The Retirement Thread

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PaulSB

Squire
Anyway.
@Drago @welsh dragon
I am thinking of coming over to the dark side.........and getting an ebike.
I bought a new Whyte Stirling and used it maybe 4 times before these problems hit. I am writing this year off and will hopefully be ok for next spring.
1st step......I have just given my nice shiny bike to my son.
2nd step......research into what to buy.
Ribble do a nice looking hybrid which they claim weighs 13.5 Kg.......about the same as my old hard tail.
Gears are Sram 1 x 11 which should do me.
What think the wise old heads of the retired CCrs ?
Go for it. I have some thoughts I'll post later as Mrs P can be heard stirring upstairs. 😄
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Anyway.
@Drago @welsh dragon
I am thinking of coming over to the dark side.........and getting an ebike.
I bought a new Whyte Stirling and used it maybe 4 times before these problems hit. I am writing this year off and will hopefully be ok for next spring.
1st step......I have just given my nice shiny bike to my son.
2nd step......research into what to buy.
Ribble do a nice looking hybrid which they claim weighs 13.5 Kg.......about the same as my old hard tail.
Gears are Sram 1 x 11 which should do me.
What think the wise old heads of the retired CCrs ?


Nice looking bikes. And the weight is excellent as well. I can't see where it says anything about the mileage you might be able to get from it, but I think your average mileage on a ride is about 20 to 25 miles so you should be OK.

I must admit I am not very knowledgeable regarding gearing etc, so I will bough to Drago's superior knowledge on that.

It looks like you can't remove the battery so will have to.make sure you have somewhere to plug the whole bike into.

I really think you will like an ebike. It will put a smile on your face.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Nice looking bikes. And the weight is excellent as well. I can't see where it says anything about the mileage you might be able to get from it, but I think your average mileage on a ride is about 20 to 25 miles so you should be OK.

I must admit I am not very knowledgeable regarding gearing etc, so I will bough to Drago's superior knowledge on that.

It looks like you can't remove the battery so will have to.make sure you have somewhere to plug the whole bike into.

I really think you will like an ebike. It will put a smile on your face.
Must resist, must resist....
 

GM

Legendary Member
Morning all... A very late start for me, just got up. Suppose I've got to get used to being a dad's taxi again, 1o/c last nights call :sad:.

Looks like we're in for our spot of rain this afternoon, not as bad as up north though!

Good idea about the ebike @Dave7 :okay:

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oldwheels

Legendary Member
Location
Isle of Mull
Gales and northerly wind which is not a good combination. Main ferry is off as first sailing cancelled and then broken down until at least midday. After some hesitation the late boat on Friday did sail as getting stuck in Oban at 9.30 at night is not good. Used to be at 2245 but since it was coming from Colonsay it was always late and not usually in Craignure before midnight. By then if I was on it I had already done about 400 miles and nobody spared the horses on the 21 miles up the road apart from a few terrified tourists.
Talking of which a normally reliable source tells me that a bus party in the town the other day was from Manchester. WTF are they doing here? The Isle of Wight is blaming rising covid infection on bus parties and holiday home owners.
Meanwhile the coal merchant has no smokeless fuel. He bought it from Ireland and a lorry arrived in Oban grossing 45 tonnes. The limit for the ferry is 42 tonnes so the driver went and sold some to an Oban merchant to get below the limit but then he only had 2 lashing points when 4 are required so had to get that sorted. Turns out to be ordinary house coal anyway which is no use to me. Since there will not be any smokeless until next week the coal merchant scraped together about 25kilos and is delivering if free to me as an apology.
 

Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
Cheshire
Nice looking bikes. And the weight is excellent as well. I can't see where it says anything about the mileage you might be able to get from it, but I think your average mileage on a ride is about 20 to 25 miles so you should be OK.

I must admit I am not very knowledgeable regarding gearing etc, so I will bough to Drago's superior knowledge on that.

It looks like you can't remove the battery so will have to.make sure you have somewhere to plug the whole bike into.

I really think you will like an ebike. It will put a smile on your face.
Ahhh I assumed you could remove batteries on all modern ebikes.
More research needed me thinks.
 

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Ahhh I assumed you could remove batteries on all modern ebikes.
More research needed me thinks.

It looks like the battery is in the frame hidden so probably not.
 
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