rustybolts
pedalling tediously
- Location
- Ireland
Morning all
Lawns to cut and gardens to tidy this morning.
I shall then watch the Superbike TT.
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The Retirement Thread
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I remember a rattle from many years ago, couldn't trace the cause, we'd had several weeks of hot sunny weather and I'd been in short sleeves, we had a few cooler days and the rattle stopped, it warmed up, I went back to short sleeves and the rattle returned, turned out it was my metal watch strap rattling against the handle bars, but by then the bike was in the best shape it had ever been in.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Definitely - fiddly but can be infinitely adjusted to milimetric accuracy. Unlike those toothed ones that I have never been able to get spot-on.
Me too. When I dozed off Warrington were winning 6 nil....woke up and it was 12:6
Back from a 'celebrate retirement' few days camping at a north facing coastline. Only issue was the stiff cold north wind all the time - ! 
On one days walk, I had three layers on under my windproof - !
Still, I did the walking I had planned, but the cold evenings prevented me sitting out by my tent relaxing with a good book.
On one days walk, I had three layers on under my windproof - !
Still, I did the walking I had planned, but the cold evenings prevented me sitting out by my tent relaxing with a good book.
Well.......sharpen it, dear Henry....
With what shall I sharpen it ???
Nothing but sirens at the moment and reports coming in of a bad accident between Crieff and Comrie involving 3 motorcyclists
Oh dear.....hope they are ok.
classic33
Leg End Member
Well if you were Henry, it could be with a stone dear Henry....
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
From a very happy Hull fan
Yes....they dominated 2nd half. Took me by surprise.
classic33
Leg End Member
Caught you napping?
Sterlo
Early Retirement Planning
- Location
- East Riding of Yorkshire
Me too, not having a great season
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Managed to get the weedkiller done on the patio but more needed so I will havet o go to a garden centre or something
after that I went for a ride - just over 25 miles
Just at the furthest point I came to a huge queue of cars queuing for a swing bridge across the River Weaver
so I wizzed past them thinking something interesting might be going down the river
got there and - nothing
went up to the barrier and noticed a man in the control box on teh phone
was wondering what was happening when a couple of motorbikes came up seperately
the first one stopped and asked me if I knew what was happening but I didn;t - we were just talking when the other guy went as asked the bloke on the control box what was happening
apparently they had opened the bridge for a narrowboat (which I would have thought didn;t need it but anyway) and the bridge had expanded and wouldn;t close properly again
looking at it the left edge of the road was only closed up to the centre line on the land
clearly they couldn;t let anyone try to use it
I did my "good deed" thing and went up the line of cars telling people it was closed and why
did about 12-15 cars and gave up - if people saw a dozen cars, a coupel of vans and a lorry turn round and didn;t realise the bridge was closed then.........
anyway finished the ride
only negeative is a painful "thingy" in the top right of my left palm - presumably it got banged up by the bumpier than usual route
I should probably take some Ibuprofen to calm it down!
anyway - also done some lofing around - which was also on the list
after that I went for a ride - just over 25 miles
Just at the furthest point I came to a huge queue of cars queuing for a swing bridge across the River Weaver
so I wizzed past them thinking something interesting might be going down the river
got there and - nothing
went up to the barrier and noticed a man in the control box on teh phone
was wondering what was happening when a couple of motorbikes came up seperately
the first one stopped and asked me if I knew what was happening but I didn;t - we were just talking when the other guy went as asked the bloke on the control box what was happening
apparently they had opened the bridge for a narrowboat (which I would have thought didn;t need it but anyway) and the bridge had expanded and wouldn;t close properly again
looking at it the left edge of the road was only closed up to the centre line on the land
clearly they couldn;t let anyone try to use it
I did my "good deed" thing and went up the line of cars telling people it was closed and why
did about 12-15 cars and gave up - if people saw a dozen cars, a coupel of vans and a lorry turn round and didn;t realise the bridge was closed then.........
anyway finished the ride
only negeative is a painful "thingy" in the top right of my left palm - presumably it got banged up by the bumpier than usual route
I should probably take some Ibuprofen to calm it down!
anyway - also done some lofing around - which was also on the list
ebikeerwidnes
Guru
- Location
- Z’ha’dum
Oh forgot to mention
on my ride outwards I have to do a quick right and left on the track to get over a bridge
On the bridge was a "young person" - male - with a bike
so far so good
excpet that he was wearing a black tracksuit - zip fully done up - long trousers
and a balaclave
In this weather!!!!
didn;t seem to be up to anything dodgy
did think of commenting "you warm enough mate??" as I passed but thought that might be a bad idea!!
on my ride outwards I have to do a quick right and left on the track to get over a bridge
On the bridge was a "young person" - male - with a bike
so far so good
excpet that he was wearing a black tracksuit - zip fully done up - long trousers
and a balaclave
In this weather!!!!
didn;t seem to be up to anything dodgy
did think of commenting "you warm enough mate??" as I passed but thought that might be a bad idea!!
