Recent content by ANDY STANNARD

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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    Ok lads...new boy Andy S here...You know the answer begins with a loud capital Bol.......and ends in S.....my Midlands / Derbyshire / peak district / visit the bloody " shut down " Cat & Fiddle snake pass lane pub, weekend away trip all done....Nice ride though...overall 526 mile... & WITHOUT...
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    RE-GEARLEVER......Re-shaped the damaged one...and now better to use than pre-spill in the field...but now have a spare one...I bought a...Raceline GP150...steel...20mm longer...sticks out 20mm wider...sprung swivel ended...£15 incl post...Consider this a good get out of the crap card for the...
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    Well i finally made it !...and met some of you guy;s after 2.1/2 years ...after the initial damp start to my excursion...as i'm an idiot, and don't wear the right gear...I duly " fell off " for the third time in 39 bloody years of part time biking..but ended up fixed up again and mobile with...
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    I now have a very good rear wheel ! That just needs a bit of paint and fitting back on the bike...It's about a 120 mile trip to Moulton st Mary...What the weather like up there ? ? It's absolutely bucketing down in the south east at the moment.....Andy S
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    Hi again...I CAN do car tyres with levers...never done any bike wheels though..my first ever puncture...I GAVE UP after about 30 minutes of struggling with the oldest Avon Roadrider that was really old...Took the pair to an old school bike shop that's been there years...Said they only take about...
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    You guys have never met me yet...was still sitting on the fence anyway...a crap weather forecast too !...and then a rear puncture on the old Transalp...took experienced bike tyre fitter forty minutes to get the bloody thing off the rim...new Metzeler tourance and tube and rim tape delivered...
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    Brilliant...Thanks for the info Lord Vader...I'll look it up...I used to work in Norwich 33 years ago...much more chance of me going now...CHEERS
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    2017 National - Norfolk Sept 8th-10th

    Hi everybody....Has this national meet up got a proper address with a postcode etc ? ....I have a few days holiday to book, a tiny tent, and sleeping bag and may fancy a 100 plus mile ride on the old Transalp ! if i can slip out of some home / garden jobs.....Never met any of you guy's yet...
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    Suppose a born again biker after a 23 year gap.. age 60 very soon. after nearly 3 years back...

    Suppose a born again biker after a 23 year gap.. age 60 very soon. after nearly 3 years back on two wheels am still enjoying it
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    Don't try to stop your bike if it starts to fall

    Ouch...That will take a few months ! if not a year to get better...I did very very very similar swinging a log maul axe while chopping logs...Medical people were concerned about blood clots from it moving up north to cause a heart attack or a stroke...I was ordered on 75mg of asprin a day while...
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    Well, would you......

    Well ?...Not a chance !...I know I would be taking a dive, and then going nowhere. Yeh OK...call me a woos.
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    It's amazing what a little maintenance can achieve

    My little baby 99, 600 Transalp used to average 52/53 mpg...BRILLIANT...done oil change, air filter, new plugs and now averaging 56 mpg and runs much better " not that is was bad "...MEGA HAPPY...old plugs looked perfectly fine, in shape, colour and gap...didn't know when they were put in ...
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