Get Giles on his bike!

[ClymAngus]

Might I humbly suggest:

http://www.toxel.com/tech/2013/04/23/ba ... le-helmet/

[aegidian]

Might I humbly suggest:

http://www.toxel.com/tech/2013/04/23/ba ... le-helmet/

Hmm, some people might appreciate a full-face cowl on me, but I will probably aim for something more like (but larger than)...

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/outd ... Gwodnw0Nlw

[Rxke]

So...

The question we are all anxious to have answered, is of course:

You're going to upgrade to an iron ass, no?

[Smivs]

So...

The question we are all anxious to have answered, is of course:

You're going to upgrade to an iron ass, no?

This Extra Energy Unit upgrade looks like a good place to start!

[Rxke]

apparently you first need the extra cargo bay in order to install it.

/imagines Giles doing milk runs to get enough cr.

[Norby]

... or mass-locked.

[ffutures]

Might I humbly suggest:

http://www.toxel.com/tech/2013/04/23/ba ... le-helmet/

Speaking as someone who spent several years starting a moped a couple of times a day - not nearly as much work as riding a bicycle - while wearing a full crash helmet, that is not really a viable proposition.

[ClymAngus]

And yes this is to be read in a comical tone....

You really can't get away with anything vaguely fuzzy on the accuracy front on this board can you?
It's top button done up, 1+1=2, p's and q's, pens in a row, shirt tucked neatly in. No deviation; just straight-down-the-line.

Nice and binary. It is or it isn't, no gray allowed.

It's a good thing it was only a suggestion, I'd have looked a right t*at after that strident rebuttal if I'd ordered him to buy it.

[aegidian]

And yes this is to be read in a comical tone....

You really can't get away with anything vaguely fuzzy on the accuracy front on this board can you?
It's top button done up, 1+1=2, p's and q's, pens in a row, shirt tucked neatly in. No deviation; just straight-down-the-line.

Nice and binary. It is or it isn't, no gray allowed.

It's a good thing it was only a suggestion, I'd have looked a right t*at after that strident rebuttal if I'd ordered him to buy it.

Ah, it's alright. And it prompted me to a bit of silliness: http://shpws.me/M9cq

Right on BatCommanders!

[ClymAngus]

This make requires, nay DEMANDS some Epic music......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRZAk2rfESU

[UK_Eliter]

I have only just seen this thread! Giles - I can't recall if we've spoken on this board in the past (I've been around on the boards a bit, but only a bit) - how's it going with the bike, please?

[aegidian]

It's going really well!

I'm able to get to the supermarket and back without having to take a bus, and I've been able to ride out along the towpaths to the extent that I'm training to become a volunteer towpath ranger with the Canal and River Trust. My first long ride came sooner than I expected though! https://www.facebook.com/aegidian/posts ... 7476437372

All in all, it's pretty much everything I hoped for, maybe even a little better than that.

https://youtu.be/wOvaaMpLawY

Thank you again.

[UK_Eliter]

I am glad to hear it, and thank you for the video. However, I feel the use of some sort of fuel injector, starting at about 0:50, is probably unwise! There's a close call with a van at one point, for one thing . .

Thanks too for the boating video. I was thinking of hiring a canal boat myself. (I live in Essex.)

[aegidian]

I was thinking of hiring a canal boat myself. (I live in Essex.)

If you hire from Broxbourne Black Prince CanalAbility you can enjoy exploring the Lee and Stort rivers and navigations, I did that myself about 12 years ago. If you give it a few months the Bow Back Rivers in the Olympic Park will be open too.

Update. Cripes, there seems to be nowhere to hire boats for holidays on the Lee and Stort anymore!

Ah well. There's always Birmingham.

[spud42]

When visiting friends living near Peterborough back in 1992 they took me to their canalboat they were having built... might not have to go as far as the black country...lol

i enjoyed the video as well. what a lovely day .