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ColinJ reacted to colly's post in the thread FLAT 100 km (62 mile) ride from Garforth, Saturday 19th September, 2026 with
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The assisted death hit us as a family hard, as it was a horrendous two weeks for MIL to pass. Over a week in a hospital room with some crazy family distress ! I was there with the three daughters, and only me and my wife understood the...
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28/9/26 Recumbent Ride Little Budworth Country Park I had only intended to go “round the block” as it looked like rain but extended it as it stayed dry. Heading towards Darnhall, then Hickhurst Lane to Eaton. Was passed by a couple of...
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We're addicted to Othello. For once the strap line is accurate "A minute to learn, a lifetime to master". I've lost four games today, but only because I've got a cold. Honest
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Two excellent games likely only available secondhand. They're by Games Workshop from back when they did real boardgames rather than those peculiar shops full of space marine models Judge Dredd, a brilliant fun game where you are "judges" in...
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ColinJ reacted to Dadam's post in the thread FLAT 100 km (62 mile) ride from Garforth, Saturday 19th September, 2026 with Like.
It's taking a few days but I'm almost back to normal. Have ridden barely at all for weeks but should be fine on this ride. My apps (Apple Weather and Met Office) both seem to report a fair chance of showers.
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ColinJ reacted to esoxlucius's post in the thread ‘Multiple bikes’ : some Di2 - some not ? with Laugh.
6 bikes!!! Hell. If I had 6 bikes I'd be losing light before I could decide which one to go out on!!
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ColinJ reacted to All uphill's post in the thread ‘Multiple bikes’ : some Di2 - some not ? with Like.
I'm very happy with bar end shifters, too, and thumbies now I've gone to flat bars. They just work.
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I have three bikes with Di2 12 speed and love them, but I also have three bikes with mechanical 11 speed, and I love them to :laugh:
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Only ever hired DI2/ Sram Etap my self. DI2 didn't seem much of a game changer over my Dura Ace to make me want to change. And whilst I guess Id get used to it, the buttons on DI2 weren't in the right place for me. I preferred Etap as it was...
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ColinJ reacted to esoxlucius's post in the thread ‘Multiple bikes’ : some Di2 - some not ? with Like.
A lot of my old previous bikes were aluminium, and I didn't mind them one bit, they did the job for me. Then I moved over to carbon, not necessarily because I needed to, but just because it was the new thing. And my old previous bikes were rim...
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Technology certainly seems to have improved since one of my earlier bikes (a Bates) which had a seat tube double clanger lever mech and a steel Williams C34 double chain set. And I wish I could go now as fast as I did then!
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ColinJ reacted to Ming the Merciless's post in the thread ‘Multiple bikes’ : some Di2 - some not ? with Like.
I run bar end friction shifters both front and back. It just works, never goes out of adjustment, muscle memory means slick shifting each time. Maintenance is just replacing the outers once every 30,000 miles or so. At which point I will do the...
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ColinJ reacted to super_davo's post in the thread ‘Multiple bikes’ : some Di2 - some not ? with Like.
From my experience if you are expecting Di2 to massively transform your riding, unless you are racing and care about instantaneous response of your button clicking to shifting, you will be disappointed. Even then you can equalise the difference...
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I ride three bikes: Cervelo C3 - 10 years old - mechanical. Mainly winter now. Road. Cervelo Caledonia 5 - five months old - di2. Summer/good weather. Road Kinesis ATR-V3 - two years old - di2. All weathers. Gravel and road The C3 was, in some...
