Katie Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Happily tapping away in the 8th Gen forum so forgot to do the polite 'hello' bit. Hello! In the UK, doing stupid mileage (700 miles per week) on horrible roads and more sensible mileage (fun rides and touring) on nice roads. Had the bike for a couple of weeks now and have hit my first 1000 miles so getting used to it rapidly. Arrow can on when I bought it, had the crash bungs fitted and put the rack on at the weekend. Just got to fit the radiator guard (Evotech Crossrunner version - hope it fits!) and Powerbronze double bubble and all is good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crakerjac Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Welcome aboard! 700 miles a week is crazy. I drove 500 miles a week to my first job out of college and did that for a year. I couldn't imagine tossing in another 40 miles a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 20 minutes ago, crakerjac said: Welcome aboard! 700 miles a week is crazy. I drove 500 miles a week to my first job out of college and did that for a year. I couldn't imagine tossing in another 40 miles a day. On busy days about 30 miles of that is filtering on the motorway (or lane splitting on the Freeway!) then some fast boring stuff, and finished off with 10 miles of fast-ish country lanes. If the weather is bad enough, and enough people try to kill you, it keeps it interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspanglish Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Hello Katie You are keen! Whereabouts are you in the UK. Oxford here. No bike currently as sold my 6th gen. Thinking AT or 7th gen. Cheers Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted April 25, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted April 25, 2017 Hello! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted April 25, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted April 25, 2017 Welcome to the asylum. You are what I'd call a Rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted April 25, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted April 25, 2017 Just curious, what is the meaning of oops in this case? I think the choices you've made are pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer VFRMAN Posted April 25, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted April 25, 2017 I think the 'oops' is because there was no hello/intro first? welcome to the forum Katie, that's some tough mileage every week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted April 26, 2017 Author Share Posted April 26, 2017 First prize goes to Saoirse for the 'Oops' recognition :) I think the high mileage is my own karma. All those little internal mutterings about wishing I could just ride my bike (rather than work) must have had an audience somewhere so now I get to do both! Brad, I'm in Oxford too but working in Surrey so spend most of my life on the M40 and M25! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer LangoPTC Posted April 27, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted April 27, 2017 Welcome! Lovely bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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