XTreme

The old Heads of the Valleys road down that long hill towards Glynneath was my preferred location!

Is it in the hands of the Police?

Welsh wrestling legend Adrian Street has died aged 82. What a life he led! He wrestled all over the world......till he was well into his 60's in fact. He was a seriously tough guy......not somebody you'd fuck about with despite his flamboyant image! There's many stories about him, but my favourite was when they booked him to do a match with Jimmy Savile in 1971! And he was supposed to go very easy on Savile and let him win. He wasn't happy with that......so he just went in and beat the shit out of Savile! Fucking legend!

So a static would be better then? I'll have to check some of them out!

Which will really do my Hernia a lot of good!

My knees are the problem! I've got stretched MCL's in both of them so any walking other than a short distance gives me grief!

I don't think I've got a choice if I want to get my cholesterol down! What size or type of bike would I need? I don't want anything like those racing bikes where you're hunched forward!

Standing and walking is what sets it off......particularly standing. Not sure about cycling setting the hernia off though.....haven't ridden a bicycle since I was a Kid. And those were other peoples' bicycles as well......I've never actually had one. When I was a kid my old girl wouldn't pay out any money for me to get one, and once I started working I was old enough to get a motorcycle. So I know nothing about bicycles!

My ass mainly I'd have thought......those seats look brutal! And I can't do anything till I get the Hernia repaired!

Just got back from the Docs after getting the results of all the tests they did.....ECG, blood, and urine. I've never had anything like that done before so I had no idea what to expect. Especially with me having had Covid (plus four jabs) and whether all those may have caused other issues. And the result was that apart from having marginally high cholesterol I'm in perfect shape. Which was a shock for me considering I'm nearly 70. I don't need to take any medication for the cholesterol because it's nowhere near those levels, but I have been told to go out walking! But as I told her, that's not possible until I get my Hernia done. And even then it's going to give my knees grief if it's any sort of distance. So the other option is a bicycle apparently.

So what does everybody think? Is it pointless having a bike that isn't great at anything?

Now that's an interesting topic for a thread in Motorcycle Chat! Moving it over!

Better than the Triumph?

@alfalfa got my vote!

I was out at 9 and back by 10.30. Temps were over 30 by that time.....so it was a good call to get an early start! First, here's a couple of little clips of me wobbling about on my Gay Moped! Though I'm not sure how a 100bhp+ bike would be of any use in an environment like this......but what do I know? I stopped wobbling long enough to take a couple of pics! Not sure how they're totally ruined by the presence of a top box......but what do I know? The reality is that given the environment, and the type of riding that I do, this bike is a perfect fit. It's not great at doing anything........but it's great at doing a bit of everything!

I think he's missing his "friends" at the rally Rich.......

Cos it's better than yours?

I'm in........

Looks like I've got to get out early and come up with a photo tomorrow morning.......or it'll be the first time I've never had an entry in BOTM.

Berlin!

Your bike is 266kg?