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It’s for a friend who I think doesn’t want to be hands-on for maintenance/repairs …but as Samuelson & Young_Gun suggest, I’ll definitely be suggesting Decathalon over unknowns.
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A mate messaged looking for a bike to take two kids to school on. He'd found this, I'd never heard of them, nothing on here, anyone have any experience?
https://uk.fiido.com/products/fiido-t2-longtail-cargo-ebike-for-versatile-all-terrain
Price seems too good to be true - what's the catch? (aside from the 'one piece wheels')edit; and I pointed him in the direction of Decathalon for kid-carrier bikes 0n a budget, or Bafang bolt-on to an existing bike if that was on option. Any 0ther suggestions?
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Rosy retrospection gives a few leads to the word you may have been (fondly) trying to remember;
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Ha, same,the manic squarking is quite unnerving - and as you saw this afternoon, the occasional buzzard or kite being mobbed …although I have seen a kestrel twice in the past year, perhaps the same as @KatBalou'sPhone Nice if it was a regular, absolutely beautiful to see them hovering/hunting.
I’d love to have more greenery on my balcony to attract birds and insects, but I’m on the end of a block and get an absolute battering when the wind gets up. Needed earplugs on NYE it was so fierce! -
…Wow, is it that few? Am guessing it was passing through and not settled. Got a good look through the window, really distinct black>silver grey chest fade with the bright chestnut/copper under tail. Most distinctive was having such a small bird so high up, hence catching my eye. Plenty of pigeons up here, and very occasional parakeet and blue tit on the balcony, but never seen anything like that before.
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Just had a black redstart land on my living room windowsill in SE22. I was v close, so got a really good look before it darted off. Beautiful looking bird …and now reading up on them, it makes sense what it was doing exploring 8 stories- high in a block of flats.
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@Arvy. thank you for taking the time to write, that's really appreciated - it's always great to hear, and that you can enjoy the ride and company through adverse weather. I'll pass this onto the team around me here, I'm lucky to work with such a great bunch, all working to eliminate cold extremities. Enjoy!
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It’s very good.
Years back, we won a Polartec Apex award (and a Eurobike award) for it. The Apex awards are trophies that Polartec award to their customers/brands using their textiles in innovative/worldclass ways.
The physical trophy is a LOTR-type wizard but wearing sunglasses;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg9g3eagT38
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....sorry! I was demolished, physically and mentally, took a lot more out of me than I anticipated. Every time I do it, I forget how tough it is - even the mundane stuff like washing kit and eating/shopping adds up
Final ride on 30th was unexpectedly pleasant; dropped in on the F500 riders at HHV to wave on encouragement, saw Tabs (leading in the pic) and great to see @musa in support, as well as lots of lovely faces. Headed onto Richmond Park with Justinas Leveika, possibly the cheeriest character in Ultra-racing. Listen to some of his stories from the trails ('I accidentally slept in 'the bears living room' from Tour Divide stands out), twiddled out the final lap before swinging back via HHV in the first sunshine the whole experience.
Analogue Strava got another 20k on 31st when I rode to studio and bobbed about SE London for NYE. V grateful the weather was favourable, torrential rain and wind the next few days. Treated myself to a F500 beanie as a reward - quite like the graphic this year, and thought the ad was really good too.
Understand why it's not appealing to some, but hats off to anyone who got stuck in and gave it a tickle.
Yikes!