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Summer will be here. Grab it with both hands, ring it dry and know you have made the most of the time you have.
If you want to travel north there’s a bed and a Gibson waiting for you to break your ride.
Anytime.
Summer will be here. Grab it with both hands, ring it dry and know you have made the most of the time you have.
If you want to travel north there’s a bed and a Gibson waiting for you to break your ride.
Anytime.
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Thank you all for your helpful words.
I must say THM I am keen to have a play on that Gibson of yours. I can't find it now, but I assume that it is either a Les Paul Junior Double Cutaway, or hopefully a Melody Maker? I always thought that the M.M. sounded great and looked cool being played by the relatively few players that chose to use one.
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Thank you all for your helpful words.
I must say THM I am keen to have a play on that Gibson of yours. I can't find it now, but I assume that it is either a Les Paul Junior Double Cutaway, or hopefully a Melody Maker? I always thought that the M.M. sounded great and looked cool being played by the relatively few players that chose to use one.
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Rightyho, since cycle number 9, my recovery to something near tolerable has taken over a week, but at last I managed to get out and do something today - hurrah.
I took a trip out to Pangbourne on the Thames, which is super posh. It’s famous for its College and was where Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, retired to. He died there in 1932. E. H. Shepherd's famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape.
There was an air of relaxed relief from the few people that were on the Thameside Meadow. I chatted to a couple who turned up on a Harley Davidson armchair – crikey they are so common now. I can remember a time when it was a real boon to see one.
I have used my expertise of setting up SIDs to set up my Kawasaki’s Showa Forks. They have a similar arrangement with Spring rate (Pre-load) in one leg, and Compression & Rebound Damping adjustment in the other leg. It took three attempts, but I have got them so sweet now, that the bike seems glued to the road.
Yeah yeah, another pair of Urban Camo trousers - I think they may be ladies, as they are Lilac, which I can sort of get away with :facepalm: .
Pangbourne 300520_4 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
Pangbourne 300520_3 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
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Rightyho, since cycle number 9, my recovery to something near tolerable has taken over a week, but at last I managed to get out and do something today - hurrah.
I took a trip out to Pangbourne on the Thames, which is super posh. It’s famous for its College and was where Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows, retired to. He died there in 1932. E. H. Shepherd's famous illustrations of his book are said to have been inspired by the Thameside landscape.
There was an air of relaxed relief from the few people that were on the Thameside Meadow. I chatted to a couple who turned up on a Harley Davidson armchair – crikey they are so common now. I can remember a time when it was a real boon to see one.
I have used my expertise of setting up SIDs to set up my Kawasaki’s Showa Forks. They have a similar arrangement with Spring rate (Pre-load) in one leg, and Compression & Rebound Damping adjustment in the other leg. It took three attempts, but I have got them so sweet now, that the bike seems glued to the road.
Yeah yeah, another pair of Urban Camo trousers - I think they may be ladies, as they are Lilac, which I can sort of get away with :facepalm: .
Pangbourne 300520_4 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
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So you’ve painted the bike camo too?
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That did make me chuckle, as it reminded me of when I was on the “Scene” in that there London.mk one":3rp6s5ud said:Im hoping you actually went on your bike, and didnt just catch a bus there like that :shock:
I used to live near the Coleherne in Earls Court, which was a notorious Gay Leather Bar. It’s even in the Stranglers song “Hanging Around”. Not quite like the Blue Oyster Bar in Police Academy, but guys dressed the same – sort of like the Leather guy in The Village People. Anyway, some guys were the real deal and would ride there on their motorbike, but I was astonished when I saw some Leather guy getting out of a Taxi wearing a Motorcycle Jacket, Chaps and carrying a crash helmet – bless him!
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Great to see you out and about Pip
Loving the new trousers!
And new boots too!....what are these ones?... look like desert issue!
Nice one on setting the fork up
When I was setting up the SP1 I had years back, I dropped the yolk height down the fork a few mm (iirc!) and it made the bike turn in so much nicer.
Cheers
Great to see you out and about Pip
Loving the new trousers!
And new boots too!....what are these ones?... look like desert issue!
Nice one on setting the fork up
When I was setting up the SP1 I had years back, I dropped the yolk height down the fork a few mm (iirc!) and it made the bike turn in so much nicer.
Cheers
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I did a loop today that included a bit of Motorway, and then a stop off for Lunch in Hungerford.
Thankfully, the town is more famous for its abundance of Antique shops, rather than the Hungerford massacre carried out by Michael Ryan. I just had a look on Wiki, and I had forgotten that he killed 16, and shot 15 more who survived. I used to work with a guy who went to school with him, and rather oddly he popped home to Hungerford that day in his lunchtime to pick something up. When he got back, he said that a shit load of Police cars were speeding along the A4 in the other direction as he was coming back to work - It was just unfolding..... blimey.
Hungerford 010620_2 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
Hungerford 010620 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
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Mmm, I'll leave the fork setting as it is for now, although I am very aware how much a Mountain bike's handling can be "livened up " by lowering the Crown - Axle. The Desert Boots are just an experiment in this very warm weather, and are only some generic make from e-Bay.wadsy":3itojhgl said:Great to see you out and about Pip
Loving the new trousers!
And new boots too!....what are these ones?... look like desert issue!
Nice one on setting the fork up
When I was setting up the SP1 I had years back, I dropped the yolk height down the fork a few mm (iirc!) and it made the bike turn in so much nicer.
Cheers
I did a loop today that included a bit of Motorway, and then a stop off for Lunch in Hungerford.
Thankfully, the town is more famous for its abundance of Antique shops, rather than the Hungerford massacre carried out by Michael Ryan. I just had a look on Wiki, and I had forgotten that he killed 16, and shot 15 more who survived. I used to work with a guy who went to school with him, and rather oddly he popped home to Hungerford that day in his lunchtime to pick something up. When he got back, he said that a shit load of Police cars were speeding along the A4 in the other direction as he was coming back to work - It was just unfolding..... blimey.
Hungerford 010620_2 by Philip Mock, on Flickr
Hungerford 010620 by Philip Mock, on FlickrPip
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