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Old 16-04-08, 10:49 AM   #1
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Default Todays moan of the day. Bumps.

Why is it that the start of every day has to be marred by something?!

Today I discovered that if you take the left lane all the way along the Hogs Back from Seale to Puttenham it feels a bit like this



The right lane - flat as a pancake. Grr.

It wouldn't normally annoy me apart from the fact that I forgot to bungee net my laptop and sarnies on and could feel them slipping slowly forward. So my fault, yes, but the point remains.

Maybe I need to read more into suspension, shocks and new front ends? Maybe I'm just easily annoyed.

Thanks for caring.

PS - the sarnies are safe. Until 12.
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Old 16-04-08, 11:21 AM   #2
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Default Re: Todays moan of the day. Bumps.

I know the bumps you mean. If you time it right you can get cool little wheelies.
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Old 16-04-08, 11:23 AM   #3
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Default Re: Todays moan of the day. Bumps.

I take it back. My perfectly prepared cheddar and ham sandwiches on seeded batch have been infused by Muller strawberry fruit corner.

What a disaster.

Interesting taste. Can't recommend it though.

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Old 16-04-08, 12:31 PM   #4
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I hate that bit of road
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Old 16-04-08, 01:19 PM   #5
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Default Re: Todays moan of the day. Bumps.

Sounds like a milder version of what I think Skip referred to as "The Road of Bones".

Good road to reduce the wear on your seat (backside was in the air more than it was on the seat, bad road if your suspension needs looking at :P
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Old 16-04-08, 01:28 PM   #6
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Default Re: Todays moan of the day. Bumps.

Its like the surfacing lorry stopped every 5 minutes for a cuppa or something. Unfortunately everytime I ride to work I have to go that way

This has led me to start reading up on adjusting the forks and rear "properly". I've not touched it since I rode it out of the dealers last October and I'm beginning to think I might be suffering because of it.......

I have no idea what its set at, how to set it, or what it should be set at. Something to occupy me for a few hours anyway.

Suggestions welcome of course, though I know theres a lot of info on this in here already, and its a matter of preference more than rule. (I'm about 15 stone, so on average heavier/larger than your "standard issue" rider, I guess.)
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Old 16-04-08, 01:59 PM   #7
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Yer the hogs back is pretty awful and there is quite a difference in road quality between the inside and outside lane.

Just go faster and use the outside lane
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Old 16-04-08, 02:37 PM   #8
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Bump
oh you on about something else sorry
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Old 16-04-08, 03:14 PM   #9
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Yer the hogs back is pretty awful and there is quite a difference in road quality between the inside and outside lane.

Just go faster and use the outside lane
Yep, apart from Friday's when das Polliss are on-location.

(I loved german at school, you could just add a der, die or das and have an instant german word)
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Old 16-04-08, 07:04 PM   #10
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A good reason that I rarely come to the Ely - 4 diet cokes and that bleedin road makes for an interesting bladder squeeze with 20-odd miles still to go til home!
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