The Retirement Thread

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ColinJ

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Mo1959 said:
Bit worrying how the media are reporting sportives as races. Thought they were just supposed to be an enjoyable day out?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58299528
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Don't they have closed roads for that one? If they do, then it doesn't seem a problem to have course records. Mind you, I have seen ordinary sportives described as races too.

Speaking of enjoyable days out... It is my Forest of Bowland ride today. It was supposed to be 106 km in length but we decided to reroute it to avoid a potential road closure. It is now going to be 113 km.

I set 2 alarms last night but then struggled to get off to sleep. I woke up 3 or 4 times to check that I had set both alarms (!) and finally failed to get back off to sleep again at 06:45 so I have only had about 3 hours in total... :wacko: It will be interesting to see how well I sleep tonight!

It is a lovely day here so factor 30 has been applied in anticipation. I'm just letting my breakfast go down for a few minutes before heading off to the station.

This will be my hardest ride for nearly 2 years so I am interested to see how my fitness holds up. I know that I will be slow, but will I run out of steam altogether before the end? Oh, and if it takes me more than 8 hours then I will miss my train home and have a long wait for the next one (or have to ride back).

Oops, better dash or I will miss the train there! :laugh:
 
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ebikeerwidnes

Guru
Morning people
Got to bed late last night (1:30 ish)
so - naturally - the builders are back to carry on with next door's extension - which is HUGE!!
Thye seem to have had 3-4 weeks off so some reason
He started some intense drilling at 8:06:eek:
A lot of the design seems to involves building stuff and pouring concrete - then drilling big holes in it a few days later - there has to be a way of just putting the concrete where you need it and not knocking big holes in it once it has dried
or am I being simplistic??

Anyway - I've been up since then so I guess I'll go out for a ride soon then cut the grass after

if I don;t fall asleep at some point first
 
Sterlo

Sterlo

Early Retirement Planning
GM

GM

Legendary Member
Mo1959 said:
Bit worrying how the media are reporting sportives as races. Thought they were just supposed to be an enjoyable day out?


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58299528
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Mo, I'm surprised not to see your name on the leader board :bicycle:


Chief Broom said:
Morning folks ^_^ quite overcast here in Brora but no wind! I find myself checking out the wind direction and speed every morning....Yesterday i set off with a slight head wind, ideal i thought as i can ride home with a tail wind....stopped for a break and the wind switched 180 degrees and increased! ****er ! ah well i guess it helps the old legs strengthen. ^_^
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A small group (the nutters) from our London Brompton Club were doing a tour of the Highlands last week and they went through Brora. Looked brilliant from the photos they posted :okay:
 
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Deleted member 1258

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Sterlo said:
I would guess a lot of decent riders will be using it as a test run seeing as they've had few opportunities lately but I'm sure for the majority it will just be a nice ride with no pressure. Each to their own.
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Like the old spring reliability trials we used to do, most of us were there just to enjoy the ride, but there was a few who were testing out their fitness after winter training.
 
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Deleted member 1258

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I've been for a bimble this morning, Weston Under Wetherley, rode 28 miles, I was getting close to home and thinking about putting the extra loop in to bring it up to 30 miles but then thought, the carers were here at 06:15am and that was the last time my Good Lady was on the commode, so decided to keep it to 28 miles rather than extend it and risk a possible accident, she needs help to get on and off it. The forecast was for a sunny morning but it didn't arrive, we had cloud with the odd sunny interval, it was windy as well, crossing Coventry on the way out with a tail wind I was flying, average 15.7, but crossing Coventry on the way back into the wind I was crawling, I got back with a 13.6 average. That was my first ride for a couple of weeks, I missed last weeks ride having picked up a minor burn that became infected, I wasn't very well for a couple of days, its cleared up nicely now but its going to leave a scar, so it was good to get out and do some pedaling today, I'm knackered now but happy.
 
Drago

Drago

Legendary Member
Car serviced. The full works, coolant and brake fluid.

Its pith easy on the XC90 because there is so much space aprund everything, and all the fastners are quality and don't rust in place. Only slight issue is that every compinent weighs twice as much as those on a normal car and are done up twice as tight.

I could easily afford the 550 sheets and pay Volvo, but after paying £2000 to the vets to try and save Lemmy, and then £900 on a new bass to cheer myself up I thought id force myself back into sensible Mr Money Mustache mode.
 
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We were sat in here just now, I was on CC on the desktop, my Good Lady was watching the tele and it was all quiet apart from the gentle murmur of the tele, then the balloon we've had kicking round here for a couple of weeks went bang and frightened the crap out of us, I'm sure I saw daylight between my Good Lady and the settee, I initially thought we'd had an electrical failure then saw bits of balloon all over the front of the lounge. ^_^:laugh:
 
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