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Nigelnaturist
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- Pontefract
Show us your.......newbie progress!
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SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
he totally failed to notice that 3 of the 5 locknuts were missing off his chainset until the 4th one came off and left him with a slight issue on a 100km ride... we limped home slowly... his response was, I thought it was a touch noisier than normalMy winter bike has 2300 compact not even worth mentioning the difference so i wont, But if your o/h doesn't notice the difference there is something wrong
. He has also returned home without his rear light (how is anyone's guess in the dark - how can you not notice it is there?)... I could go on, but I won't bore you. I suspect he will prefer the bike but you never know. Hopefully it will fit him a touch better than the last one...
stevey
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- sutton coldfield
What have you got him??
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
A Ribble 7005 Winter Training 5800 Bike... £619.99 even comes with some reasonable wheels.... I am hoping he will notice the difference between that and a triban 3!
stevey
Guru
- Location
- sutton coldfield
Good luck 
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Out in the glorious sunshine here in the vale of Evesham this morning.
http://www.strava.com/activities/212661383
Unbelievable - it is currently an absolute monsoon here. Have just driven down the M6 from Carlisle and the conditions are atrocious.
Came up one hill about 3 miles from the house and it goes up around 600' and it was literally a river running down it.
No progress btw.
Heating on in house which was 15C when I got in despite all the cobblers on the TV telling me how warm it is. Temp guauge on Lovely Wifes car was 11.5C this morning.
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
stevey
Guru
- Location
- sutton coldfield
Thanks @SpokeyDokey We'll see how long this one can last 
Harv
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Did the Solar System ride today (Riccall to York and back).
Good fun:
http://www.strava.com/activities/212746612
Good fun:
http://www.strava.com/activities/212746612
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Originally hoped to see Mum by bike
But we waited for ever for someone at our own house (not where we are living) but he didn't come, so went to Mum afterwards
This is a bit of a different week
Tomorrow I do not have my regular trip to Chertsey so will do a ride, and will probably do an earlier ride on Friday as I am being volunteered to help Mrs S later on
Saturday I have volunteered to help out as the local family history society to which I belong are having their open day (a really big thing and lots of help needed)
I will probably cycle over there and back and not cycle sunday (maybe Monday)
But we waited for ever for someone at our own house (not where we are living) but he didn't come, so went to Mum afterwards
This is a bit of a different week
Tomorrow I do not have my regular trip to Chertsey so will do a ride, and will probably do an earlier ride on Friday as I am being volunteered to help Mrs S later on
Saturday I have volunteered to help out as the local family history society to which I belong are having their open day (a really big thing and lots of help needed)
I will probably cycle over there and back and not cycle sunday (maybe Monday)
Big_Dave
The unlikely Cyclist
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- Alfreton, Derbyshire
Is there a bit of role reversal in your house lol, I wish my mrs had the same enthusiasm for bikes and components lol, She used to cycle when she was well, but a bike was a bike and they came in different colours and has no concept on levels of componentsglad you like it... How did you ride it without the pedals though?
good to know that the 11sp 105 is nice... just waiting on the call to come and collect my OH's new bike which is an 11sp 105... I expect to be told by him "its a bike" rather than "is sublime"... He may just notice a difference from a triple 8 speed 2300 groupset to a 11sp compact 105... possibly... if I bang his head against a wall hard enough...
SatNavSaysStraightOn
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
just a wee bit... but in all fairness he works, I don't...Is there a bit of role reversal in your house lol, I wish my mrs had the same enthusiasm for bikes and components lol, She used to cycle when she was well, but a bike was a bike and they came in different colours and has no concept on levels of components
Big_Dave
The unlikely Cyclist
- Location
- Alfreton, Derbyshire
looks a nice little ride that, how much is off road? I take the dog with me when I do the old rail trails
Harv
4 8 15 16 23 42
It's all tarmac and traffic free.
RWright
Guru
- Location
- North Carolina
Got out earlier today to get in the sunshine...and breeze 
. Headwind in every direction and had to stop for traffic, twice. A lot of construction vehicles on the unopened highway, I was a little worried about that but nobody said anything to me about being there so I was happy. For some reason they are digging up some of the new highway, I guess they didn't get it right the first time. one section they had dug up was all the way across the side of the highway I was using. It was not like that the last time I rode and it is right at the bottom of one of the faster sections on my track. It made for a very interesting 3 or 4 seconds of the ride, lets just say I will be slowing down quite a bit next ride. It was a slow ride and my lungs and legs were just not with it today but it was a great ride for me. I put more effort in today than normal and am very happy I got out in the sunshine for a spin.
Edit: I almost forgot...I found a nice 6 inch adjustable wrench on the bridge not far from my house.
. Headwind in every direction and had to stop for traffic, twice. A lot of construction vehicles on the unopened highway, I was a little worried about that but nobody said anything to me about being there so I was happy. For some reason they are digging up some of the new highway, I guess they didn't get it right the first time. one section they had dug up was all the way across the side of the highway I was using. It was not like that the last time I rode and it is right at the bottom of one of the faster sections on my track. It made for a very interesting 3 or 4 seconds of the ride, lets just say I will be slowing down quite a bit next ride. It was a slow ride and my lungs and legs were just not with it today but it was a great ride for me. I put more effort in today than normal and am very happy I got out in the sunshine for a spin.Edit: I almost forgot...I found a nice 6 inch adjustable wrench on the bridge not far from my house.
