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I removed my seatpost-mounted rear mudguard and that gave me just enough room to squeeze a seatpost mount in below the small saddlebag. I tested the Varia/app combination on some narrow Devon lanes this evening. I encountered 6 tractors with...

A nice 41 miles from Draycote water out to Ashorne to watch the women's tour of Britian then managed to short cut their loop and see then again at Bishop Itchington where a kind rider donated me a water bottle ,perhaps I looked thirsty A good...

That works for me. I have dumbbells at home and a bar across the top of one of the bedroom doors for pull ups which cover most of what I would want to do in a gym (plus the gym is a bit boring).

My legs certainly are ! 73kg would be too low for me. Just keeping at it for the improvement in HBA1C as it was creeping up with excess weight.- We'll see how that's going in a couple of weeks with my usual annual blood tests. Could only get an...

Maybe find a trike rental company that would let you rent a trike for an hour or two so you could see if it was worth further thinking?! :whistle:

Have you thought about riding a trike? (The super duper stable new type with 2 wheels at the front, not the lethal old type with 2 at the back.) A friend of mine with health issues has been using one and he loves it.

On the reverse side i had to pack in cycling and golf BECAUSE long covid robbed me of my balance. 1sy sign of trouble was when I fell over twice while playing golf then fell off my bike for no apparent reason.

That Crosscountry service seems to be infamous. It was just four carriages when I took it (it was cheap), there was only one working toilet, and the number of people boarding at Leeds alone would have almost filled the four carriages. It actually...

Thought I’d share some snaps from our really cool Tour around, ontop of and inside the Hoover Dam on the Arizona / Nevada border today. Hugely interesting……

I was delayed by 1 hr 11 mins on a similar journey today, so that should be another £59.53 refund! I am quite happy to be paid nearly £60 to sit at Leeds station for an hour doing cryptic crosswords. Let's do it every time!

I'm sorted, no need to join a gym: Heavy duty gardening, I do it most days from March to October Cycling: I do it every day ^_^

126 miles back from Penzance a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately that's rather less than twice my age.

My chiropractor, a few years ago, said in the gym you see older guys pushing weights and young girls/women doing yoga. He said the older guys should be doing the yoga and the girls/women pushing weights.

Probably hypermobility: I got that condition, can do what your friend does and more - I'm 63. When I was much younger I used to tell my best friend that she was weird because she couldn't bend like I could. Surely everyone can do this, I used to...

There is actually something called the ape index. The ratio of your arm span to your height. A large ape index is good for rock climbing, plus touching toes. Body dimensions as well as flexibility affect ability to touch toes with straight...