The Retirement Thread

[Dirk]

You should have stood up on the pedals and gave it your best Titanic impression!

Jack or Rose?

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I just looked up the prices... £90-140!!!!!

My pre-pension cycling clothing budget of £0 has gone up to (say) £30. Rapha are 300-500% too expensive for me!

Wow I had no idea of their current prices, I certainly didn’t pay that ! It was a few years ago, I may have got at least one of them in a sale.

 

[classic33]

I haven't got a Gilet

Nor me!

 

[gavroche]

We were supposed to be in Orleans tonight, enjoying good food and wine at one of my brother's but, hopefully , it will happen in two week's time but we are only going for a week now, so we won't go down to the Pyrenees but stay around Orleans. Plenty to do there, including visiting all 4 of my brothers.
I will have to go on the bike more often when we get back as I am bound to put on a few pounds.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I haven't got a Gilet

I've got one in the wardrobe somewhere, a heavy duty one I brought years ago when I was working outside a lot, the first time I wore it the fellas I worked with nicknamed it Daves flack jacket.

 

[Mo1959]

I wear a gilet on most spring and autumn bike rides, and some summer and winter ones. They are very versatile garments!

Gilet research starts now... (Any recommendations? I want lightweight, breathable, and packable. I don't want warm!)

Check eBay for the likes of gilets for golf. Often a lot cheaper and have useful pockets. Various weights.

 

[ColinJ]

Check eBay for the likes of gilets for golf. Often a lot cheaper and have useful pockets. Various weights.

I was just looking over there. The problem with gilets designed for golf/walking/etc. is that those activities are not that energetic so the garment is probably designed for warmth. I generate plenty of my own warmth cycling up the local hills. The gilet is needed to stop windchill robbing me of that warmth, especially on long descents. A warm gilet might be TOO warm.

I think that I might end up getting 2 gilets - one very light one to replace the one with the dead zip and a warmer (but not OVER-warm) one for cold days that are not quite cold enough for my Endura jacket.

I actually already have an Altura (?) gilet which is on the warmer side, but unfortunately its L sizing is more like M - I probably need a genuine XL.

I'll have another look later.

 

[GM]

Maybe I should. It might keep the stroke rate a bit lower. Tempted to have another go soon rather than walk. Might connect my heart rate strap and work to heart rate when I’m new to it.

Mo, what I do when I'm on my rowing machine is put a Youtube video of the Oxford and Cambridge boat race on, and try to keep pace with their strokes. It's a good workout for about 20 minutes.

 

[Sterlo]

I was just looking over there. The problem with gilets designed for golf/walking/etc. is that those activities are not that energetic so the garment is probably designed for warmth. I generate plenty of my own warmth cycling up the local hills. The gilet is needed to stop windchill robbing me of that warmth, especially on long descents. A warm gilet might be TOO warm.

I think that I might end up getting 2 gilets - one very light one to replace the one with the dead zip and a warmer (but not OVER-warm) one for cold days that are not quite cold enough for my Endura jacket.

I actually already have an Altura (?) gilet which is on the warmer side, but unfortunately its L sizing is more like M - I probably need a genuine XL.

I'll have another look later.

Don't know exactly what you're looking for but I bought myself one of these (must admit I paid more than the sales price )
https://btrsports.co.uk/collections...cts/btr-high-visibility-reflective-gilet-vest

 

[Dirk]

Just for @Mo1959

Cock Up Your Beaver
by Robert Burns

I.
When first my brave Johnnie lad
Came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet
That wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten
A hat and a feather, -
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!

II.
Cock up your beaver,
And cock it fu' sprush,
We'll over the border
and gie them a brush;
There's somebody there
We'll teach better behaviour -
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!

😂

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Just for @Mo1959

Cock Up Your Beaver
by Robert Burns

I.
When first my brave Johnnie lad
Came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet
That wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten
A hat and a feather, -
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!

II.
Cock up your beaver,
And cock it fu' sprush,
We'll over the border
and gie them a brush;
There's somebody there
We'll teach better behaviour -
Hey, brave Johnnie lad,
Cock up your beaver!

😂

It’s about a hat. And cross-border tensions. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

 

[Dirk]

It’s about a hat. And cross-border tensions. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

And there's me thinking................😂

 

[classic33]

And there's me thinking................😂

What?

Thinking can be dangerous by the way. Don't go overdoing it!!

 

[classic33]

What was the situation with regards cross border travel last September?

 

[ColinJ]

If I get this phone working it will have been a fabulous deal at £190.

Drat - I forgot to claim my 1% ebay cashback... It would have been an even better deal at £188.10!

I am still really enjoying my new phone.

I have found a way of uploading my prototype game to the phone and it is working well. The game starts up straight away without the 5 second delay that there was on my old phone. That was clearly due to how slow the old phone is.

The only negative so far is the lack of an obvious missed notification reminder. There is a way-too-subtle icon on the lockscreen, but I have my screen covered anyway when the phone is not in use. I would like a way of getting the phone to make a user-defined sound at a user-defined interval until all notifications are cleared e.g. beep every 10 minutes.

I tried a reminder app, but haven't managed to get it to work reliably. I will keep looking for an alternative. (Any suggestions for a suitable Android app? )