The Retirement Thread
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welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Chicken today. Not sure what we are having with it though
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Good Lord it was windy out there today. Just as I was leaving at about 8.00 a buddy messaged asking for a meet at 9.30. Yep. OK. I'll do that..........but next time don't leave me on the front for 20+ miles. 🌬🌬🌬🚴♂️ 
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
What I was talking about last night had nothing to with tags, metadata, whatever... The music was playing on the TV and the phone was listening to it from 3 metres away - it was doing it purely from the sound.
Yes, this cold ENE wind is a right pain. I cut my ride short yesterday evening when I realised that the tailwind I had hoped for up the last climb was going to a swirling crosswind trying to blow me off the narrow lane.
I will go out later this afternoon but again I will keep it down to about 90 minutes because of the wind. There is a ride I want to do on my dinglespeed but that would mean climbing the Long Causeway from Burnley towards Hebden Bridge into a cross/headwind. I'll leave that route for a wind-free day.
[Liège–Bastogne–Liège coverage, but no spoilers from me...!]
I have just watched a fantastic edition of the women's Liège–Bastogne–Liège race. While watching it I was thinking how much the standard of women's pro road cycling has improved over the past 20 years, then the commentators started talking about that subject. With extra money coming into the women's sport, more coverage of their races, and a whole generation of retired experienced female racers now managing and coaching upcoming talent, things can only get better.
The other thing I was thinking was how the shorter races ridden by the women (and shorter races sometimes ridden by men) are often more exciting than the long 6 or 7 hour grinds often suffered by the pro men's peloton and fans. I think the UCI should keep a few super-long classics and have maybe 2 or 3 long stages in a 3 week tour, but otherwise cut the races down by 50-100 km. That would also help alleviate the problem of having too much cycling to watch with the increasing coverage of women's racing.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Saw this little group, this morning, whilst waiting to join Norwich Road A1062, near Ludham, Norfolk, with Mrs @BoldonLad. Don't know if any of you are in the group? We could have caught them up (in our dreams).
and, another(?) group, while waiting to join same road, at a different junction.
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I saw three yesterday....
I saw the same group this morning near Ludham as well.
Ain't that a coincidence?
You didn't see two smug pensioners in a silver CRV go by as well, did you?
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
I saw the same group this morning near Ludham as well.
Ain't that a coincidence?
You didn't see two smug pensioners in a silver CRV go by as well, did you?
So, it was you making the close pass ?
Speaking of smug Pensioners, we were enroute so that Mrs @BoldonLad could do her weekly Church attendance. When I met her, after the service, she said “it was all old people”. I would just point out, we are 75!
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BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
I saw the same group this morning near Ludham as well.
Ain't that a coincidence?
You didn't see two smug pensioners in a silver CRV go by as well, did you?
Did you see the two pensioners trying their hardest not to embarrass the group, and keeping it slow, so as not to overtake them
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Is that rider in the middle at the back wearing a face mask?
I couldn't ride at any decent speed with a mask on - I would feel like I was being smothered!
I couldn't ride at any decent speed with a mask on - I would feel like I was being smothered!
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
Another walk done. Sunny but breezy. A classic car thing based up at the Hydro Hotel. They seemed to be driving around the roads at times and I got a right whiff of rotten eggs as one group passed so someone’s clutch must have been slipping.
Did you see the two pensioners trying their hardest not to embarrass the group, and keeping it slow, so as not to overtake them
The one's panting and red faced on electric bikes?
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Yes, I think you are right, although, it does look "high-viz", so, it may be a buff of something like that. Although sunny, there was brisk and cold wind blowing.
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BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
The one's panting and red faced on electric bikes?
You got two out of three!
I did promise Mrs @BoldonLad that we would switch to Electric bikes, when we were 75, (which, much to my surprise, has arrived), but, she is resisting. I have been browsing the available options. Don't want any of the heavy (25kg plus) stuff, so, currently tending toward Specialized Vado SL, or, the Ribble Ale Hybrid, Both of which are in the 15-17kg range.
