(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...

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...

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?

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....

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:21 pm

godivatrailrider wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:45 am blaenau600.co.uk/

We sure we're talking about the same "mid-Wales" as BB200 here? The dudes in those photos look way too clean!

And I thought Blaenau is "fronts"?

They've shaved their bods for the Teflon coating.

Speed reading this thread.
The main points that stand out are...
Elitest Inclusive Scrotum Conkers Bonkers miserable Old Git.

... 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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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

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..

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...

We've had a colourful Jay come through the garden. It cheered up a grey morning.....

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....

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...

Bundaberg root beer & rum.
I'm near the bottom of the barrel.

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...

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:38 pm *Colder is not a place btw

But Calder is!

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…

Are you making a mobile 'magic lantern' to entertain other ditch sleepers?

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...

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:07 pmStarling.

Cheers
It was familiar but I could name it..

First one I've see close and not got bombed by it

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...