joe careless
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Been popping in and out of RB and have noticed less postings?
I've spent the last year 'putting my head back together' after closing the door on my bike shop and paying/ recovering from taking my x to court to get access granted to my daughter, have to admit a epicallyentally knackering experience culminating with me having to take a 12 month sabbatical consisting of a hell of a lot of cycling last summer (500mile weekly avg)
Nowadays I'm working in a friends Surfshop, brilliant to be working again with the bonus of not having to run the place, I and the dog get use my burrows cargo bike for the commute with the opportunity ride one of my retrobikes on sunny days, the clunker looks amazing parked up next to a rack of surfboards!!
The best part is my daughter gets to scream Daddie each time we get together which wiped away all the sh1t I have endured and we both benefit from seeing each other and long may this continue.
My future aims is find a better place to live in and long term work.
I still miss the mountains and forests of North Wales but for now I will keep to riding old bikes across countryside with occasional forays into wilder Wales and for now my planned ride from Tibet to Nepal is postponed, luckily I had been unable to raise the funds for the April dates, and my heart goes out to the Nepali,a people that my family have had a long connection with.
BTW HistoryMan the Phantom has morphed into a epic looking Rough Stuff bike Brooks Champion Flyer saddle, a Carradice Barley saddlebag ( 40th pressie from Mum), Nitto moustache bars complete with barend shifters, a old leather and canvas Karrimor randonneur bar bag, mudguards and I put in a good time on the 50 mile Tour of Pembs last weekend (4:29) I would've done a sub 4hr but stopped to attend a accident involving a friends son(I would've stopped anyway, once trained never leaves)
Hmm seem to have headed OT but hey who cares
Btw anyone else have a iPhone 5s and like me unimpressed with it?
I've spent the last year 'putting my head back together' after closing the door on my bike shop and paying/ recovering from taking my x to court to get access granted to my daughter, have to admit a epicallyentally knackering experience culminating with me having to take a 12 month sabbatical consisting of a hell of a lot of cycling last summer (500mile weekly avg)
Nowadays I'm working in a friends Surfshop, brilliant to be working again with the bonus of not having to run the place, I and the dog get use my burrows cargo bike for the commute with the opportunity ride one of my retrobikes on sunny days, the clunker looks amazing parked up next to a rack of surfboards!!
The best part is my daughter gets to scream Daddie each time we get together which wiped away all the sh1t I have endured and we both benefit from seeing each other and long may this continue.
My future aims is find a better place to live in and long term work.
I still miss the mountains and forests of North Wales but for now I will keep to riding old bikes across countryside with occasional forays into wilder Wales and for now my planned ride from Tibet to Nepal is postponed, luckily I had been unable to raise the funds for the April dates, and my heart goes out to the Nepali,a people that my family have had a long connection with.
BTW HistoryMan the Phantom has morphed into a epic looking Rough Stuff bike Brooks Champion Flyer saddle, a Carradice Barley saddlebag ( 40th pressie from Mum), Nitto moustache bars complete with barend shifters, a old leather and canvas Karrimor randonneur bar bag, mudguards and I put in a good time on the 50 mile Tour of Pembs last weekend (4:29) I would've done a sub 4hr but stopped to attend a accident involving a friends son(I would've stopped anyway, once trained never leaves)
Hmm seem to have headed OT but hey who cares
Btw anyone else have a iPhone 5s and like me unimpressed with it?
