What?? You walked??!!

[boboneleg]

Paolo and I decided to have a walk by the river Frome today, this entailed a short journey in the car and then we were ready to go.  We parked by the bridge at Frenchay ................

 

 

Fed the ducks from the bridge ..............

 

 

and then we were off.........................  It was a bit of a rough path in places but very enjoyable , lots of dog walkers out and a few very fit people running and splashing through the muddy bits

 

[boboneleg]

 

 

We also found a potential new bike for @Clive 

 

[XTreme]

[Sir Fallsalot]

Nice looking area Bob

[boboneleg]

11 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said:

Nice looking area Bob

It's probably 25 years since I walked through there.  When I was 15 I used to cycle down there and fish the river so some good memories of the area.

[busabeast]

15 hours ago, boboneleg said:

 

 

We also found a potential new bike for @Clive 

 

The bike is abit too modern his last bike was a 

[Buckster]

On 18/08/2023 at 23:29, Pedro said:

Weirdness yes, rudeness no. But Lionel’s posts have that feeling of “I’ve got 5 daily minutes online and better make them count!

Then the nurse takes him back to his room.

[Tango]

I've been out for several rides on both my ebike and non-ebike recently,  but not bothered to post it up. Anyway, I went out on the ebike this morning. I was Billy no mates, as all the other lazy f*ckers came out with lame excuses! I decided to go down to the beach to check out the waves, as there was a warning on the weather channel about it being dangerous to go swimming.  The waves weren't actually very bad at all, but I think that it's going to get pretty windy overnight,  so it may be a bit rougher tomorrow.  There was a local lifeboat moored at the marina in the estuary,  so maybe there is some rougher seas due.

Anyway, not a bad ride there and back. I even worked up a sweat!

[XTreme]

57 minutes ago, Tango said:

I've been out for several rides on both my ebike and non-ebike recently,  but not bothered to post it up. Anyway, I went out on the ebike this morning. I was Billy no mates, as all the other lazy f*ckers came out with lame excuses! I decided to go down to the beach to check out the waves, as there was a warning on the weather channel about it being dangerous to go swimming.  The waves weren't actually very bad at all, but I think that it's going to get pretty windy overnight,  so it may be a bit rougher tomorrow.  There was a local lifeboat moored at the marina in the estuary,  so maybe there is some rougher seas due.

Anyway, not a bad ride there and back. I even worked up a sweat!

The wife has said that once I've recovered from my Hernia op we've got to get bicycles.

In her case it's to build up more strength that was lost due to her osteoarthritis......in my case it's to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

But I'll be making sure that people know that I'm doing it under sufferance, not for some perverse enjoyment like the rest of you weirdos do.

Bicycle be fucked!

[Tango]

2 minutes ago, XTreme said:

The wife has said that once I've recovered from my Hernia op we've got to get bicycles.

In her case it's to build up more strength that was lost due to her osteoarthritis......in my case it's to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

But I'll be making sure that people know that I'm doing it under sufferance, not for some perverse enjoyment like the rest of you weirdos do.

Bicycle be fucked!

You'll be wearing lycra before the year is out! God help us!

[Pedro]

14 minutes ago, XTreme said:

The wife has said that once I've recovered from my Hernia op we've got to get bicycles.

In her case it's to build up more strength that was lost due to her osteoarthritis......in my case it's to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

But I'll be making sure that people know that I'm doing it under sufferance, not for some perverse enjoyment like the rest of you weirdos do.

Bicycle be fucked!

Might as well try and enjoy it since you're doing it anyway.

[XTreme]

37 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Might as well try and enjoy it since you're doing it anyway.

The irony here is that 60 years ago as a kid I really wanted a bicycle cos all my friends had them. So I used to scrounge a ride whenever I could.

But I didn't have the money and my old girl wouldn't buy me one (God forbid she would ever spend any money on me)......so I had to go without.

The first time I ever had any money was when I left school and got a job! So with my first monthly pay of £39 I paid £22 for a Lambretta TV175 and basically bypassed the bicycle stage.

After that there was no way I ever wanted one......and I still don't want one now! Maybe a CRF300L would help lower my blood pressure and cholesterol? 

[Pedro]

7 minutes ago, XTreme said:

After that there was no way I ever wanted one......and I still don't want one now! Maybe a CRF300L would help lower my blood pressure and cholesterol? 

Better get a chinese one. Pushing is good exercise!

[Tango]

51 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Better get a chinese one. Pushing is good exercise!

Or an Italian or Austrian one?

[boboneleg]

2 hours ago, Tango said:

You'll be wearing lycra before the year is out! God help us!

If he does you can guarantee  it'll be some 1970's lycra 

 

[boboneleg]

1 hour ago, XTreme said:

.and I still don't want one now! Maybe a CRF300L would help lower my blood pressure and cholesterol? 

Yebbut, no fecker will sell you one 

[XTreme]

Just now, boboneleg said:

Yebbut, no fecker will sell you one 

Lazy fucking Dagos!

[boboneleg]

Just now, XTreme said:

Lazy fucking Dagos!

There is no point in you having a CRF300L anyway.  You'll insist on putting gay tyres on it and go around dodging puddles all day long .............

[Six30]

2 hours ago, XTreme said:

The wife has said that once I've recovered from my Hernia op we've got to get bicycles.

In her case it's to build up more strength that was lost due to her osteoarthritis......in my case it's to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.

But I'll be making sure that people know that I'm doing it under sufferance, not for some perverse enjoyment like the rest of you weirdos do.

Bicycle be fucked!

You should get a tandem ...

 

 

 

 

please get a Tandem ..... and get a dago to video the pair of you on it.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

More likely to get a tandem hernia

[Tango]

I have been out on the bike since my last post, but I thought that this thread needed elevating up the board and also give Pete a target to aspire to!

The ride down to the beach was pretty easy, with the wind behind me, but the ride back was bloody hard work, even on an ebike! 50-65kmh headwind on the way back was sapping! The wind has got a bit of a keen edge to it today too. Anyway, I may even do it again tomorrow,  when the wind is forecast to gust to 80-90kmh! 

 

[XTreme]

30 minutes ago, Tango said:

and also give Pete a target to aspire to!

Still doesn't appeal to me!

[Pedro]

1 hour ago, Tango said:

I have been out on the bike since my last post, but I thought that this thread needed elevating up the board and also give Pete a target to aspire to!

The ride down to the beach was pretty easy, with the wind behind me, but the ride back was bloody hard work, even on an ebike! 50-65kmh headwind on the way back was sapping! The wind has got a bit of a keen edge to it today too. Anyway, I may even do it again tomorrow,  when the wind is forecast to gust to 80-90kmh! 

 

Pretty cool to have sand compact enough to ride a bicycle on.

[Tango]

2 hours ago, Pedro said:

Pretty cool to have sand compact enough to ride a bicycle on.

It wasn't.  I nearly fell off when I got to the sand! I had to push the bike across the beach to the water's edge. 

[boboneleg]

It was a glorious morning today so Paolo and I set off for a walk along the old Midland line that used to run from Bath to Bristol.  We got on it at Staple Hill as Paolo had never walked through the tunnel before , it was a frosty start but the sunshine was great .

 

 

Can you spot the pigeons  ??