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Fat tyre kicker
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by Fat tyre kicker » Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:32 pm
Interesting choice of material to to make handlebars from Stu ?
Do you use old Classics or heavy metal
johnnystorm
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by johnnystorm » Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:30 pm
voodoo_simon wrote: ↑ Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:35 pm
johnnystorm wrote: ↑ Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:03 pm
voodoo_simon wrote: ↑ Tue Mar 24, 2020 8:11 am
Disney+ has just arrived and downloaded to almost every device
That’ll keep us out is mischief for the foreseeable future
I dont know where to begin!
I had you down as a Mrs doubtfire kind of guy...
Ha! Decided to fill in the Marvel gaps. Ant-Man last night. The train sequence is hilarious!
ScotRoutes
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by ScotRoutes » Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:35 pm
Amongst other things, Tom Devines book on the Scottish Clearances. Amongst other things it adds to my understanding of the areas I tend to ride/run/hike through. I'll be reading it in short stints else my temper boils over.
Laurensdad
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by Laurensdad » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:21 pm
A rather splendid Acepac Fat snack/bottle bag!
Cheers Stu!
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Jurassic pusher
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by Jurassic pusher » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:31 pm
Alpkit Idaho 30 duffle bag, looks great and an ideal size to bungee on the back of a motorbike!
Can use it for essential food shopping now!
Jurassic pusher
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by Jurassic pusher » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:34 pm
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑ Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:35 pm
Amongst other things, Tom Devines book on the Scottish Clearances. Amongst other things it adds to my understanding of the areas I tend to ride/run/hike through. I'll be reading it in short stints else my temper boils over.
I expect that is a very interesting book.
Like you say, likely to make the Scottish blood boil!
techno
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by techno » Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:21 pm
Parcel guy came With my suss forks (first set since some pace RC35s!).
Shame I can't ride them anywhere.
Boab
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by Boab » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:45 am
... and delivered a badge.
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GregMay
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by GregMay » Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:33 am
1:72 scale Airfix model of a Westland Sea King. May as well entertain myself non digitally!
Jurassic
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by Jurassic » Fri Mar 27, 2020 5:13 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:33 am
1:72 scale Airfix model of a Westland Sea King. May as well entertain myself non digitally!
Nice one, I was laid up after a hernia op a few years ago and made a few model kits, it was very enjoyable and took me back to my youth.
Dave Barter
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by Dave Barter » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:01 pm
I got a box load of Freedom Beer
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PaulB2
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by PaulB2 » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:16 pm
...and dropped off a shimano cassette tool. Unfortunately he didn't drop off the corresponding chain whip so still have to wait for that.
RIP
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by RIP » Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:47 pm
Dave Barter wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 27, 2020 6:01 pm
I got a box load of Freedom Beer
Cheery Friday
. Mate of mine did same. Might have to join the crowd.
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP
"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - WW
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by whitestone » Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:15 pm
A couple of deliveries:
Some 2mm dyneema line.
Some Firepot dehydrated meals for bivv ... the apocalypse
Better weight than wisdom, a traveller cannot carry
Bearbonesnorm
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by Bearbonesnorm » Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:32 pm
A bag of M6 Hank bushes.
May the bridges you burn light your way
fatbikephil
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by fatbikephil » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:49 pm
Jurassic pusher wrote: ↑ Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:34 pm
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑ Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:35 pm
Amongst other things, Tom Devines book on the Scottish Clearances. Amongst other things it adds to my understanding of the areas I tend to ride/run/hike through. I'll be reading it in short stints else my temper boils over.
I expect that is a very interesting book.
Like you say, likely to make the Scottish blood boil!
Ooh that'll be a good read, doubtless will make my blood boil also (and I'm an incomer!) but been looking for a good account of the clearances for a while
Cyclepeasant
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by Cyclepeasant » Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:10 pm
Hank nuts?
Can't see them working on weight weenie carbon forks!!
Insanity over vanity
belugabob
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by belugabob » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:06 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:33 am
1:72 scale Airfix model of a Westland Sea King. May as well entertain myself non digitally!
I remember them, from the 70s - how slow is your postman?
thenorthwind
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by thenorthwind » Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:08 am
htrider wrote: ↑ Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:49 pm
Jurassic pusher wrote: ↑ Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:34 pm
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑ Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:35 pm
Amongst other things, Tom Devines book on the Scottish Clearances. Amongst other things it adds to my understanding of the areas I tend to ride/run/hike through. I'll be reading it in short stints else my temper boils over.
I expect that is a very interesting book.
Like you say, likely to make the Scottish blood boil!
Ooh that'll be a good read, doubtless will make my blood boil also (and I'm an incomer!) but been looking for a good account of the clearances for a while
Reading Alastair McIntosh's "Soil and Soul" at the moment. Excellent, if blood-boiling (and I'm English), read on a similar topic.
whitestone
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by whitestone » Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:31 am
Some Haribo.
For some reason someone's shoved some brake pads in with them.
Better weight than wisdom, a traveller cannot carry
RIP
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by RIP » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:28 pm
"My God, Ponsonby, I'm two-thirds of the way to the grave and what have I done?" - RIP
"At least you got some stories" - James Acaster
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" - WW
Boab
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by Boab » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:15 pm
... and delivered a Hiplok I ordered at the start of the month.
There are theories at the bottom of my jargon.
ScotRoutes
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by ScotRoutes » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:44 pm
A wetsuit, for open water swimming.
Great. Wonder when I'll get to use it?
fatbikephil
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by fatbikephil » Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:59 pm
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑ Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:44 pm
A wetsuit, for open water swimming.
Great. Wonder when I'll get to use it?
In the bath?
Boab
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by Boab » Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:05 pm
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑ Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:44 pm
A wetsuit, for open water swimming.
Great. Wonder when I'll get to use it?
Seen a few photos of folks using their wheelie bins for a dip. Think I'll wait till the river warm up a bit more...
There are theories at the bottom of my jargon.