The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Well my bloomers are certainly blowing in the wind here. Hopefully I pegged them down well enough to stop them from blowing away and causing a hazard to aircraft flying over head.

 

[Drago]

Is that a Master or Yale lock, and why isn't that hatchet sheaved?

It's a Master lock, and the village is in the grip of a Class One Walking Dead Flesh Eating Zombie Alert and I need to be ready to strike at a moments notice.

 

[PaulSB]

Good grief it's windy and very warm. 16⁰C and I put on a winter base layer and jacket. Spent half the ride unzipped and bathed in sweat. Brutal headwind for +/- 50 of our 57 miles.

Bike is filthy - bloody farmers ploughing their fields - so an afternoon of TLC is required...........and that's just for the bike.

Mrs P has made 🍰 while I was out

 

[Tenkaykev]

Well my bloomers are certainly blowing in the wind here. Hopefully I pegged them down well enough to stop them from blowing away and causing a hazard to aircraft flying over head.

Speaking of hazards to aircraft, when my running legs get their first outing in shorts after a winter in trackies, I have to contact the local ATC to warn the pilots to put their sunglasses on so they don't get dazzled on final approach into Hurn. 😎😁

 

[welsh dragon]

You might like this . If it works


View: https://www.facebook.com/100011262016650/posts/1262287710823284/?sfnsn=scwspmo

 

[GM]

Out in the bike shed enjoying a Clooneys while I read and update the CCTV apps on Mrs D's phones.
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I'm hoping for a long cold winter so I can enjoy the cosiness.

I've got the same tool chest as you, they keep things tidy. At the moment it's in our living room!

Busy day today.
Collected "J" thru "N" in the Cyclechat ABC Street Names thread, now, off to the pub, to sit outside with a maximum of five of the "boys" (average age 70+)

That's quite a good thread that one, enjoyed doing that last year. Which has reminded me, I must continue with the A to Z of town thread, seem to be stuck getting a 'J' 90 mile round trip for me for the nearest one.

 

[Drago]

Good grief it's windy and very warm.

Y front reference alert!

 

[PaulSB]

@PaulSB what/which is the LBS........just so I can drool over it

Dave it will be similar to this but not the exact spec. We will buy a frame and build it to my needs. I won't be having a 1x groupset for example, it will be hydraulic discs, the saddle will be different, the list goes on!!

https://www.tifosicycles.co.uk/shop/bikes/cavazzo-disc/

 

[Dave7]

Dave it will be similar to this but not the exact spec. We will buy a frame and build it to my needs. I won't be having a 1x groupset for example, it will be hydraulic discs, the saddle will be different, the list goes on!!

https://www.tifosicycles.co.uk/shop/bikes/cavazzo-disc/

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Nice.
Who is the LBS ?

 

[PaulSB]

Nice.
Who is the LBS ?

Ewood Bikes.........where else?

Come on Rovers!!!

 

[Drago]

Ewood Bikes.........where else?

Come on Rovers!!!

Ah, a traditionalist.

 

[PaulSB]

Nice.
Who is the LBS ?

When I say it's a very good deal I mean this. Rather than simply buying the bike and bolting it together we will sit down for perhaps a couple of hours. Discuss my objectives, put together a spec, I go away and think about it. Then I go back with questions, we change it a bit and then the LBS sources everything and builds it.

Pretty good in my book.

 

[ColinJ]

Very windy round here today too, but pleasant. Unfortunately I can't take advantage of the sunshine...

I have been feeling sub-par on and off for 2 weeks and have pretty much avoided going out on my bike to avoid aggravating whatever is wrong with me. I felt better yesterday so I went out and did a mere 16 kms, with just one significant hill. I felt great when I got back, had a shower and something to eat. A few hours later I felt worse than I have for days. Damn!

I nipped out on a 3 km trip to the shops at lunchtime and started feeling giddy when I got back. That horrible feeling you can get if you drink too much booze, too quickly. Given that it is over 8 years since I drank any alcohol, I suspect that it isn't due to that!

I'm now sitting quietly at home trying not to trigger the sickly whirling feeling. Perhaps I have some kind of inner ear problem? Whatever it is it isn't pleasant...

Ewood Bikes.........where else?

Are they in Blackburn? Somebody recommended them to me to do the fork replacement on my CAADX. Several people have been seriously injured and at least one died after fork failures! Cannondale are recalling them for free replacement.

I'll wait for the Covid situation to improve before getting the job done though.

 

[Drago]

I can thinkmof nothing worse that being in Tony Blackburn.

 

[Dave7]

When I say it's a very good deal I mean this. Rather than simply buying the bike and bolting it together we will sit down for perhaps a couple of hours. Discuss my objectives, put together a spec, I go away and think about it. Then I go back with questions, we change it a bit and then the LBS sources everything and builds it.

Pretty good in my book.

Exciting. Worth every penny.