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The Hodge said:
Having not seen or heard any low flying jets for ages ..Two flew over the house today heading up the valley ..by the time I got to the window they were just about out of sight ..strange how we just talking about them a day ago ..
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There’s three RAF airfield’s within about a 15 mile radius of my house. There’s been some serious activity the last couple of months
 
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Thought Id do a battery tester yesterday as it's been so wet lately, just did basically a gravel ride sticking to the ridges. Managed 50+km out the back of my place, over 1000m climbing over 3 1/2 hours and still had 28% battery left. Mostly in tour mode with a bit of eco and some auto and boost towards the end when my legs were protesting to the slightest of climbs ;)
 
With mother nature being soaking wet around here, there is not much to do on a bike but commuting. At least I got accompanied by my oldest, who parked his bike in my office, before he walked over to his school. Work day can't start much better. :coffee:
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During the weekend, I found out that my neighbours had done some work in their forests. That means forestry roads passable with tractors and forestry equipment, as well as ebikes :)
I was out both Saturday and Sunday. The difference was approx 10cm of fresh powder snow.
Sunday, I tried a trip deeper into the forest, had to push the bike through (as the level of snow only got deeper and deeper). After a couple of hours, I got down to the inhabitated areas again, and ended my trip with a forward salto (on the road home) and some pain in my ribs...
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Nice dry ride today stayed away from most of the wet single track. Few trees down and knowing further on is probably still flooded I doubled back and snuck across the golf course. Bit of road washed away as the Spey was huge last week. Sun was blinding me today so that's summer past I suppose. Hit that bushes sometimes with your arms some are bigger than you think and bars twist round had a few near misses but I keep doing it , one day I will learn my lesson.

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Binhill1 said:
I would get laldy for putting that on the table. I put boot under the radiator last week next day she spotted a bit of mud.
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I did a few years running logistics stuff at The body shop. Mrs Rusty loves Body shop & I still get lots of freebies off my pals there*, therefore I get a bit more of a free pass than your average scruffy mountain biker.

*Not sure how much longer though, might have to mend my ways.
 
RustyMTB said:
I did a few years running logistics stuff at The body shop. Mrs Rusty loves Body shop & I still get lots of freebies off my pals there*, therefore I get a bit more of a free pass than your average scruffy mountain biker.

*Not sure how much longer though, might have to mend my ways.
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Body shop no more another one bites the dust. Sadly
 
I left 20 years ago & it was in decline then. Pity really, it's a great British success story that got caught up with & went through successive owners who never got to grips with its problems.
 
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Yesterdays 3000km roll over on the speedo, and not a drama with the bike ever!
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As Binhill has said already ..it really is early days 3000km ..about 1,875miles if my conversion rate is correct .
Riding year-round conditions in Northern England.. Sun / Rain / Wind / Snow & Ice ..my first motor never flickered for well over 2000+ miles then went tits up on a very wet Yorkshire Dale's ride and was replaced slightly out of warranty ...hope you haven't cursed yours !
 
The Hodge said:
As Binhill has said already ..it really is early days 3000km ..about 1,875miles if my conversion rate is correct .
Riding year-round conditions in Northern England.. Sun / Rain / Wind / Snow & Ice ..my first motor never flickered for well over 2000+ miles then went tits up on a very wet Yorkshire Dale's ride and was replaced slightly out of warranty ...hope you haven't cursed yours !
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1864 miles according to my converter app, I’ve got almost 3000 miles without a hitch which I consider fairly early days, I hope I haven’t jinxed myself now, especially when I’m in the middle of nowhere in the Peak District 😉
 
Only got 3500km on my first E8000 motor, bought the bike 2nd hand (143km on it) so no warranty. Paid about $2000 for a new replacement E8000 from Germany, was only $1300 to the vendor but didn't factor in the $700 in taxes and inspection duty (whatever that is, read RIP-OFF), so an expensive exercise.
That motor started playing up after under a 1000km (just randomly cutting out after 5km time after time) so decided to sell it and get a Bosch powered bike as, at the time, they were considered the best of a bad bunch.
Still are from what I can see on here, yeah and I hope I haven't cursed myself.:rolleyes:
 
I usually do all my bike maintenance at work as I have access to a large space, in a workshop, but there are times when I am at home (1000 sq ft apartment) and I need to do a little work on my bike (bleed brakes, adjust gears etc.). I assembled a little potable stand to meet my needs.

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