Pushbike 27 miles on Saturday and 36 Sunday
16 mph avg not bad haven’t ridden for a year
Wrists were agony towards the end
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- 11 Sep 2023, 20:12
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: The new improved fitness thread
- Replies: 2998
- Views: 507007
- 11 Sep 2023, 10:34
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
- Replies: 98
- Views: 86927
Re: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
... but it's there, the crash bar lower front bolt ripped a chunk out, upper front bolt was a high tensile one and just snapped, the forces involved were... Significant... Maybe the crash bar absorbed enough to save the frame? (shocked)
- 07 Sep 2023, 17:19
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 741406
Re: Work
They got back to my recruiter already. Negatives (as they were portrayed to me): Can't quite match my required salary Because.... They want me to go through a whole bunch of official training and gain qualifications... paid for by them... immediately. ...
- 07 Sep 2023, 14:21
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What you watching?
- Replies: 10461
- Views: 2243133
- 07 Sep 2023, 01:21
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
- Replies: 11993
- Views: 2065735
Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
... Cider brewery for a pint. Was good to be out with company on the bike. Been a fair while. The blight on the day was a bloody Ferrari driver. We were cutting cross country on a quiet country back road, quite windy and undulating. I was in the lead and I encountered a sports car group coming the ...
- 04 Sep 2023, 11:44
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
- Replies: 98
- Views: 86927
Re: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
... temperature we saw was 38°c and 12°c up on the mountain peaks, in August they had snow on the Grimsel pass, in early July it was mid 20's. There were times where it rained and I didn't bother with waterproofs, it was mid 30's and the cooling was welcomed, we dried out pretty quick.
- 01 Sep 2023, 08:02
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What ails you today?
- Replies: 1660
- Views: 774529
Re: What ails you today?
First born pup didn't have a strong enough heart beat and pups 4 and 5 were stillborn.. One of which wasn't fully formed. There's still at least one pup inside mummy dog so we are on lookout to make sure mummy (and hopefully pup/s) are okay. We do have two ...
- 22 Aug 2023, 14:02
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 741406
Re: Work
Apparently all production staff in that building were pulled in for a talking to... not entirely sure it was necessary but at least I had no part in that. I'm now dressing the wheel myself (because they did a dogsh!t job) and heading back over there ...
- 22 Aug 2023, 08:42
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Road Tax Rip Off
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2473
Re: Road Tax Rip Off
... are catching drivers violating traffic rules and issuing hefty fines. For Dulwich Village in Southwark, London, more than 43,000 penalty notices were issued to drivers breaking rules, resulting in £2.9million in fines being handed out. While this was the street with the highest amount of revenue ...
- 22 Aug 2023, 08:35
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Road Tax Rip Off
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2473
Re: Road Tax Rip Off
... are catching drivers violating traffic rules and issuing hefty fines. For Dulwich Village in Southwark, London, more than 43,000 penalty notices were issued to drivers breaking rules, resulting in £2.9million in fines being handed out. While this was the street with the highest amount of revenue ...
- 20 Aug 2023, 22:08
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
- Replies: 11993
- Views: 2065735
Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
... for most of the day, then the heavens opened !!! Quick stop at a garden centre cafe just north of H's Cafe.... and then onto Blazing Saddles. We were joined by some of the Triumph owners MC for this one. Everyone stayed together on the way there, I ended up on the ride home with just one other ...
- 17 Aug 2023, 19:48
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: The new improved fitness thread
- Replies: 2998
- Views: 507007
Re: The new improved fitness thread
It must have been bike night at the gym. There were 3 bikes outside. I spent most of my time chatting
- 17 Aug 2023, 18:24
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: Stonesie's GS Mods, Farkles and Tinkering
- Replies: 98
- Views: 86927
Re: Another New Bike Day, Stonesie's GS
Today's tinkering was to tidy up the bushings as they were a little too rough and ready. they were over size so got marked and filed down for a proper fit. Then they got cleaned with Isopropanol alcohol and sprayed matt black. https://i.imgur.com/5hCWzzz.jpg ...
- 17 Aug 2023, 17:39
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Mr Postman
- Replies: 5339
- Views: 1202405
Re: Mr Postman
Lots of parts prices have gone stupid.
I was listening to a podcast last night and they were saying how a race kit ECU and wiring loom for a fireblade was £1200 in 2019, £5200 now
I was listening to a podcast last night and they were saying how a race kit ECU and wiring loom for a fireblade was £1200 in 2019, £5200 now
- 11 Aug 2023, 21:23
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What are you doing today ??
- Replies: 18715
- Views: 3175448
Re: What are you doing today ??
... Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk I can highly recommend getting a kayak. Last time I went out on mine I caught 35 mackerel. Only two were keepers though.
- 11 Aug 2023, 21:14
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
- Replies: 11993
- Views: 2065735
Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
... for most of the day, then the heavens opened !!! Quick stop at a garden centre cafe just north of H's Cafe.... and then onto Blazing Saddles. We were joined by some of the Triumph owners MC for this one. Everyone stayed together on the way there, I ended up on the ride home with just one other ...
- 10 Aug 2023, 16:19
- Forum: Biking Stuff
- Topic: What did you do to your bike today ??
- Replies: 11993
- Views: 2065735
Re: What did you do to your bike today ??
... for most of the day, then the heavens opened !!! Quick stop at a garden centre cafe just north of H's Cafe.... and then onto Blazing Saddles. We were joined by some of the Triumph owners MC for this one. Everyone stayed together on the way there, I ended up on the ride home with just one other ...
- 26 Jul 2023, 10:21
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 741406
Re: Work
I'll keep this one short. No lessons were learned from our close to disaster failure of a TUV audit. Requests made for our team to sign off on what would ordinarily be signed by management because the thing asked to be signed off is known to ...
- 26 Jul 2023, 08:55
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: Work
- Replies: 1119
- Views: 741406
Re: Work
I'll keep this one short. No lessons were learned from our close to disaster failure of a TUV audit. Requests made for our team to sign off on what would ordinarily be signed by management because the thing asked to be signed off is known to ...
- 22 Jul 2023, 19:56
- Forum: Slapper Chat
- Topic: What ails you today?
- Replies: 1660
- Views: 774529