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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: here we go again.
« Last post by Andyb1 on January 02, 2026, 07:31:43 PM »Springtime will almost be her in March so after a bad winter you will have summer to look forward to.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: here we go again.
« Last post by Matt2matt2002 on January 02, 2026, 07:25:03 PM »And best wished to all my pals here.
Good news for me ( very ) and not so good news.
Good news: my surgeon called a few days before Xmas and gave us the good news that the cancer hadn't spread. Biopsy was clear.
All tests & results looked good.
Not so good news: my oncologist has recommended a second round of chemo starting in 2+ weeks.
It will be the same as before: 4 doses every 2 weeks.
So I'm looking at March before I can get this monkey off my back.
Cheers from Aberdeen
Matt
And sincere thanks to all those who have contacted me. You'll never know how much your words and thoughts have meant to me.
Good news for me ( very ) and not so good news.
Good news: my surgeon called a few days before Xmas and gave us the good news that the cancer hadn't spread. Biopsy was clear.
All tests & results looked good.
Not so good news: my oncologist has recommended a second round of chemo starting in 2+ weeks.
It will be the same as before: 4 doses every 2 weeks.
So I'm looking at March before I can get this monkey off my back.
Cheers from Aberdeen
Matt
And sincere thanks to all those who have contacted me. You'll never know how much your words and thoughts have meant to me.
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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Changing gear during heavy rain
« Last post by Tigerbiten on January 02, 2026, 04:07:39 PM »I use the pimple gloves that are made for horse riders if it's cold and wet
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I've also found I can slide a soft handle bar grip down over the twister. Once on I cut it to the correct length. The added diameter and rougher surface help to give me a better grip. Once it gets worn very smooth so my grip suffers, I can cut it off and replace it.
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I've also found I can slide a soft handle bar grip down over the twister. Once on I cut it to the correct length. The added diameter and rougher surface help to give me a better grip. Once it gets worn very smooth so my grip suffers, I can cut it off and replace it.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: here we go again.
« Last post by Danneaux on January 02, 2026, 03:42:02 AM »To Each and All,
Best wishes for the Happiest of New Years in 2026.
May it be a time of good health, good fortune, and dreams come true!
Best,
Dan.
Best wishes for the Happiest of New Years in 2026.
May it be a time of good health, good fortune, and dreams come true!
Best,
Dan.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: here we go again.
« Last post by Andre Jute on January 02, 2026, 02:12:23 AM »...and just for you, Anto, may all roads lead downhill.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / here we go again.
« Last post by Jags on January 01, 2026, 10:08:52 PM »just pop on to say happy new year to you all have a good one.
cheers
anto.
cheers
anto.
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Events / Re: Yorkshire cycle festival
« Last post by Tiberius on December 31, 2025, 08:28:15 AM »I've attended the York Cycle Rally many times. It's a great event where the focus is very much on cycle touring. I live nearer to Driffield than to York but I'm sad to see that the venue has moved (for whatever reason) I really like York and I always made a weekend of it, to include a visit to the Cycle Heaven emporium - they sell weird and wonderful bikes/cargo bikes that I never see anywhere else.
The Driffield site MIGHT provide a better location for the ride outs. The roads around the show site should be quieter than those at the York site plus the town centre is just a few minutes away.
Shame it had to move but I will still attend. Looks like there's still plenty to do and the sun usually shines. Good luck to the event and many thanks to all the people (volunteers) who organise it.
Can't wait !!
The Driffield site MIGHT provide a better location for the ride outs. The roads around the show site should be quieter than those at the York site plus the town centre is just a few minutes away.
Shame it had to move but I will still attend. Looks like there's still plenty to do and the sun usually shines. Good luck to the event and many thanks to all the people (volunteers) who organise it.
Can't wait !!
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Events / Re: Yorkshire cycle festival
« Last post by in4 on December 30, 2025, 08:52:06 PM »Rafiki of this parish although living in Europe had his er Sterling fitted with some sort of e-bike adaptation. I can’t recall the details.
I’m currently in Portugal (eastern Algarve, where the athletes do their winter training and put me to shame) and the evidence of a huge uptake in e-bike usage is much in evidence; anecdotally lots of Dutch enthusiasts.
I’m currently in Portugal (eastern Algarve, where the athletes do their winter training and put me to shame) and the evidence of a huge uptake in e-bike usage is much in evidence; anecdotally lots of Dutch enthusiasts.
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Events / Re: Yorkshire cycle festival
« Last post by energyman on December 30, 2025, 07:14:52 PM »Even Electric Thorns ?
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: I Reserve St Stephen's Day for Cycling Nostalgia
« Last post by Andre Jute on December 30, 2025, 03:42:00 AM »Nice work, John.
I remember the Gaspé, which I tried to paint from your photograph three times in different media, and failed. After I gave up, I brushed the colors in the wet oil together for an indeterminate background'; an idea always comes to me about what I can create on such a salvaged background, so the effort wasn't wasted. I don't believe an artist makes mistakes: he merely perpetrates serendipities whose purposes haven't yet declared themselves to him.
Your whipping willow reminded me sadly that in this last year the Eucalyptus outside my study window had to be cut down as it was becoming dangerous. I always used the movement of its branches in the wind to gauge whether and where it would be safe to ride -- Bandon, Gateway to West Cork, isn't just Rome on the Bandon River, a lot more than the proverbial seven hills, but the river guides in the wind all the way from the Urals, and it spills over the ridges into the adjoining valleys; even the drivers of the big flat sided trucks avoid some of the more direct lanes and take care at some crossroads, so a cyclist stands no chance. I got blown clean off my bike at the worst of these crossroads once about twenty years ago, and the truckie who peeled me off the tarmac and drove me and my bike home, which fortunately was over the surgery in those days, was amazed that I'd cycled there a lot of years and never once been blown off till then.
I remember the Gaspé, which I tried to paint from your photograph three times in different media, and failed. After I gave up, I brushed the colors in the wet oil together for an indeterminate background'; an idea always comes to me about what I can create on such a salvaged background, so the effort wasn't wasted. I don't believe an artist makes mistakes: he merely perpetrates serendipities whose purposes haven't yet declared themselves to him.
Your whipping willow reminded me sadly that in this last year the Eucalyptus outside my study window had to be cut down as it was becoming dangerous. I always used the movement of its branches in the wind to gauge whether and where it would be safe to ride -- Bandon, Gateway to West Cork, isn't just Rome on the Bandon River, a lot more than the proverbial seven hills, but the river guides in the wind all the way from the Urals, and it spills over the ridges into the adjoining valleys; even the drivers of the big flat sided trucks avoid some of the more direct lanes and take care at some crossroads, so a cyclist stands no chance. I got blown clean off my bike at the worst of these crossroads once about twenty years ago, and the truckie who peeled me off the tarmac and drove me and my bike home, which fortunately was over the surgery in those days, was amazed that I'd cycled there a lot of years and never once been blown off till then.