mac11irl
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this morning I headed up the cross as usual, but then headed west for a bit of woodland treking. 2 reasons, 1, i decided to change routes from going up the steep hill every time the last couple of weeks 2, i realised if i didnt do a couple of longer routes i was going to just miss completing the august "favourite way 200km" challenge by about 10k. it was a nice ride out, though there has been a definite temp drop in the morning, it was noticeably cooler on the way up.
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your elevation gain and distance pretty much match my most mornings routes 😅 though tbf, the first couple of kms of mine is on tarmac, so bit less hardship than the gravel, and my average gradients are only about 10-15% looks majestic up there though, i cant wait until little guys are a bit older, and i can make time to take weekend mornings to **** off a bit of a distance and rack up some genuine mountain miles...
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got TWO bonus pedals today. the 5.5k with Spud sr earlier on. which was just good crack. and then, i had ti go collect my car from the mechanic - not a long journey, but just a grand little blast. kept the speed up as much as i could abd it paid off another PR set
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we walked to a safe start point, didnt have the same of time as the last day, so didnt go as far, but had longer playing on the embankment slopes at the park. is this strava art?
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a nearly decent nights sleep.i woke at 5... and struggled to sleep again. up on time though and out early enough to make the full Long Hill Peak route. in under an hr... new best on the route i also set a new personal best on the Long Hill full segment (unnamed road). not on the climb though it all felt like a really good ride out. weather was good, mentally in a good space sayin hello to the sheep. only downer - shout out to the LA crew that tar and chipped the top of the road section yesterday to take out potholes, grand job done, should last a good 6months. wish ye hadnt spread the 15Tonnes of excess 10mm as an uncompacted 6in layer of stone along the trail to the stile for The Cross. tougher pedalling across that flat 80yds of gravel than it was on the steep road bit on the way up!
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yeah, hes so proud of himself. he also thought it was amazing when i popped a couple of wheelies on the way back but he knows hes not allowed tell his mammy, and im not teaching him how to do it until hes older
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Spud Sr on his first Blue Way adventure last night... 6 1/2, got the bike last summer but the winter was fairly **** for pedalling, and he wasnt really feeling it, so stabilisers only gone 2 months ago... and an 8.5k cycle done even let him drop down the rough stuff of the embankment when we were at the park. its maybe a 5ft drop it was colossal thing for him no pics of that though,
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sone one of these days in gonna get 8hrs sleep, be up at 6, and have a stonking hreat ride. ill take todays ride for now.. late outta the blocks, so only the main climb of Long Hill, but.... need to sonehow find a full minute to "make the podium" and an engine to get KOM on it. i reckon the guy with the fastest time on the section mustve got a duff gps track, its 3mins faster than me and 2mins faster than the guy in second... good blast out though all in all
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yesterday was meant to be my rest day but... i had to drop my car back to mechanic for him to fit replacemwnt wishbone bushes and replace a cv boot because of a tiny tear the nct inspector spotted. so, i got a 5.5k bonus flat riverside pedal in yesterday afternoon, strava logged n all. then last night i went cycling with spud sr. convinced him we could walk over to by the river and cycle along a bit of the Blue way. ended up cycling as far as ferry house and back, aka nearly all of my 9km running route he was fairly knackered when we got home, but had a great time. i shouldve strava logged it 🤦♂️ it wouldve netted me 14km bonus pedalling for the week.
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I got a worldwide fastest segment crown today
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smashed it... 11seconds faster down the hill than yesterday! put me in a right good mood heading to a site meeting. esp as it being a non WFH day, i have to be home earlier to get geared up and head off, so it was only up to the top of the steep bit of long hill, not the whole way across the top to the proper peak. nearly ended up in another bush on the way back down again too... ground is getting soft up there now, with all the recent rain and less drying out time. so traction on the steep tracks is getting harder to find, and the grass being wet on the way down.... uh-oh's are gonna be more frequent i think...
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oh edit.. i forgot that on Friday morning i ended up in a bush 🙃 wet grass, downhill... rear wheel locked up and i just ended up sliding about 30yds hoping to make the turn...i didnt quite make it and ended up in a reasonably soft bush.
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no visibility on Long Hill today or at the cross on the way back down... cloud starting to break up just before i headed back down.. mmmmbbaaaaaaa........
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today was a tidy pedal to the proper long hill summit. 43m 38 to get there. and then took my headphones out and just sat for a few mins. there was low cloud, so about 20yds of visibility but for tge first time ive been up there absolutely no wind. it was silent, and visibility empty. i heard 2 sheep baaa in the middle distance, that was it. early enough and far out from town enough to have no traffic noise. it was strangely comforting and pleasant to be there in total isolation and just absorb the nothing. i then set a new pb on the descent stage that is the all time 2nd fastest descent (on strava) 5 secs behind the KOM. if id slept a bit better last night probably wouldve cracked that as fastest wirldwide.
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okay, so.... i nearly got a proper night sleep Thursday, so i managed to get out again friday morning. i was a little bit later than i wanted getting out, and i had to go the actual office to chair some meetings while my boss is on AL so i cut the hill route short, only going to the top of the horrible climb. it was a nice pedal even though i was sweating buckets the whole way up in 17deg heat and humidity and rain, which made it tough.
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yup... the quickjack load spread is much better than the 2 post option....
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feck that shower of chancers! an entire replacement window regulator (the panel they are talking about) can be got for about 40-50quid. i only got one a few months back for my octy as the cable had snapped. and a lock mech is only 30odd quid for a perfecrly fine ebay chinese special. they are hoping to either put you off or make up the profit on the job as it is very awkward to get into the door when its locked shut i still reckon you have a wiring problem above anything else. most likely a frayed or snapped negative wire in the door bellows... edit... 3rd option for the garage - they dont really know what they are doing, if they are saying the window will smash trying to get in passed the regulator...
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i suffered another broken night of sleep, its really getting tedious again now. but thank god it was only an hr missing... out of 6.5 available. so i dragged myself out, half an hour late, and headed up my steep hills. it was dirty, tired and sore, abd failed miserably to get the whole way up the long hill climb without needing to push any of it. lost traction on the peat farther down than on other attempts, but i pushed a bit cracked on again to the proper top of the hill. then turned around in the fog and back down. this being able to make segments is brilliant, i now have a segment for the tough climb up, and another for the way down, to compare speeds both ways - up for the strength development and down for the rough riding confidence improvement todays steep descent was definitely faster, and ive started catching some jumps on the way too, eather than just locking the brakes to gently get down it. 8m38 to get up it and 1m58 back down will what the morning brings, im hoping to get out early before i have to go to my actual office for 3hrs of meetings 🤦♂️
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RTech have a great reputation, loads of experience with mk1s and other vag platform cars. many many many of the brisky mk1 vrs's have been through their workshop over the years. thats why theres a 14month waiting list
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if you dont know what the existing floor strength is, or whats underneath the floor, absolutely go as deep as you can. even with the quickjack, if the floor is that thin and unknown strength on unknown subgrade you could have a very messy accident..
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can you get a multimeter in there to check the wiring properly? id say thats your issue tbh... esp as it stopped working after the door was slammed shut.
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evening, check in the classifieds section and check the part number sticker to match it properly, but that looks identical to the one on my 1.6diesel elegance, so dont be thinking its "blackline specific"
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stop saying sorry most people are here to help each other out
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an hour lying on the floor of spud jrs room half asleep from 3-4am followed by trying to t myself back asleep.... no cycle was had today...
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just pop down this little hill, through the gate near tge hedgerows and then a short dink up the hill the other side... see... no problems... other than the incredibly steep bits, and no tractions on the rocks or in the peaty soil under the heather... and, the other pic was taken from the trail at top of the hill, just to the right hand side, about a 1km of pedalling away.
