Slowlycatchymonkey Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: The second man/woman rule is what we use trail riding as there are so many direction changes it's easy to get lost but as you said it only works well when everybody does it. We usually have a ride leader and a tail man/woman who is always at the rear both with the planned route and the second man/woman only moves on after they see the tail man/woman arrive. I also stress that everyone ride at their own pace and not try and keep up as we will always wait ahead somewhere. If someone wants to ride faster than the ride leader then they will have to put up with the speed or put a ride on themselves, it all seems to work really well. Yer well the group I’m going with are the ones who fail at the second man drop thing. So will have a tail and a lead and if I get to a straight and can’t see the tail I’ll slow down or pull over. If they all have the next stop destination in their sat nav it shouldn’t be too hard. If it is I’ll go back and get them but I don’t see that happening (famous last words) because they’re kind women but all of them underneath that are pleasingly tough. I’m sure I’ll be pleasantly surprised 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Yer well the group I’m going with are the ones who fail at the second man drop thing. So will have a tail and a lead and if I get to a straight and can’t see the tail I’ll slow down or pull over. If they all have the next stop destination in their sat nav it shouldn’t be too hard. If it is I’ll go back and get them but I don’t see that happening (famous last words) because they’re kind women but all of them underneath that are pleasingly tough. I’m sure I’ll be pleasantly surprised You could also start a whats app group for the trip and share your live location in there 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 7 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: You could also start a whats app group for the trip and share your live location in there Thanks I didn’t know that There is a WhatsApp group but it has a few people on it who aren’t coming. And at the end of the trip I delete the group and then the app from my phone cos it’s invasive. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Thanks I didn’t know that There is a WhatsApp group but it has a few people on it who aren’t coming. And at the end of the trip I delete the group and then the app from my phone cos it’s invasive. Some of us start a whats app group when there's a weekend ride coming up in the future and invite people going on the ride to the group if someone drops out they get deleted that way everyone is up to date with whats going on and after the ride the group is deleted You can turn off all notifications if it's that you find invasive if its the app itself i find it far to useful to not have it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 19, 2023 Author Share Posted April 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Some of us start a whats app group when there's a weekend ride coming up @Skippy.......sounds like we need a Whatsapp group! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Managed to get out on a cycle ride this morning. First one since my op. It wasn't as painful as I was expecting! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Tango said: Managed to get out on a cycle ride this morning. First one since my op. It wasn't as painful as I was expecting! Thats good news, hope it was sunny! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 45 minutes ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Some of us start a whats app group when there's a weekend ride coming up in the future and invite people going on the ride to the group if someone drops out they get deleted that way everyone is up to date with whats going on and after the ride the group is deleted You can turn off all notifications if it's that you find invasive if its the app itself i find it far to useful to not have it I should have deleted them when they couldn’t come but I didn’t and two of them aren’t coming cos they are having a hard time and are enjoying the chat so I don’t feel like I can boot them off now. I’ll definitely bear it in mind next time. WTF am I saying what next time 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Finally managed to stop the water leak in our front garden. It was leaking from the garden watering system. Switching off the mains water supply didn't seem to have any effect. We found out that it was also supplied from well water pumped from one of our neighbours garden, but we didn't know where it was coming into our garden. I eventually tracked it down to a pipe which appeared from the neighbours garden, under a fence and buried in a hedge on the opposite side of our garden from where the leak was. It was coming through in a 1" black plastic pipe and then splitting off to go to the watering system and a standpipe. I couldn't see any way of isolating it, so I bought an inline plastic tap assy and a pair of plastic pipe shears and cut the pipe close to where it comes into the garden. Wasn't easy, as the water was still being pumped, but I managed to cut the pipe and fit the tap without getting too drowned! Hopefully this will keep our neighbour on the other side quiet now, as she tackled me about the leak every time she saw me, even though the leak was on my garden not hers! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Thats good news, hope it was sunny! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tango said: Sunny here too and I really can’t be arsed.. mañana 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tango said: Finally managed to stop the water leak in our front garden. It was leaking from the garden watering system. Switching off the mains water supply didn't seem to have any effect. We found out that it was also supplied from well water pumped from one of our neighbours garden, but we didn't know where it was coming into our garden. I eventually tracked it down to a pipe which appeared from the neighbours garden, under a fence and buried in a hedge on the opposite side of our garden from where the leak was. It was coming through in a 1" black plastic pipe and then splitting off to go to the watering system and a standpipe. I couldn't see any way of isolating it, so I bought an inline plastic tap assy and a pair of plastic pipe shears and cut the pipe close to where it comes into the garden. Wasn't easy, as the water was still being pumped, but I managed to cut the pipe and fit the tap without getting too drowned! Hopefully this will keep our neighbour on the other side quiet now, as she tackled me about the leak every time she saw me, even though the leak was on my garden not hers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Buckster said: Phew, I was getting worried that you'd died or something! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 25 minutes ago, Tango said: Finally managed to stop the water leak in our front garden. It was leaking from the garden watering system. Switching off the mains water supply didn't seem to have any effect. We found out that it was also supplied from well water pumped from one of our neighbours garden, but we didn't know where it was coming into our garden. I eventually tracked it down to a pipe which appeared from the neighbours garden, under a fence and buried in a hedge on the opposite side of our garden from where the leak was. It was coming through in a 1" black plastic pipe and then splitting off to go to the watering system and a standpipe. I couldn't see any way of isolating it, so I bought an inline plastic tap assy and a pair of plastic pipe shears and cut the pipe close to where it comes into the garden. Wasn't easy, as the water was still being pumped, but I managed to cut the pipe and fit the tap without getting too drowned! Hopefully this will keep our neighbour on the other side quiet now, as she tackled me about the leak every time she saw me, even though the leak was on my garden not hers! We have a leak somewhere cos we’re losing water pressure but ripping up the house to find it seems a bit much! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: We have a leak somewhere cos we’re losing water pressure but ripping up the house to find it seems a bit much! We're on a water meter, so I was keen to investigate the leak, but it turns out that it wasn't the mains water. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yen_powell Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 One of my work minions (the not too bright one) has gone and got himself a full bike licence and bought a Suzuki Gladius. He was in at the same time as me today. I was parked behind Whitechapel station inside one of our site work fences, he had wedged his bike in with the hospital car park motorbikes. We walked out together, then separated. I spent ages extracting my bike, with a helpful Bulgarian in a hard hat opening the fence for me and helping me pull my bike backwards over a small gravel pile that wasn't there when I went in. I then rode down a small side road over the top of the railway line, fought my way through the never ending peds using the market and turned left out into standing traffic on Whitechapel Road, I ended up pulling around the queue and going down the outside to the signalled pedestrian crossing at the station. There I saw said Minion, easily recognisable with his hard shelled back pack, at 45 degrees across the road and with the surrounding vehicles pulling away to leave him in the middle and him frantically pushing at his starter button. I pulled up behind him, still trying to start it. He finally realised who was behind him, turned and shouted, "I just dropped my bike for the first time ever". Looks like he'd over balanced pulling right out of the hospital entrance into the traffic. I suspect a bit of front brake whilst handlebars on full lock action took place. If that Bulgarian had been a bit quicker I'd have been able to watch him go over! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 22 hours ago, MooN said: to be fair, that shouldn't be happening. the better, more expeienced riders should be able to adapt their speed to the lowest common denominator and not incite them to ride beyond their abilities. ( yeah, idealistic I know) thats ok till the fast lads get fed up of watching the snails Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Busy working here! Never ends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Get in 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 I’ve been getting double glazing fitted in the flat over the last couple of days, needed planning permission because it is a listed building and windows had to be wood and a particular style, pain in the arse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 57 minutes ago, Buckster said: I’ve been getting double glazing fitted in the flat over the last couple of days, needed planning permission because it is a listed building and windows had to be wood and a particular style, pain in the arse. And expensive not doubt. Lets have a pic when finished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: And expensive not doubt. Lets have a pic when finished. Yeh.....we haven't seen his gaff at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six30 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 hours ago, boboneleg said: Get in Yeh get in .. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earache Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 13F / -11C with wind and light snow here right now. Heading to Texas on the bike in 24 hours - this is gonna be fun! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 7 minutes ago, Earache said: 13F / -11C with wind and light snow here right now. Heading to Texas on the bike in 24 hours - this is gonna be fun! How far is that Eric? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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