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..

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I went into Halfords and bought some Muck Off (getting ready for the weekend cleaning ) and some chain lube. The guy dropped the chain lube and it broke and spilled out over the floor lol

Plenty of cyclists out there who own a car made by the prancing moose. About time we had a thread of our own to discuss the trials and tribulations of Volvo ownership, and generally pat each other on the back for driving superior cars.

So, who else drives a Volvo, and wotcher got?

I will start the ball rolling.

Lily, our ginger long hair. (She has currently got 3 male cats after her one jet black, one pale ginger, and one black and white. The black and white one hass actually been inside the house).

It's long bugged me that there's no thread for, simply, the rugby, in the way that there is for, say, football or cricket. So apologies for the presumption in mooting one, but I honestly couldn't find anywhere to post.



And I can't believe I'm the only one who saw Ireland v All Blacks yesterday.

I was brooding about this in a back-of-mind sort of way when I came across a post by somone called Unionfan who said so exactly what I felt, and it was so honest and so heartfelt that..

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Hello all,

I recently brought some BMX tyres for my folder in order to make the ride quality better and make it less of a death trap when on gravel ( it has narrow slicks on at present) they were supposed to be 20 x 2.00 but in reality were 2.25 but as they were really tall they fowled the brake cable and were only just able to fit between the frame. I had measured the possible max width at the same height as the original slicks. So my question is do up market tyres also give a height size..

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Salmon steaks with new potatoes, broccoli, peas and asparagus, a sprig of parsley and a squeeze of lemon.

What did you get up to in the kitchen?

From Barcelona to Paris via the Pyrenees, Massiv Central, Vosges, and the Alps

Profiles

Startlist

Maillot Jaune: Total points across stages and GC pick.

Green jersey: Most points in stages only.

White jersey: The leader from those with under 150 posts (subject to change if not enough). Get involved lurkers!

King of the Mountains: The most points across hilly stages (2,4,6,7,15,20) and double points for mountain stages..

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Hi All. I've just joined the chat as I've been reading some other posts with regard to getting bikes 'there and back' as easily/ cheaply as possible. So, 6/7 of us are planning this for May next year and having looked at the options we would probably choose to fly to Bordeaux with bagged bikes and stay a night there before beginning our ride. After reaching Sete we would aim to cycle to Montpellier to catch a TGV iNOUi service to Lille for a connection on the Eurostar back to London. Having..

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Evening.

I do have some front light that came with the bike from Decathlon which are battery powered. Looking for something reasonably cheap. Let others know I’m on the road and which will allow me to see about 15-20 feet ahead? Are there any recommendations because I checked Amazon and I couldn’t decide with all the lumens? (I know more lumens = more bright but no idea what do I require as a minimum.) Will try and take a picture of the present light when I go riding later!.

Also, is..

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Quick question - when the bearings go on these, can they be replaced or do you have to replace the whole pedal?
Forgive me being lazy and not phoning the LBS....

Mentioned elsewhere, but I think theres probably enough of us van dwellers to have a stab at organising a get together for a few days camping, farting, eating, drinking, and complaining a lot about nothing in 2027. We could even get some event stickers made for our wagons!

Before we get down to the nuts and bolts of organising anything it's probably best seeing who would be interested in principle. If you are, add your name to the list and select the poll option.

1. Drago.

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Hill Wimp said:

Seasonal depression has hit.

Click to expand..

Sending you and

I worked for the NHS and after my heart attack last year I enquired about I'll health retirement. I had to have an interview with the trusts occupational health doctor - who agreed to support my case for IHR.
This was based on 3 areas of my health:-

Spinal issues - ongoing on and off for 30 years - but significantly worse in the last 3.

Mental Health - pretty much as above.

My cardiac health.

Despite the trust doctors report - NHS pensions contract out the health assessment to an..

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This event first ran in 2014 and was filmed by the BBC for the adventure show. The second edition has just run from last Monday till just after midnight today. What an epic, thoroughly enjoyed it. You had to work hard to succeed, but such rewards. I believe @matticus rode the inaugural event.

'ning

warm start again, rising to scorchio

ride, cafes, stroll, bask

News coming out that Barcelona will refuse to host the Grand Depart is IPT are present.

Canary Islands are also suggesting that they're not keen on la Vuelta finale for the same reasons.

My banana stop today.

Remcos upcoming schedule...bit disappointed that there's no Strade, San Remo or Flanders ☹️

Mine was so good. (I did go for that ride..glad i did)
Just over 20 miles, but since the rear ends a bit sore..
Suns been shining here all day, 13 or 14 degrees, 15 mph winds made it a bit slow on the outrun, but fast home (20 -25 mph for 6 miles ).
Very very glad i went...now i feel guilty about feeling good

How was yours...

17 days old, comes to us on 11th October to be Bruce's little Brother.

Geddy is my old boy Lemmy's great-nephew so it'll be nice to have his bloodline back with us.

Bent the front mudguard on my commuter bike recently so just fitted a new one using the fixings from the old one which had already been bent around to suit the disc brake.

This was achieved using:

Tool kitKitchen as workshopMug of teaRock and roll on the stereoMinimum swearing

Moi; c1958 at Trafalgar Square with my late mother.

Hello. One thing I have found useful during lockdown is building Lego.
I found myself suffering from anxiety and this helps! I got myself a Classic Lego set and I am now building lots of different models.
Does anyone else on here use Lego? I always loved it as a child. There's loads of ideas online.
Please post some pics fellow Lego modellers!