A thread specially for 'persons of leisure' and independent means, or those with aspirations.
How do you while away those lazy days?
How do you cope financially?
When did you retire?
Is retirement what you expected?
How long did you take to adjust?
Etc.

Tell us what you are up to today or what plans you have.
Or just have a bit of silliness to while away those lazy hours.

I've been busy today. Hilly 15 mile ride in North Devon, took dog for a stroll along Saunton Sands, cut the front lawn..

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[Admin edit: Part 2 of this thread can be found here - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/mundane-news.173256/}

Hill Wimp said:

Seasonal depression has hit.

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Sending you and

'ning

getting nippier

ride, coffee, brekkie two, coffee, bubbly at jlc, more bubbly later

Being in the UK recently I was able to visit a few retailers to buy a few things and get an idea of how they were doing.
It wasn't a very hopeful scene.
I visited Evans, J E James and Halfords, all in Sheffield.
While James had a few customers while I was there the other sites were very quiet. I was in Evans in a Saturday which should be their busiest day and just one other person was there besides me. The shop was stocked to the ceiling and offers abounded but it seems no one was buying..

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Was mapping out a new route and when I clicked on the street view man, rather than being able to drag it over to the route there is instead a pop up for a free trial and then subscription.

Bit annoying, it's a useful tool.

I was just reading about someone in America that paid $30 for a painting, put it in an auction and it fetched a record** $1.2M.
**It didnt say if it was a record for that artist or for that auction house.
A nice surprise for someone.

Hi,
Over the years the popularity of cycling seems to come and go.
The last big uptake happened during the pandemic were it seemed everybody was buying bikes to avoid public transport or to just enjoy getting out to get some exercise which was allowed during lockdown.
Even the bike shops struggled to keep pace with the huge demand.
As soon as the pandemic ended the whole industry seemed to collapse with people ditching there bikes and mothballing them to the garage shed.
Granted not..

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A little game that was recommended to me over the festive break: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
I’m quite enjoying the daily word puzzle.

Encouraged by

@twentysix by twentyfive

(whatever that means - maybe a factoid in that itself)
as in:

Blue Hills said:
am tempted - but I fear it will go the same way.

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Twentsixbytwentyfive: There is a danger but insist on the "True" part. The "Silly" thread is "over there".

A thread on actually TRUE odd factoids.

Being a voracious reader and media connsumer I have come across quite a few lately but had nowehere to dump them.

Will do next time I do - so over to you..

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Picked this up today, thanks for the heads up @biggs682
Full 105 groupset including headset, and hubs with Araya rims. It's finished with some unknown - to me [hsin lung?] - bars and a Carrera-branded, Rolls look-a-like saddle.
A couple of the stickers have a bit of damage but otherwise everything spins tidy and looks like it just needs a clean and polish.
It's a few years (and a few extra stone) since I rode on 20mm tyres so they've gotta go, as will probably the corn cob 13-21..

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Welcome to the Twelfth edition of the half century a month challenge

THIS THREAD IS FOR RIDE REPORTS ONLY - discussions should take place over in the 2025 chatzone

There were already challenge threads for monthly imperial centuries (100 mile rides) and metric centuries (100 km or 62.14 mile rides). So @ColinJ thought it would be a nice idea to come up with an easier challenge for those who don't have the time, energy or inclination to do the longer rides so he created the half..

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Salmon steaks with new potatoes, broccoli, peas and asparagus, a sprig of parsley and a squeeze of lemon.

What did you get up to in the kitchen?

Locally I’ve seen a nice carbon road bike for sale, it’s from around 2012 and appears to have had little use.

What is the cycle chat consensus of using older good condition carbon frames as a daily? Who’s still riding a carbon bike they got back 10-15 years ago?

I’d obviously give it a thorough inspection before riding, just looking for people’s experience in general. I’m used to riding and looking after 20-40 year old steel and 15 year old aluminium bikes but carbon is a new one for me.

Hi all

I have been using Strava and its Beacon feature for a while
The Beacon- for those that do not know - means that when I go out my wife can see where I am and where I have been
which means that if I come off and need help she know where to send an ambulance when I have not turned up in time to cook her tea

But Strava has been more and more of a pain recently - especially with Beacon not working properly unless I restart it several times
and recently several rides had long straight..

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Here it is guys!:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm8e3e5k2010o

I'm currently at some indeterminate point through an enormous mid-life crisis and as such have a new-found interest in dressing "well"; having been exclusively a "T-shirt and combats" kind of bloke for as long as I can remember.

As such (and being one four-pack of Kronies deep currently) I'm intrigued to hear of what all you blokes like to wear - and of course what the ladies like to see us in

I'm currently flying high having sourced a couple of pretty nice charity shop suits and..

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Doing a cheap build up and these 3 can be bought brand new for around £300.
I’m wanting lighter and the SRAM is lighter of the 3 but the other two are bullet proof.

Two Glaswegians, Archie and Jimmy, are sitting in the pub discussing Jimmy's forthcoming wedding.

"Och, it's all goin' pure dead brilliant," says Jimmy.

"Av goat everythin organised awready, the fluers, the church, the caurs, the reception, the rings, the minister, even ma stag night".
Archie nods approvingly.
I've even bought a kilt to be married in!" continues Jimmy.

"A kilt?" exclaims Archie, "That's magic, you'll look pure smart in that. Whit's the tartan?"

"Och," says Jimmy..

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Having inadvertently missed @biggs682 last week its all about being sorry


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y8fDsU0hX8&list=RD8Y8fDsU0hX8&start_radio=1&pp=ygUgd2luZ3Mgd2VyZSBzbyBzb3JyeSB1bmNsZSBhbGJlcnSgBwE%3D



View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aWmkuH1k7uA&list=RDaWmkuH1k7uA&start_radio=1&pp=ygURYXBvbG9naWVzIG5pcnZhbmGgBwE%3D

I've got a leak in the ceiling above the bathroom which I can't figure out. Hive mind please help! I've attached a couple of pictures here. The ceiling has beams running across it that slope slightly downwards towards the centre of the house (no idea why) and the other day water started leaking from one of them at the lower end. There is a storage space above the bathroom but it's dry as far as I can see, certainly above the spot where the leak is there isn't any moisture and there doesn't..

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[Admin edit: Continued from Tea? (Part 5) - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tea-part-5.173257/]

Fubar said:

Meats? MEATS?

No, absolutely nothing wrong with that.

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Maybe

HI All,

I am embarked upon a project to reclaim my garden from a wall of Leylandii type trees currently occupying the bottom third of the garden.
The garden is about 10m wide, and half of it I want to screen with nicer trees. The other half I want to build a garden room in.

I've looked at buying a garden room but they are very expensive. I've also found various DIY solutions online which I reckon I could do.
The question is, what would you do in terms of a base? I've seen various..

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[Part 3 of the thread originally started by Mondobongo - http://www.cyclechat..ciation-part-1/ + http://www.cyclechat..ciation.39458/ ]

If you listen to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie of an evening then you will already know what this is all about. For those that don't you start with a song another song is then linked to the previous could be as simple as same/similar words artist in a different band or you could really go off on a tangent. All the songs..

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Who has one?




If you have a BKool TT then the group is Cyclechat BKool on the BKool website.