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527 miles yesterday

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:03 pm
by Wassy
First 300 were ok but the padding in the seat turned to stone for the ride home :shock:

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:30 pm
by Grip Fast
That's a serious distance in one day. The most I've done is 430, and that felt like a long day. I assume the R12S just shrugged it off.

Where was the photo taken? It looks like my kinda place to just sit and breath.

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:59 pm
by Wassy
Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:42 am
by Yogi Bear
Aye! The “East Neuk’ is Braw! :wink:

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:07 pm
by Wassy
Yes, it’s a lovely spot but Anstruther was packed even on a Tuesday afternoon.

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:53 pm
by Yogi Bear
The Chippy?

Apparently the chap who made that famous has sold it and opened the “Fish Hoose” in Thornton.

I can recommend the breaded Haddock, made to order & you can sit in :lol:

Ali

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:13 pm
by dave the german
Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.


Ha Ha! yes the seat (or plank as I prefer to call it), is the next thing on mine to be "modified" in some way

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:42 pm
by Wassy
Yogi Bear wrote:The Chippy?

Apparently the chap who made that famous has sold it and opened the “Fish Hoose” in Thornton.

I can recommend the breaded Haddock, made to order & you can sit in :lol:

Ali

Yes, there was a queue outside to get in.
Don’t think I’ll be sitting anywhere for a few days !

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:45 pm
by Wassy
dave the german wrote:
Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.


Ha Ha! yes the seat (or plank as I prefer to call it), is the next thing on mine to be "modified" in some way


Think I’ll just stick to shorter distance rides. To be fair it was ok for 350 ish miles then I developed a sort of one cheek at a time riding position if you know what I mean.

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:53 pm
by Grip Fast
St Andrews - I should have known! I grew up in Broughty Ferry, and know St Andrews very well. We still like to go there when back home. Also love the old East Neuk fishing villages, Anstruther (pronounced Ainster, I believe), Crail and Pittenweem.

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2019 6:29 pm
by dave the german
Wassy wrote:
dave the german wrote:
Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.


Ha Ha! yes the seat (or plank as I prefer to call it), is the next thing on mine to be "modified" in some way


Think I’ll just stick to shorter distance rides. To be fair it was ok for 350 ish miles then I developed a sort of one cheek at a time riding position if you know what I mean.

I know EXACTLY what you mean. That also happens on my GS!!

Re: 527 miles yesterday

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:15 am
by boxerscott
Wassy wrote:Bike swallowed the miles up no problem but the main issue for me was the seat. I hadn’t planned on doing that many miles but it was a lovely day and I didn’t have to get home at any given time so kept rolling. I did take a wrong turn at one point which probably added A few miles but I won’t forget it for a while.
Picture was taken next to the harbour at St Andrews up in Scotland.
I knew that. Great coastline, recognised it straightaway from our east fife coastal path walk. East Fife is a bro place to visit and stay any time of year. Not sure about the quality of roads for biking but the place is just so real. Scotlands best kept secret.