Tuesday's another butt freezer

oxoman

Kids at school and college, wife at work me on last day of break. Out on bike later if fog holds off.

LukeTC

Jobs are pouring in at an incredible rate this week, now fully booked out until the end of March, pretty much unheard of for us this time of year anyway. So lots of ordering to be done, nice to be contacting people about jobs in 3 weeks instead of 3 days. Also in for some bonus at the end of the week for hitting my savings targets, some decent cycling gear perhaps? Gf has tried to convince me to hold it back for our trip away in March but I'm in 2 minds (mainly because I'm assuming she wants it spent on her and I really want to get some nice bib shorts for when I can start doing my longer rides again )

Hoping to get out on the bike later on today providing this frost clears up, chilly -4 when I deiced the car this morning, brrr.

fat daddy

sure was cold this morning ... 1st time on the commute I actually had cold fingers and tried blowing through my gloves to warm them up

loved it though, the descent through the playing field was epic, muchos sliding about as the little racing ralphs stuggled to grip the carpet of white ... did a stirling job on the tarmac though, I guess one of the joys of single speed is you cant generate enough power to spin up the back half the time .... well you cant with my legs

haydenm

Morning, office day today, feel like censored .

LukeTC wrote:

Also in for some bonus at the end of the week for hitting my savings targets, some decent cycling gear perhaps? Gf has tried to convince me to hold it back for our trip away in March but I'm in 2 minds (mainly because I'm assuming she wants it spent on her and I really want to get some nice bib shorts for when I can start doing my longer rides again )

Do it. My GF is hinting at me to buy her a car, at least in part. It's completely unreasonable. Her car has only been in the garage for two weeks and is about to be written off, all I want is another new bike...

LukeTC

haydenm wrote:

Do it. My GF is hinting at me to buy her a car, at least in part. It's completely unreasonable. Her car has only been in the garage for two weeks and is about to be written off, all I want is another new bike...

And here I was making a big deal out of mine potentially wanting a bit of my bonus to go down Primark

haydenm

LukeTC wrote:

haydenm wrote:

Do it. My GF is hinting at me to buy her a car, at least in part. It's completely unreasonable. Her car has only been in the garage for two weeks and is about to be written off, all I want is another new bike...

And here I was making a big deal out of mine potentially wanting a bit of my bonus to go down Primark

Might I add that the GF is significantly over estimating the amount of money I have so I am playing along by pretending to be looking at new bikes in front of her. Why she thinks I am stupid enough to spend thousands on a bike a week before we have to pay a house deposit is beyond me*. Either way, it's a dangerous precedent that I don't want to set in our relationship



*read 'quite understandable'

term1te

Hasn't been above freezing here for two weeks, and the forecast is the same for the coming week. -9C cycling home last night, my hands were so cold I couldn't hold the key to open the door, and that was with skiing gloves. I washed the bike to get the salt off on Sunday and some water froze in the rear mech, so I couldn't change gear Monday morning, good job it is mostly flat on the way to the station.

pinno

haydenm wrote:

Morning, office day today, feel like censored .

LukeTC wrote:

Also...again )

Do it. My GF is hinting at me to buy her a car, at least in part. It's completely unreasonable. Her car has only been in the garage for two weeks and is about to be written off, all I want is another new bike...

Save money and buy her a bike instead

Garry H

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

pinno

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

Garry H

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

Sure is. Sweating buckets on the ride home. Wish god had told me what to wear this morning.
Another similar day tomorrow I think.

How's the bus thing coming on?

Stevo_666

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

The temperature difference is the other way round for most of the year. God must hate you lot.

pinno

Garry H wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

Sure is. Sweating buckets on the ride home. Wish god had told me what to wear this morning.
Another similar day tomorrow I think.

How's the bus thing coming on?

(Just ignore him, he'll go away)

The bus thing. Grrrr. It will put me in good standing seen as these are the guys that have sorted my van and car many times but it's a headache of a job and I would rather be working on PPP. I will take some pics soon. They want bog standard but my pride couldn't contend with someone looking at it and saying "Who the farq did that?!" I also think that a more plush fit and a better job would make for a more versatile wagon.
Tomorrow will be pedalling - god willing.

Garry H

Stevo 666 wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

The temperature difference is the other way round for most of the year. God must hate you lot.

You're right Stevo, I used to love catching the tube to work when the mercury was nudging thirty in the city. I miss it so much

Garry H

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

Sure is. Sweating buckets on the ride home. Wish god had told me what to wear this morning.
Another similar day tomorrow I think.

How's the bus thing coming on?

(Just ignore him, he'll go away)

The bus thing. Grrrr. It will put me in good standing seen as these are the guys that have sorted my van and car many times but it's a headache of a job and I would rather be working on PPP. I will take some pics soon. They want bog standard but my pride couldn't contend with someone looking at it and saying "Who the farq did that?!" I also think that a more plush fit and a better job would make for a more versatile wagon.
Tomorrow will be pedalling - god willing.

Is there nothing you can't turn your hand to? I put up a shed once and thought I was farkin noah building his boat!

Stevo_666

Garry H wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

The temperature difference is the other way round for most of the year. God must hate you lot.

You're right Stevo, I used to love catching the tube to work when the mercury was nudging thirty in the city. I miss it so much

Should have biked it to work like I do, burn off a bit of last nights Buckie

Pinno, stop being a ciserable munt...

Garry H

Stevo 666 wrote:

Garry H wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

The temperature difference is the other way round for most of the year. God must hate you lot.

You're right Stevo, I used to love catching the tube to work when the mercury was nudging thirty in the city. I miss it so much

Should have biked it to work like I do, burn off a bit of last nights Buckie

Pinno, stop being a ciserable munt...

Hey, buckie's practically an energy drink, it's got caffeine in it! I drink it whilst I cycle.

I've just had an idea, buckie design cycling bottles. Think the monks will go for it?

Stevo_666

Bound to be a big hit North of the border.

pinno

Garry H wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

pinno wrote:

Garry H wrote:

9 degrees over here. I blame brexit

It's freezing cold in the home counties - god is punishing the Farage supporters.
It's mild here too. Is this you back from another shift at the nuthouse?

Sure is. Sweating buckets on the ride home. Wish god had told me what to wear this morning.
Another similar day tomorrow I think.

How's the bus thing coming on?

(Just ignore him, he'll go away)

The...willing.

Is there nothing you can't turn your hand to?

No. My step Dad had a stroke when I was 15. (He was very very handy, there was nothing he couldn't do and i'll never be him.) Suddenly, I had to fix the mower and paint the house and fix things - with a bit of advice.

(Stevo - I can be as miserable as I like.)

Mikey23

Number 2 son was trying to fix something in his room today and im pleased to see that he has inherited his diy skills from his dad ie

1 dont read the flippin manual, just plough on regardless
2 dont do anything the easy way when with more effort you can do it cack handed
3 dont bother to use the proper tool for the job
4 do shout in frustration when its going wrong
5 half finish the job and leave it for eternity

Yup, thats mah boy...

pinno

5 half finish the job and leave it for Daddy to do?

pinno

Just for you Garry, here's a mower I restored:







5 months later...

team47b

Nice attention to detail, particularly aligning the valves for the final photo

pinno

team47b wrote:

Nice attention to detail, particularly aligning the valves for the final photo

Well that was lucky - I never noticed that. Do you think the saddle angle is okay? Should I have gone for a professional mower fit? A new thread - Obsessive Compulsive Trattor Mower?

Anyway, how the hell are you T47 and do I presume the bubble has reached spinach level polished perfection and there's nowt left to do?

team47b

Oops

team47b

What crank length?

I'm a bit busy on a rival PPP project at the moment, it will never be up to your standard or complexity but will be just as mad 8)

pinno

You can delete posts you know

[About 32mm's.] It's not over square. Briggs and Bleeding Stratton. :roll:

seanoconn

pinno wrote:

Just for you Garry, here's a mower I restored:







5 months later...

I would like to cast an expect critical eye on your masterpiece but can't view your photos. Please rectify ASAP.

Edit.

Forget that, it's working now. And I have seen it before, many times. :roll: I have a Toro which is quite fun but can't cut for toffee, chews like a cow. If you have a cylinder mower I'd like a look.

Garry H

Mikey23 wrote:

Number 2 son was trying to fix something in his room today and im pleased to see that he has inherited his diy skills from his dad ie

1 dont read the flippin manual, just plough on regardless
2 dont do anything the easy way when with more effort you can do it cack handed
3 dont bother to use the proper tool for the job
4 do shout in frustration when its going wrong
5 half finish the job and leave it for eternity

Yup, thats mah boy...

I only have two things in my tool box; a hammer and duck tape (or is that duct??). If it's meant to move but it doesn't; use the hammer, if it moves and it's not supposed to; use duck tape.

Garry H

pinno wrote:

Just for you Garry, here's a mower I restored:







5 months later...

Will check them out when I get home tonight.

pinno

seanoconn wrote:

I have a Toro...

Model?