Saxophones Carrying a tenor on a (motor)bike?

[Jay]

Tar spraying. The bane of bikes. Piles of loose stones right on your corner line and chipping the paint as you scatter them. Be very, very cautious.

I will be, thank you. Talk about timing! It isn't even as though I can choose a different route, cos they've done the whole dale, I can't get out of the house without riding/driving on it. Why can't they roll it when they've done?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Cos they don't like bikes. Sometimes diesel gets spilled accidentally on purpose too.

 

[jonf]

It's a cheap way to surface roads. they've been doing it down here for the last few years.

It's completely counter-productive, as well. Because there's just a top up in the level, water gets in between the layers. First sign of frost, the water freezes, expands, pushes the tar out of the way and the road surface delaminates. Potholes everywhere. That's part of the reason I ride a GS, it's built to handle awful roads.

 

[kevgermany]

They do it this way because it's cheap. In a couple of years there will be smooth slippery grooves where the gravel has broken away. Come off on that without decent clothing and you'll look as if you've been grated.

 

[Jay]

😀 😀

I might be hooked! Just done about 50 miles, mostly on tiny roads that I didn't know were there til today. Survived gravel, hairpin bends down to tiny bridges and back up again, riding through a herd of cows. Saw so many things.

Everyone is so friendly - every single biker I passed nodded. When I stopped for coffee and cake, the two blokes on the next table, also in leathers, chatted and when they found out it was my first time out, they were really encouraging.

I got rained on for the last 10 miles or so, and my arms and legs got cold quite quickly, but other than that, all my gear worked well and my little bike is great. 😀

 

[jonf]

Sounds great. We're a hospitable bunch, aren't we?

 

[Jeanette]

Sounds great. We're a hospitable bunch, aren't we?

Just like sax players 🙂

Jx

 

[trimmy]

Sounds great. We're a hospitable bunch, aren't we?

Change 'hospitable' to 'good' reminds me too much of hospital !! 😉 but yes the camaraderie amongst bikers is second to none !

 

[richardr]

Brilliant! Shame about the rain. I've spent the day in Cumbria, at the Steam Gathering at Flookburgh and the weathers been perfect. It looks as if I'll have to go there again tomorrow - I bought a strimmer, brand-new but cheap, and it doesn't work, so I'll have to return it. Anyway it will give me the chance of another gaze at the bike of my dreams, a BMW R65 in the old bikes section. Can I carry a strimmer on a bike? NO.

 

[Jay]

I'd say call in and see if the kettle's on en route, but I'm over in Beamish at a band concert tomorrow. The weather is set to be absolutely foul tomorrow - bring your waterproofs!

 

[richardr]

The nearest I get to Sedbergh on the way to Flookburgh is Junction 36 on the M6 so you're not quite en route! I'm well used to cold, wet Flookburghs - I can't remember one where it was fine all two days! When I go there I always take waterproofs, as I did today, just in case.
I hope the weather doesn't spoil your gig at Beamish.

 

[ProfJames]

Well done Jay, really glad you like your bike and all that goes with the biking experience.

 

[jonf]

Can I carry a strimmer on a bike? NO.

Yes. Easy! I've had a shotgun, mike stand, 6ft crowbar and Benbo Mk5 monster tripod on mine, although not at the same time.

 

[Jay]

Beat the rain and rode up into upper Swaledale as far as Thwaite (coffee and flapjack) then to Tan Hill and back home. About 40 epic miles - I am very lucky to live where I do 🙂

In fact it was slightly more epic than I recalled from doing it in the car, so I came home via Tan Hill and not Buttertubs! I didn't ride it either well or quickly, but I did have fun 😎

 

[Colin the Bear]

Tan Hill sees a lot of bikes on a Sunday.

How about Hartside cafe for your next jaunt. You can see from coast to coast, allegedly, on a clear day.

http://www.cafe.southlakesgroup.org/hartside-top-cafe.html

 

[richardr]

not Buttertubs!

Buttertubs by bike can be interesting. I forget whether it was Buttertubs or Hardknott, one sweltering August afternoon, chugging past a very long queue of stationary traffic. The cause of the queue: a car - and - caravan rig very thoroughly jackknifed and wedged against some rocks. The driver smiled and waved as I passed him but I should imagine that everyone in the queue in both directions would happily have wrung his neck.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Motorbikes eh. I'd love to have them back now.

• The (project) Norton ES2 I let my first wife have when I divorced
• The Francis Barnett I put in a skip when it broke.
• My very first scooter that cost £15 - a Lambretta LD150 my mum only let me buy when I was 15 because it didn't work and she didn't think I'd be able to fix it. but I did.

 

[Colin1]

...I got rained on for the last 10 miles or so, and my arms and legs got cold quite quickly...

A lesson in itself, you had the good sense to learn it locally

 

[Jay]

Tan Hill sees a lot of bikes on a Sunday.

How about Hartside cafe for your next jaunt. You can see from coast to coast, allegedly, on a clear day.

http://www.cafe.southlakesgroup.org/hartside-top-cafe.html

Yes, I know Hartside. I need to be a better rider before I go up there, I would get in people's way coming down those long hairpins. At least Swaledale was pretty quiet today. Hartside's also quite a bit further than I've ridden so far. One day 🙂

 

[aldevis]

a Lambretta LD150

We are talking ultimate coolness here.