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Wheelbase Party at Staveley
Did I miss anything by not going on Saturday?
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Wheelbase Party at Staveley
"taywood" wrote in message ... Did I miss anything by not going on Saturday? No response, thats surprising. Surely someone from this group went to the weekend bike fest. I was told the bread shop would close to allow their forecourt to be closed for bike demo's etc and that extra staff had been booked by Wilfs Cafe to cope with rush. I'd had visions of the Kentmere valley and hillsides being taken over by bike riders. Comeback someone, anyone. |
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Wheelbase Party at Staveley Friday - Sunday
"taywood" wrote in message ... Did I miss anything by not going on Saturday? So I went. After lunch with friends on Sunday we took them for a drive in the country. My wife came out of her doze when she realised we were heading North on the M6, at speed. I explained we could go to a farm shop and get a cuppa somewhere. There was no comment but she had that look in her eye, confirmed when we got there. The two ladies went to Wilfs caff to sit by the river. I wandered around with my friend even older than me, he'd not been on a bike for over 65 years. There was bike jumping going on outside, riders collapsed on the tarmac in the heat, riders coming in on demo bikes and the trade stands almost all packed up, and the bands had all gone. I had to explain about road bikes, suspension, hydraulics and so on. His eyes glazed over after a while and I left him to go look at the sales offers. When I found him he was in earnest conversation with some guy about weld beads on the head tube on ally frames. I went and got a tea for him. By then he had an audience and was explaining about the skill and expertise which had produced a Cannondale frame with oversized head tube, salmon colour, dont know the model. As a former sheet metal worker he'd turned to industrial welding and had just about every British welding qualification prior to retiring. He said he'd worked on everything from jewellry to large industrial storage vessels but he'd never thought to put together a bike frame. 97 miles round trip just for a cup of tea. Well, he enjoyed himself. |
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