Bit of a daft one but after a theft I was nervous about keeping mine outside. As a compromise with the good lady I took the front wheels and seat posts off my bikes and kept them in the house.

My reckoning was that if they could not ride the bikes away it might deter them and it’s not too much trouble putting the wheel/seat post back in when I wanted to use them.

I used to ride with Chestermtb.org great banter but sadly they are no more

Another “retired” rider here, live on the Wirral and used to ride Delamere a lot but fitness is totally shot now and I hate being crap and slow at the back.

If anyone wants a glacial pace ride round Delamere shout up!

Mine have just turned 9, can’t believe how great having twins is!

Join Tamba (Twins and Multiple Birth Association) they give you lots of help.

What car do you drive, will it fit a double buggy in the boot plus a weekly shop?

Always ask for discount, you’d be amazed how often you get 10% or 20%.

Make sure you go to multiple birth antenatal classes (otherwise your wife will only get help with lessons on breastfeeding single children). That sounds daft but it is a genuine issue

Feel free to drop me a pm for any other pearls of wisdom

I went to one Black Grape gig and Bez didn’t come out for the first few songs, when he did eventually appear the crowd went (even more) crazy. Couldn’t explain it but he actually did make a difference?

had the fortune or seeing them a few times and most of the time they were fantastic. the one time they were truly awful was when I think they reformed just for Shaun to pay a big tax bill. If I recall correctly only half the original band were in the line up and he needed the help of both male and female backing singers.

At the risk of throwing a spanner in the works I saw Black Grape just as many times as the Mondays and thought they were equally good if not better!

and fair play to BT for putting it on You Tube

I don’t think Sky would have done that?

Hi Pete,

Long time no speak!

Must drag you out to the Clwydians some time!

cheers

Hi Houndlegs, PM sent regarding the Zephyros

cheers

leaning down to get your water bottle out the cage can be fun as well !

and the chances of this thread becoming the biggest one ever are?

Can I be snowed in at the curry house please!

actually it’s “the leisure peninsula”

at least that’s what the council tell us!

Hi Paul,

try having a look on Charlie’s site.

cheers
Barney

could it be the pressure of you teaching him to ride?

Why not take him to a BC Go Ride Club? I took my twin girls and they were riding by their second or third “lesson”. Once we got the basics we stopped going as it was an inconvenient time (Saturday mornings) and instead we had “family rides” instead.

You could always bribe him with something he likes on the way home?

I don’t normally agree with going down the bribes route but sometimes if it makes things easier/happen then so be it.

Which one had the snow? That was fun although not if you were parked in the lower car park!

don’t bother with front wheel stand, it only took me about 3 minutes to “master” them and I’m a crap rider… reaching down to get my water out of the cage however takes a bit longer !

Tony,

Sorry to hear your news, firstly I hope your wife is starting to feel a bit better both physically and mentally.

As a few people have said one seizure doesn’t mean epilepsy. I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 12 and I’m now 46, I’ve only a few grand mal seizures as its controlled by medication.

As a grown up having a seizure can be very distressing, as well as the obvious potential for injury depending on circumstances (sorry don’t mean to scare you) you come round and feel like you’ve done 12 rounds with Mike Tyson and normally a nasty cut to the tongue. I used to feel very embarrassed and self concious of course emptying your bladder as part of the muscle spasms doesn’t help much either. Luckily I found a lot of TLC from my wife helped.

Touch wood I’ve been seizure free for several years, I take my meds as prescribed (I see that as a small sacrifice) and try to cut out as many things that can trigger seizures such as stress, lack of sleep (not great for bikepacking!) and sadly alcohol. Without a doubt the biggest pain is the loss of driving licence but it might not come to that. I’m now driving again but with a licence that gets renewed every couple of years.

Luckily for me my consultant actually encourages me to get out and ride as he says riding is a great way of de-stressing my body. Sometimes my wife gets anxious if I’m on my own but I’ve just got a Spot Tracker so that puts her mind at rest a bit.

Like I said fingers crossed it’s a one off and she wont be diagnosed with epilepsy but if she is it’s not the end of the world although I appreciate that’s easy for me to say.

Are you going to Bearstock? If you are and you want a quick chat just yell otherwise feel free to drop me a line (email in profile).

Thinking of you both,
Mark

Was that Matt Berry doing the voice over for those weird twins?

brought up with Labradors, absolutely lovely dogs.

the only problem we’ve had is bad hips have meant lack of ability to walk them (properly) and lack of exercise combined with wanting to eat (and eat and eat and eat) make it a vicious circle.

parents current one is fine with no hip/weight issues at all.

5 for me…

I have beautiful twin girls born through IVF yet in the eyes of certain religions it is totally immoral and we should have just accepted a life without children and “got on with it”.

Appreciate that isn’t the case with them all and sorry if it makes me sound like a bigot.

another proud dad here, ironically my forum name “Ninky Nonk” is taken from that rather weird kids show In The Night Garden, it’s a reference to when I towed my twin daughters around in a Burly trailer.

Fast forward a few years and we’re now onto customary pub lunch/ice cream rides…

well I had a brilliant day… and I finished last !!! 😆

in my defense I did stop for 10 minutes to help a whippet because he snapped his chain and didn’t have a chain tool plus a mechanical meant I pushed my bike across the line.

What a great event deffo back next year and I’m aiming for second last place!

2 failed cycles of ICSI and then we looked at our lifestyle, Mrs Ninkynonk was doing a 2hr commute each way every day. We decided that life isn’t all about money so she gave up work and went back to Uni to do a PGCE.

Not sure how much difference it made but just when we gave up hope and decided on a life of fast cars and nice holidays our third cycle presented us with twin girls.

Now aged 7 (pushing 17) I never forget how lucky we are.

Good luck and fingers crossed you’re replying with a similar response to another thread in a year or two!

in my girl’s school they did it slightly differently and every year had to go as a different character from an authors books i.e. yr 5 was David Walliams and yr6 was Julia Donaldson. The Ninkynonks are in yr 3 and theirs was Roald Dahl… so one Umpa Lumpa and Sophie from BFG.

Must admit they did look cute this morning! :o)

you need to speak to Mr Overshoot of this parish… he almost has a ski lodge in his garden !!!

My wife did the same and got me some for Xmas after I was complaining of being unfit (but can’t get out midweek due to family duties)

Have to say first couple of minutes were a disaster, I literally rode off them but soon sussed it.

Been a few weeks and I watch Netflix to relieve boredom but still can’t bend down to get a bottle from the cage so I keep it on a table next to me at “grab” height.

my Samsung tablet has stopped Screen Mirroring to my telly, think its a related bug!

Plus Minecraft has stopped working (not mine but was installed to help keep my 7 year olds quiet)

:o(

you think you’ve got problems!

one of my daughters just announced she was getting married to a lad I barely know…

to be fair she is only 7 and I’m not even aware he knows! ;o)

only one choice, has to be… Joy Division Oven Gloves!

FIL – sadly departed but was a great bloke

MIL – what can I say… everything Les Dawson said was true!

1.2 petrol here and it’s fantastic

rear seats are great, I’ve got roof bike carriers but for transporting the fat bike its just remove the middle seat and the fattie slides in without the front wheel. Still plenty of room for all the kit etc. in the boot and two children in the rear seats.

erm… paging Mr Overshoot !!!

cool, looks like it’s just the Inbred saddle.

cheers

Not got any experience of paying for treatment but we were very fortunate to go via NHS route.

It’s one hell of an emotional roller coaster and not one I’d wish on anyone. Be prepared for a few lifestyle changes to maximise any little assistance (wife gave up a job in Manchester because the 2hr commute from the Wirral was stressing her out).

Personally it was really tough on her and after our first failed attempt we went down the route of counselling and it really helped (appreciate it’s not for everyone).

Best of luck to you both… and for the record we’ve got amazing 7yr old twins who love riding!

I’ve got twin girls aged 7 and they both love their Frog bikes…

I suppose the fact that Team Sky have chosen them for their bikes mean they rate them and after all that David Brailsford knows a thing about bikes!

slight hijack but can I ask how you are packaging your trailers?

I’m in the process of getting rid of one but finding it really difficult to get a box.

I was thinking of trying to cobble together a bike box but wasn’t sure how strong it would be held together with gaffa tape?

cheers

cheers nbt I guess the search facility is there for a reason!

cheers guys, lots of good info.

think I’ll stay SS for a bit and then start “shouting” numbers at her. :o)

apologies for numpty post but there seems to be so many links on on thread for different suppliers.

does anyone have a link to a UK supplier please or is it fine to go with one from China.

Do the Chinese ones come with a UK charger for the battery?

cheers