The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

This morning's production run.

I actually made four but one sold straightaway. Think I've hit the mother load.

 

[Chief Broom]

Well that was a funny old spin...the head wind followed me around a circular route the forecast hasnt been vey accurate lately, especially wind strength ie a 5mph shouldnt be strong enough to blow yer hat off!

I noticed a house on the outskirts of the town had eggs in his honesty box so nipped back out and managed to get a dozen. It will be interesting to see if they taste better than supermarket eggs. I would suspect so as they are proper running about hens. 🐔

24,000 steps done already.

They certainly are tastier! i made a plain omelette and thought wow! what a difference! Only trouble is road side eggs seem to be much more expensive these days.

 

[Dave7]

Hyponatraemia.

Morning again. It remained cool and misty for my walk. An out and back along a quiet little road I like. 9 miles done.

I managed to increase mine to 2.5 miles today which I am pleased with. TBH Wednesdays 2 miles was harder along the uneven paths, today's was mostly flat.

 

[Dave7]

I noticed a house on the outskirts of the town had eggs in his honesty box so nipped back out and managed to get a dozen. It will be interesting to see if they taste better than supermarket eggs. I would suspect so as they are proper running about hens. 🐔

24,000 steps done already.

Do they show a price or do you give what you feel appropriate?
I sometimes get them from the farm shop as they are from thier own hens but tbh i find the Aldi extra large very tasty and with long use by dates.

 

[Mo1959]

Well that was a funny old spin...the head wind followed me around a circular route the forecast hasnt been vey accurate lately, especially wind strength ie a 5mph shouldnt be strong enough to blow yer hat off!

They certainly are tastier! i made a plain omelette and thought wow! what a difference! Only trouble is road side eggs seem to be much more expensive these days.

They were £2 for 6 which I think is very reasonable? I took a dozen and stuck £5 in the jar.

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

I retired five years ago, then I got a part time job building bikes at the local Trek shop for fun. Over the past couple of years bikes have become terrible to work on. Internal routing, hydraulics and electronics are bad enough but throw in poor build quality from the factory and a one hour build becomes a two hour pain because you have to disassemble something just to assemble it properly.

yesterday I spent over four hours building a bike. The dropper post cable was jammed in the frame and couldn’t be connected until I pulled the frame covers to remove the internal battery. Then one of the brakes was dry so I had to bleed the brake. Then one of the rotors was bent and needed twenty minutes to correct. Last week I spent six hours on one build and that one isn’t done yet. That’s not fun, that’s a pain… so I’m retired again. Good bye Trek

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I retired five years ago, then I got a part time job building bikes at the local Trek shop for fun. Over the past couple of years bikes have become terrible to work on. Internal routing, hydraulics and electronics are bad enough but throw in poor build quality from the factory and a one hour build becomes a two hour pain because you have to disassemble something just to assemble it properly.

yesterday I spent over four hours building a bike. The dropper post cable was jammed in the frame and couldn’t be connected until I pulled the frame covers to remove the internal battery. Then one of the brakes was dry so I had to bleed the brake. Then one of the rotors was bent and needed twenty minutes to correct. Last week I spent six hours on one build and that one isn’t done yet. That’s not fun, that’s a pain… so I’m retired again. Good bye Trek

I used to work with a bloke who got old bikes from a scrap dealer and built them up for fun
then sold them for whatever he could get for them

Might be an option??
or work for a charity bike thing
or start one yourself