I’m the man that’s called when things go wrong….

With structural steel work anyway, I sort out extras, remedials and good ol fashioned ***k ups.
Takes me all over the south, was in Wimbledon last week, sat typing this in St Austell.

Within its own field its varied work, and by its very nature unpredictable, leading to random days off in the week. I’m self employed and charge per day regardless of time it takes. I used to run a fabrication shop but over heads, changing standards and the arse dropping out of the economy meant a change. I really miss having my own work shop, but my stress levels are right down (I’m always solving someone else’s problems these days, not my own) now, and weekend work is a thing of the past.

free haribos at work

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You sound very similar to me weeksy. – I can stick with the 5/2 but can’t face a permanent daily diet. I’ve been doing the 5/2 on and off since I first read about it a couple of years ago. I usually have a holiday and “forget” to restart it again. But when I stick with it I see results similar to you, – an initial decent weight loss then a tailing off as time goes on.
I don’t know what the answer is, I think I’m just posting this as a “yeah, you’re not alone” type thing (for you and me).

Maybe slip in the odd extra fasting day 4/3 every other week. Or try an 8hr fast on the normal days ie just eat between 1000 and 1800. Or amputate something and really see the weight drop off.

In other news, did 3 laps of hilly in under an hour last night on a fasting day. Quite pleased with progress so far.

Just a couple of laps of the hilly route for me today. The group ride thing sounds like a great idea. Sunday evening is a bad time for me but definitely like the premise though

I’m not built for racing, gave in after 2 laps. pretty sure it was only unicycles and penny farthings behind me.

Just about to give racing a bash, cat D in the kiss in around 5 minutes. I’ll let you know when I collapse

Again Tacx T2240 from Halfords here. Only just over a week and 100mi into the trainer and zwift. All good so far, it didn’t like the bluetooth, but works fine now on ant+

Nothing sinister to report on the build quality so far. Seems to handle my slender 100Kg fine.

Been lurking this thread for a while now. Took the plunge and got a tacx smart trainer and cheap road bike. I think I have it all set up properly now and had a couple of rides.

First impressions are good, I love the techy stuff (though I don’t pretend to understand a lot of it). I did the ftp test earlier today. Seems I’m starting well on the bottom rung (according to the chart posted early on in the thread anyway) 1.83w/kg.

Hopefully I’ll stick with it and be able to at least wave to a few of you as you fly past a fat lad. :D

I always ask for money up front but that seems a bit steep. I’m a different trade and would always say on my quotation 30% upfront, 30% when on site. 40% on completion.

Trip with the missus up the west coast of Ireland, landed at Easky sometime in the afternoon watching a few surfers in small surf, out of the corner of my eye I spot splashing, get the bins out and it’s a whale breaching (saw it a fair few times to confirm it) . How ace is nature.

A few days later surfing a reef break down the coast, inky black water, only me out, couldn’t stop thinking about it and got the willies and had to get out.

Scariest thing though was mistakenly dropping in on Maurice Cole one summer in Hossegor. Fair to say he didn’t take it well.

Steal it

brakes – Member
the Police.

I doubt Sting would be any help at all.

People who work in offices
HMRC
Bono
German cars
Morrisons
Lewis Hamilton
Chris Froome
Apple

Tea cosy’s

Those little air deflector thingys on windscreen wipers

Teasmaid – Alarm with a lukewarm cup of stewed tea attached

Plain black football boots

Back now having had a bit of a holiday after the event.
4th time doing it, 1st time in the 24hr. Had a great time, did better than we hoped finishing 8th in the team open male, and one of our youngens won the u8 boys.

Fantastic support throughout the 24hrs, the tea ladies at the motivation station were ace.
Loved the lap, the food, the kids with water pistols, the high fives, the free beer, the massage girls putting us back together again, the sunshine.

A bike shop seemed conspicuous by its absence, luckily mechanicals limited to broken chains. And the topeak guys did a brilliant job keeping things rolling.

Already looking forward to next year.

https://www.toolstoday.co.uk/iss-magnetic-1-2-drive-metric-6-point-deep-impact-sockets?gclid=CjwKEAjwqJ67BRCzzJ7Hy-LYlFYSJABwp9PG-SB056nVegtuJGtI8CP9UCn4NycSHGRNX8LMkInqmxoCCELw_wcB#tabs

Not very good with the link thing, but how about those?

We parked in one of the official scally carparks, just around the corner Oldham Rd A6010 junction. (drewett Street I think). A tenner and all was good.

Thought the gig was brilliant, didn’t go much on the support but that’s not what we were there for. Ian Brown’s singing was as you’d expect, luckily he was drowned out by 60,000 others. Agree with reggie about Squire, he was bloody brilliant.

Look for a local non ferrous fabrication shop. Chances are they’ll have some and be able to cut it to length for you, if it’s a regular size. Stockholders such as Aalco (none ferrous specialists) might be able to help but at eye-watering prices.

Thanks cougar, DK. I’ll fiddle with the nobs a bit more and see how it goes, but I think maybe matteyfez has it – just a poor quality stream.

Cheers all.

Thanks Drac, but that link is well above my comfort zone. :oops:

Alter the motion processing

Do what to the what now?

I can’t find anything with “motion control” in the settings, you’re going to have to dumb it down some more I’m afraid.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=991709734198753&id=175672035802531

I struggle with the whole link thing, I put it down to my age. But the story above is my lbs.

What’s got 8 legs and 8 eyes?

8 pirates

Beatles or Stones

I’m a steel fabricator, who up until a couple of years ago had a wonderful workshop full of some lovely tools and have produced some cracking work. Overheads, a desire to keep hands on / work force small, means that has now gone.

I now specialise in on site remedial work on large steel frames, mostly positional coded welding.

I now work less, but longer days (5-6am starts in order to be on site for 7.30)

Less Overheads, less stress, more family (bike) time.

I do still miss my workshop though :(

You know the ones I mean hammy, the ones that mistake Beetroot with being edible.

(though they are actually called “veg crisps” I’m as confused as you are with the whole spud – vegetable relationship)

Vegetable crisps

Thanks for the input everyone. Not seen the rim type ones or looked much at the direct drive types. I’ll investigate further.

Doug thanks for the offer, but I’m a bit too far away.

I hope they’re standing watch over him tonight just in case. After all he’s got form for this sort of thing. “grant unto him eternal rest” episode.

RIP

Struggling to remember the bad ones, but one that’s just come to me is Fun Lovin Criminals. Mid to late 90’s – played a rubbish film at the start – think beastie boys sabotage video but trying to be serious. Went on (for days) at least half an hour. Huey then spent most of the gig trying to be some wannabe film star. Acting out Goodfellas type crap. Just awful.

Pulp played the following week and were ace.

PWEI – missed them in their heyday, for one reason or another, so when they (I use “they” loosely, basically Graham plus an assortment of others) played locally a few years ago I thought brilliant. Half way through the first song I realised my stupidity.

Thanks for the responses guys, lots to digest.
Especially wobbliscott, very thorough, thank you.

Cougar – Moderator
I wouldn’t bother with 4K personally, for reasons as previously discussed at length on here recently.

OK, done a bit of forum searching and found the relevant threads, probably save myself a few quid here. Thanks.

you want under the counter or over the counter?

Just decent above board sort of stuff really.

hexhamstu – Member
If you had £500 to spend on a tv at currys, what would you buy?

Knowing me, something for about £600.

I have no particular brand preference though if that’s what you mean.

slowoldman – Member
You could buy a TV and plug the audio out into your hi-fi.

Unfortunately that would require a whole new thread along the lines of “help me spec a complete home hifi”

crc have got deore brakes front and rear, sans discs for 60 bangers. Thats got to be tempting.

Just got a set for when my avids next piss me off badly enough for me to go fully mental at them and bin them, with hammers. We all know it’ll happen.

Can’t comment on deore vs xt as I’ve never tried xt, but the deores on my hardtail have been faultless (6 months old)

Mine come up bang on 2.25″ on wtb rim.

Thanks all, plenty to think about there.

Definitely muscular and constant.

That was my thinking IGM.

I’m going to take a hacksaw to the bars bars, once I’ve summoned the energy to get up.

Thanks yak, certainly not used to that long in the saddle, got the John Wayne gait going on this morning.

My 69 year old Dad was in the Wareham XC race on Sunday. He was inspired to start mountain biking after having a go last year whilst watching me in the Twentyfour12. He actually fell off quite hard at the time and hurt his shoulder, but if anything that made him more determined to do it. A month or so later we picked him up a nice cheap Marin Mt Vision and he hasn’t looked back since. He’s out 2 or 3 times a week with a local club of other similar aged riders all over Dorset, and to top it off he’s entered in this years Twentyfour12. With his grandchildren in the junior race they’ll be 3 generations of us suffering in it this year!

I’m 38

I wear a baseball cap

I wear it backwards

However, as one of my favourite quotes goes,

“There’s 2 types of people who wear their hats backwards, welders and assholes”

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