I wish to correct that. Its the absolute total freedom to do what your wife tells you to do whenever she tells you to do it.No!!
Retirement is the freedom to do whatever you wish whenever you wish.
Don't worry it's not insensitive..........anyway we've all reached the who gives a fig stage of life.
The Retirement Thread
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I just wait for Mrs P to go out...........
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Hello Boldon lad.
Hardware:
We have an " Elite Novo Smart" trainer. Elite are a well known trainer manufacturer who are based in Italy which is also where they manufacture them. The Model we have is exclusive to Halfords. The blurb on the website emphasises the fact that they are manufactured on exactly the same production line and to the same high standards as their other trainers, and a forum comment by a chap who is the smart trainer buyer for Halfords tends to bear this out.
The Smart trainer broadcasts its digital identity as an " Elite Qubo Smart" so it is essentially a rebadged one of those.
It is a " Wheel On " trainer in that the rear wheel of your bike sits on a roller which provides rotational resistance to the bicycle wheel. This being a "Smart" trainer the resistance varies automatically with the route or course you are following.
We paid £180 for the Novo, there are numerous trainers out there at a range of prices and features, we just wanted something that we could use during Lockdown, without breaking the bank.
Software:
Mrs Tenkay and I tried several of the training apps, I think they all offer a free one or two week trial so you can check them out before you sign up to a subscription. We eventually settled on Rouvy, it has a "Family" subscription so Mrs Tenkay and I can share a membership and not have to take out individual ones.
Within the "Rouvy AR" app there are numerous options. You can follow a route with " Virtual " riders, or ride a real world route, where you follow a video of an actual course ( I rode parts of the Tour de France opening stages in Yorkshire. It looks like the courses were filmed from a motor bike. Your speed through the rout varies with your speed on the trainer as the video slows down / speeds up )
You can design a route in one of the many online route creation apps and import it into Rouvy, or follow a route that someone else has uploaded.
This is what Mrs Tenkay and I are doing. we found both a Lejog and a JoGle route that someone had ridden in real life and uploaded to Rouvy.
The underlying map detail isn't great as the uploaded route is superimposed on a Google Earth Satellite view, which due to the scale of the route is a bit blurry.
( I contacted Rouvy and suggested that Open Cycle Map might make a better route background and they have passed the request to their app developers)
What was an unexpected bonus was that when our two week trial expired I contacted Rouvy to enquire about the monthly fee. They responded by saying that as the " Rouvy AR " app is still in "Beta", then it was free, and would remain so until the app comes out of development.
Hope this helps, there is a sub forum here where they discuss various App platforms. If you have any questions then I would be happy to offer what help I can, perhaps PM might be the better option so as not to clog up our little retirement thread
Thank you so much for the information.
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
The worst thing about coronavirus? It's not the death, the suffering, the misery, the damage to the economy, the unemployment.
No, it's the bloody incessant repeats of Doc Martin.
No, it's the bloody incessant repeats of Doc Martin.
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Talking about Rhododendrons, I have this very established one in my front garden. Question to PaulSB, is it possible to chop it back severely without killing it? I've got to rebuild a wall along the front boundary. Obviously I won't be doing this yet!
pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
An area of woodland near me had a lot of rhododendrons the majority were removed so years ago to them stifling growth beneath the trees.
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pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
That brings back memories to me My brother had a caravan also my bil had caravans at Black Rock sands. I remember the shop you referred to Cant remember what it was called. One name I do remember one name was Cadwaladers ice cream.
Is that near where Welshie lives?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
This looks like a very healthy plant and should respond well to a hard pruning. It's possible to cut a mature rhododendron down to 6" and it will shoot again.
Judging from the picture I imagine about 12-15" is as hard as you would go with this plant. There are probably 2-3 main stems, cut them to different heights and the plant will look more natural as it regrows.
The first season after pruning you will have no flowers but flowering will recover over the following two seasons.
Ideally prune in late March but anytime between the first autumn frost and last spring frost is OK. If you are able to see the latent buds in the bark try to cut about 1-2cm above these buds. After pruning top dress around the base with garden compost if available.
If you can wait for the first frost as the sap will have stopped riding by then.
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
1977 at the height of their powers. Found this much earlier footage just watch Keith Moon!!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJW_2wLt704
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
My Ma dated Roger Daltrey in the 60's.
I thought you looked familiar
