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OT Gallery / Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Last post by Mr Larrington on Today at 01:38:12 am »I thought Mr Plumtree otp had done the definitive Bridge-Spotter's Guide to the Lancaster Canal 
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Audax / Re: Audax - night riding/sleep deprivation/tiredness and possible calamity
« Last post by PeterM on Yesterday at 11:06:45 pm »Thanks, Garry. Heal well.
After a couple of dodged bullets, I prefer to ride or get the train to events. If I drive, I make sure I have several hours sleep before returning.
From a policy viewpoint, I think AUK should strongly discourage members from driving immediately after any event over 200k
After a couple of dodged bullets, I prefer to ride or get the train to events. If I drive, I make sure I have several hours sleep before returning.
From a policy viewpoint, I think AUK should strongly discourage members from driving immediately after any event over 200k
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Gallery / Re: Fully Loaded - Touring Bikes
« Last post by Kim on Yesterday at 10:56:38 pm »The new Streetmachine (which is a lot like the old Streetmachine, apart from nearly[1] everything that involves the mounting of Stuff, which has subtly changed in order to frustrate and annoy), on its inaugural tour to the 2024 Cycle Touring Festival:
[1] The front panniers attach to the lowrider rack without any adjustment whatsoever, which is reassuring as it's the rack from the old bike.
[1] The front panniers attach to the lowrider rack without any adjustment whatsoever, which is reassuring as it's the rack from the old bike.
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Rides and Touring / Re: Have you been out today?
« Last post by Tim Hall on Yesterday at 10:55:31 pm »Out yesterday with the Tandem Club on a ride wot I organised, thanks to the inspiration and hints from My Young Lady.
It was National Mills weekend, so we visited 9 water and wind mills, one of which wasn't there anymore. Great fun in the sunshine, sadly Thee Pubbe I'd chosen for lunch decided to have a barbecue rather than provide the Food of Champions as I'd hoped. No matter. Long day, poxy puncture near the end, where I discovered the spare tube I'd put in my pannier was the wrong size.
76km plus a bit to and from the start. 73km/h as we whizzed down Scott's Hill.
It was National Mills weekend, so we visited 9 water and wind mills, one of which wasn't there anymore. Great fun in the sunshine, sadly Thee Pubbe I'd chosen for lunch decided to have a barbecue rather than provide the Food of Champions as I'd hoped. No matter. Long day, poxy puncture near the end, where I discovered the spare tube I'd put in my pannier was the wrong size.
76km plus a bit to and from the start. 73km/h as we whizzed down Scott's Hill.
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The Pub / Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Last post by Beardy on Yesterday at 10:50:53 pm »Ms Beardy the elder had a degree in curation, criticism and communications and a MA in the History of Art. She has been known to refer to her qualifications as applied bollocks and advanced arty bollocks.
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The Pub / Re: The Grumble Thread - No energy for a full on rant.
« Last post by Tim Hall on Yesterday at 10:47:18 pm »The day after we of the Democratic Ruthless Bastards Party seize control of the means of production we will be tasking the Sweeney with tracking down the people who:With an added hundred lines for those scallywags who pick up Object A, then notice a short date version of Object A on the Dead Food Shelf, take the short date reduced with bright yellow sticker version and leave the full price version in its place. The jolly funsters that they are.and smashing up their living rooms on a basis both frequent and regular until they get the message and emigrate.
- Pluck items from supermarket shelves, and
- Peer at them myopically, and
- Put them back somewhere other than where they originated
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The Knowledge / Re: Tyre width
« Last post by joy of essex on Yesterday at 10:46:46 pm »Going back to the discussion on Imperial tyre sizes, it's also worth pointing out that we rarely had any idea what the pressure of our tyres was. Track pumps were mostly to be found in shops or on Tracks; hence their name.
Measurement was by feel and I do doubt if the pumps we used could inflate the tyres to anything near the max recommend pressure.
Measurement was by feel and I do doubt if the pumps we used could inflate the tyres to anything near the max recommend pressure.
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OT Gallery / Re: Bridges for CrinklyLion (and everyone else!)
« Last post by Kim on Yesterday at 10:43:48 pm »This is probably repetition, but on this occasion it wasn't tipping it down with rain:
(Lancaster Canal, last week.)
(Lancaster Canal, last week.)
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The Sporting Life / Re: Liverpool
« Last post by Peter on Yesterday at 10:39:26 pm »Yes, a quick look at the THRASH page of the BBC News site revealed their assessment that it could easily have finished 6 - 6.