Things that you’ve changed since using this site?

Started washing my legs in the shower.

I am a lot more patient when waiting for a page to load. 

My chain

My tolerance to fan noises

The amount of spare parts in my spare parts drawers.

I am a lot more patient when waiting for a page to load. 

I’m glad it’s not just me.

Watched virtually every amusing animated gif in existence.

Now have a Volvo Octavia and a dog, don’t ride my mountain bike anymore

Hmmm possibly at a basic level, my expectations towards aging? Joined in my 20s, now in my 40s.

The forum is an interesting place in that it seems to have aged with me, a unique place online for me where I seem always to feel like young ‘un, whatever age I get to. I presume a bunch of other posters joined around the age I am now, and the years have passed accordingly. 

I can’t imagine it’s all that healthy for STW as  a business, but without a cheeky crop of younger people always showing up to disrupt the flow, it’s a place that i get to watch steadily (and largely gracefully) age ahead of me thanks to the varying stuff people share. It has been genuinely enlightening. 

I’ve changed my browser.

Mobile provider.

I’ve probably occasionally lurked here for 20 years. Mountain bikes got slack and very very expensive in that time. Gravel was invented, fat bikes were invented and forgotten again; single-speed is now ripe for rediscovery but with through-axles.

My lawn has had frozen sausages hammered into it, and my best shoes wee’d in; luckily I have not owned a dog. I will also forever be considerably more careful about triple-checking the dates of any endoscopy appointments.

Thread of the week! Chuffed to bits.

Ooh… I’ve thought of another one… I now use putoline. Although, I think the chains were crap enough that it’s made no difference whatsoever🤣

Thread of the week! Chuffed to bits.

Is that still a thing?

One wife, numerous girlfriends. Quite a few riding buddies that have come and gone.

The simple joy of pedalling a bicycle is the only thing that remains the constant

The simple joy of pedalling a bicycle is the only thing that remains the constant

Shirley you must be very tired by now

Internet provider. Thanks to whoever it was that recommended Zen.

My opinion on the kindness of strangers. Seen some, quite frankly, **** brilliant things on here as a result of people pulling together to help those in need. Really is quite a thing to behold. Especially when considering most threads devolve in to humourless arguing after the first page.

Talking about mental health issues openly as opposed to being ashamed of them.

Bought a Tablet like Dracs. Site is still a bit unstable mind.