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    What Winds You Up?

    twats in range rovers, porsches, bmws, mercs etc who think they can bully me because I drive a ancient unmodified and just looked after 1.0 corsa. because obviously theyre so much better than me. the staff in morrisons who see the machine needs their pass thing for me to carry on yet still...
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    Funniest internet forum threads.

    the veet for men on amazon just cant be beat. ever.
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    a few stupid questions

    I err, got drunk and bored and errr, this kind of happened. cant even remember doing it but I started it and suppose I should finish it when I get drunk again possibly? :facepalm:
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    Today I was mostly riding.....

    down the canal on a wet day.
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    Today I was mostly riding.....

    could of been taken with a better bike... yes. but seeing as I usually just use the shitter to get to and from work on this is what I took this morning.. 5:50am, sat there undisturbed for about 25 mins then carried on - on my commute. worth getting up so early to take my time getting there...
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    a few stupid questions

    Just been out on a short 5 mile ride before I change the bars. Have to say im not very impressed with the tyres but for the price £11.3? per tyre? I suppose for now they'll do and when replaced can be used as a spare set. ill stay away from schwalbe city jet tyres from now on. other than that...
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    a few stupid questions

    one of the major things for me is getting the right fit, im 6 ft 7 so i need to have a frame that fits nicely and be able to adjust it to how i want it. every other bike ive tried, ive never managed to get the fit right apart from on this and the short period where i had my RSP built up. im not...
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    a few stupid questions

    this is already kind of turning into a project - I was messing around with the brakes trying to set them up so I didn't have to replace with v-brakes, the rears work OK now. the fronts just weren't playing ball, so off upto the top of the garden I went, found a bike with v-brakes. took the...
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    red laser lightd. UK legal?

    if its onto the road and not into peoples eyes, like drivers, I cant really see a issue. I don't think lasers themselves are illegal, just the way people use them - if in a dangerous manner then illegal, but cant see two lasers projecting two parallel lines onto the road being illegal.
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    a few stupid questions

    thanks for the offer, ive got some on a scrap bike at the top of the garden im sure, ill put them on tomorrow and see if I like them, if not ill just put the bullhorns on.
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    a few stupid questions

    this is the latest picture I have of it, just before I redid the cables and properly got the wheels on today (they were loose in this pic). im going to be using the bike pretty much everyday, for commuting, taking my little sister around the park, fun rides on the weekends but nothing like...
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    a few stupid questions

    I have a couple of stupid questions for you guys. Im currently working on my hawk trakatak - yes i know, i should get a better bike bla bla bla (im still building my RSP) but im emotionally attached to the bike, i dont know what it is, i just love the thing. so far i have got new tyres and...
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    West Midlands riders say hello

    if anyones up for a bit of a slow ride around some of the local canals one of the weekends just inbox me - im only working Monday-Wednesday so im free the rest of the week usually. can only ride slow right now + need to keep the riding fairly light as only just getting back on after a health...
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    Today I was mostly riding.....

    another from the commute - borrowed bike, some really quiet country lane riding this time.
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    Today I was mostly riding.....

    The view I had of Walsall arboreteums lake this morning, I think that's absolutely beautiful. worth being up at 5am and out at 5:45 every morning to see on the way to work.
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    Raleigh ???? commuter machine - tidy up and ride.

    bit of an update but sadly no pictures - phone has broken. I decided not to sell the bike after spending £65 in fuel last week in the bike commuting to my part time job and getting to the motorcycle maintenance course I have just started. so ive decided to start cycle commuting on the Raleigh...
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    Raleigh ???? commuter machine - tidy up and ride.

    im taking the paint off and then possibly selling it. ive just got something else of the 2 wheeled type for commuting so the bike will be retired earlier than I thought lol
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    Raleigh ???? commuter machine - tidy up and ride.

    ive just been doing the commute on it the past few days. not done anything to it just ridden it.
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    MOTOR CHAT

    sorted the issue with the cav overheating. she now runs and drives spot on. old betsy will chug along for a good few years yet. also gone and ordered my new bike - first ever new bike - Honda cbr250 :D
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