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...Read more

Reported in various places. Here's a random link.https://news.sky.com/story/e-bike-seizures-surge-as-police-take-death-traps-off-the-streets-13220763I wonder why that is. Have police devoted more resources to it?They are so common it must be like shooting fish in a barrel. I can't see that the increase in seizures is likely to be related to an increase in numbers because they are almost ubiquitous. If the police had the time and inclination they could spend all day every day...Read more

From Graunian online this morning:One government figure told the newspaper: “Cycle to work should be about helping ordinary commuters switch to greener travel, not giving tax breaks to high earners buying £4,000 e-bikes for weekend rides in the Surrey Hills. Taxpayers shouldn’t be footing the bill for luxury leisure.”

Ok,i'll start off. Can you put cheese in a casserole? I've made a casserole,or a stew whatever you want to call it. I have a few small blocks of cheese which need eating soon before they go off. I'm thinking about putting some cheese into the thing. As i post i don't expect many,if any replies at this time of night,but for future reference is it ok to do so? 🤔

I'm not posting my rate these cabriolet finds on my Cabriolets thread as no one replies to my posts.🙄 Instead I'm posting a new thread asking if it's worth having a look at. I've bought my last 4 'pre-loved' 😉 cars from 'dodgy Keith' who part owns this place and apart from the usual faults on the cars, down to the manufacturers, not the car dealer/ sellers they've all been OK. He'd take my Fiat 500 convertible in part exchange, albeit at a lower price than I could possibly get from selling...Read more

Heya everyone and happy Friday!A quick question! - I'm very proud of this bike and tentative to treat it correctly...!After cleaning and re-greasing the mounts for my front calliper breaks, they are still not centring and I can see the springs are not quite the same shape. Is the solution my trying to overstretch the weaker side?As you can see, I have no adjustment control on the cradle.Thank you so much,Ollie

Bit late, sorry:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4jn8zmdrdo

Seems to be one for films and TV and not one for gigs, comedy or concerts... so I thought I'd start one off... along with the fact I went to see PJ Harvey last night at Brixton Academy...Superb as always... voice like an angel, 10 musicians on stage, excellent sound and the band was tight and spot on...

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...Read more

Here's an interesting Pipe poster.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of input from recumbent riders about their rides. I've been sticking mine on "Your ride today" but I wonder if a dedicated recumbent thread for that might encourage recumbentists to post. I could start it off with some of my recent rides duplicated from "your ride today" if the mods would permit it. Apart from that, what do CCers think? I don't do twitbook or any other social media so I just post things on CC.