A thread specially for 'persons of leisure' and independent means, or those with aspirations.How do you while away those lazy days?How do you cope financially?When did you retire?Is retirement what you expected?How long did you take to adjust?Etc.Tell us what you are up to today or what plans you have.Or just have a bit of silliness to while away those lazy hours.I've been busy today. Hilly 15 mile ride in North Devon, took dog for a stroll along Saunton Sands, cut the front lawn...Read more

Has anyone noticed that the size of most packs of butter are now 225 grams rather than 250 grams. Is this a government plot to try and reduce the nations cholesterol or just another rip off.

....if you like.Coffee absorbed, limbs aching, to do list growing.

It appears that motorists don't appreciate my Road Tax jersey or at least I had far more close passes today then any other day for a few months. I saw my first 'bent out in the wild. Obviously I've seen them before but this was the first time it belonged to someone I didn't know. Strange design too, very long wheelbase with what looked like a normal headtube over the front wheel, steered from underseat but the front wheel was a long way from the rider. More and more helmet wearers that...Read more

I was hoping there might be some sort of general ebike Q&A thread where I could include this, but I can't see one.My GT eGrade Bolt ebike is quite light for an ebike at just over 15Kg before I attach 1/2 ~700ml bidons, but that comes at the cost of a relatively small 248Wh battery, so I'm looking at ways to tweak the ebike to get to the motor cutoff 15.5mph quicker on the flat/downhill, thereby increasing the battery range to ~60 miles with ~4000 feet climbing while using ~75/140/250W...Read more

My favourite Grand Tour so thought we ought to have a new thread.It does appear to be another Visma vs UAE battle but there's some big names coming so ought to be some interesting stages.Start List. One of the smaller teams is called BURGOS-BURPELLET.Most of the stages appear to be in the north. I wonder if that's a response to climate change...Read more

Wondering if there's sufficient interest on here to keep a thread going on what wildlife we've come across during the day, out on the bike, in the garden, from work, whatever.Recent encounters for me were a ladybird on Sunday and a sparrowhawk on my way to work yesterday.

Unashamedly stolen the idea from the Col Baggers thread. That looked like great fun to me, but there is a dearth of Cols near me, so it was a no go.Still, I liked the idea, but came up with a type of target more easily found in my part of the World...or in any part of the country... Trig Points.Ideally ones you've sought on the bicycle, but I won't be sniffy if you happened to be driving past and leaped out the still moving car to snap a prime example of trig pointness.I'm having my...Read more

Pointless & impractical! Great for popping down to the shops.. 🤔

My banana stop today.