The Retirement Thread

[ColinJ]

... especially if you have quick descents often

Unless I am sticking to the flattish valley roads, I often hit 65 kph (40 mph) on a descent somewhere on a ride, and sometimes 80-90 kph (50-55 mph)! There will definitely be quite a lot of that in hilly Devon/Somerset/Cornwall/Dorset.

No luck with finding a 'jam nut'... "Oh, that ain't metric, mate - try somewhere else!" So, I try somewhere else..."Oh, that ain't metric, mate - try somewhere else!" I'll go back to my boxes of junk - there must be another nut with that thread somewhere in the house. If I get really stuck, I'll see if I can borrow one from a hub on one of my other bikes. Which reminds me... I have a similar rumbly bearings problem on my other CX bike. I must sort that out too. Maybe I can borrow a nut from that bike in the process...

 

[Paulus]

Sounds painful.

A lot of London taxi drivers used them, they were quite comfy. Not that I was a taxi driver.

 

[classic33]

A lot of London taxi drivers used them, they were quite comfy. Not that I was a taxi driver.

Maybe it kept them awake.

 

[Dirk]

A lot of London taxi drivers used them, they were quite comfy. Not that I was a taxi driver.

Bead seat covers can be quite dangerous in a crash - they act as rollers and cause the occupant to 'submarine' under the seat belt.

 

[BoldonLad]

Sounds painful.

No pain, no gain. So they say.

 

[PaulSB]

Hello, I've arrived. No, I haven't had a long lay in just seem to have been busy since I got up. Lots of odds and sods achieved today plus an Aldi run.

@Dave7 this may be of interest

Guardian article on long Covid recovery

Not much else happening. Mrs P has just come home after being out all day. She is watching the tennis. At 5.30 she's going out to play tennis. I suspect she wants tea before she goes.

I have made tea the last three nights.

#sighs#

 

[Tenkaykev]

Going back to @Mo1959 "bed of nails" I'm privileged to have early access to Mo's next photo upload where she shows off her new kit. I'm not sure who the guy is but I'm impressed with his choice of cycle helmet!

 

[Dave7]

Hello, I've arrived. No, I haven't had a long lay in just seem to have been busy since I got up. Lots of odds and sods achieved today plus an Aldi run.

@Dave7 this may be of interest

Guardian article on long Covid recovery

Not much else happening. Mrs P has just come home after being out all day. She is watching the tennis. At 5.30 she's going out to play tennis. I suspect she wants tea before she goes.

I have made tea the last three nights.

#sighs#

Thanks......I will read that tomorrow morning.

 

[12boy]

The lion menu, thanks Dave r, made me think of various bumper stickers I have seen....
I hope I die peacefully in my sleep like Grandad, not screaming like his passengers.
If you knock on this van, knock softly yet firmly. I like soft but firm knockers.
I don't take any sh*t
I don't give a sh*t
I ain't in the sh*t business.
On an atheist's car...Eat a bible and Pass the Word!

 

[numbnuts]

Been looking at cars on Autotrader again, what I like costs the Kings ransom, what is practical I can't get one in an automatic and all the rest have gone round the world twice.
I really hate the guy that hit me, I'd like to punch his lights out as he is giving me a load of grief and this will cost me money in the end of the day.
Good news is I can get a small loan from Nationwide if I need one if I sell my soul to the , but I can afford it.
My head hurts now, is it time for bed yet ?

 

[BoldonLad]

Been looking at cars on Autotrader again, what I like costs the Kings ransom, what is practical I can't get one in an automatic and all the rest have gone round the world twice.
I really hate the guy that hit me, I'd like to punch his lights out as he is giving me a load of grief and this will cost me money in the end of the day.
Good news is I can get a small loan from Nationwide if I need one if I sell my soul to the , but I can afford it.
My head hurts now, is it time for bed yet ?

I am not keen to have debt but...

- provided you are a person who can control your money, and, you can afford to service the debt, I don't see a problem

- given my advanced years, it does occur to me, it may well be the person I owe money TO who may end up having the problem, not me

One word of caution, if borrowing money to buy a car, do factor in possible repair bills, ie, can you afford repayments and possible bills?

 

[oldwheels]

A lot of London taxi drivers used them, they were quite comfy. Not that I was a taxi driver.

The wooden beads I can understand and I think I have a distant memory of having them in a car once but never tried spikes.

 

[pawl]

Going back to @Mo1959 "bed of nails" I'm privileged to have early access to Mo's next photo upload where she shows off her new kit. I'm not sure who the guy is but I'm impressed with his choice of cycle helmet!

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[pawl]

Unless I am sticking to the flattish valley roads, I often hit 65 kph (40 mph) on a descent somewhere on a ride, and sometimes 80-90 kph (50-55 mph)! There will definitely be quite a lot of that in hilly Devon/Somerset/Cornwall/Dorset.

No luck with finding a 'jam nut'... "Oh, that ain't metric, mate - try somewhere else!" So, I try somewhere else..."Oh, that ain't metric, mate - try somewhere else!" I'll go back to my boxes of junk - there must be another nut with that thread somewhere in the house. If I get really stuck, I'll see if I can borrow one from a hub on one of my other bikes. Which reminds me... I have a similar rumbly bearings problem on my other CX bike. I must sort that out too. Maybe I can borrow a nut from that bike in the process...

Hadn’t read your previous post Thought you had discovered a new confection delight

 

[oldwheels]

Bead seat covers can be quite dangerous in a crash - they act as rollers and cause the occupant to 'submarine' under the seat belt.

I am still not too sure if I did in fact have the beads in a car but the seat belts would not have been a problem. We did not have such new fangled things in those days.
I remember a nurse once telling me that seat belts and helmets for motor bikes had a downside, The number of organ donors coming in off the motorways diminished quite a bit.