The Retirement Thread

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Juan Kog

permanently grumpy
Well what a good day out. I got the piece of kit I've been lusting over for a couple of years. A 14 litre Restrap saddlebag reduced from £109.99 to £54.99!!!!

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NO ! THIS is the way to carry 14 litres of luggage.
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Tenkaykev

Guru
Location
Poole
I've mentioned our Wednesday evenings at Poole Park during the summer months. It started back in the 1980's when a small group of running friends would meet up to do some speed work around the Cycle Track. The track is exactly 1/3rd of a mile and has seen a great deal of wear and tear over the years and occasional flooding due to poor drainage and being at sea level. The Pavilion was refurbished a while ago and was a great facility. As well as being home to the local Cricket Team it was also used by various groups including parkrun.
I noticed on Wednesday evening that there's been a new commemorative piece of artwork installed, I dug into things a bit after noticing that the numbers on the two Bicycles read "3" and "7" and wondering if those numbers had any significance.
What I did find was a copy of the front page of the first edition of " Poole Wheelers Cycling and Athletic Club " dated May 1930, with an account of a 20 mile race attended by 12,000 spectators! ( In reading I noticed one of the competitors had to retire because of " A busted Toobular ")
Fascinating reading.

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pawl

Legendary Member
I don’t but have just subscribed to the Eurosport player so I can watch some of it. Got the app on the tv now and seems to be working ok so all good.
Pity my favourite commentator not is reporting Carlton Kirby
 

Sterlo

Early Retirement Planning
Hello! Light cloud, bright and still here. Happy with that!! Some friends set off on a 130 miler at 07.00. Very much hoping the weather stays as forecast for them, grim here from 9.00 but very good in Settle, the halfway point all day. 🤞 It's a big ride for them. I heard talk of finishing in 9 hours but doubt it will happen.

Me! I'm heading over to Leeds at lunchtime. Restrap, the Yorkshire company who make brilliant cycle luggage, have their annual factory sale at 2.00pm. I'm going for a look round.

Cleaning out my allotment shed this morning but first it's exercises.
I don't recall seeing permission in t'Whippet Breeders Weekly for you to cross the border?
 
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