Mundane News

[Illaveago]

Over there. You probably can't see it from where you are.

I think the trees are in the way !

 

[Illaveago]

Do bikes have weight limits ?
A good question! You don't see it advertised as not suitable for people over a certain weight ? It was that I was asked if a bike I have would be able to carry such a person . Well it has a strong steel frame , steel hubs and cranks , mountain bike wheels. I suppose that in some cases you would need a tandem built for one !

 

[Andy in Germany]

Do bikes have weight limits ?
A good question! You don't see it advertised as not suitable for people over a certain weight ? It was that I was asked if a bike I have would be able to carry such a person . Well it has a strong steel frame , steel hubs and cranks , mountain bike wheels. I suppose that in some cases you would need a tandem built for one !

I remember back in the dark ages when cantilever brakes wandered the plains and I worked in Half*rds, a rather large customer would regularly come in and get his frame and I think cranks repaired on guarantee: apparently on at least one occasion a frame needed replacing because the BB had been forced out of the bottom.
As my then supervisor said: you can't tell him "You're basically overweight and that's why the bikes keep breaking." so the repairs continued.

 

[PeteXXX]

There is a Red Kite hovering overhead!
The birds are very quiet and hiding in the trees..

 

[Illaveago]

I remember back in the dark ages when cantilever brakes wandered the plains and I worked in Half*rds, a rather large customer would regularly come in and get his frame and I think cranks repaired on guarantee: apparently on at least one occasion a frame needed replacing because the BB had been forced out of the bottom.
As my then supervisor said: you can't tell him "You're basically overweight and that's why the bikes keep breaking." so the repairs continued.

Well that is the thing ! If someone is overweight and wants to lose some , then cycling is a good way . If a rider was riding normally I would have thought the weight distribution to be pretty equal. Standing up on the pedals would exert a lot of weight into one small area.
It is something that I haven't even considered before .

 

[pawl]

I'm listening to Johnny Cash

Seance? Say hi from me.

 

[pawl]

Walking the line?

Folsom prison?

 

[DCLane]

Another warm and sunny morning in Yorkshire.

Son no. 1 collected from Lincoln yesterday afternoon, at the same time getting a bike to @Saluki from here who was kind enough to wait whilst we were delayed in traffic, then track racing at Scunthorpe until late in the evening so I'm

Today's 'task' is a 25-mile time trial on the A168, then marking. 25 miles when tired. Hmmm. What is possibly the oldest cycling trophy in the world is likely to go to someone else, but I'll give it a try. Son no. 2 won it in 2017 and is racing today, with names such as Albert Hitchens and Lisa Brambani on it as well.

 

[Saluki]

Another warm and sunny morning in Yorkshire.

Son no. 1 collected from Lincoln yesterday afternoon, at the same time getting a bike to @Saluki from here who was kind enough to wait whilst we were delayed in traffic, then track racing until late in the evening so I'm

Lovely to meet you.
Bike buddy Bloke is swapping saddle over, while I grab a coffee after big dog walk. Taking my Galaxy and his galaxy, to the beach. No5 in the car, it’s only 25 miles.
BBB is whinging about cantI brakes, I have borrowed a pair of his pedals, we are off out to play now, after a bit of a slow start.

 

[classic33]

Is this some subversive Bolshevik secret code?

The barcode?

 

[biggs682]

Once I have done this I am going for a few miles

Back now with 50 miles under the belt and time for a🍵 me thinks .

 

[tyred]

Seance? Say hi from me.

He's alive and well and working in the newsagents next door to the chip shop where Elvis works.

 

[classic33]

I'm going to open the window.

Is that wise, given what happened in your interaction with the wall.

 

[fossyant]

In Llangollen today. No bike, and could see Llandegla on the way over.

Quilted bridge.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Yes the Rock Island Line.

Here's the Rock Island Peoria Rocket, ran a number of years after Amtrak came along. Sometimes, the romance is greater than the reality.
You've to ride it like you find it.
Get your ticket at the station
on the Rock Island Line...