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[darwink1]

It's good ! .. you managed to match the design of the saddle with the frame!

Irritable bowel syndrome is no joke brother!

D

 

[Rosemount]

Oakey Creek look out Mapleton Qld Australia.

 

[Mabman]

T Shirts and shorts weather is the best clothing option for mtb. Heading into fender season here....

 

[Mcharza]

Same place than Friday. Another beautiful autumn day.

 

[Mabman]

Yup, fender season is coming on! For me the fuller the better......

 

[Slymobi]

Do for now until a new one is delivered.

 

[TimC7]

Another nice dry day but hazy over Glos and

the Welsh Marches.

 

[Arminius]

Shame that the puddle wasn't bigger so I could see the whole bike in the reflection.

Poodle?!

 

[steve_sordy]

Puddle in English = Pfütze in German.

As in "a puddle of rainwater" = eine Pfütze Regenwasser

But I believe that I may have missed your no doubt humorous point.

 

[steve_sordy]

Seeing as many of you like the "hand", here is one I made earlier (about six years ago).

There are some high-priced bikes hanging from the hand (or so we thought of as high-priced at the time). Mine is hanging from the thumb and it was a Norco Sight 1. It cost me what I thought was a fortune at the time, purchased for £3150 in March 2013 and that was an alloy frame! It weighed 12.7kg after the 1x11 conversion and a carbon bar. No wonder I was able to lift it up there, well it was more than 10 years ago!

Sadly, I don't ride with any of those guys anymore. Firstly, I withdrew when I couldn't keep up when arthritis in my knees started, and when I bought an emtb, it was never the same again. But then I found you lot!

 

[Arminius]

Puddle in English = Pfütze in German.

As in "a puddle of rainwater" = eine Pfütze Regenwasser

But I believe that I may have missed your no doubt humorous point.

A bigger poodle could have made a larger puddle for a bigger picture.

 

[Nicho]

Seeing as many of you like the "hand", here is one I made earlier (about six years ago).

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There are some high-priced bikes hanging from the hand (or so we thought of as high-priced at the time). Mine is hanging from the thumb and it was a Norco Sight 1. It cost me what I thought was a fortune at the time, purchased for £3150 in March 2013 and that was an alloy frame! It weighed 12.7kg after the 1x11 conversion and a carbon bar. No wonder I was able to lift it up there, well it was more than 10 years ago!

Sadly, I don't ride with any of those guys anymore. Firstly, I withdrew when I couldn't keep up when arthritis in my knees started, and when I bought an emtb, it was never the same again. But then I found you lot!

As I have said before; a very handy bike rack.

 

[Arminius]

Seeing as many of you like the "hand", here is one I made earlier (about six years ago).

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There are some high-priced bikes hanging from the hand (or so we thought of as high-priced at the time). Mine is hanging from the thumb and it was a Norco Sight 1. It cost me what I thought was a fortune at the time, purchased for £3150 in March 2013 and that was an alloy frame! It weighed 12.7kg after the 1x11 conversion and a carbon bar. No wonder I was able to lift it up there, well it was more than 10 years ago!

Sadly, I don't ride with any of those guys anymore. Firstly, I withdrew when I couldn't keep up when arthritis in my knees started, and when I bought an emtb, it was never the same again. But then I found you lot!

A jewelery holder!

I had the same experience with spending money on bikes in the past and today. Even if not reaching out to the high board in the shelf. The good part is I learned to appreciate(value?) it and take care of it.

Maybe I missed it in the postings and checked for the monument, what I found to be the Golden Hand of Clipstone. Very interesting as it seems similar to what happens with the German mines and steel works, i.e. to convert it from historical industrial places to locations of culture, leisure or landmarks.

 

[steve_sordy]

A bigger poodle could have made a larger puddle for a bigger picture.

Ah yes, of course! Very droll.

 

[steve_sordy]

A jewelery holder!

I had the same experience with spending money on bikes in the past and today. Even if not reaching out to the high board in the shelf. The good part is I learned to appreciate(value?) it and take care of it.

Maybe I missed it in the postings and checked for the monument, what I found to be the Golden Hand of Clipstone. Very interesting as it seems similar to what happens with the German mines and steel works, i.e. to convert it from historical industrial places to locations of culture, leisure or landmarks.

Yes, I should have said where it was. The whole area was coal mining. At one time you could count dozens of coal mines, now all gone. The last mine with the colliery hoist still in position, although it closed more than 20 years ago, was at Old Clipstone. The legacy is sparse. The slag heaps were bulldozed flat and covered in soil. After a suitable time to allow for settlement houses were built on them. Some areas were developed into leisure, ie Vicar Water, lakes, walks, fishing, cycling. What I believe to be the largest slag heap, rather than a pre-existing hill, was similarly covered but planted with trees and left for nature to take its course.
This is a shot taken from almost the top of that hill. It shows a weather damaged map of the old mines that could have been seen from that point. You can still see the Old Clipstone colliery hoist in the background.

 

[Kostya_12975]

The last warm days of cycling

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[Arminius]

The last warm days of skiing

Biking!?

 

[Kostya_12975]

The last warm days of skiing

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Biking!?

Biking!?

damn translator )

 

[steve_sordy]

That would be a hard one with a folding saw for sure. But it sure worked on the limbs looks like! Well played.

The Wolverine folding saw here is excellent. I first bought this at what, after use, I thought was the fantastic price of £10. Here for the sale price of £3.95. I just bought three of them. I use them as slashers as well as saws, so I'm pretty hard on them.

Folding Survival Saw

This powerful survival saw features a steel blade with deep double sided teeth and cuts both green and dead wood with ease.

www.cadetdirect.com

It would have gone through that tree, but the one I have now is not as sharp as it was. A new one however...... hot knife and butter?

 

[GET2019]

Fun 2020

2019 Giant Trance E+ Pro1 Ebike ride with the brother-in-laws at Hill Canyon, Camarillo, California.

 

[HORSPWR]

Tree across the off-piste.
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Too long to go around, too high to jump (for me at least), too thick to saw with my folding saw (not today anyway).

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At least I can get past now!

Off-piste??

 

[Eduardoramundo]

Off-piste??

Secret, un-official trails.

 

[steve_sordy]

The Wolverine folding saw here is excellent. I first bought this at what, after use, I thought was the fantastic price of £10. Here for the sale price of £3.95. I just bought three of them. I use them as slashers as well as saws, so I'm pretty hard on them.

Folding Survival Saw

This powerful survival saw features a steel blade with deep double sided teeth and cuts both green and dead wood with ease.

www.cadetdirect.com

It would have gone through that tree, but the one I have now is not as sharp as it was. A new one however...... hot knife and butter?

Err, I said I had just bought three of them. The company has just emailed me to say that they are no longer allowed to ship "bladed products" to residential addresses, only business addresses!

I have contacted my neighbour and asked if I can use his address as he runs a building services company from home.
Here is the relevant legislation:

Offensive weapons act 2019​

Delivery of bladed products to residential premises​

Bladed products​

Section 38 of the Act makes it an offence for a seller to deliver, or arrange the delivery of, 'bladed products' to​

residential premises or to lockers. The term "bladed product" is a new term introduced by the Act and specifically means​

an item with a blade that is capable of causing a serious injury to a person which involves cutting that person's skin.​

Bladed products are a subset of the wider range of bladed articles to which section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act​

1988 applies (i.e. any article with a blade or sharp point) discussed above.​

​

Who knew? I suppose it stops thugs from ordering machetes.

​

 

[steve_sordy]

Off-piste??

Sorry, it was a ski-ing term originally, I believe. It means off the main run, unofficial, not recognised.

 

[Zimmerframe]

Err, I said I had just bought three of them. The company has just emailed me to say that they are no longer allowed to ship "bladed products" to residential addresses, only business addresses!

I have contacted my neighbour and asked if I can use his address as he runs a building services company from home.
Here is the relevant legislation:

Offensive weapons act 2019​

Delivery of bladed products to residential premises​

Bladed products​

Section 38 of the Act makes it an offence for a seller to deliver, or arrange the delivery of, 'bladed products' to​

residential premises or to lockers. The term "bladed product" is a new term introduced by the Act and specifically means​

an item with a blade that is capable of causing a serious injury to a person which involves cutting that person's skin.​

Bladed products are a subset of the wider range of bladed articles to which section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act​

1988 applies (i.e. any article with a blade or sharp point) discussed above.​

​

Who knew? I suppose it stops thugs from ordering machetes.

​

Weirdly, last time I bought a Machete here in France it was really difficult. I ended up ordering it from the UK for delivery here and that was ok ...

Yet I can buy one in Lidl's here this week ...

Apparently, homicidal maniacs are people who shop online and have their shopping tracked - so they can't buy one - even though you might be able to trace it to them (admittedly not easily).

But people who shop in Lidl's never kill people with Machete's. Presumably the average LIDL's shopping homicidal maniac finds an even more cost effective way to kill someone ? Like a modified empty bean can ? Or maybe a very large full bean can and then celebrates with a meal and subsequent flatulence ?

 

[The Hodge]

Weirdly, last time I bought a Machete here in France it was really difficult. I ended up ordering it from the UK for delivery here and that was ok ...

Yet I can buy one in Lidl's here this week ...

Apparently, homicidal maniacs are people who shop online and have their shopping tracked - so they can't buy one - even though you might be able to trace it to them (admittedly not easily).

But people who shop in Lidl's never kill people with Machete's. Presumably the average LIDL's shopping homicidal maniac finds an even more cost effective way to kill someone ? Like a modified empty bean can ? Or maybe a very large full bean can and then celebrates with a meal and subsequent flatulence ?

As ever your assessment of the situation is absolutely spot on

 

[Zimmerframe]

Totally not MTB specific .. other than to warn and remind of the dangers of random fires in forests...

I got home today to smoke. This was somewhat bizarre as we had at least 20mm's of rain today and it rained last night too. Unfortunately, it's eased off for the minute.

So far I have absolutely no idea how this started. I did use an incinerator near the area about 2 months ago, so possibly something got hot and has been simmering underground ever since then the rain made air holes and off it went.

Someone cut some firewood there, also about 2 months ago and hadn't finished.

Must have been going for it, the black goes a good 15 meters up the trees.

Think it was hot ...

Actually it's still pretty hot .. I've been back and forwards with buckets and a shovel dampening and digging out round the edges. It's quite amazing how little effect a bucket of water has on a fire !

Stopped for food and a beer as it's quite exhausting.

Beware of fire ! Even when it's wet !

 

[TheSnowShark]

Err, I said I had just bought three of them. The company has just emailed me to say that they are no longer allowed to ship "bladed products" to residential addresses, only business addresses!

I have contacted my neighbour and asked if I can use his address as he runs a building services company from home.
Here is the relevant legislation:

Offensive weapons act 2019​

Delivery of bladed products to residential premises​

Bladed products​

Section 38 of the Act makes it an offence for a seller to deliver, or arrange the delivery of, 'bladed products' to​

residential premises or to lockers. The term "bladed product" is a new term introduced by the Act and specifically means​

an item with a blade that is capable of causing a serious injury to a person which involves cutting that person's skin.​

Bladed products are a subset of the wider range of bladed articles to which section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act​

1988 applies (i.e. any article with a blade or sharp point) discussed above.​

​

Who knew? I suppose it stops thugs from ordering machetes.

​

It's incredible that people can pass these kinds of ridiculous laws...

On my French site "Naturabuy" I can buy everything freely (over 18 years old)

Machettes, neuves et occasion | NaturaBuy

Découvrez notre sélection de machettes au meilleur prix : super promotions, petites annonces et ventes aux enchères, paiement en 3 ou 4 fois sans frais.

www.naturabuy.fr

There is even a special “Zombie” version. Does that tempt you? .. you never know, a bad encounter in the woods !!

Machette Coupe-Coupe Mad Zombie Full Tang Inox Noir 60.5 cm + Etui de protection

Machette Coupe-Coupe Mad Zombie Full Tang Inox Noir 60.5 cm + Etui de protection en vente dans la catégorie Machette sur www.naturabuy.fr

www.naturabuy.fr

 

[Semmelrocc]

Totally not MTB specific .. other than to warn and remind of the dangers of random fires in forests...

I got home today to smoke. This was somewhat bizarre as we had at least 20mm's of rain today and it rained last night too. Unfortunately, it's eased off for the minute.

So far I have absolutely no idea how this started. I did use an incinerator near the area about 2 months ago, so possibly something got hot and has been simmering underground ever since then the rain made air holes and off it went.

Someone cut some firewood there, also about 2 months ago and hadn't finished.

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Must have been going for it, the black goes a good 15 meters up the trees.

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Think it was hot ...

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Actually it's still pretty hot .. I've been back and forwards with buckets and a shovel dampening and digging out round the edges. It's quite amazing how little effect a bucket of water has on a fire !

Stopped for food and a beer as it's quite exhausting.

Beware of fire ! Even when it's wet !

I absolutely cannot imagine that a smouldering fire would last several weeks under the surface just to break out on a rainy day. Much rather a lightning could have struck. But who knows...

 

[Arminius]

Err, I said I had just bought three of them. The company has just emailed me to say that they are no longer allowed to ship "bladed products" to residential addresses, only business addresses!

I have contacted my neighbour and asked if I can use his address as he runs a building services company from home.
Here is the relevant legislation:

Offensive weapons act 2019​

Delivery of bladed products to residential premises​

Bladed products​

Section 38 of the Act makes it an offence for a seller to deliver, or arrange the delivery of, 'bladed products' to​

residential premises or to lockers. The term "bladed product" is a new term introduced by the Act and specifically means​

an item with a blade that is capable of causing a serious injury to a person which involves cutting that person's skin.​

Bladed products are a subset of the wider range of bladed articles to which section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act​

1988 applies (i.e. any article with a blade or sharp point) discussed above.​

​

Who knew? I suppose it stops thugs from ordering machetes.

​

Hi,
Some weeks ago I found out that the Leatherman I carry since long time recently became in Germany a „weapon“ you are not allowed to carry in public. Workers can carry it on the belt and use it during work but have to lock it up in the toolbox or put it in the trunk when going home. Fines are extremely high and police officers are said to be very sensitive on this.

Background is increasing rate of attacs in public. AFAIK its for foldable knives you can open with one hand. Even if in your backpack while biking in the outback.