Slowlycatchymonkey

I’m torn cos Busabeat has the Hayabusa (although not the improved cropped version) and yet Pete’s accidentally entered a good bike pic. What time does the voting finish?

I have a small unobtrusive extender on the 9T which works okish but I still end up with an air hockey puck in my jacket to throw down, requires precise stopping on return or flailing one leg around like you’re doing the hokey cokey. The one bag thing does and doesn’t work for me. If it’s a roll top wet bag strapped across the panniers I find it useful for capacity but a total pita to undo to get things out. Plus I’d don’t enjoy lugging a large heavy bag over any distance. I think it depends on what you’re doing. Riding to a destination not much distance away where the bike will be close then one large bag works for me. Multiple stops moving on everyday, doing distance and variable weather forecast I want easy access to waterproofs, my sarnies and flask. So I have two set up’s. The one you showed me and this one that looks awful but I can get into the panniers on the fly and remove the important stuff in the tail pack and/or tank bag in one click. The top of the pannier bags are small enough to be Ryan Air under seat (ie free) compliant so a win for me.

At a glance I thought the metal plate was a side-stand monstrosity

Pete’s had his Valium now, anything goes.

Look at the pic on your phone, tap the edit icon and you'll see all sorts of easy to use options.

Crop put the car on the left, a bit of the tarmac out the front and leave it in a more usual rectangular shape and you've got a good pic there.

I have Givi panniers and they're good but them being made in Italy doesn't inspire any extra confidence. The accessories they sell to go on or in their panniers are what makes them my top pick.

Not really a bodge job is it, that's a good looking solution nicely done A mirror attached with a bit of duct tape wobbling around now that wold be a proper bodge

It's just a bit of fun Pete. If it's overdone everyone can see that and vote accordingly.

I have a vague memory @Motobiker has some German aluminium panniers, they may well have been Motea.

Don't worry yourself about it, the seriousness was always there.

That's why I've always stayed away from it, there was often a bit too much of a serious edge to it.

Yer Saturday night was raucous

It was an excellent little combination microwave oven but not so excellent it can justify a 3 fold increase in price. I have a spare microwave leftover from my sons first crappy accommodation so I'll have separates and stack them on top of each other out in the utility. The Ninja Foodi 10 in 1 oven is 'a mere' £229 so they can take their flatbed technology and stick it where the sun don't shine. Cheeky feckers.

The man who entered a pic of his bike on the moon..

Jesus wept. The equivalent mini oven microwave combo is now over double the price. I paid £199 in 2016 now its £559-599?!!!! WTAF

Sorry @busabeast I forgot joking is dangerous!

Don't agree with no 2 there was lengthy debate about it a while ago and it fell in favour of allowing it. A pretty pics a pretty pic regardless of whether someone technicoolured it or not. Not that it matters to me cos I've never entered

Your detailed knowledge of proceedings is disturbing.

FFS little oven has just given up the ghost, spiced raw spatchcock chicken anyone? More feckin appliance shopping.. which I love

You don't stand a chance, now Petes finished cleaning up the submissions and everything's calmed down someone will kick off about photo's not being in landscape....

Probably not as exciting as mine.. someone who got excited by the gloop the descaling capsule removed from the coffee machine so did it twice.. rock n roll

Happy Sunday Not sure what I'm up to today, not having a proper oven is vexing especially on a Sunday when I look forward to having extra time and experimental kitchen gets under way. Heyho. Probably try out Pedro's Moroccan coffee cos that doesn't require an oven and maybe spatchcock a chicken for a roast as the little microwave size oven can cope with that. Other than that probably fighting with the Garmin Zumo to route through France and pouring over the long awaited BSA What you up to?

Photo assembled this month isn’t against the rules is it. Bit like everything made in china but assembled in the UK being British or my favourite ‘designed in the UK’.. not like a BSA..