Let’s both agree that we’re weird …but you’re really weird. I’m gonna brush my teethThere's no way I'd be Poutine that in my mouth half way around a ride ...
Pic of the Day
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You got me there ...and unfortunately I can't deny ..Let’s both agree that we’re weird …but you’re really weird. I’m gonna brush my teeth
Started off exploring a bit today it was ok till I went off piste . Fifty metres from top of Jocks hill branch stuck in derailleur and twisted it bad. It was in behind a spoke. Dismantled and shortened chain first turn broke chain . Three miles in deep Heather was the shortest way back to van . Discovered that Ebikes don't roll downhill in hip deep heather unless it's vertical . And three deer fence gates were open but last most remote one had a padlock. Safest way is to straddle and up and over with bike .
Feck me, getting the bike over the last deer fence must have been savage!
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Well the sore left arm is sorer tonight. Going Sea Kayaking in morning thankfully it's flat and no young tigers coming. Got to be done palFeck me, getting the bike over the last deer fence must have been savage!
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beanzz
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Nah just Danny macaskill it
Nope...Mr.McQueen didn't make that jump and was escorted back to The Cooler shortly after..
MOTO13
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Kudos to your wife.
HiFiSworks
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Not exactly a mountain trail today
Is that the charging port on the top tube? Any pro’s-con’s. (Curious)
It is. Pro's I guess are it's out of the way for mud & getting kicked/knocked. Cons it's ugly, detracts from the lines of the bike & this particular design is a flimsy rubber one piece, so I've already managed to lose one before while out riding & had to order a replacement from Germany - let's face it, it's not the sort of part your lbs will have lying around the joint.
Armor11
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Finally got a day off after 21 days of 12 hour days of work, so when the wife got into making pasta I snuck out for a ride. Pic is 500M above my little village in southern BC.
Was irritated that my nephews tight-arse Dad (a millionaire) who buggered off a couple of years ago can't even be bothered to buy his son a half decent bike (he has been riding around on his sisters one) so given he loves riding I couldn't help myself and bought him a used Boardman 8.8. This was his first outing on it to the local Country Park - he absolutely loved it.
Not a scenic pic by any means but special to me as I love seeing youngsters on bikes, not enough of them these days IMO.
Not a scenic pic by any means but special to me as I love seeing youngsters on bikes, not enough of them these days IMO.
Yes you don't see any of the home made bikes I remember as a bairn . Lads with drop bars upside down, steering bikes with your feet etc . Then again the traffic nowadays is scary.
You’ve just catapulted me back to my childhood…….nobody from the council estates had a new bike! Re @RustyIron”Do tyre sealants do anything” post only a couple of kids had tyres on their bikes
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Yes wheels without tyres I can hear them now. Butchers bikes you could carry a mate in the front bit happy days. I had a toy plastic engine that made a noise like a motor bike on my Raleigh . Cardboard in spokes made a farting noise. No camera phones in sixties to record any of this .
Cardboard and a couple of pegs…..
Major upgrade circa 1966
Major upgrade circa 1966
Cardboard and a couple of pegs…..
Major upgrade circa 1966
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Here’s another memory, raiding my grandads shed for “Segs” to hammer into the back of your shoe heels to make sparks fly when stopping or steering with your feet………f**k me I’m feeling the nostalgia
Not as nostalgic for me as it takes me back to a time in the 70's when " segs" were used in brouges..part of a uniform worn by your local "friendly" skinhead gang Crombies , Sta-prest and Doc Martens (as another choice of footwear ) completing the wardrobe ..being a " hairy" and into rock music they were " interesting " times ..Here’s another memory, raiding my grandads shed for “Segs” to hammer into the back of your shoe heels to make sparks fly when stopping or steering with your feet………f**k me I’m feeling the nostalgia
Stay press White ones always worn half mast to show off the boots . Emva cream and Scotsmac we called them a bottle of Breach of the Peace .Not as nostalgic for me as it takes me back to a time in the 70's when " segs" were used in brouges..part of a uniform worn by your local "friendly" skinhead gang Crombies , Sta-prest and Doc Martens (as another choice of footwear ) completing the wardrobe ..being a " hairy" and into rock music they were " interesting " times ..
Lord Wardens, Bangor, N Ireland earlier today.
What a difference a day or two makes. I must have slept through the recent monsoon that turned the trails from mostly dry and firm to wet and muddy.
Nonetheless it was another grand day out.
No buns today. Or fairies.
What a difference a day or two makes. I must have slept through the recent monsoon that turned the trails from mostly dry and firm to wet and muddy.
Nonetheless it was another grand day out.
No buns today. Or fairies.
Mine will be going for a few years yet I don't change tyres often. Just think retro . Most people are too busy laughing at the mudhugger mudguard anyway so miss the tire.Rude not to really.
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Regular viewers will notice I've retired the tan wall back tyre.
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