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Passed with a few minor indiscretions.
Orange 5 – No. Closest I’ve come is a pair of Orange Lycra shorts circa 1993.
German Estate Car – No, never owned an estate. Do have a German car though.
Worked in health care – No. Public servant.
Wood burner – Yep. Came with the house but never bought one.
Reads the Times – No chance.
Electric MTB – No. Until such time that my knees stop working I’m happy with the bikes I’ve got.
Korean Electric car – No.
Works in IT or sales marketing – No. see above.
Runner – Semi retired. Only done 100km this year in total. Was running ten times that in 2019.
Part time vegan – I’ll eat pretty much anything.
Plays guitar – No. Tone deaf.
Skis or snowboards – Yep, love it more than biking I think. Just wish I had local mountains for access each season.
Reads the Guardian – Yep. Decent northern rag.
Electric MTB - Nope! Do have a Gravel bike as well as the 160/135mm "trail" bike
Korean Electric car - Nope! VW Transporter with MPG ruining A/T tyres
Works in IT or sales marketing - Nope, commercial manager
Runner - Nope!
Part time vegan - I'm Vegan when I'm not eating...
Plays guitar - Nope
Skis or snowboards - Not snowboarded for about 15 years so thats a nope.
Reads the Guardian - Yep
I am a moderate coffee snob though...
I think droppers gravel bikes will crop up allot this year along with ever larger tyres on drop bar bikes.
I think most forum members will have converted a van by the end of the year. Most of then will be converted to have accommodation but we might see a few yachts, sheds, workshops, fast food outlets and mobile tech support
There will continue to be bizarrely out of place threads about massively powerful and fast road cars and how fast people drive them
'Peak STW' definitely involves being a higher rate taxpayer.
Perhaps that's too obvious, as you'd need it to pay for all the stuff in both versions, but...
Caravanning.
Grow your own.
Pizza oven owners like me best summer evening buy
Sourdough specialists
It's almost Jan so chuck in the slow cooker owners
#vanlife, wild camping, cold water swimming normally features a bit too.
And a 300 quid goretex jacket to watch the dug curling one off.
What about the Garmin Instinct Solar?
You know that cliché about vegans always letting people know… ebike haters.
‘Peak STW’ definitely involves being a higher rate taxpayer.
Tax avoiding managing contractors shirley?
The only two that fit are Middle aged man and owns running shoes but I can't run. Running seems to accelerate the rate I'm falling apart at.
I do ride bikes though, am I allowed to stay?
Still riding Five's. Otherwise I tick none of those boxes!
doomanic with the forum equivalent of "Know you are just said you are. Takes one to know one ner ner"
twin peaking
what is twin peaking? i’m pretty sure it’s not only what urban dictionary defines it as.
Electric MTB - Yes but prefer my retro one
Korean Electric car - Nope. Wife has a Toyota hybrid though, does that count?
Works in IT or sales marketing - Well I do plenty of those
Runner - Hate running. I do sometimes do it though
Part time vegan - Occasionally eat meals without animal products in. Does that count?
Plays guitar - I wish
Skis or snowboards - Double tick.
Reads the Guardian - Also tick.
50% I guess. Must try harder.
Apart from working in IT i completely miss the list 😀 awesome.
Reads the Guardian – Yep. Decent northern rag.
Any paper that has a North of England editor and correspondent isn't a "northern rag" it just has a few staff outside London
what is twin peaking?
Come again?
There have only ever been two types of forumites.
Those who muddle up lose and loose.
Those who get really upset about the above.
Mibbe have to wait a few weeks, but we can add in Instinct Solar wearers.