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Post by lcmarky on Jan 1, 2024 13:57:32 GMT 1
Well I thought to myself last night no more smokin’ & drinking in 2024. Time to change and get fit, weigh less, do more charity work and generally be a saint… So after a WattBike session first thing, I am pleased to say that I lasted until after midday to open the fizz having already been outside for a quick smoke. HNY LC folks!!✊💨💨   |
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Post by liffy16 on Jan 1, 2024 14:05:14 GMT 1
Breaking strain of a KitKat 😁
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 1, 2024 14:12:48 GMT 1
Breaking strain of a KitKat 😁 Harsh... I made it onto the WattBike!! |
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Post by liffy16 on Jan 1, 2024 14:20:26 GMT 1
Out on the maggot this morning and the start of dry January  |
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 1, 2024 14:45:34 GMT 1
Out on the maggot this morning and the start of dry January Nice Bonnie there too! |
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Post by stirling11 on Jan 1, 2024 16:01:06 GMT 1
I don’t do new year resolutions
I only break them within the first few hours
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Post by veg on Jan 1, 2024 16:15:53 GMT 1
My New Year’s resolution is to do more riding I used to do 15-20,000 miles a year on the bike now I’m lucky to do a 1000. Stopped drinking 2 1/2 years ago apart from at the Manx I happily do 51 weeks of the year apart from there. Still fagging it though.
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Post by sheep911uk on Jan 1, 2024 16:29:10 GMT 1
Mine is to strip my matching numbers project and make my un matching numbers bike a matching numbers bike the ride it.!!!
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Post by alankelly on Jan 1, 2024 20:09:44 GMT 1
My resolution is to crack on with the Tigcraft project and on a personal front get back to fitness and eat a more healthy lifestyle
(Don’t really drink and not a smoker but just got a bit “lazy”)
Was a keen cyclist and completed the LEGOG in 2016 but then got serious ill
Plan is to get back on a bike and generally look after myself better
Lastly not really happy in the job at the moment (been there 17 years) so got my first “real” interview on the 12th (passed the first stage) and if it works out most likely if I get the position will result in a house move hopefully back out into the “woods” as job is in Cambridgeshire (Ely)but currently live in Swindon
Hope you all have good year all
Best wishes Al
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Post by donkeychomp on Jan 1, 2024 22:09:25 GMT 1
My new years resolution is not to make a new years resolution.
Alex
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Post by masonmart on Jan 2, 2024 4:49:24 GMT 1
I'm 73, stopped drinking this year and reaping amazing benefits so my main resolution is no change in "lifestyle". From a biking point view I'm almost in heaven, I have 6 classics from the 60's and early 70's that I use (see later) and have "found" the YPVS after having missed it on the way here. I have two now, one to finish restoring from boxes of garbage and a beauty to use. My only resolution this year, and I have to be careful with resolutions that could fail, is to ride more as I'm suffering from lazy old biker syndrome of less and less riding. My plan for next season is to clean all of my old bikes meticulously and use them, not in the rain, but no excuse of "too cold". My good gear should fit me again when I get back home as should the thermal layers I bought when I was slim and did many miles and I must never shun riding because I can't be bothered to put it on.
in terms of resolutions, never set them unless you have a good chance of succeeding because failure is always disappointing.
Best wishes to everybody in terms of their lives and especially in terms of their riding. Bad times could be ahead this year and riding is the solution, riding 80's and before bikes is the top solution. Modern bikes are simply staggering but too heavy, too tall and usually too high at the seat. Most of all they are far to fast for the reality of UK riding, most of all though they are boring to own and depreciation traps.
MM
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 2, 2024 10:17:17 GMT 1
My resolution is to crack on with the Tigcraft project and on a personal front get back to fitness and eat a more healthy lifestyle (Don’t really drink and not a smoker but just got a bit “lazy”) Was a keen cyclist and completed the LEGOG in 2016 but then got serious ill Plan is to get back on a bike and generally look after myself better Lastly not really happy in the job at the moment (been there 17 years) so got my first “real” interview on the 12th (passed the first stage) and if it works out most likely if I get the position will result in a house move hopefully back out into the “woods” as job is in Cambridgeshire (Ely)but currently live in Swindon Hope you all have good year all Best wishes Al I'm in Cambs Al, so if you're over this way and fancy a cuppa I'll put the kettle on! |
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Post by alankelly on Jan 2, 2024 10:20:49 GMT 1
My resolution is to crack on with the Tigcraft project and on a personal front get back to fitness and eat a more healthy lifestyle (Don’t really drink and not a smoker but just got a bit “lazy”) Was a keen cyclist and completed the LEGOG in 2016 but then got serious ill Plan is to get back on a bike and generally look after myself better Lastly not really happy in the job at the moment (been there 17 years) so got my first “real” interview on the 12th (passed the first stage) and if it works out most likely if I get the position will result in a house move hopefully back out into the “woods” as job is in Cambridgeshire (Ely)but currently live in Swindon Hope you all have good year all Best wishes Al I'm in Cambs Al, so if you're over this way and fancy a cuppa I'll put the kettle on! That sounds like a plan Looking forward to the interview and hopefully my eldest will get an offer from Cambridge uni (we will know by the 24th) then it may be all systems go if I get the job offer too Both excited and scared at the same time after being at BD Swindon for so long Catch up soon Best wishes Al |
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Post by beardy on Jan 2, 2024 10:59:37 GMT 1
Even less procrastination than last year is my aim. Ride em while I can. Out on the thumpers yesterday 👍🏻  |
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Post by beardy on Jan 2, 2024 10:59:57 GMT 1
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Post by headcoats on Jan 2, 2024 11:22:07 GMT 1
Turn my one pack into a six pack 🤣
Sell an LC to get a 1200 Thruxton 🙈
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 2, 2024 11:35:15 GMT 1
I'm in Cambs Al, so if you're over this way and fancy a cuppa I'll put the kettle on! That sounds like a plan Looking forward to the interview and hopefully my eldest will get an offer from Cambridge uni (we will know by the 24th) then it may be all systems go if I get the job offer too Both excited and scared at the same time after being at BD Swindon for so long Catch up soon Best wishes Al Exciting times - I'm freewheeling to retirement! |
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Post by alankelly on Jan 2, 2024 11:39:21 GMT 1
That sounds like a plan Looking forward to the interview and hopefully my eldest will get an offer from Cambridge uni (we will know by the 24th) then it may be all systems go if I get the job offer too Both excited and scared at the same time after being at BD Swindon for so long Catch up soon Best wishes Al Exciting times - I'm freewheeling to retirement! I would like to retire but got to get my son thru uni first To be honest when we move to wherever want a pad big enough to have a CNC lathe and mill that would then be my retirement fund as well as the 3d printing as don’t see myself as a armchair and slippers person |
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 2, 2024 11:44:46 GMT 1
Exciting times - I'm freewheeling to retirement! I would like to retire but got to get my son thru uni first To be honest when we move to wherever want a pad big enough to have a CNC lathe and mill that would then be my retirement fund as well as the 3d printing as don’t see myself as a armchair and slippers person ...so you definitely need to live near enough to me then!! I just bought some original BSA aluminium castings that I need to machine. Was thinking a bull nose cutter & my rotary table would do it not having a CNC to hand to get the head profile. We've put two through University & school before that - expensive things kids! |
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Post by copper99 on Jan 2, 2024 15:06:47 GMT 1
Got the covers off the LC and get it on the road, its been sat for 2 and a half years now.
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Post by veg on Jan 2, 2024 17:56:29 GMT 1
Al, I thought you were looking at moving to la francais? Or did I imagine it?
Mark, my lads just finished school and taken a year out finished school fees now he wants to study in Spain (least he has an Irish passport). Feel your pain.
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 2, 2024 18:43:41 GMT 1
Al, I thought you were looking at moving to la francais? Or did I imagine it? Mark, my lads just finished school and taken a year out finished school fees now he wants to study in Spain (least he has an Irish passport). Feel your pain. We've since recovered and have to say all a very good investment. My son is a Chartered Accountant in the smoke & my daughter a recently qualified Architect - they'll be well placed to look after us as I think after I've spent all my money on bikes!! |
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Post by arrdy350 on Jan 4, 2024 19:07:53 GMT 1
Get my full bike test and my F1 done before I am 27 🙂
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Post by alankelly on Jan 4, 2024 19:13:28 GMT 1
Al, I thought you were looking at moving to la francais? Or did I imagine it? Mark, my lads just finished school and taken a year out finished school fees now he wants to study in Spain (least he has an Irish passport). Feel your pain. Yes France was planned but wife started to get cold feet and wants to be close to Logan for now while he starts uni and started to think about her mum too. Never mind, looking forward to the interview and the new job possibility as change like this is aways a positive thing for me. Best wishes Al. |
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Post by veg on Jan 4, 2024 19:29:19 GMT 1
Opportunities that’s my approach. Never know what is waiting for you. 👍
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Post by darboots on Jan 5, 2024 9:41:48 GMT 1
Mine is the same as for the last 4 years - finish the darned LC2...  |
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Post by KevtheRev on Jan 5, 2024 10:42:53 GMT 1
Handlebars, brakelines , fit the oem stanchions I got, get some kind of paint on the tank , same as last year 😄 HNY lads !
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Post by lcmarky on Jan 5, 2024 11:04:49 GMT 1
Handlebars, brakelines , fit the oem stanchions I got, get some kind of paint on the tank , same as last year 😄 HNY lads ! That's a morning's work! |
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Post by KevtheRev on Jan 8, 2024 14:53:48 GMT 1
Handlebars, brakelines , fit the oem stanchions I got, get some kind of paint on the tank , same as last year 😄 HNY lads ! That's a morning's work! I know right !! All I need is the brakelines and the handlebars . And some paint . And someone to cut me some footpeg/exhaust hangers . p.s. I wee'd a little bit when I saw the bike in your pics . |
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