Christmas Present Ideas with a 'bike theme!

[andy120t]

Jupiters a Travel is a good call. Pottering round the world on an old Triumph!  Ted Simon also wrote a follow up about 30 years later when he retraced his journey, but I didn't ever finish that - it was pretty feeble and felt a bit like he was trying to cash in on the first one!  Maybe the newer bike and newer era just didn't feel the same - and it felt as if he thought that too from the things he wrote.

[Laverdaroo]

Just read "A Bikers Life" by Henry Cole I never had him down as an old Etonian. Interesting read nonetheless.

Just listened to this as a freebie audiobook  (3 month free trial on Audible).

A real warts and all story .. he even admits he's been a real tw*t but you have to hand it to him picking himself up from the gutter and in the process bringing bike programmes/Sam Lovegrove & Allen Millyard to our TV  screens. His chapters on sheds is spot on IMHO. the audiobook has 300 hundred odd good ratings and no real negatives ... Give it a go Ken    .. The  free audio book I  got last month was John Cooper-Clarkes autobiography ... a Salford lad so you can't go wrong there Ken even though he never mentions Queens Park Motors in it  ! 

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/A-Bikers-Life-Audiobook/1787471071?qid=1639393079&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=BGXA73RNT9MDRCD8J2W9

Nice one Ash, just signed up to give it a go. As an ardent Radio 4 Extra and Planet Rock addict it should be good ear fodder whilst in the shed. Cheers

Going to have an hour or two tonight whilst plating some carb gubbins

[AshimotoK0]

My 'Holy Grail' part at the minute is a Genuine NOS bottle of late 70's/early 80's Benylin LOL 

[K2-K6]

My 'Holy Grail' part at the minute is a Genuine NOS bottle of late 70's/early 80's Benylin LOL 

You can get a bottle of the hard stuff Ash, but have to ask them as they keep it behind the pharmacy counter "Pholcodine Linctus" if you have no problems with Codine.

You may have to carry it in an old old brown paper bag though 

[Laverdaroo]

Is that similar to Boots own brand cough linctus that they still sell behind the counter. It's just random brown syrup but by god, it tastes bad! You had to get better just to stop taking it!


Got as far as chapter 28 today at work on my head phones, on the audio book with Hery Cole, Ash.  Rather enjoying it to be honest its great. Good suggestion Ash

[haynes66]

anything for my phil read rep would do for me!