Unbelievable Rab! If my shifter broke 10 miles from home and I could only use only one gear, I'd be whining like a three-year-old, turning around and hoping that I could make it home, and you go out and do a hundred miler with 6000+ feet of climbing. Definitely an alien life-form until proven...
Glad to hear that you are back at it Dave, hopefully you continue to improve daily. Now we just need a dose of Dave humor to be sure you are your old self.
Jeremy, I would go with the mini electric pump. I used to carry c02 on my old bike with tubed tires, but on my newer one with tubeless I carry a hand pump as I have heard c02 and sealant do not play well together.
My own observation: I have rented an SL5.0 in Hawaii on three different occasions and own and ride a turbo creo 2, I cannot discern a lot of difference in the motor wine when riding. The most noticeable in both motors to me was at lower cadence in eco mode. I don't use turbo enough to really...
Rab, thanks for the walk back on memory lane.
Look like old Ford 8n or 9n tractors. My dad had a 9n when I was a kid, he dreamed of being a farmer (but was a carpenter), we homesteaded under the old federal homestead act, 160 acres, beginning when I was 3 years old in 1959. He had many tractors...