Andyrew Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said: Want. Ideally not in Stelios orange. I might pull the trigger on one of these as they look marvelous and a great cause too. I think it's a great idea, and as bike prices go it fairly reasonable. He wanted bright so it can been seen easily. You can option the bike aswell, he went for the front basket and saddle bags! I believe he has purchased a different crank and sturmey gear elsewhere as the gearing is a bit low for uphill apparently according to posties and owners. I've suggested he names it the "loyal snail" LightBulbFun and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 I don't remember those bikes. We had these when I worked as a postie about 20 yrs ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rovorsche said: Looks like a sturdy bike, that would also mean its heavy as well ? 22kg by the looks of things!!!! Still - I guess nobody's going to carry it away unless they turn up with an army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Quite liked this article, given (apart from one) these vehicles are right in our territory. I think I would probably pick the 'Benz at this age though. https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/comparison-test/a15141394/bmw-750il-vs-mercedes-benz-560sel-lexus-ls400-bentley-turbo-r-archived-comparison-test/?src=socialflowFBCAD&utm_campaign=socialflowFBCD&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social-media Spottedlaurel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Rovorsche said: Looks like a sturdy bike, that would also mean its heavy as well ? Indeed it's rather weighty. The bike plus it's 6 foot plus and probably 15 stone rider , makes the drum brakes purely cosmetic I've been informed. Good job he hasn't just moved into a house on one of the steepest hills in Luton last week . . . Ohh. Told him to watch out for any abandoned ramps on the way down. LightBulbFun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Just been following a twitter thread on american views of British food, the comment" The British cook as though the Luftwaffe is still overhead" tickled me somewhat myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerfox Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Gifted a coule of punnets of Strawberrys and Raspberrys, just need a bit of cream. Tough job but somebodys got to do it paulplom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Andyrew said: Indeed it's rather weighty. The bike plus it's 6 foot plus and probably 15 stone rider , makes the drum brakes purely cosmetic I've been informed. I didn't find that; you couldn't take the piss with the brakes, they aren't discs but as long as you kept to a speed appropriate to the amount of load(if I had 30kg of mail on I took it easy, at the end of the walk with no load I could pretend to be Eddie Merckx coasting downhill and not die horribly at junctions.) they were fine. They do also need adjusting, especially when new and bedding in; allow them to go out of adjustment and they became ornaments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 13 minutes ago, omegod said: Just been following a twitter thread on american views of British food, the comment" The British cook as though the Luftwaffe is still overhead" tickled me somewhat From the country that brought us grits, cheezwhiz and BBQ sauce that's pretty rich mocking other countrys' food. myglaren and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 14 minutes ago, somewhatfoolish said: I didn't find that; you couldn't take the piss with the brakes, they aren't discs but as long as you kept to a speed appropriate to the amount of load(if I had 30kg of mail on I took it easy, at the end of the walk with no load I could pretend to be Eddie Merckx coasting downhill and not die horribly at junctions.) they were fine. They do also need adjusting, especially when new and bedding in; allow them to go out of adjustment and they became ornaments. Cheers, I'll pass that on. Some brake tweakage needed then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyrew Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Well that's that part of the movie ruined , thanks autoshite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb222 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 warch, Remspoor and LightBulbFun 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 40 minutes ago, omegod said: Just been following a twitter thread on american views of British food, the comment" The British cook as though the Luftwaffe is still overhead" tickled me somewhat twinkies and reeses and grits and chitlins mean the usa cannot call anyone on food myglaren and Volksy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksy Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, hairnet said: twinkies and reeses and grits and chitlins mean the usa cannot call anyone on food Ugh. Grits.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 @paulplom has just been round and dropped off a cordless drill/ impact driver which will come in very handy when I get started on building this kit car, if it ever arrives. Cheers, Paul, much appreciated Vantman, paulplom, myglaren and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 what a picture, isn't it just beautiful Remspoor, myglaren, Joey spud and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 41 minutes ago, Wack said: what a picture, isn't it just beautiful I still hold out hope that it'll fly again one day Wack and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, omegod said: I still hold out hope that it'll fly again one day I wish it will so I can experience a flight in it. Wack, LightBulbFun and mrbenn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myglaren Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Sitting in my window, open of course, just heard a 'Deltic' two-tone horn, like the third one. Nearest rail line is approx two miles in a straight line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wack Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 59 minutes ago, Rovorsche said: My company card bounced at the short stay car park at either LHR/LGW a very long time ago so I was stranded there for a bit. While I was waiting for somebody to come from the office and pay for my parking, rather a lot of Fire appliances pulled out into a formation next to the runway and I got to see Concord taking off. It was awesome. When the noise died down, I noticed every single car alarm in the car park was going batshit. So if you were ever stranded there with a flat battery, this may be why. About 15 years ago I was taking a break in a petrol station next to the runway at heathrow , I'd watched a few planes take off , by the time they got to where I was they were well airborne , a few hundred feet or so I didn't know concorde was taking off until I heard it coming , I was looking up but it was still firmly on the ground flat out with the afterburners on, it needed all of the runway to get in the air. It was a sight I'll never forget , I can still see it now , British & French engineering at it's best ,designed by men in brown suits with drawing boards paulplom, dome and myglaren 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 The first car they show had me chuckling away. myglaren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Rovorsche said: My company card bounced at the short stay car park at either LHR/LGW a very long time ago so I was stranded there for a bit. While I was waiting for somebody to come from the office and pay for my parking, rather a lot of Fire appliances pulled out into a formation next to the runway and I got to see Concord taking off. It was awesome. When the noise died down, I noticed every single car alarm in the car park was going batshit. So if you were ever stranded there with a flat battery, this may be why. Yup,I used to work at the cargo village at LHR.Without fail everyone stopped what they were doing to watch her take off.I so so miss Concorde. Rovorsche, myglaren and Wack 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Fumbler said: The first car they show had me chuckling away. Some excellent chod on show but the presenter hasn't got any less annoying in the last 20 years. Its worth avoiding buying a cut and shut car but not because the 2 ends are stolen ? Bonus FSO Polonez on the Heathrow approach though. Fumbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fumbler Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said: Some excellent chod on show but the presenter hasn't got any less annoying in the last 20 years. Its worth avoiding buying a cut and shut car but not because the 2 ends are stolen ? Bonus FSO Polonez on the Heathrow approach though. That Avenger afterwards as well. The suspension was virtually nonexistant! Great catch on the Polonez too, I was trying to figure out what it was! To be honest, I find his narration to be a breath of fresh air... Perhaps it's because I don't watch television anymore. There's a whole lineup of old PCA episodes on the channel, plenty of prime chod to look at, that's for sure. catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 watching bangers and cash barn find early marina 3 door - the chap gets there and is taking it off the trailer and keeps repeating one owner never welded unrestored 'gearlevers a bit short' gearbox is in the boot ? sd1 3.5 and at least matthewson was complimentary but still slagged bl in general Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 omg herald estate someones put a vitesse 6 in it want privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 48 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said: Some excellent chod on show but the presenter hasn't got any less annoying in the last 20 years. Its worth avoiding buying a cut and shut car but not because the 2 ends are stolen ? Bonus FSO Polonez on the Heathrow approach though. What's the Subaru thing laying down the smoke screen near the beginning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsisigma01 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Dan the van said: Yup,I used to work at the cargo village at LHR.Without fail everyone stopped what they were doing to watch her take off.I so so miss Concorde. I was at FedEx, 92-95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan the van Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Small world,we used to take the Fed Ex mid morning stuff covering the south.My run was Surrey,Hampshire and Dorset.In a Bedford Astramax.Was doing about 90k miles a year back then.Advance couriers they were called,left in 1989. beko1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerfox Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 14 hours ago, Rovorsche said: My company card bounced at the short stay car park at either LHR/LGW a very long time ago so I was stranded there for a bit. While I was waiting for somebody to come from the office and pay for my parking, rather a lot of Fire appliances pulled out into a formation next to the runway and I got to see Concord taking off. It was awesome. When the noise died down, I noticed every single car alarm in the car park was going batshit. So if you were ever stranded there with a flat battery, this may be why. I was at a Goodwood Revival a few years ago when the Battle of Britan Lancaster flew over, very low, it made the ground shake and also set off countless car alarms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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