So - as my moniker implies, I'm keen to get rolling, but have not the least scintilla of a clue what to get.
This seems a very good place to start.
I live in Yorkshire, as near to Morecambe Bay as the hallowed turf of God's own county permits, but today I returned to Spain to look at a property which may become my home.
I come here a lot, and have just established some transport - a 350cc Moto Morini V-twin, which is perfect for the mountains.
But I like to cycle.
I really do.
And I need exercise.
I really, really do.
I know I don't fancy front wheel drive, rear wheel drive might feel better. I've heard that driving the chain wheel feels most like a bike, but that seems to involve the drive train in more work, therefore wearing out chain bearings and cogs quicker ...?
Being a retired (recovering) architectural blacksmith, I can fettle stuff for myself to an extent, and am quite prepared to do so. I have an inexpensive bicycle which might convert, though it has no suspension.
My own suspension is somewhat ropey, so some bounce would be useful.
Here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada the roads are either up or down, and the corners are mostly hairpins. Turn off the tarmac, and you lose 5 or 6 hundred years of modern sophistication, and gain a sore bum.
But -- it is such a breathtakingly beautiful part of the world, and the people are so warm and welcoming, that tomorrow I will drive my poncey hire car up a riverbed track that would give a mule conniptions, and consider putting down some roots.
Asta luego,
Volvo.
English is the lingua franca of the world. (Yeah, right.)
This seems a very good place to start.
I live in Yorkshire, as near to Morecambe Bay as the hallowed turf of God's own county permits, but today I returned to Spain to look at a property which may become my home.
I come here a lot, and have just established some transport - a 350cc Moto Morini V-twin, which is perfect for the mountains.
But I like to cycle.
I really do.
And I need exercise.
I really, really do.
I know I don't fancy front wheel drive, rear wheel drive might feel better. I've heard that driving the chain wheel feels most like a bike, but that seems to involve the drive train in more work, therefore wearing out chain bearings and cogs quicker ...?
Being a retired (recovering) architectural blacksmith, I can fettle stuff for myself to an extent, and am quite prepared to do so. I have an inexpensive bicycle which might convert, though it has no suspension.
My own suspension is somewhat ropey, so some bounce would be useful.
Here in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada the roads are either up or down, and the corners are mostly hairpins. Turn off the tarmac, and you lose 5 or 6 hundred years of modern sophistication, and gain a sore bum.
But -- it is such a breathtakingly beautiful part of the world, and the people are so warm and welcoming, that tomorrow I will drive my poncey hire car up a riverbed track that would give a mule conniptions, and consider putting down some roots.
Asta luego,
Volvo.
English is the lingua franca of the world. (Yeah, right.)
