The Retirement Thread

[Exlaser2]

Morning all . Have been up since 7, which is unheard of for me on a Saturday these days . But wife and daughter had a club ride starting near Draycote and didn’t want to ride there. So I get up early and get the bike carrier out and get it all ready only to be told by my wife, who is still bed that the ride has cancelled at the last minute due to the high winds 😂. Luckily I did not have my grumpy head on this morning and mrs exlaser has promised to buy me breakfast at our cafe to make up for it . So it’s not all bad. 😀

 

[PaulSB]

Good day people. A beautiful Lancashire day has dawned. Yesterday's village Jubilee picnic was fantastic, around 200 people turned up. Great friends, their children, grandchildren, most of the village including folk we hardly ever see. The bar was open and humming, I worked a solid 2.5 hours serving! Very relaxed affair, bring your own picnic and join in. Lots of great homemade cakes. Brilliant. So pleased for the young woman who organised things.

Today? Well I'll be doing stuff like sweeping out the garage, planting brassicas but first have to collect my Kinesis from the LBS as they've added oval rings for me. A ride had been planned but I cancelled my invite as #1 son is coming home, he should have come yesterday but changed plans and hasn't said what time. A bit peeved by this as the ride is a glorious route including Cross 'o Greet, Quernmore (a favourite road), Jubilee Tower, Trough of Bowland, a favourite stop at Puddleducks cafe (the dead centre of the British Isles - we have everything in Lancashire!!). Still that's being a parent for you...........

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Forecast is good for the first race day in the Isle of Man. Superbikes away at 12.00 followed by the first Sidecar race at 15.00.
I've paid for the streaming service on TT Live and the coverage is pretty good. Shall be settling in to watch todays coverage later on. It's been 23 years since I last raced there and I don't think I'll ever get it out of my system. Three guys I used to race against are still at it - Conrad Harrison, Greg Lambert & Bruce Moore - albeit I am older than all of them.
Happy days!

 

[Exlaser2]

Good morning from a dull, grey and windy Coventry, my bimble has been postponed, which is a shame as I've got a new pair of pedals to ride, I've spent years on SPD click R light release pedals and have now treated myself to a pair of PD-ME700 SPD Pedals in Black and was looking forward to my first ride on them. Carer was early, quarter past six, my Good Lady has now gone back to sleep on the settee.

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Don’t mention clipless pedals to me 😕. I really like spd pedals but my knees don’t . So I changed decades ago to time pedals and then to speedplay frog which are great as they have unlimited float but now I am having more and more problems flicking my heels out to unclip. I think my next step is to go back to out fashioned pedals with cages like I had when I was a kid, I don’t like this getting old and decrepit thing 😕😂😀

 

[pawl]

Morning one and all.Not a good nights sleep due to aircraft noise .Seemed to be evere10mins. We don’t usually hear them much Must have something to do with wind direction.East mid airport is some distance away and have usually gained height before reaching us

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Don’t mention clipless pedals to me 😕. I really like spd pedals but my knees don’t . So I changed decades ago to time pedals and then to speedplay frog which are great as they have unlimited float but now I am having more and more problems flicking my heels out to unclip. I think my next step is to go back to out fashioned pedals with cages like I had when I was a kid, I don’t like this getting old and decrepit thing 😕😂😀

I've got a pair of Time pedals in the shed somewhere, I don't know where the cleats are though. I'm a late adopter of clipless pedals, for a while I was running clips and straps on my commuter, commuting in steel toe capped boots, and clipless on my best bike.

 

[Exlaser2]

I've got a pair of Time pedals in the shed somewhere, I don't know where the cleats are though. I'm a late adopter of clipless pedals, for a while I was running clips and straps on my commuter, commuting in steel toe capped boots, and clipless on my best bike.

I liked Time pedals but the spring pressure is high which is why I changed to Speedplay frog which have no spring pressure at all . But my increasingly stiff ankles are making a not uncliping fall more and more likely. And I just don’t bounce as well as I did 😂.
I like using mountain bike pedals . Has anyone used eggbeaters as they are the only make of pedal I haven’t tried? 😀

 

[ColinJ]

Good morning from a dull, grey and windy Coventry, my bimble has been postponed, which is a shame as I've got a new pair of pedals to ride, I've spent years on SPD click R light release pedals and have now treated myself to a pair of PD-ME700 SPD Pedals in Black and was looking forward to my first ride on them. Carer was early, quarter past six, my Good Lady has now gone back to sleep on the settee.

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I have a pair of those on my CX bike. I think I can feel the extra support that the bigger platform gives compared to the smaller SPD pedals I use on 4 other bikes, but not enough to make me replace those. Maybe if the smaller pedals ever wear out I will upgrade them, but I have only worn out one pair, and that took about 25 years!

I have a pair of single-sided SPD pedals with intermediate - size platforms on my 2-speed bike. They are comfy when clipped in but I don't like having to mess about flipping the pedal to the cleat side.

the ride is a glorious route including Cross 'o Greet, Quernmore (a favourite road), Jubilee Tower, Trough of Bowland

That IS a lovely route. I often organise a ride on a similar route but we do it in the opposite direction and usually stop at Bridge House Farm Tearooms in Wray.

I am having more and more problems flicking my heels out to unclip

Have you decreased the release tensions to minimum? I have mine so low that my feet almost falls out under their own weight, though never by accident. Make sure that you do both sides of both pedals - I missed doing one side of one new pedal and got my foot stuck!

 

[numbnuts]

Morning, dull and overcast here today and not very warm so a “stay at home day for me”.
Defrosting my small freezer right now, may do more house (flat) work later.....well you have to do something or it's a long day

 

[rustybolts]

Morning all

Forecast is good for the first race day in the Isle of Man. Superbikes away at 12.00 followed by the first Sidecar race at 15.00.
I've paid for the streaming service on TT Live and the coverage is pretty good. Shall be settling in to watch todays coverage later on. It's been 23 years since I last raced there and I don't think I'll ever get it out of my system. Three guys I used to race against are still at it - Conrad Harrison, Greg Lambert & Bruce Moore - albeit I am older than all of them.
Happy days!

I got the TT+ subscription too , its much more impressive than I thought it would be. The Birchells look untouchable in the sidecars. Hope that Le Blanc girl goes well and also Marie Costello in the sidecars . Hope everybody has a safe ride and its a good day. The bumping on the sidecars down Sulby straight looks pretty intense

 

[Dave7]

I got the TT+ subscription too , its much more impressive than I thought it would be. The Birchells look untouchable in the sidecars. Hope that Le Blanc girl goes well and also Marie Costello in the sidecars . Hope everybody has a safe ride and its a good day. The bumping on the sidecars down Sulby straight looks pretty intense

Is it my memory or didn't the TTs used to be shown as a standard thing on terrestial tv ?
Seems crazy that all those track races are shown but one of the best races in Europe is not.

 

[Exlaser2]

I think you might get highlights on ITV 4 . You certainly used to . 😀

 

[classic33]

Morning one and all.Not a good nights sleep due to aircraft noise .Seemed to be evere10mins. We don’t usually hear them much Must have something to do with wind direction.East mid airport is some distance away and have usually gained height before reaching us

You certain they were civilian, not military aircraft?

They might have been practicing their bombing runs.

 

[numbnuts]

I'm baking a Victoria sponge cake and it's all for me

 

[Mo1959]

My noisy neighbours buggered off at 11.45 so I grabbed my step ladder and paint and got out and gave the shed a coat of paint. It was probably a bit too warm for painting as it was almost starting to dry just after each section.

Think I’ll just chill out for the afternoon as a) it is too hot for me and b) it’ll be mobbed.