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I'm not surprised.

Real men had Grifters

Kwacky wrote:I'm not surprised.

Real men had Grifters

I'm comfortable with it

Kwacky wrote:

That's got to be D6, look how slack the chain is

A Raleigh Chopper!!!!

Pretty much the best damned bicycle ever made.

/shamelessly baits the Grifter riff-raff....

I got my chopper before they started making grifters , I had a racer for a while until I got a fizzy and then an RD200

Yeah, I did too....if I'm 100% honest I "might" have secretly craved a Grifter for a while...they had a twist-grip shifter that was pretty cool.

But I admit nothing...

The twist grip shifter was certainly a lot better than the gentleman's injury waiting to happen on the chopper.

Well, let me tell you, it didn't have to wait long.

Kwacky wrote:The twist grip shifter was certainly a lot better than the gentleman's injury waiting to happen on the chopper.

that's the reason why you only used the rear brake on a chopper

Cav and Rossgo are going to have no idea what you are all talking about

I owed neither, my old man was too tight. I had a Raleigh 16. I lusted after the grifter and the chopper.

Nah I know what they're all about. I got this!!



FYI.... tomorrow is my last day of employment!

As of Feb 1st I am free to start with a new employer

Things have happened fast. Good luck with the job search.

They have.. I'm excited though

It's times like this I do wish something like Facebook existed when I was a kid, I had a chopper, but not any old chopper, it was was a tricked out chopper. Alas I have no pics of this beast at all
I used to love stripping bikes and rebuilding them, on this occasion, I had the forks out of my mums old bike, can't remember the size, but it was possible 26" wheels ? Sounds about right, had my dad take them down to his mate in the machine shop at Mars, weld the Lower half to the top half of the chopper forks, this creating the ultimate chopper.

Seat was replaced with a single seat set up, Raked out forks, it was awesome, little wheel on the front, wheelied real easy too ha ha. I wish I had a photo, like most things back then some scooter stole it

I didn't try with a grifter wheel on the front, but way too heavy, lol.

Then we had a kid from the states join our school, and he brought with him this stunning bike called a bmx bike....... wow, we were all blown away with that, never seen anything like it, never could afford or have one, in face the best step for me was a moped hehe. That had to be the first see of a BMX bike upin the UK.

That’s how I saw my first BMX too Frankie. Kid from the states came to our school and had a black BMX called a ‘gutless’ or something similar.

He tried to show me how to jump and I stoves into the dirt face first

7 years and 4 months... that's how long ago I joined Renishaw and now I'm unemployed.

It's been a great place for me overall, sure, I didn't have much enjoyment toward the end but the knowledge and experience gained is incredibly valuable.

I'm looking forward to a bit of time off while I find myself a new job and I can honestly say I am excited for the future!

There's one job in particular which is looking great.. it's my favourite role from my apprenticeship, it's with a small-ish company I know and believe in their products, it's very good pay and very good perks, and they seem very keen on getting me in.

Wednesday (1 hour before I had redundancy accepted) I had a phone call from a very excited recruiter I'd spoken to a few weeks before. "your CV is perfect for a travelling role based near Birmingham, I want it to be the first one I send them!". "Okay" I said and pretty much left it at that. Not long after my redundancy meeting I get notified that they want an interview next week. "Absolutely, I can do any day any time so let them choose which is most convenient for them". Sorted. Interview arranged the same day I applied.

Thursday I get the confirmation email for the interview next week. The same evening I get another email, "they want to have a telephone interview with you on Monday too - is that okay?". Of course I agree and I now have 2 interviews arranged for next week at this one company.

The recruiter also sent through the job spec where it explains that this role is available because a senior applications engineer is recruiting after more than 30 years service. Reading between the lines I think they want this person to train the successful applicant and therefore they want to get someone in ASAP. Well now I've finished employment I perfectly fit the bill. My experience is absolutely spot on for this role and so is having Renishaw's name on my CV.

I've just had a similar conversation regarding a role in Bristol whereby the company are expanding and they use Renishaw's 3D printers... which I have new product design experience with. I gained that experience working 1-to-1 with the CEO.

Things are looking good currently

Way to go mate. I'm sure you'll be sorted soon, you're hard working and intelligent, that's a useful combination.

I like your optimism and enthusiasm an asset to any company with that attitude.

Jack wrote:I like your optimism and enthusiasm an asset to any company with that attitude.

Change scares anyone initially but I genuinely view it as an opportunity. Nothing is going to get better by itself so I chose to take a calculated risk and do something about it

I was always more successful looking for a new role than staying in one I didnt like and every new role paid more than the last.

Change does you more good than most other things. It may feel a risk sometimes but staying somewhere too long is a mistake.

You'll get a new job no problem