The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Morning folk. No Mo yet??? Now I am worried .
Cold here with a layer of frost. Very still with no wind. We live about a mile and a half from the motorway but this morning I could clearly hear the traffic. I like to hear or see them rushing to work at this time. Everyone doing their best to keep my pension going .
Curry is now in the slow cooker. All the tidying up done and I am sat with a coffee.
Life can be good sometimes

 

[PaulSB]

I know one or two enjoy reading of others rides during the week, this was mine yesterday. Three of us met up at 09.00, weather was great and we all felt over-dressed! After an hour or so the sun disappeared but the weather remained good for riding, temperature OK and little wind. Overall we covered 50 miles and used the following route

Home >Top o' th' Lane >Samlesbury Bottoms >Nabs Head >Ramsgreave >York >Whalley >Bashall >Balderstone >Roach Bridge. I've been a little selective there with places we passed through!!!! Basically we did Chorley >Blackburn >Whalley >Ribchester >Chorley! Cafe stop was in Ribchester at my joint favourite cafe. I'm on low carbs at the moment so scrambed egg and beans was devoured with no toast.

Two incidents. I hit a pot hole and punctured. It was agreed my tube fitting was a masterclass, even had a talced tube. On the way home on reaching a crossroad I stopped and gracefully fell off. It was agreed this was one of the funniest things the others had seen for a while. Buggers!

I'd had trouble with unclipping the left foot all ride and thought the pedal needed backing off. No! My foot simply wouldn't unclip and I had reached a stop. Only one way to go - left and down. Turned out I had lost a cleat screw and when I twisted the cleat stayed in position while my foot simply pivoted on the insecure cleat. Bike shop visit later.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

its come up on my faebook memories page this morning that I've had my Genesis Flyer for 5 years now, about 9600 miles.

 

[Mo1959]

I know one or two enjoy reading of others rides during the week, this was mine yesterday. Three of us met up at 09.00, weather was great and we all felt over-dressed! After an hour or so the sun disappeared but the weather remained good for riding, temperature OK and little wind. Overall we covered 50 miles and used the following route

Home >Top o' th' Lane >Samlesbury Bottoms >Nabs Head >Ramsgreave >York >Whalley >Bashall >Balderstone >Roach Bridge. I've been a little selective there with places we passed through!!!! Basically we did Chorley >Blackburn >Whalley >Ribchester >Chorley! Cafe stop was in Ribchester at my joint favourite cafe. I'm on low carbs at the moment so scrambed egg and beans was devoured with no toast.

Two incidents. I hit a pot hole and punctured. It was agreed my tube fitting was a masterclass, even had a talced tube. On the way home on reaching a crossroad I stopped and gracefully fell off. It was agreed this was one of the funniest things the others had seen for a while. Buggers!

I'd had trouble with unclipping the left foot all ride and thought the pedal needed backing off. No! My foot simply wouldn't unclip and I had reached a stop. Only one way to go - left and down. Turned out I had lost a cleat screw and when I twisted the cleat stayed in position while my foot simply pivoted on the insecure cleat. Bike shop visit later.

Lol. Eventful ride. Won't bother telling you about mine then as it was very boring in comparison.

Lovely walk this morning and spied 2 otter on the river and managed to watch them for a few minutes before they disappeared.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

its started to rain here, thats not in the forecast

 

[Tenkaykev]

I know one or two enjoy reading of others rides during the week, this was mine yesterday. Three of us met up at 09.00, weather was great and we all felt over-dressed! After an hour or so the sun disappeared but the weather remained good for riding, temperature OK and little wind. Overall we covered 50 miles and used the following route

Home >Top o' th' Lane >Samlesbury Bottoms >Nabs Head >Ramsgreave >York >Whalley >Bashall >Balderstone >Roach Bridge. I've been a little selective there with places we passed through!!!! Basically we did Chorley >Blackburn >Whalley >Ribchester >Chorley! Cafe stop was in Ribchester at my joint favourite cafe. I'm on low carbs at the moment so scrambed egg and beans was devoured with no toast.

Two incidents. I hit a pot hole and punctured. It was agreed my tube fitting was a masterclass, even had a talced tube. On the way home on reaching a crossroad I stopped and gracefully fell off. It was agreed this was one of the funniest things the others had seen for a while. Buggers!

I'd had trouble with unclipping the left foot all ride and thought the pedal needed backing off. No! My foot simply wouldn't unclip and I had reached a stop. Only one way to go - left and down. Turned out I had lost a cleat screw and when I twisted the cleat stayed in position while my foot simply pivoted on the insecure cleat. Bike shop visit later.

That was an enjoyable read, hope you are not to bruised from the fall.

 

[Mo1959]

That was an enjoyable read, hope you are not to bruised from the fall.

I'm a bit paranoid about my cleats coming loose and probably over tighten them when fitting. Sometimes put a bit of thread lock on too.

 

[PaulSB]

That was an enjoyable read, hope you are not to bruised from the fall.

I've had a left wrist issue off and on for a couple of years. A couple of ibuprofen and bag of frozen sweetcorn helped. OK this morning though aches a little.

 

[PaulSB]

I'm a bit paranoid about my cleats coming loose and probably over tighten them when fitting. Sometimes put a bit of thread lock on too.

I think it's happened to me 4/5 times. I carry a spare screw in my bag though after yesterday I've run out!

I don't know why as I always tighten as much as possible. It's always the left foot which is my unclipping foot so it may just be all the twists.

 

[Dave7]

I know one or two enjoy reading of others rides during the week, this was mine yesterday. Three of us met up at 09.00, weather was great and we all felt over-dressed! After an hour or so the sun disappeared but the weather remained good for riding, temperature OK and little wind. Overall we covered 50 miles and used the following route

Home >Top o' th' Lane >Samlesbury Bottoms >Nabs Head >Ramsgreave >York >Whalley >Bashall >Balderstone >Roach Bridge. I've been a little selective there with places we passed through!!!! Basically we did Chorley >Blackburn >Whalley >Ribchester >Chorley! Cafe stop was in Ribchester at my joint favourite cafe. I'm on low carbs at the moment so scrambed egg and beans was devoured with no toast.

Two incidents. I hit a pot hole and punctured. It was agreed my tube fitting was a masterclass, even had a talced tube. On the way home on reaching a crossroad I stopped and gracefully fell off. It was agreed this was one of the funniest things the others had seen for a while. Buggers!

I'd had trouble with unclipping the left foot all ride and thought the pedal needed backing off. No! My foot simply wouldn't unclip and I had reached a stop. Only one way to go - left and down. Turned out I had lost a cleat screw and when I twisted the cleat stayed in position while my foot simply pivoted on the insecure cleat. Bike shop visit later.

Haha. Similar happened to me in Parkgate a few years ago but mine was mainly self inflicted. I had stopped for a pee. Literally just setting off when my mate stopped right in front of me. Only my right foot was clipped in but I fell to the right. My face was just inches from the pavement but fortunately I was OK. My mate just creased up laughing.

 

[Dave7]

I'm a bit paranoid about my cleats coming loose and probably over tighten them when fitting. Sometimes put a bit of thread lock on too.

Ive got rid of my cleats now that I only have a hybrid. TBH I dont miss them. I wear trainers and over 40ish miles they are comfy.

 

[Mo1959]

Ive got rid of my cleats now that I only have a hybrid. TBH I dont miss them. I wear trainers and over 40ish miles they are comfy.

Just the mountain bike I still use flat pedals as I would definitely topple using clips if it got even remotely dodgy ground.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

What happened to me a few years ago happened at a set of lights, the lights changed, we all started moving then someone stalled a few cars further up the queue, everything came to a rapid halt, I couldn't unclip fast enough and ended up in a heap on the pavement.

 

[PaulSB]

Oh yes I forgot. While I wait for the iron to heat up.........

Following my masterclass tube changing which included fitting a Gatorskin without levers...."oooh they can be buggers Paul. Do you want a hand?"

I'm putting the wheel back in:

Pete says: "Have you done this before?"

I looked at him, then looked at my wheel. I decided it would be a good idea if the cassette was on the same side as the derailleur! 😄

One rather disrespectful club member, about 50 miles in to a pensioners ride, was once heard to observe "This is like Last of the Summer Wine on wheels." We upped the pace a bit...........he hung on, just

Right. Ironing.

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Wedding anniversary today - 40 years.
Whodathunkit!
We lived together for 3 years before getting married. Not doing anything particularly to celebrate, but we're off out for lunch at a posh Thai restaurant.
We haven't done pressies and cards for anything between us for a good while now. It all seemed a bit ridiculous - I buy something she doesn't want as a surprise and she reciprocates. I did suggest that I might get her a nice card and flowers, but she told me not to waste my money. She's just an old romantic at heart. LOL.
We now just treat ourselves as we go along. Seems to work well for us.
On our wedding day, I took a half day off work (I was working as a self employed electrician) as I had a job to finish in the morning.
The wedding cost us about £6 for the licence and parents stumped up about £50 for nibbles and drinks afterwards.
We only had close family attending. I think there were about 10 of us altogether. We honeymooned at the Isle of Man TT races, which we went to every year anyway.
When I look at youngsters spending £20 - 30,000+ on their fairytale weddings and exotic honeymoons, only to hear of them divorcing a couple of years later, I despair.