Thorn Cycles Forum
Community => Was it you? => Topic started by: femmcommuter on March 25, 2004, 10:47:48 pm
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Well this is a slow site, why not start a thread as to where we are all playing on computers at the moment i.e where in the www are we [?] (that is the whole wide world).
Cardiff here! [:p] Centre of the universe [;)]
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Maybe we would like to say that Thorn cyclists are so involved in cycling that we never have time to sit in front of a computer chatting to other cyclists.
Does that work?
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Or that most of the people subscribed spend so much time on the C+ forum, that they have little energy left for this one???
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Currently living on the C+ forum (at least it feels like it). Quite addictive really.
Signing off from Somerset.
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Does being a Thorn Virgin mean that you still have yours whereas the rest of us have lost our's?
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Lancaster to be serious ( I think I was bad in a past life or something that deserves to be here!)
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No, just new to Thorns. And yes, I do still have mine. It's safely locked away in the garage!!
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One of the rare breed of antipodean Thorn owners here ... Oamaru, New Zealand
http://www.oamaru.org/
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Paris - and I would rather be in Lancaster. I must have been really bad in a past life - and what makes it worse is that people constantly say how lucky I must be to live in Paris - this is from people who have only seen it in pictures or who have been there for a week or two holiday (which is actually about the right length of time)
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Broughton in Furness.
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Hi, I'm from deepest, darkest North Herefordshire.
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I like the little stars - Does thismean you have been good [;)] and how can we get some?[:D]
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quote:
Originally posted by femmcommuter
I like the little stars - Does thismean you have been good [;)] and how can we get some?[:D]
as you put up more posts, you get more stars or the colours change ... write more, become a star!! [:)]
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Flat[:p] Lincoln
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I must be one of the rare too, if hoogie's post is anything to go by. I am in Canberra (the Territory That Time Forgot).
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Only know of one Thorn owner here in Sheffield, sadly it's not me.
BTW Pedaldog, have we met? There can't be many Thorn owners in Lancaster. Was that you at Wray Castle campsite on Windermere about 3 years ago? Do you have a very nice Nomad and a taste for bacon butties?
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Hey sprocket.
That was indeed I and I at Wray campsite.
Hows it going in the land of grime that is Sheffield?
Still remember the curried stuff you did on the MSR stove and managed it without blowing anybody up!! Iff'n yez ever in Lancaster gizzabell.
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'Ow do pedaldog. There's another curry waiting for you if you make it down here to Grimeville. Glad to see you're still pedalling. Sprocket.
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Hello... I am in Santa Monica along the coast at the edge of Los Angeles California... I am buying, on lay a way (time payments, THEY keep the bike till paid) a used Thorn Nomad from a used bicycle store near me.... So I now consider myself a Thorn rider..... They are VERY rare in these parts... nobody even knows what they are. but when they look at the one in the bike store, they see its quality... I am very excited to be getting it... a gift from God...
my name is Rory. [:I][:I][:I][:I][:I][:I][:I][:I][:I]
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I am a Traitor!
I no longer have a Thorn, having just sold the last Nomad of the three I bought!
I am now concentrating on Recumbents and mainly three wheels. Hope I don't get banned from here!
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A small village near Abergavenny. I've logged into the forum today to post in the "was it you section" 'cos last night I went to get my Raven and there was another one chained up next to it! First time I've seen two together for over a year (and that was in the shop!)
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Nottingham. Although originally from West Brittany. Riding a red Thorn Raven Tour and loving it.
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Live in Bath, work in Bristol. Ride a 2003 Brevet just about every day and love it. Am considering buying another Thorn, a Catalyst; just trying to convince myself as there are some fantastic 2004 MTBs around at sale prices...
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Swindon. Just about to go and do some turbo training on my Nomad. I know it's like using a Ferrari for muck-spreading, but the racing bike has rather fragile tyres, the the track bike can't be clamped up as it doesn't have a QR, and the MTB has knobblies.
I'm doing the Dunwich Dynamo on it this year though.
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Hi
Im from Hayes In Middx.
I have two Sherpas well I have one with another on order.
Great Bike very shore footed as I am a tall Guy and the wheels are holding out well (700 have been a problem with me) I am percale sighted so the wheels have to be strong as I do hit most holes in the road !!!!!
The one I use at the moment is for Audax and Sunday club riding (CTC WEST MIDS)
It’s done around a 1000 miles now with no problems.
I have completed 4 Audax this year The best one so fare being the 10 Thames bridges Very nice run I recommend it.
I’m planing to do the London to Brighton and London to Southland this year to
The one I have on order is going to be my long distance truer
I’m thinking of a trip to India on it may be next year. And I am hoping to do the end to end on it next year as well.
It’s a bike that I have refined to what I will need on my long trips
Like longer cranks, Lights and good front and back quality racks.
I also have a Thorn Tandem. Again No problems with it only I cant find any one that wishes to come out on it so I’m considering selling it soon.
Be Good
Graham
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Erie (no, not eerie) Pennsylvania USA
Had to have a Rohloff to handle the daily commute (rain, slush, snow, ice, thunder, lightning, wind, crazy drivers, whatever). I asked my bike shop to build something for me. When I showed him the Raven Tour on the web he said, 'No way can I build something like that. Buy it!' So I did. What a great bike. All the guys at the bike shop had to take it for a spin. I don't expect to see another Thorn, let alone a Raven, in these parts.
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Me,my family and my Brevet live in Swansea S.Wales.
[:)][:)][:)][:)]
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Just became the proud owner of a NOMAD. I'm in Derbyshire, and it makes easy work of the hills, as well as being a comfortable ride. Took a while to get used to after my old Dawes, but now feels part of me.
kakapo
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Well, I'm sat upstairs in my house in Wetheral, near Carlisle in North Cumbria (not Scotland), waiting for the rain to stop.
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Hi i am in Santiago Chile at the moment on the pan american but when ( and if I am in England) me and my Catalyst stay in Preston, Lancashire and ride with Ribble Valley CRC.
George
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I have recently finished building up my Thorn Raven (sport). Mainly used for my commute to work. - Over the top of Cefn Bryn, past King Arthur’s Stone and down along the Loughor estuary marsh road - a beautiful ride on Gower (South Wales) that I get to ride twice a day.
Stuart
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Hello all!
I am in Thornbury ,South Gloucestershire. UK.Formerly in Bournemouth, Dorset.
I have two Thorn bikes. A Nomad and an Audax 853.
Pictures here:- www.pbase.com/john28july
Sometimes see a couple of Thorn Nomads locally and a Club Tour.
John.
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I'm in Ullapool, Wester Ross; haven't been cycling for 9 years, after my old Jack Taylor finally wore out the bottom bracket threads. Then last November, started to regret that the Mrs's "Les Bryant" (tourer using a road race frame, 1975, Norwich) wasn't being used, and found Thorn's on the internet - got a Club Tour, most like the bikes I was used to (but now strongly tempted by Raven Sports Tour, can't really justify 2 bikes!). Commuting about 1 hilly mile 4 times a day, looking forward to trips in spring, but we've just had a week of snow here. Great scenery here, but no country lanes - only main roads.
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Another Scottish raven (sport) tour here in Fife, between Dalgety Bay and Burntisland, if you like mapping i'm right on the coastal path at sea level in Aberdour, so the only way is up! Still finding my ideal position on my 2 week old bike but very impressed, even more so with a shot on my pals new derailler equipped hybrid last weekend.
David
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I'm up the road in Inverurie (Aberdeenshire). Trying to finish a literature review for my final year in Physiotherapy. Keep getting distracted by this and C+ forum and my new Thorn Raven Enduro which keeps begging me to ride it. Just back from a ride, frustratingly can't go offroad yet because of all the snow here. Looking forward to summer trails, oh and a job if anyone knows of any basic-grade Physiotherapy posts going...
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I've ridden my various bikes around various bits of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, & Hertfordshire and have never seen another Thorn!!! Anybody near me?
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Currently in Santa Marta, Columbia living hobo fabulous. Thorn Raven tour now with over 10,000k. You can check out my half-assed blog of this trip at www.hobofabby.blogspot.com . Viva Rohloff! My passport says USA on it...
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Cheeky, my "long" training rides are one-way Swindon --> Bedford before lunch (86 miles depending on roadworks), and I've used the Thorn for at least one of them. The last bit of the route is Stony Stratford-Wolverton-Haversham-Little Linford-Tyringham-Filgrave-Newton Blossomville-Turvey-Carlton-Felmersham. Because of the mudguards, it's a pain to get the Thorn into a car for the return trip, so I usually take the racing bike. My record average speed of 18mph for the ride was on the Thorn, although that had more to do with a light tailwind than the bike!
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Originally posted by john28july
Hello all!
I am in Thornbury ,South Gloucestershire. UK.Formerly in Bournemouth, Dorset.
I have two Thorn bikes. A Nomad and an Audax 853.
Pictures here:- www.pbase.com/john28july
Sometimes see a couple of Thorn Nomads locally and a Club Tour.
John.
I have seen a Classic Thorn Audax and a Thorn tourer in Green locally twice in a week! The riders appeared to be a 'middle aged (?) partnership in matching Blue coats.
Also saw a Thorn Nomad which was not a local bike (I spoke to its owner).
John.
www.pbase.com/john28july
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I've been living in sunny Waestern Australia for over 20 years and moved to York (96km east of Perth) for the last seven years.My Thorn Raven Sport Tour has got 1.500km on the clock and it is the best bike I ever owned. I don't think there are too many Thorn bikes in this part of the world. Tomorrow (Good Friday) we start crushing the first olives of the season but guess what I'll be doing first... a nice early 25km ride on deserted country roads before starting up the noisy olive press.
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After almost 16 years, I'll returning from London to the Boston area... any other Thornies there?
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hi, well I'm in New Radnor, Radnorshire, glorious radnorshire, and we have a thorn adventure - even been up a few alps and to Ireland with it.
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Andover, Hampshire, England.
Thorn Raven Tour
1 Year, 1 oil change and 4000km. Superb, reliable, comfortable machine. No complaints.
I use it for short rides,commuting, 100K/200k/300K Audax and will soon use it fully loaded on short camping trip.
If you only want 1 bike get one like this.
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This is the most ridiculous thread I've ever seen.
I'm 100 miles north of the big city. That would be New York City, of course. With my Raven Tour. Usually on MS Developer's site.
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Currently home in the north of Scotland; this time next year on my blue TRT somewhere in N.Queensland about halfway around Oz hoping to avoid the last cyclone of the season....
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London (Stoke Newington) via too many places to mention, originally from France. Black RST as of just 1 year ago, 3,000 miles on the clock.
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Bristol myself. You may see me cycling through town with my girllfriend perched on the Thorn rack on a cushion as I give her a lift in to work (about 3.5 miles each way).
How strong is a Speedhub and a Mavic wheel?
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In the middle of the North Sea, far too far away from my bike on a beautiful day like this!
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Well the Thorn rack suggests a weight limit of 55kg, lighter than a supermodel. I also give mates a lift on it sometimes, coming back from the pub or something
Just wondering how much punishment a Mavic 725 can take?
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Banff, Moray Firth.
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Horton Heath near Southampton. Proud owner of a blue cyclosportif called Sugar Blue http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z304/WindyRob/P6200173.jpg maybe i should have posted a front on view so you'd recognise me as you went past and looked over your shoulder....[:I]
Windy
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im in girvan sw scotland
purchased a thorn nomad with s&s a couple of months ago
been busy fort william to inverness cowals of bute
all training miles for india in sept
http://picasaweb.google.com/steve.rooney/TheGreatGlenWay
http://picasaweb.google.com/steve.rooney/Tighnabruich
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The Wirral. Thorn Nomad.
John
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Geraldton, Western Australia.
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Sydney, Australia (and the bike and I have just completed a ride from Brisbane to Sydney, over 13days and 1100km). I adjusted the bottom bracket once as the chain stretched a bit, didn't have one puncture (using Schwalbe Marathon Racer tyres) and only had a couple of near death experiences. The bike performed flawlessly.
cheers,
Simon
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Tintern, South Wales.
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quote:
Originally posted by rhebarker
Tintern, South Wales.
Ah! I on occasion ride over to Tintern, by the old Rail carriage, for a cup of tea.If you peruse some of my Days of Life pictures you will find some suitable pictures too.
I live in Thornbury.
John.
www.pbase.com/john28july
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I'm in Livingston outside Edinburgh Ride a Thorn Sherpa and a Titanium Airborne Lucky Strike mountain bike ( which will have to sell after reading in the Thorn website that titanium frames break LOL).
Bob
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im in ireland north east coast,still building my sherpa ,cant wait to try it out
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Port Talbot (South Wales). I've got a red Audax Mk.3 and a mothballed Cyclosportif that might get a respray in the Spring.
Anyway, whose Thorn was outside Verdi's at Mumbles, Swansea on Sunday?
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Edinburgh, mostly going to and from the airport to the city centre
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Normally in Preston Lancashire UK
presently touring OZ and am in Holbart Tasmania at this precise moment.
and use bikeradar as main forum
george
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I live in Brisbane (Oz) and have a Thorn Club Tour purchased in 2005 to ride C2C and LEJOG.
Since exporting it here I now ride it on the occasional Audax it and commute 70KM on it 3 days per week
I have to say I haven't seen another Thorn over here as yet, but mine attracts plenty of favourable comments.
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Hi Peter. I know it's a big city but keep an eye out for Phil and Louise Jones, two keen cycling ex-pats from Port Talbot who emigrated to Brisbane this year. If you do see Louise then don't try to half-wheel her because she's a former Commonwealth gold medal winner!
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London based.
Kennington at the moment but intend to be heading eastwards at some point this year (and not stopping when I get to the coast!)
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Haverigg, Cumbria.
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West London. Have a black Raven Tour with Schmidt hub & Edelux, for 4 years, racks front & rear with Brooks saddle. Wife also has a black Raven with similar set up just a smaller size for about 2 years - both love them.
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Gosport, but moving to Plymouth in a couple of months.
Riding an (Incognito) Audax Classic, dark blue, recent respray and no new stickers yet. :(
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I bought a Thorn Nomad Mk 2 frame from SJS Cycles, and most of the components to build it up just the way I wanted it.
Just two weeks ago I saw two travelling Brits touring with Thorn Nomad Mk 1's matt green coloured, heading down to Wilson's Promontory, before travelling to Tasmania. Thorns in Australia are scarce as poultry molars. Anyone from here?
I hope they did not get caught by the recent floods at Wilson's Prom and have to be evacuated :-\
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unfortuneatly stuck in Essex :(
My daughters expecting her first child, my first grandchild and I am "obliged to stay in the country till lil bub is born. However my daughter understands my wonderlust and is accepting that within weeks of the birth, I'm off again :D
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Based in Eugene, Oregon USA, but _from_ wherever my Sherpa has just taken me! ;D
Best,
Dan.
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Aberdour, Fife, directly north of Edinburgh across the Firth of Forth, where I have been www.davesbikeshed.co.uk since last February, RST for a while now, various projects that pass my way and a 1979 Peugeot road bike, Brompton and hardtail mtb of no real note.
Dave
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Typing in Aberdeen, 60 some miles north of Dave in Fife and my wife and I have RSTs. On the www I spend time planning our September starting tour to the Algarve in Portugal over at www.spoke2spoke.com (http://www.spoke2spoke.com)
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Just south of Lincoln (the UK one !)
Still not sure why I needed all the 14 gears on my RST.
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Woodstock, Ulster County, New York State, USA.
I would be happy with an extra gear or two at the top and bottom of the range - the mountains here are a lot stronger than my legs!
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Just south of Lincoln (the UK one !)
Still not sure why I needed all the 14 gears on my RST.
Ha, apart from the climb to get up to Lincoln Cathedral (which I've done), I'd be unsure also!
If I'm not repeating myself, Stoke Newington, London.
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Almost at the top of the Nile Gorge, Ethiopia, with my trusty Nomad MkII. 1200m and half an hour down, 1400m and 7 hours up the other side! I'm sure plenty of people have got up there much more quickly but I found it bloody hard work.
I'm actually in Addis Ababa now but the Nile Gorge has been by far the biggest challenge in my relatively limited cycle touring experience. Thanks to all on the forum for helping me find such a great touring bike.
(http://www.daretoride.co.uk/forum-img/Nomad-MkII-Nile-Gorge.JPG)
(http://www.daretoride.co.uk/forum-img/Nile-Gorge-Sunset.JPG)
Jonny
http://www.daretoride.co.uk
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What wonderful photos and trip, Jonny! Deep in reading your website now...thanks!
All the best for a safe trip. You've got the "Adventure" end of things covered! Thanks for sharing...!
Dan.
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Sitting here, recovering from surgery and waiting for my Nomad-ick ... no wait that doesn't sound right :o life to begin. Ordered but waiting, is there any marvelous feeling that feels terrible, as bad, since being age six on December 23rd?
Didn't think so! ;D
So, I'm laid up in Selma, North Carolina, USA. Sitting here looking at my backyard where the tent is layed out (the neighbors must think me dangerously weird), where I like to camp and test out tents and sleeping bags etc, while I wait, and wait.
And so I'm very serious when I say that some of these threads, such as Dan's (http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=2273.msg16261#msg16261) are like water in the desert. Planning, planning, thinking, thinking, itching, itching to start pedaling.
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Some shots from previous excursions, here in NC. I've been in North Carolina too long but I do have to admit that it is wonderfully diverse and very beautiful.
The mountains:
(http://www.invl.com/-Various/images/090109-113600.jpg)
(http://www.invl.com/-Various/images/090109-113607.jpg)
(http://www.invl.com/trip/images/071112-160957a.jpg)
The Ocean:
(http://www.invl.com/-VariousPeople/images/070114-144009.jpg)
(http://www.invl.com/-VariousPeople/images/090109-113858.jpg)
Hey .... that is MY idea of scenic ... at the coast! :) ( my daughter and former wife)
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(the neighbors must think me dangerously weird)
No worries, Pavel; they'll come 'round! ;)
Their curtains have stopped wiggling here'bouts some time ago, though they do openly stare now and then at the guy riding by with a video cam mounted to a painter's pad at the end of a broomstick, the one who did stability tests of homemade trailers at night and found they produced colorful sparks when they noisily turned turtle >:( and who keeps doing Tours de Street with full touring kit as he adjusts the load on his Sherpa, who zooms up and down the street at night to aim his headlight. ??? Probably the same one who laid out in 14F/-10C weather on the concrete back patio in frozen rain to test pads and bags to see if they came near their temp ratings (most did not!; the one that did, stayed) and figure what it would take to get them there.
Wait a minute...that sounds like...me, 'cos it is! :o They probably figure, "Hmm. Eccentric but harmless". When I finally snap, they'll recall to reporters how I was always such a Quiet Boy growing up in the neighborhood. Never a lick of trouble and then... <shrug> "Something just let loose". ;D Must've been those infernal bicycles that did it.
My backyard looks very like yours, except for the Safety Orange construction fencing around the Tent Testing Facility to keep the neighbor kitties from decorating them. :-X
You're not alone. Welcome to the asylum. You've been assigned to the Waiting For Thorn Unit. ;D We've all been there. It may not be Santa, but he'll soon arrive in the guise of a UPS delivery worker driving a Big Brown truck.
So sorry to hear you're laid-up at present, but hoping you'll feel better soonest. Thorn Arrivals are known to produce amazing recoveries...
All the best,
Dan.
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
Known for it's climate as what you have here isn't always weather ;)
Some lovely routes here along the coast :)
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Despite the username I'm in Bristol, UK, sometime to be found working in Bike Workshop on Colston Street: pop in and say hi if you're local!
Ryan
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Hi - I'm new to the forum, although I've been 'lurking' for a few weeks now, getting the feel of things. I'm a UK ex-pat retired 6 years ago to the island of Kefallonia, Greece with my wife, my dog, 12 cats and a tortoise! (all except my wife acquired since we got to Greece!) I orignally hail from near Newport in South Wales where I spent most of my working life as a police officer.
The reason I have joined this forum is because I hope to expand my passion for mountain biking to include touring. I have it in my mind to get hold of a Thorn (having done a fair bit of research on all the options) and ride from my daughter's home in Wales, back here to Kefallonia in May/June next year via (still subject to revision of course) France, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania and mainland Greece.
I'm finding it all very interesting, and this forum and all of you are helping me along with my plans/dreams - thanks!
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Day before yesterday, I rode the Cades Cove Loop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/cadescove.htm
It was the Wednesday car-free morning, and I was mostly alone through this beautiful ride. Coming around a corner on a downhill, one of the local black bears was wandering along the road in front of me. I applied my front brake, SQUEEEEEE! And the bear got off the road, walking along side of me, eyeing me suspiciously. Whew!
I'll now consider that squeal a "safety feature".
Holly
(home now)
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Hi Holly!
What a wonderful ride, and in such a beautiful place! I'm glad you were able to get the time "away" for some special riding, and there's nothing more special than seeing a "BEAR!".
Good thing you had the "squeaky brake" feature, ready to use when you needed it! As we might say in the software world, "That's not a bug; it's an undocumented feature!" -- pretty handy one, at that!
Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Best,
Dan.
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Based in harrogate, North Yorkshire.
My wife and I ride ride with our local Group on most Sundays.
http://www.wheel-easy.org.uk/
Anyone who is in the area will be very welcome to join the rides, every Sunday at 9.30 am.
There are short (up to 20m) medium (up to 35/40m) medium plus (up to 50/55m) and long (over 55m) rides every week.
So something for everyone.
You can just turn up as there will always be some one there often over 50 riders but we all split up into small groups or get in touch first and i will look out for you.
This Sunday we having an away day to Swaledale. Cars to Richmond then about 40 miles cycling.
Steve
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Still here in northeast coast of ireland dying with a bloody fly and its lashing rain what a wonderful day,
still good to be alive. ;D
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I'm residing in and riding around North Bedfordshire.
Not a spectacular place to be but not as flat as may be expected. Actually, I love cycling around the country lanes here!
Gary.
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Taunton, just 30 minutes away from Thorn... which is almost too close ;)
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Taunton, just 30 minutes away from Thorn... which is almost too close ;)
Give your wallet to a strong person to hold.
Andre Jute
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Relocated from the Penines to Ankara; not the most scenic part of Turkey, and suprisingly hilly
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Maybe my closest neighbour on th forum. Just north of you in Bulgaria
Andy
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Can someone rig up a world map so we can all stick location pins in?
Bit beyound my own computer skills :'(
South West Scotlandshire here. Completely flat ;)
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you know that google street map thing i'm on there in my front garden .
fame at last. ;D ;D
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you know that google street map thing i'm on there in my front garden .
fame at last. ;D ;D
Hello!
We all want to take a look-so POSTCODE asap!
John.................. ;D
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i'm on there in my front garden...
...And if you keep poking at that thing with a broom, it'll bite, jags. I can see you've got your Crocs on for a quick getaway. :D
All the best,
Dan. (...who can seeeeeeee youuuuuu, and is sworn to secrecy ;D)
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hah stick it up there DAn i've no idea how to do it. ;D
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At your request, cropped to preserve your residential privacy....
All the best,
Dan. (...who now knows somebody GoogleFamous)
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Thats got to be a caption competition if ever I saw one.....
"Right thats my deraillieur buried, no-one will find it here...."
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Money Ian i was hiding it there incase the boss found it . ::)
if only i had spotted the camera i would have worn my best dress. ;D
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:D :D
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Might be the last poor soul to start answering Jags question with "well basically". ::)
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Normally near Banff, Scotland, but my Thorn Audax Mk 2 took me from Amsterdam downthe Rhine to where I am now, ie, Liebelsburg, _Neubulach near Calw in 18 cycling days. Fabulous. What a bike, what a pleasure.
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Normally near Banff, Scotland, but my Thorn Audax Mk 2 took me from Amsterdam downthe Rhine to where I am now, ie, Liebelsburg, _Neubulach near Calw in 18 cycling days. Fabulous. What a bike, what a pleasure.
I'm moving to Inverurie in July. Not far from Banff?
Would love to meet up and hear about your trip. I plan a long one next year so any touring tips would be appreciated.
I have a Raven. Just back from 4 days around Fort William. Did Ben Nevis. Not on the Raven tho' ;)
Matt
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I'm sure it's on here somewhere - I'm in Newcastle (the other one) in NSW, Oz-trail-yah. Close enough to the beach that bicycles (and my precious Toyota Troop Carrier) rust at the slightest provocation. :'(
I'm coming over to the Old Dart in August for a month, so get ready. ;D
Slammin!
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I saw a test and Vaseline works surprisingly well against corrosion, and Tectyl Superwax.
See: http://www.motorstophelder.nl/anti-corrosie/
Well it's Dutch but the pics speak book chapters as we say down there.
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Thanks J.
Much better is a great Ozzie invention made from... sheep grease (lanolin)! (What else? ;)) It's called Lanox:
http://www.inox-mx3.com/inox.htm
and it is fantastic. Not gooey, but won't come off in the rain. Provides just enough protection, and is harmless to all bike materials.
Not sure if it's available up your way, tho...
Cheers,
Sam
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Hi Sam,
Are you taking your Thorn to the UK in August?
Do you have a tour in mind?
Cheers,
pj (in Brisbane)
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OOPS!
Sorry to ask a silly question... just found the detail in your earlier posts.
It sounds like a terrific holiday.
pj
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Hi Peter,
Please see my PM. I just saw that you're in Brisbane. Please PM me for further correspondence.
Cheers!
Sam
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Reading this thread, a very high percentage of Thorns seem to make their way to Australia dontcha think?
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São Luis, Brazil, on my way down the coastline towards Rio for the world cup!
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In Abu Dhabi without my bikes
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In a shite hole called Manchester, visiting mother. God I hate cities.
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Reading this thread, a very high percentage of Thorns seem to make their way to Australia dontcha think?
Down under? Maybe the weight of a Thorn gravitates it Southward?
LOL ;D
John
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There are certainly few on the ground in the Northland, John: Jim K & I are roughly north-south in Eastern Ontario & the Catskills in NY (with a few days' riding in between!); and Dan, Ron S and David S are far to the west on the Left Coast beyond the mountains. (There must be a few others, but those are the names I recall in these threads.)
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Jim K & I are roughly north-south in Eastern Ontario & the Catskills in NY (with a few days' riding in between!); and Dan, Ron S and David S are far to the west on the Left Coast beyond the mountains.
All doing our best to keep the continent nicely Thorn-balanced east-to-west.
;D
Best,
Dan.
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Not contributed to this long-running thread before! I am in Preston, Lancashire (UK), and am currently in the process of renovating my 2003 Nomad. Next year will be a 'big' birthday for me, and I intend a big tour to celebrate. :)
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go on go on spill the beans what age are you. ;)