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  1. Some very odd characters cycling around cannock chase today, @AdamR28 kept chasing me up and down hills!
  2. Free bike lights arrived and bugger me they're bright My old chinese headlight that I thought had a really bright centre spot? Can't see it when held side by side and shining on the same wall, not only that, the spread of the magicshine is about 12 foot wide at 8 foot distance compared to the 2 foot spotlight of the old one. Added bonus, the batteries can be used as USB powerbanks, 10Ah and 2.6Ah respectively
  3. b*****d My mortgage payments are now up to 400 a month in total, still on 1% base rate tracker. Got to wait another year or so to finish paying off an existing debt before I can start doubling up the mortgage payments.
  4. I picked up a Boardman CX team for 200 quid, it's the first curly bar bike I've had in about 35 years and it's actually really good for the work commute
  5. No, it was one of the win it Wednesdays in November I think. I enter them as a matter of course but never expect to win and never tick the marketing spam box so it just proves that the are winners Persephone is going to have my old Chinese Amazon headlight (which actually has been brilliant) and I'll use the magicshines. I think I'll put them on the cross bike to start with for work commuting and as the weather gets a bit warmer switch them over the the intense for night rides over Cannock.
  6. Won one of these in a pinkbike draw, and one of these, oh and one of these Going to have to ride more at night now I guess
  7. How come the cat gets to be shitty but the fox gets away scott free? Could also have been rats Have you got a cable fish, make pulling a new one through easier. I would have though if the ends are terminated correctly you should be able to joint it, might need to put a junction box in though to keep it all clean and dry.
  8. But only if he's allowed to dream first
  9. Are we meant to be dreaming about @manuel Does he know about this?
  10. Picked this up for 200 quid, needed a new gear cable 1x11, narrow wide with clutch mech, hydraulic disks and already set up tubeless. Using it for the work commute as it's much faster than the mountainbike, it's actually really fun to ride. Persephone is currently racing cyclocross and is badgering me to enter a race in the vets category
  11. My Rainbird wit detector is obviously faulty! He's 4 in March
  12. Horrible situation to be in, can't even begin to imagine Best of luck to you, stay safe if you can and hope you can get out!
  13. Aneurin just has one for overnight or if we're out of the house
  14. 30° washes are the devils work, doesn't clear out the bacteria anywhere near as well. @Muel be aware that washing synthetics at 60° can actually bake the smell into them, to keep them smelling fresh wash them with dettol laundry cleanser and then use 40° synthetic cycles. Time is the critical component really. I've spent best part of 7 years washing nappies, I know a thing or two about getting smells out
  15. Our washing cycles are typically 2-4 hours each depending on how much is there and what it is. More energy efficient to do a full load
  16. Another cannock vote as I'm 11 miles away! But ONLY if you come in that lycra
  17. Aneurin was walking up and down stairs at 8 months, soon discovered that stair gates were a simple obstacle to overcome! Figured out how to open them but generally lacked the strength to open them every time so was easier to just climb over the top or wriggle underneath onto the first step
  18. f**k no, when they walk, they get into places they couldn't get before; be on your guard edit: once they get to 18 months and strong enough for a shotgun seat then it's bloody amazing! Mums are the real troopers, us dads have it real easy. For both Persphone and Aneurin if I could have shared the feeding I would have, however if that were the case I may have also become distracted by the norks I'd just grown for the purpose!
  19. It's that rainbird!
  20. Or set it at 1/10th throttle opening and reap the fuel saving benfits In van news, the new ECU has taken it from 98bhp (310CDI) to 130bhp (313CDI) and it's transformed it when driving. 2.9 tonnes meant that it was so lacking in torque that any hill required dropping 3 gears and planting it, now I can drop to 5th and she just cruises up them. Fueal economy has also improved by 10-15% straight off because the engine isn't working so hard
  21. forteh

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    Only cheaper because I have a tame CNC operator at work and we're not massively busy in the factory at the moment
  22. The van is back home! ECU blew up on Easter Sunday and it's been away since, having a replacement transplanted back in. It was a 98bhp 310cdi, it's now a 130bhp 313cdi The suspension on the car is worn out and has gotten very sketchy to drive so having the second vehicle again is a life saver!
  23. There's a reason for that Bring the kids, can do laps of the super easy blue or a loop of the red - Aneurin loves the shotgun round follow the dog edit: or if you're sans kids then go for faster harder longer!
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