Slowlycatchymonkey

Quadlock inserted itself as an advert in a youtube short I was watching (how do they know these things?!) and it was showing a natty little mount that screws into the cover, a clever solution for those short on bar space. https://www.quadlockcase.co.uk/products/motorcycle-brake-reservoir-mount?variant=42696740798639

Some folk just like to grit their teeth and go for it don’t they. Pit themselves against the conditions. Suffer with a bit of that myself, it’s stupid but you do it anyway When I had a wee ride in a storm (I’ll never do it again) I was on a much heavier, lower bike and luggage weight was low down, I still abandoned the insanity half way across Bodmin moor as ‘death or hotel?’ is quite an easy game choice

You’d ride in gale force winds when the RAC are advising people not to drive let alone ride? Madman.

So how stormy is too stormy to ride in? I had a look at storm Agnes cos a friend I’m meeting up with in a week or so is riding through it from up north down to Portsmouth to get to the ferry on this- Not exactly great for winds speeds “up to 80 miles an hour” Would you ride it or put it in a van? Having been across Bodmin on a bike in a storm I’m definitely gonna say van.

That could be fun or awful

I think I’ve seen more dilapidated wooden sheds than ones in good nick. It requires too much maintenance for most people. Personally I can only just be bothered to get a wooden fence sprayed every other year and I’m not even the one out there having to do it

Lovely news @busabeast Sky’s gonna be a big sister.

Happy when anyone sticks it to the critics but honestly it’s just weird to watch. Like Variety shows are still alive and kicking and an unpolished dance routine worked out in a bedroom mirror is being performed by a 14 year old just discovering their sexuality. Don’t get me wrong, she is talented and nice looking too but thats not something I’d want to watch, she needs a manager to refine that shit, maybe someone like Simon Cowell

Meeting a friend for cuppa, going to Brizzle to see the boys, packing for the ride to Spain (I always try to pack the week before cos theres always something that needs ordering) and sorting out one of boys 21st Birthday this Sunday. Might squeeze in a bit of yoga to make sure I avoid any consequences from the above madness.

Well I finally decided to bite the bullet and retrieve the rowing machine from the mini gym down the yard and see just how unfit I am. Bought a new heart rate monitor to avoid a cardiac arrest like all those plonkers who jump into a fitness regimen they’re really not fit enough for - usually men jogging or running It went surprisingly well, the reasonable baseline start I set for myself was so easy I bearly broke a sweat, my heart rate was superduper, recovered very quickly and I’m feeling pretty high (and a bit smug) on it Anyway I’m posting partly to share the joy and more importantly to say that ACF50 is feckin amazing. The garage sized ‘gym’ it has been in since 2019 has concrete running downwards to the unit so in heavy rain it floods a bit, it’s constantly damp as a consequence and gym equipment especially rowing machines with their little chains and thin perforated metal covers are notorious for rusting to pieces. I liberally ACF50’d it once 4 years ago (including disassembling it to coat the innards). Theres not a spot of rust on it, it’s running very smoothly. Viva ACF50!

Oh dear that is rough!

Can’t help but feel this guys quite a nobber.

Penzance is worse than weston super mare?

Yer soz as soon as I posted I realised Id put 8ft rather than 10ft side

So the doors on the 10ft side?

Thats a pain in the wotnot!

The direction of the rocking motion can make a big difference when lying flat. Side to side (ie you feel your being rocked from side to side) is easier than top to bottom (ie when you feel the motion moving from your feet to your head) so altering the way you’re led can help a lot. Unfortunately sometimes that means lying on the floor if your bed is with the waves rather than across them.

Yes Pete thats exactly it

You want to see my father in-laws shed. He went to town on it. He said he was going to build himself a little shed. It’s about 6000 square foot I kid you not. My MIL is urr how do I politely say a total cowbag? So in his ‘shed’ he has a warehouse heater, a sofa, a TV and a full sized kitchen along with his classic tractors and some vehicles he doesn’t drive but likes to look at. He even put in a road so it was too far away from everyone else for them to just pop in Wise man. I have my bikes, a sofa and a fridge in my garage and a room within it with a large workbench, underfloor heating, a kettle, nice chair where I faff about making bits n bobs. Time and space to yourself away from your loved ones is priceless. Go large @Saul, even if it’s just two cheap jobbies joined together. The trees were deliberately planted so it will eventually be hidden.

Sometimes its better to beg forgiveness than ask permission.

Can and have.

I see someone’s been overdosing on the charm pills again I’d go bigger, run electricity to it and put a dehumidifier in there.. and a heater and sofa and a beer fridge and a tv. You’ve waited too long to go half measures on it.

Technically the gravel trap was also off road.. So how many ‘don’t count’s are we not adding to the total?

Tokenism and a lack of skill or knowledge is annoying no matter where it turns up which is what you’re hacked off with, saying women shouldn’t commentate on mens football full stop is just stupid and detracts from what would otherwise be a valid point. I doubt if a good quality female ex footballer was commentating you would have had anything to say about it.