The Retirement Thread

[Paulus]

A pan of bubble and squeak on the go for an early lunch.(no breakfast this morning). A couple of fried eggs and some cold meat will accompany this culinary delight.

 

[classic33]

I posted this in the wrong place

Today is my wedding anniversary . 49 years. Sheesh

Enjoy the day

View: https://m.facebook.com/richiekavanaghmusician/videos/our-anniversary-is-today-by-richie-kavanagh/611178396340638/

 

[Dave7]

Morning folks Thanks Paul/dave r/Mo and everyone for helpful advice If anything im getting a bit OCD on the bike maintenance front i glad to hear serious malfunctions are rare, i expect being taken out by a car is more likely....ive had a few of those on motorcycles
My elderly laptop was acting up this morning in the event i disappear for a while its cuz its gone up in smoke its about 9 yrs old now and has been carted all round the Highlands and has survived a lot of battering.
Windy n wet here this morning so looks like a walk

Not wanting to start a debate but in all the years of cycling (only 10 years serious) I never did more than wipe and oil the chain and other bits. Can't recall problems other than the odd p*****e.

 

[welsh dragon]

My car has failed it's MOT. A shock absorber and the spring that sits on top needs replacing. It will cost me around £300 to do it ( gulp)

 

[Dave7]

My car has failed it's MOT. A shock absorber and the spring that sits on top needs replacing. It will cost me around £300 to do it ( gulp)

That can be Mr WDs anniversary present

 

[welsh dragon]

That can be Mr WDs anniversary present

Good idea.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Hello all
up about 8 plus a bit - which used to be normal for me untila few months ago
but back is aching again - thought it was getting better

Anyway - managed to get a ride in yesterday - luckily I changed my mind about the route - quite glad as it turned out there was a headwind all the way out there to the airport - then when I got there there was a C130 doing curcuits so I saw it approach and then climb out twice

plus a helicopter doing a hover taxi thing at very slow speed in the side wind - which looked extremely difficult, or it was a novice pilot!

Anyway - nice easy ride home to make up for the slog out there!

 

[welsh dragon]

It's a nice day here well at the moment it is. It's about 9 deg and sunny

 

[Mo1959]

Jumped on the rowing machine for a nice steady 5k. Felt ok. I forgot to wear my heart rate strap but according to my Garmin which records all the time it never went higher than 122 so that's fine for the effort. Plenty room for improvement once my body is more used to it. At least I'm not last in the 5K rankings!

 

[ColinJ]

@Chief Broom another recommendation for SPDs. On your concern about walking I would say don't worry. A well maintained bike should not let you down unless you suffer an unpredictable catastrophic failure.

Not wanting to start a debate but in all the years of cycling (only 10 years serious) I never did more than wipe and oil the chain and other bits. Can't recall problems other than the odd p*****e.

I went on holiday in Scotland with a friend of mine. We took our mountain bikes with us. She had bought her bike new a couple of days before we went up there.

I had been looking at the possibility of cycling along the sides of loch Etive. Online sources suggested that it was possible though we might have to walk some bits. Off we went...

We got most of the way down the North side of the loch when my pal suddenly let out a yelp in front of me and came to a stop. Her new bike's chain had just snapped! She is tiny so wasn't exactly hammering the chain and wasn't even changing gear when it broke.

She was really upset that her new bike had let her down like that. Obviously either a manufacturing fault in the chain, or the mechanic who fitted it had made a mistake. Either way, she thought she was looking at a long, hard push back to the van at Bonawe.

Nonsense! Clearly a job for Bicycle Repair Man... I whipped out my trusty multitool and had her back on the, er, off-road in minutes. We thought better of continuing though. It had been harder than expected and we were only about 1/3 round. We turned and went back the way we had come.

Maintenance and careful riding do help, but s**t can still happen!

 

[ColinJ]

Jumped on the rowing machine for a nice steady 5k. Felt ok. I forgot to wear my heart rate strap but according to my Garmin which records all the time it never went higher than 122 so that's fine for the effort. Plenty room for improvement once my body is more used to it. At least I'm not last in the 5K rankings!

What heart rate do you aim for?

I haven't checked mine for years but 30 years ago I was averaging about 160 bpm on hilly rides round here and hit 199 on a 25% ramp!

I am sure that I could not get within 20 bpm of those numbers now and it would probably kill me to try!

 

[Dave7]

I went on holiday in Scotland with a friend of mine. We took our mountain bikes with us. She had bought her bike new a couple of days before we went up there.

I had been looking at the possibility of cycling along the sides of loch Etive. Online sources suggested that it was possible though we might have to walk some bits. Off we went...

We got most of the way down the North side of the loch when my pal suddenly let out a yelp in front of me and came to a stop. Her new bike's chain had just snapped! She is tiny so wasn't exactly hammering the chain and wasn't even changing gear when it broke.

She was really upset that her new bike had let her down like that. Obviously either a manufacturing fault in the chain, or the mechanic who fitted it had made a mistake. Either way, she thought she was looking at a long, hard push back to the van at Bonawe.

Nonsense! Clearly a job for Bicycle Repair Man... I whipped out my trusty multitool and had her back on the, er, off-road in minutes. We thought better of continuing though. It had been harder than expected and we were only about 1/3 round. We turned and went back the way we had come.

Maintenance and careful riding do help, but s**t can still happen!

Yes s**t can and does happen.
I always took the obvious things eg spare links, tubes and p*****e repair kit. Maybe I was fortunate

 

[Mo1959]

What heart rate do you aim for?

I haven't checked mine for years but 30 years ago I was averaging about 160 bpm on hilly rides round here and hit 199 on a 25% ramp!

I am sure that I could not get within 20 bpm of those numbers now and it would probably kill me to try!

Not sure what would be sensible for rowing. I am finding running hard now so it’s usually in the mid to high 150’s which is more than it used to be. Just takes so much effort to get the legs to work now.

 

[welsh dragon]

We have some bread leftover from yesterday so today we are having Tom soup with bread

 

[Mo1959]

We have some bread leftover from yesterday so today we are having Tom soup with bread

I like breaking the bread up and putting it in the soup