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I very much doubt there is a motor involved. Going up the steep incline I mentioned it was definitely at a speed best described as "winching it up", certainly no assistance. Going down the slope towards Ledbury I suspect it was on the speed limit for that road, 60 mph. These fully faired ...

maybe the owner had an electric motor fitted? But that'd be cheating..... .......in which case I'll throw my hat at it next time I see, never mind raise it !!! Seriously though, the bodywork/superstructure seemed to have a pedalling hard type wallow to it as it went along, which if it was just huma...

On a couple of occasions over the past few weeks, whilst on the way towards Ledbury, I've come up behind a red Velomobile[or something very similar], and to put it mildly, it wasn't hanging about!! My speedo was reading 43mph at one point for goodness sake, and I wasn't catching it up, just cruising...

Always fancied a Wild Country Hoolie 2. Seems to tick a lot of the boxes for Brompton touring, and also for the larger or taller person. Doesn't weigh too much and got a good porch by the look of things. Might treat myself when all this is over,.......if I'm still here and we're allowed to go out an...

Sorry, I only have one favourite at the moment. A Child in the 80s 'Daddy, how old is Groucho Marx?' 'Sorry dear boy, he's dead.' 'Gosh! And Chico? Oh yes, and Harpo?' 'Dead. All of them dead.' 'Daddy, is Lassie very old?' 'Dogs die young, you know.' 'Will Hay's good! Is he dead too?' 'Thirty years ...

" only good for commuting " my foot !!

Here's mine exploring off road down the bottom of the garden. Great fun.

Fancy RTW next ....................Round the Wirral.


And back in time for tea.

" DAAADDDD.....I'm cold, "


Go and stand in the corner, it's ninety degrees.

No drop off in the number of swifts over and around this part of HR6, or so it appears to me. As for swallows and house martins, flipping dozens, possibly hundreds of them, playing in the breeze around the quarries at the top of the Clee Hill, probably trying to spot the easiest/flattest/shortest wa...

.....48 miles today. It was just like riding my bike round the airing cupboard!!!!

Well we never took the old signs down in the first place, so back to normal round here !!

They did a good alteration job on my forks when I wanted a more upright position, putting a new longer steerer tube in. Better, ie. nicer looking, than those ugly riser attachments you can get. Would certainly use them again.

Hi Tom, Mine's a mechanical valve, in since 2002, for the same reason as you. If you see the reply I gave in the Hole in the Heart thread down below, that says most of it. I'm not a TT'er, just a pootler round the countryside, but hills make me sweat, and certainly raise my heart rate. But the valve...

Just a thought.........................

How long before it ends up on a headstone?!?

logged off this mortal coil

logged out of life

.......... there's bound to be one sooner or later!!!!

Hi 3spd, After my open heart surgery for an Aortic valve replacement the ' very expensive plumber' as he called himself, said give it 6 to 8 weeks and then see how it feels. So that's what I did. That was in 2002, and since then I've cycled up, over and down most of the hills in this part of the wor...

018.jpg .....and here's another rallying Minor. I was P2, in the navigators seat, my pal from Rolls Royce Motors in Crewe was P1. Post office van back axle, Shorrocks Super charger, high lift cam off I can't remember what, and enough lighting to peel the paint off anything we caught up on route. Ha...