Throttled

I have found earplugs and screens make far more of a difference to noise than the helmet.

It depends on the glove and jacket. The winter gloves are designed to go over the cuff and tighten with a toggle. The summer gloves go under one jacket and over the other. Best for the rain is over and tighten with the toggle.

Glad you are OK and seem to be in good spirits. My check list is accident in hospital My wife drove me there and I sprained the foot the bike came down on. Is this in the past Iain? or now? If so what happened? and get well soon It was a good few years back. I had to brake heavily as a road rage incident started in front of me and a car blocked the road. The front wheel of the bike went away and down I went. I was only doing 5-10 mph.

Glad you are OK and seem to be in good spirits. My check list is accident in hospital My wife drove me there and I sprained the foot the bike came down on.

Best Scottish band https://youtu.be/1zYXK73cOxM?t=42

The law needs to catch up with cycling. Having to use an act from 1861 to deal with a cyclist who killed a pedestrian when riding a bike with no front brake is madness.

Some Canadian music https://youtu.be/6wNahySfkqc

I should try another, maybe the one with the helmet was not quite fitted correctly.

I was getting some odd looks from local youths as I took the tag photo. I was thinking am I going to be challenged, but in not a nice way? I hope riding into dodgy areas is not a new theme for next year.....

The pinlock on my AGV failed, but that was because it is my summer, well vented helmet and I ride with the visor open a lot of the time. The wind unstuck the bottom part of the pinlock, so it would mist up. My Shark helmet, which I use in the winter, so I rarely open the visor, works brilliantly.

GOG, why Patna Chippy as a tag? It is a god forsaken dump in the tattiest row of shops in a not very pretty village. Now I know why the road goes past the village, not though it.

Portpatrick church Galloway Smokehouse Patna Chippy

Saw Sigur Ros last night with Throttled Jnr at his first proper concert. I photographed this moment in the concert when the stage seemed to go very small and it was not clear if we were watching the band play or a video of them playing; How it developed is in the video. It is the best light and stage show of any concert I have ever been to. Amazing. https://youtu.be/ZWjVNddj5uI

I agree with goat. I have never heard that there are bikes that stays in gear when the throttle is closed. If an auto car is still in drive, you have to keep your foot on the brake to stop it creeping, or it puts on the handbrake (wife's VW stop/start system does that). So the bike has no accident prevention built in, so it is up to the rider to ensure the throttle cannot be accidentally activated. He would have been better to stop the engine.

Or still help, but after you ask and not by grabbing the throttle.

Good luck with all of that There were so many RTAs with foreigners in Argyll, a local cop made up language cards to give to them, explaining what they had to do and what details he needed.

Off to see these guys live tomorrow. My favourite band from back in the day when I was just turning into a teenager and punk was the big thing. https://youtu.be/RFviC6KY2j8

The very first RTA I attended was a German who had crashed head on into a Dutchman near Glen Coe. The Dutchman was driving his brand new Morgan. He was not happy. I attended quiet a few RTAs involving tourists, but never had any involvement in any claims, or any feedback regarding the road accident reports I submitted. I assume the tourist would claim off their insurance and that would include any compensation, which their insurance company would pursue. Injuries in the UK are straightforward, due to our superb NHS treating anyone without worrying who will pay.

I found the problem was they supplied enough power to charge a phone or sat nav, but not enough power to keep them going on a long ride. So I could not charge and use my phone as a sat nav at the same time.

Love this guy https://youtu.be/NuouRrjhPCQ?t=7

The nob of the day is a biker. The one who decided to try and pass off a balaclava as a helmet and rode through Paisley. It was obviously a balaclava and you looked really, really stupid.

And I can't get into Tool, it is odd how that happens.

After 5 years of use, the pad felt as if it had nothing in it. I sent it back and it was refilled. Turns out the filling had gone flat. So, ready for another five years of use, since the cover is as good as it was when i first got it. Very impressive.

But when it goes monsoon, safety takes over.

That is now twice I have failed to get the Portpatrick tag, this time abandoning because of the rain. That was miserable.