNaPjqy5-JXh714e7F8IDGILYQklgt6y__IbYWX2kNi-zcER7-xivxPbBM3mG2Eljz7Jy-qA=w192...