The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

I have joined the Drago club** and just had a mince pie/tart but with custard.
**its like the Tufty club only not as adult

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Well - the anti lock brakes on the car work!

2 lads - ages 12/13 - were waiting at a t@junction on a minor road
I was driving along the major road
they looked left - looked right - looked left again
then one of them just went anyway!!!

one of those - try to push the brake pedal to the floor and hope the person behind stops to
better for him to hit my boot than me hit the kid

I stopped in time - he was about a foot from the front of my left headlight
he looked pretty shaken!!


anyway - I waved them across while i was stopped and nothing was coming
better to get them across the road than wonder what they are going to do as I start moving!!!


I mean - Yea Gods - he might have dented my bonnet with his head!!!

 

[BoldonLad]

146 mince pies left.

Is 2 a day gluttonous?

2 a day is starvation! 😂

 

[Tenkaykev]

2 a day is starvation! 😂

I like to work my way around the top, nibbling off the crenellations. This is followed by prising off the pastry lid and eating that, if it's deep fill then there's often a fair bit of filling adhering to the underside of the lid. The next step is to work your way round again, this time removing the pastry case from the side leaving you with a delicious mound of filling on a pastry base 😁

 

[Dave7]

I like to work my way around the top, nibbling off the crenellations. This is followed by prising off the pastry lid and eating that, if it's deep fill then there's often a fair bit of filling adhering to the underside of the lid. The next step is to work your way round again, this time removing the pastry case from the side leaving you with a delicious mound of filling on a pastry base 😁

How old did you say you were

 

[Gunk]

Home from Leeds, got back at 3.30pm really easy journey, I like Leeds could quite happily live there.

 

[HarryTheDog]

I'm not renewing my Cycling UK membership this year so saved myself £53 and deleted my account after 22 years

My membership auto renewed before the date it was supposed to, I was not going to renew. I decided to complain by ringing . Got a message that because they changed the membership pages they are getting a high volume of calls. 45 minutes minimum wait. I sent a email 5 days ago but no reply. not happy.

 

[Dirk]

.....I waved them across while i was stopped and nothing was coming....

Never, ever waive anyone across the road; or give them any cause to think that you are giving them right of way.
Just stop and wait for them to assess the situation for themselves.

 

[Drago]

Discovered this while walking Bruce.
I'm not sure what's worse - the criminal damage or the terrible spelling.

 

[classic33]

Right - just come back from a ride
normal loop but backwards

slight incident half way round as the chain came off and jammed itself down the back of the chain ring

Easier to get back on that normal - because the chain guard has separated into 2 bits - it does that at the slightest application of force - which is good because it goes back together OK and prevents actual damage
But the gears were a bit slow after so I reckon they have carp in there somewhere and need cleaning!


BY PURE CHANCE I discovered the Dinky Cafe Boat at Marina Village on the way back - lovely gluten free school cake and the owners were curious about how it tasted as GF cakes are always a bit dodgy
but if they are the only cakes you can eat then they are great!!!
I told her - truthfully - that they are the best I have had anywhere!

The chain coming off, were it a result of you riding backwards?

One of these days you'll go out and get back before you've set off, if you carry on doing that.
You realise that?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

The chain coming off, were it a result of you riding backwards?

One of these days you'll go out and get back before you've set off, if you carry on doing that.
You realise that?

You think I am one of those trendy fit people with a bike that can go backwards
(is that called a fixie???)


Wow - you should really pay more attention!

BTW - I think the chain came off, and the chain guard broke, because a stone or something got chucked up from the mud and got dragged onto the chain ring

When I got home and fixed it the frame that holds the chain guard in place was pushed well out of where it should have been and took some effort to even loosen it to put it back!

 

[classic33]

You think I am one of those trendy fit people with a bike that can go backwards
(is that called a fixie???)


Wow - you should really pay more attention!

BTW - I think the chain came off, and the chain guard broke, because a stone or something got chucked up from the mud and got dragged onto the chain ring

When I got home and fixed it the frame that holds the chain guard in place was pushed well out of where it should have been and took some effort to even loosen it to put it back!

Doesn't have to be a fixie to ride backwards!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Doesn't have to be a fixie to ride backwards!
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ok - I'l rephrase it

do you think I am flexible and fit enough
and have the balance

to do that


Now - look - OK - I phrased the original post in a SLIGHTLY ambiguous way

I simply meant that I rode it in the opposite direction to normal - I do that so the cafe boat is on the second half rather than less than half way round

Honestly!!!

 

[classic33]

ok - I'l rephrase it

do you think I am flexible and fit enough
and have the balance

to do that


Now - look - OK - I phrased the original post in a SLIGHTLY ambiguous way

I simply meant that I rode it in the opposite direction to normal - I do that so the cafe boat is on the second half rather than less than half way round

Honestly!!!

You might be that flexible and have the balance. Stopping at a cafe might raise questions about fitness though.