The Retirement Thread

[PaulSB]

Only damp and chilly now. A good friend is turning out, though I note is driving to the meet point.....😲 Now, where's my winter kit????

👋👋

 

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
@PaulSB. I watched your boys beat Preston last night.
Lousy weather here with lots of the wet stuff around.
A question.......I am cat sitting today as everyone is away. I have put food out and the water bowl is quite full. Do I put her outside in this weather ? I have no idea.

 

[Tenkaykev]

A couple of screen grabs from the early hours 🦔

 

[Binky]

Morning.
Rain, grey, yuck. Due to brighten in an hour or so but I'm not riding today. My enthusiasm for wet weather cycling has gone.

 

[Dave7]

I've been following the clipless debate, and yet again, as with earlier clipless debates it goes round and round in circles with no real conclusions either way. As you say, it will run and run.

I had Shimano shoes and clips when I got back into cycling. I had them for a good few months but just didn't like them so switched to ordinary pedals and trainers, I didn't feel worse off for not having them.
Each to his own etc.

 

[Chief Broom]

I've been following the clipless debate, and yet again, as with earlier clipless debates it goes round and round in circles with no real conclusions either way. As you say, it will run and run.

Could add whether eccentric chain rings are a good thing into the equation the thread might not go round and round but start wobbling!
Morning folks looking forward to going for a spin today!

 

[Dirk]

Morning all

Grey and miserable out there this morning.
Might have a morning in my workshop.
I've got a fibreglass fuel tank to treat with ethanol proofing and I've also got a carburettor to clean in my recently acquired sonic cleaner.

 

[Dave7]

Good morning all.
There is a big game on Sky sports today, 12.30ko for those interested. Gillingham v Barnet. I don't suppose anyone other than myself is though.

Which channel is that on ? I can't see it mentioned in my TV magazine

 

[Paulus]

Which channel is that on ? I can't see it mentioned in my TV magazine

Sky sports+

 

[PeteXXX]

Quite pleasant here so far.. Rain planned soon but I've done my 3 mile stroll before it arrives 👌

 

[Drago]

Garden Centre for lunch seems a good idea.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well - raining
and there are noises coming from the back - no idea what - comes from the far side of the trees so I can;t see

I presume the council are doing something - no idea what or why!

Might go for a ride this afternoon
yesterday it looked OK after lunch
but the rain seems to have moved to finish later
so we shall see

temperaute seems to be about 4-5 degrees

 

[Dave7]

Sky sports+

My TV mag has it as Bristol V Swansea. I will put the box on in a while and check it.

 

[Exlaser2]

Good morning all.
@PaulSB. I watched your boys beat Preston last night.
Lousy weather here with lots of the wet stuff around.
A question.......I am cat sitting today as everyone is away. I have put food out and the water bowl is quite full. Do I put her outside in this weather ? I have no idea.

Morning @Dave7 and everyone else . 😀
Best advice , ask/ watch the cat 😂 . After having a number cat gods in the past ( and currently being visited 2 cats that are not ours ) experience has taught me cats are normally very good telling you when they want something. If it’s been fed and it’s quiet/ sleeping , leave it alone. If it’s been fed and it’s active and looking for trouble, put it out for a bit .
As Mrs exlaser so elegantly puts it ‘ most cats are intitled wan@@rs ‘ most of the time when they are awake.
Her brother had a cat that used to howl at the back door to be let in at four in the morning every day . When it was let in, it then went to the front door and howled to be let back out again . It was too intitled/ lazy to walk round 😂.

 

[Mo1959]

I've been following the clipless debate, and yet again, as with earlier clipless debates it goes round and round in circles with no real conclusions either way. As you say, it will run and run.

I was initially wary to try them after using flats but once I got used to them I would never go back. I always found with flat pedals with pins that I always seemed to be moving my feet around to get the best position. Once you're clipped in you just don't even think about your feet.

6 mile wander done with the first couple of miles around the town as it's really dismal and foggy here so took ages to get light enough to hit the trail