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Is that ^ Reg? Or maybe Mike, he's keen on shedding his kit outside :shock:
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:32 pm Is that ^ Reg? Or maybe Mike, he's keen on shedding his kit outside :shock:
Must be Reg , Mike likes to keep his sports bra on :lol:
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Eh? That's me on the right hand side there.
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RIP wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:15 pm Eh? That's me on the right hand side there.
Growing your lockdown hair out?
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Wig...
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If we're following our "glorious" leader's example, travelling no more than 7 miles from home....a circular route allows 58 miles of riding :ugeek: .

Could be worse... :wink:
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MuddyPete wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:21 pm If we're following our "glorious" leader's example, travelling no more than 7 miles from home....a circular route allows 58 miles of riding :ugeek: .

Could be worse... :wink:
44 miles, no? Or have I missed the devious trick in your plan..
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Wig...
I think you'll find it's spelled Whig :wink:
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jameso wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:31 pm
MuddyPete wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:21 pm If we're following our "glorious" leader's example, travelling no more than 7 miles from home....a circular route allows 58 miles of riding :ugeek: .

Could be worse... :wink:
44 miles, no? Or have I missed the devious trick in your plan..
Got to ride out to the circle and back?
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Yup :-bd
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psling wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:23 pm Bracelets, that's the answer. Like the ones worn in Transporter 3. As modelled here by Natalya Rudakova

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jameso wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:31 pm
MuddyPete wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:21 pm If we're following our "glorious" leader's example, travelling no more than 7 miles from home....a circular route allows 58 miles of riding :ugeek: .

Could be worse... :wink:
44 miles, no? Or have I missed the devious trick in your plan..
Very clever idea of Pete's :-bd . But yep, as Pete says, got to get yourself to the circumference and back :smile: .

I'm working on a modified version which involves less mileage but is equally bonkers :wink: .Just spent two hours making some calculations but I think I've got something....
Last edited by RIP on Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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jameso wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:31 pm
MuddyPete wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:21 pm If we're following our "glorious" leader's example, travelling no more than 7 miles from home....a circular route allows 58 miles of riding :ugeek: .

Could be worse... :wink:
44 miles, no? Or have I missed the devious trick in your plan..
I got 75 in real terms (after accounting for the ride out and back and the undulations of the roads/connections)...
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voodoo_simon wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:18 pm
jameso wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:31 pm
MuddyPete wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:21 pm If we're following our "glorious" leader's example, travelling no more than 7 miles from home....a circular route allows 58 miles of riding :ugeek: .

Could be worse... :wink:
44 miles, no? Or have I missed the devious trick in your plan..
Got to ride out to the circle and back?
Oh yes, of course :grin: :-bd
I should have thought about that a bit longer or grabbed a pen and paper..
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Lazarus wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:23 pm

if they think a puncture is a ride ending event
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CUK, BC, & BT try to get some clarity....

https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/cycli ... cise-rules
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If I was wearing my cynical hat, I’d ponder on the fact that by deliberately ensuring that the guidance is vague you can convince the majority of people to blame individual members of the public rather than the government for the current transmission rates
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PaulB2 wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 7:55 pm If I was wearing my cynical hat, I’d ponder on the fact that by deliberately ensuring that the guidance is vague you can convince the majority of people to blame individual members of the public rather than the government for the current transmission rates
As with a lot of things, the majority of people (and that probably includes most of 'us') will know that it's always someone else's fault....
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As with a lot of things, the majority of people (and that probably includes most of 'us') will know that it's always someone else's fault....
Nope, I've lived with Dee long enough to know, it's always my fault ... whatever it is.
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Bearbonesnorm wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:23 pm
As with a lot of things, the majority of people (and that probably includes most of 'us') will know that it's always someone else's fault....
Nope, I've lived with Dee long enough to know, it's always my fault ... whatever it is.
:lol: but then we've suspected for a long time that you're not "the majority of people" :wink:
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