Allegedly the album was recorded in a bedroom with Logic Pro X on a mac. No acoustically treated room etc.

@kilo out of interest what level were you trained too, standard or advanced?

Strangely I always thought I would struggle with listening to music while riding. I thought I would want to hear the bike more. Turns out it actually works well for me.

Interestingly though (and why hands free phones are probably worse than music) I ride with an intercom with my mate and we both stop talking to each other when pressing on, on technical roads. I tend to start my inner monologue at the point and stop talking 🙂

Strange that on my advanced biker course and subsequent deployments as a surveillance biker for my employers they all thought motorcycles were for me.

In all seriousness there is actual research that has shown that some people are far more distracted by music than others. So probably unfair for me to say that, whats important is people do what makes them feel safe. If it distracts you to the point of not feeling safe then its good you have made the decision to not listen to music.

I use a Sena comms unit and I found with foam earplugs and speakers in headphones it just wasn’t loud enough. So went for the ear buds. Its a marginal faff to get them in and on very long days they can get slightly uncomfortable. But they do work really well.

The biggest issue for me is that motorcycling needs much more concentration to avoid being killed so whilst gps would be ok I, personally, would never play music or use a phone while biking.

If you can’t listen music and ride a bike, then maybe motorcycles are not for you 🙂

I always wear ear protection on the bike.

I was wearing snugs moulded headphones but recently I have moved to Bose Quiet Comfort 20 in ear jobs. They do a great job of reducing the wind and engine noise. I did get a set of moulded plugs made for them, but I have found the standard silicone ones more comfortable.

You can get a bit of popping from the wind on them but I really get on with them.

Street Triple is a fantastic first big bike.

I have a 765RS in track trim, with a SC Project full titanium system it makes 132BHP at the rear wheel on the Powertech Dyno in Blackpool.

Grr why does the embedding not work !!!

I picked this up at the weekend 🙂

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMVqHKK1tOvwd7dpVTsyUeWTqHEEKfCejI_-DnDJbS6VcgOk3mnMvOqzQJP0IiFgw?key=eE9LY012Q3Y3X3lUVTZyS3F5Uks1Nmx0eFV2QnZR

Another vote for dropping in to San Sebastian here.

When in the Picos, make sure you do the loop around Lake Riano.

I did a three week cycling trip about 15years ago. Still to this day one of the best holidays I have ever done.

Fabulous country to visit, I flew into Cape Town and cycled the garden route and visited a lot of the big vineyards.

How about defining better and defining measurable targets for them.

Safer
Better Flow
Better economy/Emissions
Other

Then using evidence based decision making to work towards hitting those targets, rather than throwing stuff into the pot that statistically speaking would make little difference (Re-testing older people for instance, they are not the ones having accidents).

The hatred for the car here is bordering on comedic 🙂

I have always fancied the GT to replace the S1000XR, not got round to test riding one yet.

There have been some super tempting deals around on them 🙂

Enjoy 🙂

@joebristol

If your club is anything like mine, don’t worry about getting better before you turn up to a swim. They will normally run a lane system for different levels.

Some one else pointed out here try and get as much open water swimming in as you can. You would be surprised how many competent pool swimmers panic in open water. Also cold water is something I struggle with. A warm lake in Austria I am fine, sea swim in Weymouth and I can really struggle to get my breath and get into a rhythm. Sometimes I manage it (tenby) and I have a great swim other times (malorca) I really struggled to get my face in the water in the cold and breath properly.

My friend went from a non swimmer to 70.3 Ironman in two years and Ironman in 3

Also yes swimming is a technique sport but don’t get 100% hung up on it. For years I thought I was missing the one thing that would turn my swimming around. Like most things, doing a lot of it will improve. Most triathletes are never going to swim like someone who swam for a swimming club since they were 10.

Once you do get reasonable though you will hate swimming in a public pool, even as a moderate swimmer everyone will be in your way 🙂

As for breast stroke yes some people do it, but its more fatiguing on the legs than front crawl. Just put the effort in and learn to swim crawl and you will be in a better place and you will feel proud of yourself.

My advice is you really should be swimming 3 times a week.

In generally just going and swimming a distance is not that productive. Intervals are where its at. When you get tired your stroke suffers and you just practice bad form.

Join a tri club that do a coached session is a good way forward too.

I was only doing 3000m sets for Ironman distance swims so I would not worry too much about super long sessions 2000m (as warm up, intervals and cool down) should be more than enough.

Trick is to swim often though at least 3 times a week.

Not sure if this is covered in the withdrawal agreement but while part of the EU this is true.

An EU national is not allowed to drive a non EU registered car in an EU country. So you as an EU national are not allowed to drive a Swiss registered car in France etc.

So be mindful of this.

As I said obviously slight confusion after Friday, but I am assuming it would be the same in the transition period.

Cheers

Bazzer

I still have my 26″ Soda and I love it, not ridden it for a while I need to put a new drive train on it. This thread has enthused me to sort it out and get out on it 🙂

How did you embed the video ?

This is not the one I was looking for there is another Pedrosa one that is really bad.

But gives you an idea

Superbikes/MotoGP etc you may be going fast horizontally/parallel to the ground, but only fallen a few feet onto the floor, the rest is sliding.

Search for Dani Pedrosa high side on Youtube, plenty of impact injuries in bike racing. Also have you ever been to Cadwell Park 🙂

Yep I sold the Squeezebox Touch’s on ebay for good money

I keep meaning to put the others on.

@phil5556

Haha no I bailed on Squeezebox same as you guys as it just got a little bit too clunky.

I then went for a load of Chromecast Audios around the house.

I am now using Amazon Echos, Kitchen and bedroom I just use the ones with built in speakers and in the Lounge and office I have dots going into HiFi systems.

I am tempted by the new box with a digital out but it seems like a lot of money for what it is.

I still have a Squeezbox Radio and a Duet gathering dust if anyone wants them cheap 🙂

Obviously the ideal scenario for the the customers would be for Sonos to open source the hardware so others could develop for it. However I am sure they would see that at commercially damaging so won’t.

Logitech did it with the squeezebox and its still popular long after the company stopped supporting it.

I have done some motorcycle touring there, and all I can say is fabulous area to explore.

Some sort of chorus pedal?

CBT, theory test, MOD1, MOD2 and then off to the Ducati dealership 🙂

Depends on how old you are if you got you license in the military years ago, they tended to basically add all categories.

If you have valid Category A on your license you are good to go.

If you already have category A on your license then surely you can ride anything you want?

You don’t need to do anything other than place an order for a new Panigale V4 Corse 🙂

Issues with the 987 3.4 engines is very real, some people have had more than one engine rebuild before they gave up. Later 981 3.4’s seem to be OK though.

LS3 engine swaphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0u8CDeGMUI”>LS3 engine swap.

I really like the idea of this and I love a project, not going to be cheap though 🙂

I thought BSG was fantastic, The Scifi was an aside. Its dealing with Racism, terrorism, suicide bombing was brilliant.

I sort of enjoyed Second Life, but its just felt like it was getting into its stride, when the season ended.

I would be interested in knowing if they do actually get back to you after you have cancelled with a better offer.

An Arcam Alpha 10 if you want something older, the phono stage is optional though so watch out for that. It can be easily retrofitted though.

actually quite like the challenge of maintenance coding – it’s so much harder than green-field coding

Not always true, I know some people who are great at refactoring code written by others, but lack the creativity when it comes to creating new solutions to new problems. I also know people who are the opposite.

No, it doesn’t ‘H’ because we’ve done this to death – no-one’s said they are ‘taking it away’ without paying for it. And yet, you keep on about it this thing that isn’t happening like you are a Tory propagandist or something.

How is it going to work then @molgrips ?

Of course you can complete them both, but your IM will be compromised.

Also be mindful if you blister easily or pick up injuries.

I bailed out of the marathon at the Long Course Weekend and just did the half, did full swim and bike but felt full marathon would take too much recovery and would compromise training, I was 4 weeks out from an IM.

SDS drill with chisel mode its the way forward. Mark it out stitch drill it and then use the chisel function on the drill to open it out from the inside out. Its actually easier than it sounds. Then either capping over the cables or oval conduit, then get it plastered.

Remember there are zones at 90deg to every switch and socket that could have a cable runs. There are also zones in the corners of room as along the top near the ceiling etc. Drill in these areas with caution.

I like that Reverend 🙂

Best thread in ages 🙂

Is the Chapman Ghost Fret Standard in Unicorn Fade colour 🙂

Cool looking guitar 🙂

Yeah the ML1 Pro Modern looks like its worth a play I was looking at them earlier today.

I think a drive upto Andertons in Guildford is on the cards as they have the Fender and the Chapman.

@mutley

Thats interesting as I currently play an Japanese build J class Ibanez RG1570, I just want something with a fixed bridge I can quickly play with other tunings.

So that would fit with the sort of guitar I like, however I am not sure if I want something different or more of what I know I like 🙂

It depends on if the trip is a thank you for all their hard work ( I assume a trip to Milan site seeing is). Then if it is and the person genuinely can’t go for personal reasons then why not thank them by letting them have the Monday off.

I agree its a work day and they should not assume they should get it off, but you have the opportunity to have a happy employee or a unhappy one. I guess it depends on if you think they deserve a reward or not.

Also any recommendation of fixed bridge twin humbucker guitars at around that price point, what should I try.