The Retirement Thread

[Oldhippy]

Maybe I will not now cycle through Dover now today. Idiots blocking the roads in and out.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I've got a fridge full of beer...

and - just out of curiosity - where exactly do you live???


just so we can keep an eye on you if the worst happens, of course

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Aye laddie, I've checked his paws. Bruce seems to pick up a lot of thorns.

Don't think its elbow displasia - the gait isn't right for that and there's no history of it in his pedigree.

He may have sprained it play fighting with Bruce. Will keep an eye on him over the coming days.

When I had my dog she never wanted to let me know she had a problem

I found her limping once on a walk and she just refused to stop walking
well - I say walking - limping badly on 3 legs

I had to grab hold of her
even then - when I said "paw" she insisted on giving me the other paw
she knew damn well which one I was asking for because I always held out my hand on that side

but no - she tried to give me the other one
but couldn;t as putting the other one down hurt too much

I had to grab it and pull it up to get the 12 inch twig off which was nailed to her paw with a massive thorn

when I took it off she seemed SO amazed that it was better

dogs are weird

but mine really did seem to excel at that sometimes!!!

( she also moaned a lot when I dumped it in a bowl of Savlon when I got her home!!!)

 

[numbnuts]

Morning.....been busy

 

[Dirk]

An hour of very satisfying lathe work done and I have produced enough parts to make another 6 Bantam clutch tools.

 

[Binky]

Mid ride coffee stop so chance for a photo.
Really impressed by bike so far, setting bars a bit narrower was much better.
I'll possibly raise saddle a touch and take a few spacers out from stem, otherwise spot on.

 

[Gunk]

What a difference a couple of weeks make.

 

[Binky]

What a difference a couple of weeks make.



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Indeed, it's remarkable how resilient nature is. Our lawn looked like top photo, just brown everywhere. Now the grass is shooting up and I'll be cutting it tomorrow. First time in months

 

[Tenkaykev]

Bus station is, like most a bit grim. Grey concrete and 1970's architecture. They are trying to spruce it up, a work in progress but this was a blank grey wall just a couple of weeks ago.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Like this :

https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/gear/b...d-stems/canyon-cp0048-pace-t-bar/9102472.html

Clever, but very expensive.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Mid ride coffee stop so chance for a photo.
Really impressed by bike so far, setting bars a bit narrower was much better.
I'll possibly raise saddle a touch and take a few spacers out from stem, otherwise spot on.

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That really is a cracking looking bike.

What's going on around the bar ends? Or is that something on the head tube?

 

[tarric]

Well that's me finished following the Vuelta Espana, for now. Stage 12 Calar Alto was my last stage. It was lovely up there just above 2000m so a little cooler mid to high 20's and down to teens at night the total opposite of the last two days, high 30's through the day and only dropping to mid 20's at night, very uncomfortable. I've now taken myself to the Sierra Nevada mountains to Hoya de la Mora just above Pradollano (2500m) to get away from the heat and have a bit of a rest before dropping down to Granada for the final two stages.

The stage winner.

The race leader fighting for 5th on the stage, he lost to Vansevenant.

The winner on the podium.

And the overall leader on the podium.

 

[Binky]

That really is a cracking looking bike.

What's going on around the bar ends? Or is that something on the head tube?

This : https://www.italianroadbikemirror.com/ItalianRoadBikeMirrorWorldwide.html

Also have a Gopro attached under head unit mount.

 

[PaulSB]

Good afternoon. Breezy and sunny, which is just about perfect. It's Mrs P's 70th birthday tomorrow. We have 40 plus 4 under 5 arriving for the celebration. The forecast is good, lucky as I'm not sure 40 people would fit on our house.........including upstairs and the loft!!

Preparations are complete until the morning. I have a ham sandwich and a brew. Then a couple of hours to tidy up the allotment. I can see autumn approaching.

 

[Elybazza61]

Sunny and a bit breezier here now ,nothing in the chazzers today and the cheese shop didn't have any cheese scones so a blank there as well.

did some fettling this afternoon, got a lot of the Trek back together again and looking good (not the right cassette on atm);







9-speed 30t cassette cleaned up to use.