Funny thread this.. LOL.

F2B then once B2F then return F2B for the remaining “flow process until it squeeks”

I’m amazed too at just how much/many rolls a Woman gets through in 1 week. If she’s away on Business (herumph) I get through 1 a week, when shes back it’s at the very least 4..
I think shes stocking it up ready for some sort of Nuclear attack where she’ll make a temporary tent with it to shield us both, I might on that occasion just cr*p myself at that particular moment.. and cower outside laughing.

I even looked at the Dahon X27h which is more roadie based (and more expensive) but for what I use mine for, and it’s intended use of city break riding and folding up storage in hotels etc.. just a simple hub geared solid foldie.. seems to do the job so far.
Oh, no disrespect at all to Bromptons.. I love the fact that they all get together and meet up, even have the Worlds Series too which is hilarious if you ever go to see it, last one was in London, don’t know where this years is, London again I guess.. Oh yea they were racing at Raphas NightSeries in Smithfileds too.. brilliant stuff.

I looked at Bromptons and decided they were a bit wobbly for me (I’m a roadieracer and 29erSSMTB’er and like a stiff bike) even though the Brompton folds well it’s not, for me, a good ride. So I looked around at loads and decided that the Dahon Vitesse (in hub geared) was the best by far, stiff, light, strong, folds well (though not as neat as the Brompton) you can buy loadsa stuff for it if you like, but I just ride to the station and train journey the rest.. fit’s perfect, rides well and I’ve confidence in the build quality.. It’s stealth black too, which I really like the look of.

My Sailing Club.

Without insulting the OP’s intentions..
I’m quite bullied up seeing a few R 5GTurbos too.. I love the fact that if you look at the list of cars in “our” early years were all fast(ish) hot hatches were we seem to have cut our teeth.. Oh the fun, oh the youthful grin.. I guess we still try in some way to ride our bikes like a teenager too hahaha, if truth be told.
You’re right about the turbo lag.. but the main problem I had was not driving it.. being busy back then I could only get into it once in every other weekend..
The Alfa(s) fell apart.. typical.. but I managed to restore the GT Junior which I totally loved. If there was one car I wish I could still own it’s that one.. 16v twin cam Italian howling heaven.. Utterly glorious.
However the 5 Sport Touring was without a doubt THE most impressive mile muncher “like ever”

Hahahaha… I had to replace the 5’s GTI turbo twice (both under warranty) but the spine was intact until I span it off the road in the wet and ended upside down in a field.. At the time I laughed, now I ache, hahaha. It was fast though.. I do have fond memories of it chasing my mates down country lanes in thier XR3’s and Astra GTI’s.. Oh how the giggles ensued and the tyres burned rubber. The switches I recall were pants and the gearstick kept jamming in 2nd.. Good car though, great laugh far better fun than the XR2 that followed on..

2CV
Renault 5GTI Turbo
XR2
AlfaSud Ti
Alfa GT Junior
Celica 4×4 “Carlos’s rally version”
BMW 316
BMW 320d Touring
BMW 5 3Sport Touring
BMW 320d Sport Touring

I did it. I sold a buisiness and took 18mths off. I travelled all over Europe windsurfing and cycling. My M’sus couldn’t understand my wonderlust at the time and the relationship ended. I’ll be the first to admit I seemed to be going through some sort of midlife thingy at the age of 37. Even though I really enjoyed my time out at the time, I look back now and find myself wondering why I really did it and what was the point. One thing I did gain form it was a far more open mind and had I not done it I quite possibly would have gone into meltdown and bought a Porsche or something like it. I met some great people along the way though, but they didn’t change the way I felt at the time. The underlying feeling never went away.
So, if you have the opportunity and you’re genuinly excited about it then hey, do what I did and do it. If on the otherhand you are simply trying to run away from something.. it’ll follow you whereever you go.
One main thing I found out was on my return, working for someone else sucks.

Anyone done the Italian one??

I ride in lanes along the South Downs, no matter how hard I clean my bike it’s covered in pig poo and field run off in minutes.. But I like the idea of the dishwasher angle, could try it once or twice a year I guess.. hmmm.. You say it gets rid of the M’sus too…?? Bonus.

Once God had been proven to be a myth we needed someones else to believe in a be steared by, hence the royals oh and they used big sticks to beat up the poor and berate the rich into a truncated view of society..
Still the same thing going on now “cept” the Gov’t have taken to thinking they’re the new royals… which they’re not.
The royals do bring in £’s in tourism though, shame we have to pump in 14 times more into them to provide the service they provide.. loss leader IMHO.
Lets take on the Spanish Model where there contribution is self fullfilling and self funded.
Won’t happen tho’ Political Types enjoy being knighted.

Seven (if you can remember that far back)..Yup the one with Brad Pitt in it. I walked out after “Sloth”

Crunchy (has to be)
1) sliced advacado about 1cm thick, spread crunchy on it and munch away.. or just stone out the advacado and fill the hole..
2) wholemeal bread (no butter) toast then apply generous layer of crunchy and let the heat melt the crunchy into the bread.

The only downside to my mates profession is that if we ride through forest/brambles and the like he whines like a girl about scratching his legs.. and he always looks at himself in shop windows..

I have a friend who’s a male model. He’s as fit as, rides (herumph) harder than I do and has been in quite a few “movies”, he’s mainly doing underwear and clothing now and is extreemly well off for all his dues.. He married his high school sweetheart who’s stunning and not in the least prudish, though she’s never been in any “movies” (so she makes plainly clear) and she looks on it all as though it’s just a job, he thinks exactly the same way.. detatchment I think it’s called, takes all sorts thank God.

I often ride along a footpath along the river to get to the trails in the woods.. I’ve been berated, shouted at, stepped in front of and threatened.. Ok, so it’s private land with granted access (AoONB) and it’s popular too, but in all the time I’ve been on there most, not all mind, just say Hi and get out of the way.. The landowner on the otherhand is a twonk.. But the local council has rights of access dating back to when God was a lad and he can’t do ow’t about it. He once had a go at a parent with a 3yr old riding his on a trike.. We know where he lives and on occasion we gather up all the dog sh*te left in plastic bags and chuck it over his fence.. we do feel guilty, for about .5 seconds.

foreigner, toto, boston…

I’va a galaxy too, turn off wireless unless you need it, turn off gps and bluetooth too. When roaming looking at websites it’ll cost ya loads unless you piggy someones wifi….I used very minimal browsing over one week and it cost me £30… other than that it’s reasonably cheap unless you are on a dodgy tariff..

Does one mind if I wear “narrow”? For they be the perfect fit for a chap of a certain age.
If one can get away with it then please, feel free to continue. SOme Yoof’s look rather smart in them, I do rather like the “Glee” look that is “a happening” iin todays society.
However I do draw the line at Ladies that continue to wear White Linen trousers that one can see thier “pants” through.. Ghastly, truely.

Decking.

Scenic.. it’s all scenic… depends on what you like really.. Wild, Open,Windswept on the S/West-South Shore from Neadles all the way to Ventnor, Rural, rustic (except Cowes) on the North Shore, East Shore rolling rural to sandbar heaven around Bembridge.. bit “old skool” buildings which have ooodles of charm, too many local pubs to get hammered in, but then you’ve only given yourselves a couple of days so you’ll be jogging most of it. IMHO Freshwater Bay to St Cat’s is my fave in the main cos no boooooger lives over there. Shame you can’t take the bikes, still you’ll have fun no doubt about that.

Provided you’ve the figure, they look kinda cool.. If you’re a bloater then it’ll look like a marquee.. can’t wait for the semi see through white linen one.. hahahaha, puke.

2 days?? Erm.. you may need longer than that. Go anticlockwise and if camping on the Southside find some protection, it gets windy.

Curling, pointless.. it’s just skidding with brooms, for fat ladies.
Dance Aerobics.. fit girls with string
Sailing.. (i sail competitively BTW) but watching it, dull as.
Athletics.. drug filled, attention seeking, obsessed..
Marathon Running.. ok, for the partaker it’s all encompassing, but watching it.. forget it.
Sheep Racing (for those in Devon)

He’s still annoying me now and he’s been off air for a few hours.

Self centered obnoxious g*t and to cap it all he brings in an ex newspaper editor in to waffle on about rubbish like “i wanted the Olympic Games to be in Paris, I like Paris” bloomin Daily Mail esc programme, truely awful, the music is dire Eddie blinkin Cockran.. I mean.. who in their tiny minds listend to that rubbish..