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[shootingstar]

Kelownagirl, doing some cycling this year?

[Pax]

I did a workout yesterday for the first time in a long time, it was excellent! I'd forgotten how good of a stress reliever exercise can be!

[maillotpois]

I did a workout yesterday for the first time in a long time, it was excellent! I'd forgotten how good of a stress reliever exercise can be!

But how's the moto?

[Pax]

But how's the moto?

Gorgeous! But sadly only has 259 miles on the clock. If I don't ride it more next summer it's going up for sale, it's too great a bike to languish in the garage.

So...how's the Duc????

[maillotpois]

Great! I put about 3000 miles on it on our trip to Seattle this summer. I am almost ready for my 6000 miles service! It is so much fun and so light and easy to ride. I will never be speedy but I am getting more smooth and comfortable on it.

After that long trip, I'm now eyeing the Moto Guzzi Norge for touring.... Of course I am going to be self employed starting beginning of the year and will have NO money but I can dream!

[Pax]

Great! I put about 3000 miles on it on our trip to Seattle this summer. I am almost ready for my 6000 miles service! It is so much fun and so light and easy to ride. I will never be speedy but I am getting more smooth and comfortable on it.

After that long trip, I'm now eyeing the Moto Guzzi Norge for touring.... Of course I am going to be self employed starting beginning of the year and will have NO money but I can dream!

My SO rides a Guzzi, she LOVES it! Since we got scooters last year the bikes sit a lot though. In a small town it's so much easier to hop on the scooters for running errands than to deal with the heavier (and limited storage space) bikes.

[Biciclista]

Have we drifted to gasoline powered bicycles on this thread ? (sigh)
Today was my 100th bicycle commute of the year. That's human powered.

[Blueberry]

Of course I am going to be self employed starting beginning of the year and will have NO money but I can dream!

Congratulations!! This is exciting!

[OakLeaf]

Nothing wrong with textile, as long as it has good armor. It's single use, unlike leather which is repairable, is the main thing.

[maillotpois]

Congratulations!! This is exciting!

Thanks! And scary. We shall see. (It's actually been a hellish process - I had to give notice TWICE before ex-partner believed me. I'm just barely out of hiding.)

On the moto clothes - yeah I also have textile, which is what I used for our long trip - it was SO hot then and the idea of leather was just wrong. But everything's got armor.

I love the Buddy scooters. The guy who owns my gym has one in the lobby. Pax which Guzzi does your SO have?

[solobiker]

I actually slept last night. I can't even remember the last time I slep that well. It has probably been about 6-8 months.

[crazycanuck]

Vrooooommm..Just a thought for the motorbike chickas

It's sunnnyyyy & boooteful here

After uni today I get to meet our crazy new doggie...hopefully we can keep him busy enough..

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Painting my new empty bee hives today.

[Pax]

Painting my new empty bee hives today.

Cool, are they always painted white?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Cool, are they always painted white?

No, they can be painted just about any color....except I do know that bees don't like black or royal blue.
Hives are often painted white because A)If they are sold pre-painted, white is a 'safe', cheap, generic choice....and B) many large commercial apiaries keep their hives out in the fields in full sun and white helps the bees cool their hive in the South in the summer, where they are often placed during the pollinating season of crops.
My hives will be in dappled sun in the northeast here, so they can really be any colors and don't need to be white at all. I actually picked out 3 pretty colors to mix-n-match in the two stacks of hive boxes.