Classic British Flight Sim

We're past the Spring equinox. That's the day when time spent on my two seasonal hobbies is roughly equal. As the sun climbs higher I spend more time out on the bike and less on flight simming so my fleet is tucked up in the hangar for essential maintenance - waiting for a rainy day!

Could have done with Colin's hammer last week as I've just blown 1800 squids ordering a new bike. Until it arrives I'll just have to make do with my 'old' one. I did 25 miles off-road today and the Spring colours were lovely so I thought I'd share some pics of them.







Ian

Purdy ..

Lovely mate

What's the new bike?

VEGAS wrote:Lovely mate

What's the new bike?

Canyon Nerve XC 8.0 in anodised, sand-blasted black! What d'you think?

Ian

Great pictures there - thanks for sharing.

Nigel²

Gawd that looks gorgeous Ian.....Whyte hardtail...oooooo ....nice scenery and photos as well

speedbird591 wrote:Could have done with Colin's hammer last week as I've just blown 1800 squids ordering a new bike.

Ian

Ahem........

the CGH™ wouldn't have been of much use I'm afraid IGS Sensei....if the three bikes in my garage are of any indication..............


and ......<gulp>...that's not counting the wife's bikes.....



...resistance IS futile...........

Stunning scenery. Nice to see the spring back with us. Just hope its not going to get too hot, makes the biking hard work on a long run..

Just a suggestion ....
convert your dosh into clams and they won't slip of out of your hands so easily.

1800? I could buy an old 150mph sports bike for that

Hi guys. Thanks for the comments. Lots of useless advice there, as well!

Joe. Squids may be slippery creatures and hard to keep hold of, but clams! I invested a lot of money in the bearded variety when I was younger! Whoa - talk about biting your hand off

Jonesey. Yes, I could have bought a big sports bike, but I did all that when I was younger and have now ridden off into the metaphorical sunset! Trail riding gives me easily as much pleasure as my Honda VF750 did without the hassle of running another motor vehicle. I gladly hand the baton over to you youngsters (and no, DaveB, that doesn't include you ). I want to spend my last few remaining years enjoying the countryside and not in plaster and traction, thanks!

Colin. Ah! I see you have the bike collection syndrome. I'm already thinking of ways to explain to the memsahib why the Kona is still in the garage alongside the Whyte when the new Canyon arrives ... I could either suggest that it isn't any of her business (which is true, but it's probably not a good idea) or I could explain the accepted formula for the optimum number of bikes. Which is n+1 (n = the number of bikes you already have). BTW, don't get too excited about the Whyte - it's not the exorbitant £4k titanium one, it's the merely extravagant steel look-alike! But with British steel and British design it ignores all the fancy oriental bits and has a discreet Union flag on the seat post. Which is about as British as you can get nowadays

Cheers me dears

Ian