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welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
How do you like the weather forcast for where I live for the weekend? I live under the bright yellow splogey bit
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We both made it out this morning for a quick or should I say short loop before picking up OH's new bike from Halfords.

She is Struggling with the change to road bike at the moment, I think I might need to fit an adjustable stem.
 

SpokeyDokey

67, & my GP says I will officially be old at 70!
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How do you like the weather forcast for where I live for the weekend? I live under the bright yellow splogey bit View attachment 52206

Yes indeed! We are expecting something like that too. Not good!
 
Today I learned that if you are removing the speed link from your chain to let you give all the drive chain a good clean the link will fly apart unless you are careful and have a thingy to take the strain off the chain. (I now have a thingy made out of an old spoke)

I also learned that you will only be able to find one half of the link until you have, searched high and low, given up, gone to the LBS, bought a new link, fitted it, cleared up, put everything away, at which point you will find the other half under one of the maintenance stand's feet. :cursing:
 

RWright

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North Carolina
It started raining here yesterday afternoon and was the same all day today. Rather than go for a ride in the rain, like I should have, I did what any hard core cyclist would do, well maybe not all of them, but I read the bicycle ads. Unfortunately for my checking account I found a deal I couldn't pass up. :surrender:
Say hello to N+1. I haven't named it yet but it is a very fresh Cannondale Synapse Carbon 3. I already have one just like it in a different color but this one is a 54, my current one is 56. I just felt like I maybe could use the next size smaller than the one I have, so I went for it, it even came with a nice looking set of GP 4000s tires on it. I got it at a price so low I can flip it and do well if I decide to. Now to start putting some more miles on these things. :rolleyes:

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Mo1959

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It started raining here yesterday afternoon and was the same all day today. Rather than go for a ride in the rain, like I should have, I did what any hard core cyclist would do, well maybe not all of them, but I read the bicycle ads. Unfortunately for my checking account I found a deal I couldn't pass up. :surrender:
Say hello to N+1. I haven't named it yet but it is a very fresh Cannondale Synapse Carbon 3. I already have one just like it in a different color but this one is a 54, my current one is 56. I just felt like I maybe could use the next size smaller than the one I have, so I went for it, it even came with a nice looking set of GP 4000s tires on it. I got it at a price so low I can flip it and do well if I decide to. Now to start putting some more miles on these things. :rolleyes:

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That's rather nice. You seem to be very good at searching out great bargains. Quite fancy a Synapse myself! :blush:
 
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