Today's Bike Ride

[Carlos the Jackal]

Just done 80 mins on the rollers


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Eddy, the cannibal
The greatest rider ever.

god daz, you are one crazy beast. is 80 mins on a roller less boring than 40 on turbo?

what do you do for 80 mins daz? listen to gary numan? i could do that.

seriouly daz, are rollers better than turbo?

[daz h]

god daz, you are one crazy beast. is 80 mins on a roller less boring than 40 on turbo?

what do you do for 80 mins daz? listen to gary numan? i could do that.

seriouly daz, are rollers better than turbo?

I dont rarely get bored mate, to be honest i like the repetition, always have. Including listening to the same tune all over again.
Tonight. She,s so high by blur.

Yes in my view the rollers are better. I dont use a turbo

In 1993 i welded up 16,000 raleigh activator frames up when the mortgage rate rocketed to 15per cent. That makes riding 80 mins on rollers easy.
Try welding 200 frames a shift for weeks on end, thats repetition.
Now i do it for myself not for the nationwide

[Dynamo Dan]

I dont rarely get bored mate, to be honest i like the repetition, always have. Including listening to the same tune all over again.
Tonight. She,s so high by blur.

Yes in my view the rollers are better. I dont use a turbo

In 1993 i welded up 16,000 raleigh activator frames up when the mortgage rate rocketed to 15per cent. That makes riding 80 mins on rollers easy.
Try welding 200 frames a shift for weeks on end, thats repetition.
Now i do it for myself not for the nationwide

My sister and I shared a Raleigh Activator. It could've been made by you Daz!! Have you ever tried to work out how many frames you've welded over the years? And how many people might have ridden them?

[Carlos the Jackal]

I dont rarely get bored mate, to be honest i like the repetition, always have. Including listening to the same tune all over again.
Tonight. She,s so high by blur.

Yes in my view the rollers are better. I dont use a turbo

In 1993 i welded up 16,000 raleigh activator frames up when the mortgage rate rocketed to 15per cent. That makes riding 80 mins on rollers easy.
Try welding 200 frames a shift for weeks on end, thats repetition.
Now i do it for myself not for the nationwide

daz, you make frames for a living? respect.

40 mins on turbo bores me to death and i don't think blur could save it. tubeway army might.

anyway i thought we was having a ride some time.

[Dynamo Dan]

Carlos rollers are awesome just watch the static shocks!

[Carlos the Jackal]

Carlos rollers are awesome just watch the static shocks!

static shocks....what would i give for some of those right now. urrrrmmm nice

[daz h]

No i dont make frames now. I had to work at raleigh when times were hard. I spent equal times in brazed frame and the mig welding side.
My background is heavy fabrication but at that time there was no work.

Road frames were in decline when i worked there but i brazed together probably maybe 250. Making frames from scratch is an art. I did build a few from basic tubes, mitre gauges, then into the jig then just the right amount of heat when brazing.
Ive also tig welded the odd frame.
As for activators, my stamp number was marked with the letter w. So if the activator has the letter w stamped under the chain stay bridge its mine.

[Carlos the Jackal]

No i dont make frames now. I had to work at raleigh when times were hard. I spent equal times in brazed frame and the mig welding side.
My background is heavy fabrication but at that time there was no work.

Road frames were in decline when i worked there but i brazed together probably maybe 250. Making frames from scratch is an art. I did build a few from basic tubes, mitre gauges, then into the jig then just the right amount of heat when brazing.
Ive also tig welded the odd frame.
As for activators, my stamp number was marked with the letter w. So if the activator has the letter w stamped under the chain stay bridge its mine.

i find that interesting daz. silly but could you not build your own frames as a living? beats posting letters.

[Hanneke]

Rollers are a lot less boring than the turbo... I can't stay on the turbo for more than 20 mins or so, but have managed an hour on the rollers... and they are also much better for keeping warmed up at track meets...

[daz h]

i find that interesting daz. silly but could you not build your own frames as a living? beats posting letters.

I go in mercian cycles most weeks and to be honest they are always looking for a framebuilder. But ive done my years welding.
You would be surprised, posting letters appeals to me.