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Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 17:23
by speedbird591
First outing for the new speedbike today (only collected it yesterday).

Would you put £1600 worth of precision British engineering through this on it's first day? :lol:
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Well the alternative was to retrace back 15km! So it's definitely christened now :worried:

On the plus side we found this lovely old manor, not far from home, that I didn't even know existed 8)
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Nothing else worth showing, I'm afraid.

Ian :)

Re: Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 17:34
by DaveB
I can't imagine spending £1600 on anything you have to use physical exertion in order to proceed but it does look very nice.. even dirty (which I guess it's not now) :lol:

All power to you :thumbsup:

ATB

DaveB B)smk

Re: Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 17:50
by airboatr
rode hard and put up wet ,
well done :thumbsup:

Re: Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 18:10
by FlyTexas
Congrats on the new bike purchase, Ian! She looks like a winner! :thumbsup:

Brian

Re: Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 18:28
by jonesey2k
I paid £1000 for 1 year old motorbike!

One of the lads at work paid about the same for one of those little folding bikes. Its worth more then his Suzuki Bandit :lol:

Re: Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 04 Apr 2010, 18:31
by VEGAS
Gorgeous stuff mate. ;)

That first muddy puddle is always a bit of a sickener.

The real tears come when the first stone chip lands on your frame.. :'(

After the first one's out of the way then you kind get used to the rest.

Have fun!

Re: Cycling: The Christening

Posted: 05 Apr 2010, 11:00
by speedbird591
Thanks, gents. I have to admit that I can't remember when I was last so excited about a new toy :Dance: Seriously, it was probably my brand new Honda VF750 around 1980ish!

BTW do you want to know how I got through that gate without getting my feet wet? The water was about 5ins deep in the middle. I rode the bike so that it was parallel to the gate, climbed on to the gate, lifted the bike over my shoulder, then remounted the other side and rode off :agree: I wouldn't have the strength to do that with a cheaper, heavier bike!

Ian :)