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Yup, went out with a Muddy newbie. Did about 50 miles of the finest Devon mud that for once was where it was supposed to be instead of hiding potholes on the local tarmac.
Nice to get out, strange to not be soaked through upon startup though.

Prices won't drop until Sept time. The companies will make the most of people not travelling abroad again and staying home over the summer doing 'Staycations'. Only when they go back to school (if we are all still here) will they drop.

Happy birthday mister, creeping over the 50 mark now, does that officially make you a grey one now?

Hope you have a fun day.

Tis slowly creeping up

Well it was clearer there, but not by much.
We had a few instances where the pace dropped down quite a bit and it was like riding through smoke. Seemed to get worse the further we got east. Still bad here.

Bilko1000 wrote: ↑Mar 8th, '26, 08:10 Ok its rained here quite a bit so doubt ill be there

Is it still raining?

Well the weather isn't great, anyone coming along still or are we postponing it?

Depends how thick the fog gets, right now I can't see the house across the street. So it may add a bit to the journey.

Hi and welcome to swb, quite a Bike you're picking up, I'm sure Ptolemyx will be able to Give you some pointers on what to do and what what to change on it.

I'm sure it'll get wet soon, not much chance of riding it other wise.

Ok. The route link is on the thread if you miss the start and want to catch up.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/n1x4NX9ZBiG3GAMD8 Nice and civilised departure, LEAVING newton at 0930, please be fuelled up and ready, thanks. Weather's looking good Si - unlike me :)): . I won't make this but have a good one and ride safe. Any excuse to get out of buying me that cuppa you've been promisi...

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Nice and civilised departure, LEAVING newton at 0930, please be fuelled up and ready, thanks.

Never could, although I could eat 4 shredded wheat in one session.

I was looking to do some further education Suspension wise during my time off of work so enquired at K-tech to see if View ran any courses, turns out View send all their guys to a brain melting location in York. So a couple of weeks ago I travelled up to York to do my Master Tech ticket, in things t...