Cars with lowered suspensions scraping their exhausts on speed bumps.

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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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.

Welcome to the 2026 Vuelta a Espana PTP thread. I'll be your scorer for this event, enter your predictions below.

This is open to anyone with a CycleChat account, so test your luck and/or knowledge won't you.

Get your GC and Stage 1 ITT picks in before 15:17 BST Saturday 22 August 2026.

Here are some useful links:

https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2026

https://www.lavuelta.es/en/

Road Book

Here is a map:

Start and finish towns announced for both. Men are heading East: Lincs to Yorks to Scots borders.

The Women head West: Cumbria, Lancs, Wales, Warks.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racin..n-men-2026-route-announced-by-british-cycling

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racin..women-2026-route-announced-by-british-cycling





Cue moaning southerners "its not going past my house.."

I've noticed that when discussing distance in the forum bods always seem to refer the the number of kilometres rather than miles, even when UK travel. Is this a cycling thing? Just curious

Thanks

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Hill Wimp said:

Seasonal depression has hit.

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Sending you and

My current desktop runs Windows 10 and not suitable to upgrade. I've had the extra year free support which runs out soon I think then no further security updates etc.

So, think I need to replace as I do a lot of my banking and general stuff on it. I want a desktop rather than laptop.

Recommendations please for a budget - mid range desktop. I've never used Apple Mac so I'm sticking to Windows. I won't be gaming but will need to do very basic video editting really just cutting and trimming..

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Bent the front mudguard on my commuter bike recently so just fitted a new one using the fixings from the old one which had already been bent around to suit the disc brake.

This was achieved using:

Tool kitKitchen as workshopMug of teaRock and roll on the stereoMinimum swearing

[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

The film thread is getting all cluttered up with idiots like me rating serials, shows and documentaries.

So, here is the all encompassing TV thread.

Review and rate what you're watching or have recently watched, please hide spoilers behind tags!

I'll kick off with:

Making a Murderer - 6/10

A solid but at times frustrating account of Steven Avery. It's a pretty damning critique of the American legal process, and the commitment of the filmmakers is impressive. But some parts are..

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Apparently in England alone the average number of prescriptions for drugs per head of population each year is 20, and 40+ for the over-60’s. Half the English population have taken one prescription drug in the past week, and a quarter have taken three or more

Do the cycling population buck this trend? Are you over or under the average? Perverse curiosity demands an answer.

A wise man once said..

Blue Hills said:

Maybe others will step forward to have their emotional quandaries addressed by a bunch of bike tool wielding experts in life.

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..and I heard his call!

So here I am. Affairs of the heart, financial advice, or even guidance for removing stubborn stains, I'm here to nod sagely and utter forth pearls of wisdom.

So, tell me your problems and prepare to have your lives turned around.

We're doing the York-Hull FNRttC again.
Info here:-

"This year’s ride starts from the Western side of York Minster on High Petergate at Midnight as usual.

We’re soon out into the dark lanes in the Vale of York and from there, it’s very flat to Drax (that’s our money it’s burning) and Goole.

We will make a quick toilet and coffee (Costa machine) stop at the services at Airmyn before we cross onto the Island of Axeholme which, IMO, is the most attractive part of the ride.

It’s very, very..

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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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It appears that motorists don't appreciate my Road Tax jersey or at least I had far more close passes today then any other day for a few months.

I saw my first 'bent out in the wild. Obviously I've seen them before but this was the first time it belonged to someone I didn't know. Strange design too, very long wheelbase with what looked like a normal headtube over the front wheel, steered from underseat but the front wheel was a long way from the rider.

More and more helmet wearers that..

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This forum got a mention from a ride leader from "The Fridays". Thought I'd check it out.

Regards,

Darryl

I am trying to get my garmin connect app to show me my VO2Max data and Fitness age.
It’s says “We need a little more data for your most current fitness age”.

I’m using Garmin Edge 1050, with synced Garmin HRM, Garmin crank sensor and Garmin wheel sensor. I’ve put in all my personal stats in, age, weight, height etc and cannot get it to show. My cycle rides are average 22 miles and around 1 hour 20 minutes. I’m using an E mountain bike.

Recumbent Riders' Headgear
I've been riding recumbent bikes for six years or so now, and have settled on bikes with a less extreme recline than others may choose. In that time, leaving aside helmets, I've discovered that for my purposes, something with a decent peak or brim is necessary for situations of low sun or oncoming traffic at night and just to keep the wind, insects, or rain off my features as required. As a glasses wearer, keeping the rain off is doubly important. Although my..

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Apologies if I've posted this in the wrong section.

I saw this bike on eBay and was thinking of putting in a bid, just as a runaround bike. Maybe it needs more work than I realise. What do you think?

https://ebay.io/m/tgqx3F

Some doubts I've got:
Pic 10, the chain isn't sitting on the jockey wheel. What's going on there?
Pic 20, Only a 5-speed cassette? Can you still get these?
Pic 19, front fork has taken a ding.
Tyres are flat but don't look that worn.
Pic 6, are they SPD pedals..

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Clearly everyone who is anyone has close tabs kept upon them by AI.

So to find out what AI really thinks of you shove "CycleChat Username" into Google, select the AI results, and post the results here.

Apparently Im "beloved"!

Drago is a highly prominent, humorous, and beloved legendary member of the CycleChat Cycling Forum. He is well known across the community for hosting long-standing humorous threads, offering tongue-in-cheek advice, and his dramatic online "departures" and..

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Turns out that all Canary Islands finale bets are off for fear that someone might take offence that a team not called Israel in any way might be construed as being an Israeli team.

With Madrid having already shrugged its shoulders of the event by organising a car race for that weekend, it's looking like an Andalusian end to the GT year.

We cancelled all our Premium Bonds a decade or more ago - or so we thought!

Apparently I missed one which I still hold.

On my 65th Birthday I received a prize cheque for £25!

Due to the amount of interest in fishing posted in the mundane section, here's the place to talk fishing.

Over to you.

Hello all,

I've posted this in this section because I am exploring the possibility of using an old folder for some low speed forest gravel track riding with my working dogs, I am restricted in both space at home and in my small car so I thought cheap folder may get me on the bike again. My question is what sort of difference is there between gears on a 3 speed hub compared to derailleur gears ? I don't intend to go fast but will need enough gear range to get up hills but not be peddling..

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