mac11irl
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i was tired today.. own fault couldnt get to sleep. but i made myself get up, and was glad i did - clear, dry, fresh. perfect cycling weather. dawn at Ferryhouse, looking East down a still very swollen river and nice set of stats. also realised that there are a couple of those "your speed is ..." radar signs omaround the town that will pick me up wearing a high vis nice to have a couple of speed traps to aim for 24kph on a fairly flat bit 37 and 36kph on 2 others on downhill bits.
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so i just stayed asleep a bit too long today, probably trying to make up monday nights awfulness. got out a bit late again.. and the flood barriers have been deployed so 2 of my river crossing points are closed. and all the river walkways are under 2-4ft of water.. so i had to be creative this morning for a 12k blast.. couple of double backs, and i did stop to take a couple of pics of the water levels.. the pillars to the left are where i usually swing in to river walk.. the black rectangle in the water is a normal, roughly 1m tall rubbish bin. water is quite high..as in about 5ft higher than nominal in channel level..
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well its 345am, and im sitting in the kitchen with jr.. and the weather update is wind and rainfall warnins in place. thus ive reset my alarm for 1no. 18km cycle worth of extra sleep...
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thanks ☺ gonna be tough tomorrow... forecast is shocking bad, but worse as the week goes on, so it may be my best chance to get a good distance done if i can motivate myself out early enough. i have day 2 of the course to look foreward to after it aswell... the boys are in bed early, but theres a 50/50 chance spud jr will wake me up at some inhumane hour of the night.... just have to try and look through that!
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so sleep was interrupted and both swmbo and i were on online traini g courses today so, given i was up later than planned, and had no buffer time available i had to cut it to a short short route. only 9km, but a grand start to the day. also lost a good minute when i somehow managed to rerail the chain of my front sprocket! no idea how. stupid grip shifter.
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intersting 🤣🤣🤣
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just had a look and it doesnt seem to hive the colours just "1colour mark 2colour " etc?
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anyone know a realiable site to convert the colour codes on coil springs to a part number???
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and check behind the wheel arch liners for built up leaves and muck that stop the scuttkes from draining out.
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went moonlit tonight... havnt been out since Tuesday as i was on nights again second half the week (ohhhh they were 2 fun shifts!!!) alarm at 7am was accompanied by pelting rain against the windows... feck that, stayed in bed til the boys woke up. i needed to get out, but couldnt really all day. weather was hit n miss and swmbo also needed a chance to get out for a break, so once the 2 spuds were in their beds i geared uo and went at 850pm. moonlit starry sky, almost no traffic, it was lovely. so lovely i tagged on an extra little loop to the west end out around by the marlfield lake and back in. theres a tough auld climb back up from marlfield to drop back down into the town. i hit my slowest speed on the ascent and my fastest on the way back down that one hill added 29m of climb compared to the slightly shorter lap of the town i did previously. then got caught out.. the flooding has meant Convent bridge is closed.. i didnt cop until i was too far across the road at the traffic lit junction watching oncoming traffic, so ended up having to double back through town instead of my preferred route along the riverside cycleway. im a happy camper after it
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hi, havnt been arsed about exporting data etc. but grand. it works and is handy for fault scanning. though i havnt had any with octy other than a couple of random egr errora that vanish after an ignition cycle. also mice to see how much engime power is actually being used..
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up early, out early, dry, darkness into light, lovely. added a km onto yesterday afternoons route, and felt good doing it.
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weather broke, sun shine ... work done early... made a an attempt and succeeded.... in getting utterly soaked when the sky opened!! still, good maiden pedal test for my Le Col jacket. my middle bits stayed dry... head was soaked, legs were soaked. .. but meh. i got a full 15km lap of the entire town done in 37m50sec. 5new PR times on segments, and 7 second fastest times. really cheered me up by just getting out and committing to what i wanted to do inspite of the weather
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Briskoda - come with or for a skoda, stay for the banter....
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hard to motivate yerself when on nights... weekend of wind and rain alerts... 625am today.... still hoofing it down and blowing a gale. got up and did some work instead to get ahead of myself. sun shining now bit spud sr will want to come with me which will be fun but 0 exercise, and we cant go down the safe route by the river, so be on busy paths alongside roads.. what to do!!!!!
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as above, what's killed octy? youll probably get another octy in budget. or a superb. the early dpfs were a nightmare but since theyve been designed i to the engine rather than tacked on they are failure prone for most people. whats kills them in numbers is all the tools who bought diesels for a 2-10miles dsily commute because of the road tax being cheap.
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does your car be very foggy in mornings? it could be moisture in the headlight switch and/or light stalk switches. once it dries out its then okay. pull the light switch out and the connectors for damp or corrosion
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trying to snow, i reversed yesterdays route, but cut it about 2.5k shorter due to time constraints. eastern head wind blowing a light snow into my face for half the trip wasnt fun.
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im not sure how it works out that tbh.. i presume it totals the amount of uphilling on the route
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feckin cold this morning. couldnt feel my fingers when i got home. but... happy with it. full lap of the town - 16km, couple of personal records on segments and a nice avg speed
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that is very good. think i paid 25e for a "skoda touch up kit" from a german supplier. proper colour code matched and also came with the clear coat.
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given you like the off roading, theres a couple of climbing challenges may suit you. the lecol one was to log 5hrs in 2weeks iirc. got my voucher code and entered into a draw for 2900quids worth of their gear. the jacket i order was €165 and i got it or 106 and free delivery this weekend. well chuffed, as i needed a new decent waterproof jacket that isnt company issue fluorescent orange
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@Funkoid id start trying to get the water out now before the cold weather tbh. i just used a piece of 1500gauge clear plastic sheet - the type a builder puts under the subfloors of a house. cut it big enough to go over the whole door panel, cut the holes for cables to go through then stick it on. i used pvc pipe jointing compound- lay a bead of it all around the frame, make sure theres no gaps then offer up the plastic. trim the excess plastic back a bit and let cure. i then put a layer of duct tape over the edge for peace of mind, and around the holes you had to make to strengthen them up and stop it tearing.
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1) take the door card off the driver door, id lay a wager that the membrane seal wasnt properly done and the water is getting from there - down the glass, into the door (normal) and getting out under the door card into the car. 2) do you have a sunroof? if so the rear drainage channels may be blocked which iirc lets water into the boot. does you rear washer spray water? if not check the joint under boot carpet on the left hand side boot cubby. this would also have water firing into the boot. i dont remember there being any foam in the doors tbh, just the plastic sheet membranes that were probably not fixed up properly when the work was done. if you can, take out the seats and the centre console, and get the carpet out to dry it and the underlay out, with the dehumidifier too.
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@olduns did you manage to do the Le Col challenge? cashed my voucher in for a lovely big fat discount on a rainproof cycling jacket. have a refer a friend deal too if you/anyone else wants it - spend 100quid on gear and we both get a free gillet, pm me
