20-mile road ride on my MTB....I think I slashed my best time.....there was nearly zero traffic out there this morning, the weather was perfect, and sometimes you just end up in that perfect zen zone where the miles just float by without fanfare.

... took the KTM out for a pootle. There's one byway near us which is 2km long, so decided to use that as a quick test to get used to the bike off road. It does feel a little strange turning off the tarmac, but it is fun. Sent from my Pixel 6 Pro using Tapatalk

I took the angry hornet out for a spin. The usual route of Quatt and the Old Ludlow road. I've not ridden the MV for a while so I wanted familiar roads while we got reacquainted.

Blind overtaking by cars seemed to be very popular today.

N+1. Joined the orange brigade. MX wasn't for me but I did enjoy the enduro side, so something a little more appropriate. Road legal so, when it's got tax and test, I plan on trying a bit of green laning as well. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240502/ab086a0817948e9e8d83b83f6e328616.jpg ...

... our current one... all he's done is raise revenue through speeding fines in areas without any pedestrians or housing... i.e. the safest bits of road.

... weed coming from cars when I'm on the bike. I understand why people are wary about AI controlling cars, but humans cause untold misery on our roads every single day. Precisely this. I'd add also the tranche of car drivers who now feel they can bully other road users and generally do what the ...

They're also quicker, because they drive smoother and at a uniform distance, reducing panic braking. They don't get in to road rage incidents and brake check people or cut them up. They're better for the environment because the engines are used more economically. They cause less wear ...

... That statement also includes emergency vehicles and large transport vehicles. There is zero chance they are going to be taken off the road. So the only solution is vast improvements in the automation of personal vehicles. Which will in turn improve safety for motorcyclists. Also, take ...

I don't understand your argument. I thought you were suggesting that automated cars would make it too unsafe for motorcycles to share the road. Sort of, yes. If automated systems cannot be shown to be infallible in endangering motorcyclists, it seems more probable that it would be motorcycles ...

I don't understand your argument. I thought you were suggesting that automated cars would make it too unsafe for motorcycles to share the road.

There was a post on Facebook this week on the Midland Motorbikers page showing a bike on its side in the middle of the road and an Audi parked up just past it. Apparently the bike had overtaken the Audi driven by an elderly cnut two miles up the road. The Audi caught up with the bike ...

20-mile road ride on me mountain bike. I should've timed myself, because I know I got home much sooner than I expected. Think I'm going to go out tomorrow & Friday too....rain is forecast for Friday or Saturday, so I'll play ...

Rode it. I even remember how to do so.

Too much shit and potholes on the road mind due.

A mystery package...??
I've no idea who sent it or what it is, other than it's from some clothing company I've never heard of that's located down the road a few miles away.
Intriguing....I feel like El Guapo in Three Amigos - "It's a sweater!!"

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Dickhead decided to use a busy residential road as a drag strip.

The standard of driving in Brum is horrendous. Jumping red lights is standard. They ignore pedestrian crossings. They overtake into incoming traffic.

Nope.
He's right though, given a while they'll fade...at which point their entire reason for being there will also fade, and they'll just look like an asphalt patch/road repair.

... I had to remind myself "New rubber on wet roads, be careful" Gaz has a GSA too and had a couple of rear end slips following me on his Road 6 tyres, he's seriously considering a set of these Dunlop's while they are on offer. I need to get more longer rides in to get bike fit again and ...

... they won the German Motorrad test, Chris Moss loves them and a couple of youtubers say they have way less slides in wet and greasy conditions than Road 6's and last longer... (Ridercamtv) Different tyre but my Italian friend has Dunlop Mutants on his S1000XR and loves them, when we went to Italy ...

... state. On closer inspection many of the bolts around the bike looked really furred up. I have come to the conclusion its not dodgy pads, just shit road salt and what ever else they throw on it to make it sippy and corrosive. I have noticed in the car the lack of grip as well, possibly the tyres ...

Got a last breakfast run in before Christmas, almost went pete tong! just heading on the slip road of the motorway when the front end jammed up. One of the calipers was stuck, the disc was red hot. Managed to free things up and had a nice run out. All locked up like fort knox now.