Week #26 2018 – ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go, ‘ere we go !

Quote of the week from somewhere in the netverse :

Never engage recumbent cyclists in conversation about their outlandish machines. They’re referred to as ‘bents’ for good reason. They’ll extol the virtues of their bicycles until your eyes glaze over. You’ll wish that, like a muskrat, you could gnaw off a limb in order to escape.

Sorry dear readers, I will try to keep the evangelical recumbent nonsense to a minimum.

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Week #25 2018. That was annoying

What’s annoying?  This website has been found by silly people who, during the week, posted a heap of rubbish comments. What do they get out of it I wonder?  The comments have been deleted.


On to real life.  It took a little while and a few “round-the-block” rides to get the Brooks saddle set up on the Brompton in preparation for our caravan/cyclingIMG_20180624_152347 trip.  The ‘Penta-Clip’ that attaches the seat to the post provides for an infinite level of adjustment fore and aft and up and down.  I think the setting is just about there now.   The original saddle is back on Vivente and is also being worked on having replaced the Brooks.  Again, it’s nearly there, nearly comfortable but not quite.  I find it take several rides to get saddles in exactly the right position.  How different to sitting in a “deckchair” on the trike.

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