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  • in reply to: RAGBRAI done! #1155527
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    Day 0, we did a bonus 56 mile

    Day 0, we did a bonus 56 mile round trip for a tire dip on the western edge of the state. Mostly unloaded, our camp was already set up at this point.

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    in reply to: RAGBRAI done! #1155525
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    Day 7
    Day 7

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    in reply to: RAGBRAI done! #1155523
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    Day 6
    Day 6

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    Day 5
    Day 5

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    Day 4
    Day 4

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    Day 3
    Day 3

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    Day 2
    Day 2

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    Day 1
    Day 1

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    in reply to: UK Bike Pricing #1155509
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    You could travel over with a

    You could travel over with a cheap bike the same colour, then come back with the “same” bike.

    in reply to: Drivers and their problems #1155207
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    From near my mom’s hometown.

    From near my mom’s hometown.

    Chaos as day-trippers overrun Welsh beauty hotspot in heatwave.

    It was reported that numerous cars were parked illegally along the Llangower shoreline blocking residential driveways and preventing farmers from accessing their fields.

    in reply to: Drivers and their problems #1155061
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    brooksby wrote:
    Hirsute wrote:
    More like drove it off the wall.

    There appear to be a great many motorists who accidentally put their cars in first-gear instead of reverse (or vice versa).  How do you do that?

    I did it a few times when I first got my MINI. 1st is left and forward, reverse is more left and forward. There’s no collar to push up, nor any need to lift or push down on the shifter.

    My previous few manual transmissions were five speed, so reverse was where 6th is on this one. First was just push left as far as it goes, then forward. My Subaru allegedly wouldn’t even let you try to stupidly go 5-R without passing through neutral. I never tried.

    https://cdn.road.cc/wp-content/uploads/roadcc/shift.png

    in reply to: The Reform Party and the UK’s lurch towards fascism #1154951
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    David9694 wrote:
    If you can name the 3 (original) Rentaghost characters and sing the song then you ride a Mercian King of the Mountains with a Brooks B17, toe-clips, a Carradice saddlebag and your large flange wheels are 36h rear and 32h front.

    l-r Mr Davenport (c18th gentleman), Bob Mumford (recently deceased ordinary bloke), Timothy Claypole (court jester) 

    🎶At your party, be a smartie just hire Rentaghost 

    We’ve got freaks and fools and beasts and ghouls 

    At Rentaghost 🎵

    That’s as best I can do without looking it up. 

    A pair of Rene Herse tan walls for the bonus to anyone who can (i) describe their special powers and how these are activated and (ii) the name of their landlord. 

    I don’t know that stuff, but I left the UK at eight years old in 1979, so I never saw the show after that, but I still have the general tune of that theme song stuck in my head, along with Andy Pandy and Rupert.

    andystow
    Tom_77 wrote:
    Bus drives into the river at Eastleigh. Facebook comment –  “How?!?”

    The driver of the college bus that drove into the River Itchen this morning has been branded a “hero” after he told an eyewitness that his “accelerator was jammed”.

    Pedal confusion, perhaps? The brakes on that bus should be able to overcome the engine. And if it has a clutch, just push it in and let the engine rev away.

    in reply to: Public order offence for swearing during close pass #1154627
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    hawkinspeter wrote:
    Hirsute wrote:
    Hahah no – I’m now wondering if it was in Fake Heroes about Douglas Bader. It was ! Allegedly to a bunch of school girls.

    Here’s Stan Boardman doing a long version of the joke on Des O’Connor Show – got him a ban from ITV and more or less ended his career:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Yf5B6GbYk

    Well, at least he wasn’t arrested for a public order offence.

    in reply to: TPU INNER TUBES – yes or no? #1154625
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    The Rene Herse TPU tubes have

    The Rene Herse TPU tubes have metal valve stems and (I think) removable cores.

    Rene Herse Introduces TPU Tubes

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