The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

Hi folks managed a short ride today....15-18mph headwind phew i was telling myself it was good for my legs but was glad to turn around and head home.
Whats with the anti sugar thing? I like a tsp in my coffee but not bothered if i ran out. I dont see moderate use of sugar as a problem...would've thought having a balanced diet with lots of fruit n veg is more important but hey ho each to their own

Yes, we managed a "short one (16 miles)" today, towards our monthly target.

Stiff 19mph breeze from the West.

We did a loop, so, theoretically got a mixture of headwind, sidewind and tailwind.

Have you noticed how, somehow, even a tailwind, and sidewind, manage to actually morph into a headwind at times?

 

[Chief Broom]

Yes, we managed a "short one (16 miles)" today, towards our monthly target.

Stiff 19mph breeze from the West.

We did a loop, so, theoretically got a mixture of headwind, sidewind and tailwind.

Have you noticed how, somehow, even a tailwind, and sidewind, manage to actually morph into a headwind at times?

hee hee yes i do! i wonder how i could be so wrong about which is north east south west i take it personally that the wind is vindictively singling me out for special treatment....makes me want to do a Basil Fawlty at the sky!

 

[Juan Kog]

I'm drinking black tea as I wander round Cyclechat, I also have my coffee black, I wouldn't want milk or sugar in tea or coffee.

Some years ago I was in a traditional old style hardware store ( think 2 Ronnie‘s 4 candles sketch ) . There was an anguished cry from a back room ,and the following exchange took place ,
You put milk in my drink
yes I did
But its a mug of Bovril.

 

[Juan Kog]

I had them on my Discovery. I wouldn't ride at this time of year without them now.


This is my current hybrid for winter/mucky roads.

https://konaworld.com/archive/2020/dr_dew.cfm

Brilliant choice for winter , I think that could also be called a flat bar gravel bike .

dave r in action, this picture came up on my Facebook memories, a cyclechat forum ride round Rutland from 9 years ago, and me on my trusty Person fixed, the fixed I had before I brought the Genesis Flyer, it was a favoutite bike of mine.


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I seriously considered a Pearson , in the end I bought a Boardman which I could get on the cycle to work scheme .

 

[Chief Broom]

I had them on my Discovery. I wouldn't ride at this time of year without them now.


This is my current hybrid for winter/mucky roads.

https://konaworld.com/archive/2020/dr_dew.cfm

Hi Mo I missed commenting on your winter ride, very stylish you do like cutting a dash! I like the single chain ring and 12 gears, i think i'll always opt for this system as i really like it on mine.
My bolts still havent arrived,,,,some items are super quick and others take for ever. Tomorrow i hope

 

[Exlaser2]

dave r in action, this picture came up on my Facebook memories, a cyclechat forum ride round Rutland from 9 years ago, and me on my trusty Person fixed, the fixed I had before I brought the Genesis Flyer, it was a favoutite bike of mine.


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I missed this this morning , it has brought back a memory of when I started back cycling round about 1988/1990.
My best mate and I decided to cycle round Rutland water on our mountain bikes. We were about a third the way round when my mate decided to show off by taking his jumper off with out stopping. He had just got it over his head when he rode off the footpath and crashed .
I didn’t laugh , well not straight way anyway 😂. We did manage to get all the way round in the end.
And I seem to just about remember a pub crawl around Bedworth afterwards, god that was a eye opener to. I don’t think I had ever seen so many tattoos / whippets and Jack Russells .
Tbh I think even some of the whippets had tattoos 😂😂😂😂😂

 

[12boy]

@12boy. Any snow over that side of the pond yet?
Yup had a couple heavy wet ones but they melted fairly quickly. Roller coaster weather in the spring and fall in Wyoming.
Mrs 12 loves the trad Thanksgiving day dinner but due to her illness will do a dish or so each day over the next week. What is the trad dinner?
A whole turkey. Ours is smallish at 14.5 lbs.
Turkey gravy
Cranberry relish, actually cranberry jelly.
Pureed sweet potatoes
Mashed russet spuds
Green beans
Stuffing made in a pan with mushrooms and green chile added.
Dinner rolls
Pecan pie
Apple pie
I like the cranberry jelly, the stuffing and the sweet potatoes and both kinds of pie. Never craved the turkey but l will eat it. Bloody slabs of beef are more my style.
People here gorge themselves in the afternoon and watch football then eat monstrous sandwiches with turkey, cranberry, gravy, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Then there is the groaning and rubbing of the distended abdomens. A lot of serious drinking goes along with this and ugly family hostilities are not uncommon. Mrs 12 is telling me to say our family doesn't act tht way and my sons' families will get together, since they live in the Denver metro area. We will undoubtedly zoom.
Be safe and well, amigos.

 

[ColinJ]

Yup had a couple heavy wet ones but they melted fairly quickly. Roller coaster weather in the spring and fall in Wyoming.
Mrs 12 loves the trad Thanksgiving day dinner but due to her illness will do a dish or so each day over the next week. What is the trad dinner?
A whole turkey. Ours is smallish at 14.5 lbs.
Turkey gravy
Cranberry relish, actually cranberry jelly.
Pureed sweet potatoes
Mashed russet spuds
Green beans
Stuffing made in a pan with mushrooms and green chile added.
Dinner rolls
Pecan pie
Apple pie
I like the cranberry jelly, the stuffing and the sweet potatoes and both kinds of pie. Never craved the turkey but l will eat it. Bloody slabs of beef are more my style.
People here gorge themselves in the afternoon and watch football then eat monstrous sandwiches with turkey, cranberry, gravy, mashed potatoes and stuffing. Then there is the groaning and rubbing of the distended abdomens. A lot of serious drinking goes along with this and ugly family hostilities are not uncommon. Mrs 12 is telling me to say our family doesn't act tht way and my sons' families will get together, since they live in the Denver metro area. We will undoubtedly zoom.
Be safe and well, amigos.

It sounds like your Thanksgiving Day is very similar to a typical Christmas Day in the UK. Do you do it all over again at Christmas time?

 

[classic33]

Yup had a couple heavy wet ones but they melted fairly quickly. Roller coaster weather in the spring and fall in Wyoming.

Not much good if doesn't hang around. Repeated snowfall that keeps on disappearing is just annoying.

 

[Mo1959]

Morning. First!

Another mild and breezy day up here.

 

[Drago]

I have risen!

 

[Dave7]

After lying awake since 0400 I conceded that sleep was not going to happen....so I got up at 0555.
Lots of stuff to do today.
Bedding needs changing, washing and drying.
MrsD needs her hair washing.
I need a shave and a shower
I may get an Aldi dash in at 0800

 

[Paulus]

Morning all,
It's still dark outside. All the usual stuff to do, and MrsP has told me to be in between 12 and 1pm as she has a parcel being delivered. Then it's off to this afternoon's escape committee meeting.

 

[PaulSB]

Good day. Clear sky, 13⁰ and still. 13⁰ at 7.15am in November??????

Today is a walking day though between us I'd rather be cycling. 🤫 Meeting our friends at 10.30. Before then I'm hoping to get the ironing done.

Before that I have cycle club stuff to do. It's Awards Night this evening and I have three trophies to present. I need to get my words sorted!!

Also waiting for deliveries from DPD and FedEx both of which are a week late and clearly lost.

Breakfast first though.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Good morning folks, Friday shopping day's come round again, the weeks are flying by.