saturday with a type 453

sungod

'ning

ride, cafe, veg

appears to be just a smidge warmer according to the outside thermometer, at least it's dry

lincolndave

Morning all, sunshine at the gatehouse of fleet, home tomorrow
Have a good weekend

tlw1

Today is an attempt to run on a tight achililes so I will be either happy or ferkin unhappy later

Taking the kids to a climbing wall later, so should be fun, then a few jobs (including playing with my new log splitter)

Later is the pub

Matthewfalle

Ciao

Stroll with The Hound, bit if bike fixing for a friend, weights session, chillin' with the Bambini, 6 o'clock Ricard.

Has potential I think.

Have a glorious day!

Garry H

Coffee and porridge. Fettle bike. Hillwalking with the kids.

Riding tomorrow, might even go out with the club.

capt_slog

Today.
Take aged mother to see some bluebells.
Clean house.
lunch.
Ride (may include lunch)
Meet the lovely Mrs Slog at the airport.


Last couple of days of fine spring weather for a while they reckon, back to winter next week.

meanredspider

A day without a trip to a hospital (touch wood). Next week already has Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri scheduled for various hospitals. Try to summon up the enthusiasm to ride on the Neo.

Flâneur

day started badly, so hoping it can only get better.

Arrived home at 4am ish, layed out some food for the Audax today, woken up at 5:30 ish to the sound of a dog being sick and two missing snacks from the kitchen. Sort that out, bed, Dog sick again. Now running late, get out start the long chase to get on the back of anyone leaving Eureka to get a puncture, oh wait left my saddle bag in the house too.

Time for brunch and maybe some vodka.

Hope you avoid the hosipital MRS.
TLW, kids climbing/bouldering is always a laugh, most of them have no sense of mortality

pinno

Flâneur wrote:

Arrived home at 4am ish...Time for brunch and maybe some vodka.

You are too classy for this forum. You set standards that only we can imitate poorly. Respect.

Me nursing left eye me and looking after Tricky and Shorty who seem to have extra extra energy and are extra extra noisy.

Must go try and squeeze a shower in somehow and hope I don't come out to a wrecked house and garden.

Laters.

sungod

up and down hills more times than the assyrian empire

think crank spindle is a bit worn on the nds, goes creaky after high power then gradually quietens, which i'm guessing is as displaced grease gets smeared back in, grrrr

veronese68

Morning folks,
Traditional slow start was had followed by light pottering. Out for a meal with my folks later. Nice chilled day.
Hope you have a good day MRS and Stevo, you could both do with it.

pinno

sungod wrote:

up and down hills more times than the assyrian empire

think crank spindle is a bit worn on the nds, goes creaky after high power then gradually quietens, which i'm guessing is as displaced grease gets smeared back in, grrrr

Then learn to cycle 60 degrees from the horizontal. Else, find a car park and ride around in anti-clockwise circles*.

*there's a deep metaphor in there.

sungod

i'm thinking more of either a metal loaded grease, or loctite 609 or 641

though if i could get a new spindle, maybe one to discus with fudges

Garry H

Starsky and hutch?

pinno

You'll have to look out for the Loch Tummell monster instead I think.

Should be a good day for the Etape though chilly start. It will be one of those day's where you'll start under dressed and end up over dressed.

pinno

sungod wrote:

i'm thinking more of either a metal loaded grease, or loctite 609 or 641

though if i could get a new spindle, maybe one to discus with fudges

'Spindle'? What decrepit BB have you got?

Matthewfalle

Pinno wrote:

sungod wrote:

i'm thinking more of either a metal loaded grease, or loctite 609 or 641

though if i could get a new spindle, maybe one to discus with fudges

'Spindle'? What decrepit BB have you got?

JUst weld it on. It'll be fine.

pinno

I found a pic of Sungod's acid bike, although it's hard to tell what sort of BB he has on it:

pinno

...and here's the man himself:

sungod

i toyed with the idea of getting a pegoretti with a paintjob like an indian truck, but in the end was torn between should it be heffalumps or tabby cat design

definitely not me in the pic, too much hair


on a different topic, the terrible news about michele scarponi puts things into perspective, really sad time for his family

Stevo_666

Veronese68 wrote:

Hope you have a good day MRS and Stevo, you could both do with it.

Having a shockingly normal day thanks Veronese. Hope its the same for MRS.

Have done a few jobs and taken a car load of crap from clearing the study down to the tip. Now sitting in the Waitrose caff with a coffee and a sausage roll while Stropteen and Strifey are shopping in Bromley.

Also started the ball rolling with social services yesterday to get my old dear transferred to a home near me as its just not going to work being 5 hours drive away.

I do need some bloody exercise as well!

tlw1

TLW1 wrote:

Today is an attempt to run on a tight achililes so I will be either happy or ferkin unhappy later

Taking the kids to a climbing wall later, so should be fun, then a few jobs (including playing with my new log splitter)

Later is the pub

Run was shoot with the leg still sore climbing was a giggle though and on the way back stopped off and treated myself to a new mower - three petrol garden toys now

Matthewfalle

Just been for a gym sesh and tinkering with Madone - saved 40grammes. Yeah!

Do I trim down Di2 FSA SLK seat post as I won't ever use the D12 battery compartment and save a load of weight? I think so.

meanredspider

Stevo 666 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Hope you have a good day MRS and Stevo, you could both do with it.

Having a shockingly normal day thanks Veronese. Hope its the same for MRS.

Have done a few jobs and taken a car load of crap from clearing the study down to the tip. Now sitting in the Waitrose caff with a coffee and a sausage roll while Stropteen and Strifey are shopping in Bromley.

Also started the ball rolling with social services yesterday to get my old dear transferred to a home near me as its just not going to work being 5 hours drive away.

I do need some bloody exercise as well!

Mine is pretty mundane too - cleaning, washing, bins and two soul-destroying hours setting up utility bills, oh, and responding to those shysters at BUPA who are doing their very best to add stress to my life (whilst claiming to do the opposite) - fortunately it's only money.

The other thing I have in common is coffee and sausage rolls and desperate need for bloody exercise...

Garry H

Feckety feck! I've lost one Assos knee warmer. Anyone seen it?

pinno

It's in your next door neighbours garden.

Me grabbed a couple of hours to do fettling to the summer bike me. Found out why the gear change was sloppy - loose rear mech hanger. Washed the chain in petrol (thrice). Not going back to Muc off. It's spotless now. Pity I can't show it off but the dodgy eye is more important.
...and on that note, I can see out of it!

Death and illness. It's a funny thing. You spend so much time chasing bits of paper and sorting out the most mundane of things when you could really be doing something else instead.

seanoconn

Pinno wrote:

I found a pic of Sungod's acid bike, although it's hard to tell what sort of BB he has on it:

Reminds me of Wimbledon bicycle man

You

veronese68

Stevo 666 wrote:

Also started the ball rolling with social services yesterday to get my old dear transferred to a home near me as its just not going to work being 5 hours drive away.

Hope you get that sorted quickly.

pinno

Is that the sort of cup cake that inhabits Wimbledon?

Stevo_666

Veronese68 wrote:

Stevo 666 wrote:

Also started the ball rolling with social services yesterday to get my old dear transferred to a home near me as its just not going to work being 5 hours drive away.

Hope you get that sorted quickly.

Me too. Not sure what the process is, although am not going to rush it if there are no places available in a good home closeby. Will also take a bit of time after that to clear the house and flog it (assuming the transfer goes through).

Garry H

Tank documentary on BBC 4!

(Found the knee warmer)