Tag: bike
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Bristol Bike Theft Awareness
An open letter to my MP Luke Hall, on the subject of motorcycle theft, following the meeting of the Bristol Bike Theft Awareness panel at BAWA on Tuesday 30th January 2018. (thumbnail image from Bristol Evening Post) Luke Hall MP 26 High Street, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6AH Dear Luke This past Tuesday I, along with […]
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Hoggin’ the Bridge
Hoggin’ the Bridge is an annual charity bike ride, initially established in the year 2000 for Harley’s (hence the Hog in the Hoggin’) but now attended by up to four thousand motorcycles, trikes and even quads of various manufacture. Starting on the England side of the old Severn Bridge, it took some time for all the bikes […]
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Preparation; the key to Sucess
And the lack of preparation, well you know how that ends up. After a productive morning’s Council work and a nice pre-lunch walk around the villages to fire the appetite I thought it was time to bring Pumpkin out of the garage for the first ride of the year – lovely blue sky and dry […]
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Calculating reserve…
Just filled Pumpkin for the second time. Three good English gallons goes 150 miles; you do the math. According to the book, the tank therefore has a three-quarter gallon reserve, so I’d best not see the yellow light with any more then 40 miles to the next petrol station…
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Midlife Crisis [tick]
So many jokes about the midlife crisis; about hitting the half century. And I laughed and thought nothing of it. And then, like puberty or an unexpected menopause, it hit. lol So, I went to the wife and said “what do you think – bike or another woman?” And surprisingly… she said bike! Which was a […]
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You know when you’re getting old when…
Walking through the woods near home today we came upon this extraordinary construction… Possibly, just possibly, once upon a time I was sufficiently fearless… certainly not now! [grin] Mountain bikers are mad buggers! At the top of the woods is an old disused quarry, where the bike routes include vertical drops down the sheer sides […]
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