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Full on day today - I didn't even get up from my desk all day... and it was a lovely day (About 17C, sunny and dry) .so I was really up...

Yesterday, tried some of the Monarch way. Not on 28s dear readers🥵🫣 I love the smell of brake pads in the morning.

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I would start by examining the crustiest area, gently wire brushing off loose surface crust. Once the crust is removed how pitted is the...

If they can't be bothered, I can't be bothered. It's taken me years to learn this, but I'm never sorry. Plenty of fish in the sea.

It gets a lot of miles & has lots of chips etc, so the paint is never going to be perfect, and tbh I like a bit of patina - but this...

Hard call and also a matter of personal taste. If you do ride this bike a lot and it's a keeper then a paint job wouldn't be that bad...

Today I got around to making a mess of my lovely Ribble. It had a couple of little bubbles / snakes under the paint & knowing that the...

Sunny ride with the Wife. 17 miles.

Pleased with myself, managed to get out again, feeling a lot better on the bike already. Another beautiful and sunny day, still bone...

sunny but freezing cold in the woods at the foot of the mountain behind the city :LOL: ... just shy of 2hrs, 25 km and 960 m alt today...

Went for quite a long spin this morning. I visited the grave of a close friend who was killed by a car earlier in the year. I miss him a...

I'm preparing ground for a new shed and digging up bamboo that has been in place for 25 years... I never knew that there was as much...

Two-and-a-half hours and the joys of an old favourite: my 1996 Marin Stinson. I've had the bike for over ten years and still love its...

sunny commute