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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
That's a typical day in West Yorkshire. We frequently ride in that as we've few other options.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
You must be old ! I can even remember my older brother having one of those mileometer things which you clamped to the front forks which had a thing on the spokes which knocked a gear thing around on every turn .
Illaveago
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- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
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You must be old ! I can even remember my older brother having one of those mileometer things which you clamped to the front forks which had a thing on the spokes which knocked a gear thing around on every turn .
I'm 71, young to an old person and old to a young person.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Glad you had a good one.Those machines still look damn good nearly 30 years on, don't they?
Speaking of John Cleland, I picked up this recently to add to my collection of stuff:
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The colour schemes of cars in those days looked so much nicer than they do now . It is one of the things which puts me off watching them .
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
All this talk of things which measure our cycling performance why isn't there something which offers the cyclist a bit of encouragement on those days when you are feeling carp and just doing a couple of miles seems like a marathon !
I set off for a ride the other day and the first few hundred yards felt like hell!
I don't think there can be anything more depressing than cycling up a gradient into a headwind looking up occasionally to see an object in the distance not getting any bigger after what seems like hours of pedalling!
I think that's one of the major drawbacks of an exercise machine !
I set off for a ride the other day and the first few hundred yards felt like hell!
I don't think there can be anything more depressing than cycling up a gradient into a headwind looking up occasionally to see an object in the distance not getting any bigger after what seems like hours of pedalling!
I think that's one of the major drawbacks of an exercise machine !
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I'm catching you up! 69+.
You'll not catch me.
Can you remember when you first rode a bike? mid 1950's for me, a single speed with solid tyres brought for Xmas by my Dad. On my first ride my Dad showed me what everything did then said "I'll hold the saddle and you pedal", a hundred yards down the road I looked round and he was stood watching me and I was on my own, I've been riding regularly since then.
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Back after 35 miles
Bit chilly first thing but soon warmed up
First cuppa going down well
Bit chilly first thing but soon warmed up
First cuppa going down well
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Someone once said to me that you are only as old as the person you feel
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
You must be old ! I can even remember my older brother having one of those mileometer things which you clamped to the front forks which had a thing on the spokes which knocked a gear thing around on every turn .
I had one for a few years. Gave it away eventually to somebody who was restoring an old bike. Regretted it ever since.
