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Upt'North ¹ said :-
Weise Hydra troosers update.
All's good except....
1. They fit too low, it's fashion innit? Now at the local upholsterers for belt loops to be attached and a new Levi bovine leather belt acquired at the right price. Should be sorted.
2. Took the drop liner out before taking them to the upholsterers and found the lining puckered where some errant seam tape had been carelessly attached onto the rear. Pffffffftttttt.
3. Contact Weise UK on their online form, pffffffftttttt, email the next day from Fowlers of Bristol asking for piccies. "New lining is in the post sir". Now arrived. Great customer service from Weise and their UK agent.
Picture of tape below which seems just about impossible to budge, which is probably why they use it as seam tape.
Upt.
01/07/2025 11:38:04 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
In the long ago days when I rode in all weathers I used to have braces on my overtrousers which were much more comfortable. In fact latterly I used Helly Hansen bib & brace heavy duty PVC items designed for deep sea fishermen and the like. Easy to get on & off, reasonably cheap and totally waterproof. I may even have a pair stashed away somewhere.
https://workweargurus.com/collections/helly-hansen-bib-and-brace/products/helly-...
01/07/2025 14:48:07 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
I did consider braces but...
I didn't. I'm a belt guy I spose.
As for fishermen's troosers.....behave ya'self.
Upt.
01/07/2025 16:29:03 UTC
nab301 said :-
I've been having similar problems, I had a zip on bib with an old Hein Gericke set up but this has let me down recently , however with the help of Ian I found a local shop which seems to stock such items if I can pluck up the courage to call in and actually try on a pair!
@ UPt , that is excellent customer service from Oxford.
Nigel
04/07/2025 12:56:19 UTC
Ocasional Lurker said :-
Hi Folks ... Just receiving some IT tuition from my "tech-savvy" friend ...Now to post a picture ..!!
Would you believe it ... another left-hand drive bike ..!! Regards, Tony
25/07/2025 15:07:34 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
Hi Mr/Ms Lurker - nice to see a decent bike. Here is the XBR500 I modded a couple of years ago till someone decided to steal it out of my garage. Is yours a GB500 model?
25/07/2025 17:22:04 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Nice bike O.L.
26/07/2025 00:59:30 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
Well done Occasional Lurker. I hope you've made notes, if you're like me unless you do something daily you'll soon forget how it's done.
28/07/2025 07:16:21 UTC
Ocasional Lurker said :-
Thanks Ren, It will certainly stop me from pestering you, when I want to post pictures in the future ... My clever friend explained the process in just a few simple steps ... Apparently, he set up my computer and phone to "talk to each other" without any input from me ...!!! Absolute magic ..!! And then, any pictures I take on my phone get stored in "the cloud" ... Can I retrieve them on a beautiful, sunny, cloudless day ..? Regards, Tony
28/07/2025 08:31:55 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
Aaaah yeah, that might be a problem. If everything is in the cloud then we find ourselves on a cloudless day we're screwed. Luckily you live in North West England and cloudless days are really rare. I do have my concerns for the US though, most of their IT systems are in California and Texas, both of which are likely to have cloudless days. You would have thought they would have considered this before choosing hot places for cloud systems...
28/07/2025 08:56:28 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
I keep everything on my desktop PC (with regular backups). The thought of entrusting my data to a company based in Trump's USA would give me the heebie-jeebies. No cloud (silver lining or not) for me thanks. I also have my email and web stiff on an EU based server. All of course mirrored on the pc.
OK when people whip out their overpriced iphones and shows me their holiday snaps am I jealous? Not really.....
28/07/2025 12:10:25 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Come to Peebles they said.
Lovely and quiet they said.
Pffffffftttttt I say.
Blummin grockles I say.
Pffffffftttttt.
Upt.
31/07/2025 10:36:37 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
Nice Swift.
Please resize that photo Ed, it's blummin enormouserer.
I don't know why we pay him. I really don't.
Upt.
31/07/2025 10:38:37 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
Images are reduced to 750 pixels wide automatically. You image is super long therefore 750 pixels wide has made it 1287 pixel long. If I were to make it shorter it'd look all squished up like.
As for paying me... I blummin' well wish...
31/07/2025 22:31:09 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
And it seems EVERYWHERE you go it's rammed with "grockles". You need to a) stop travelling at weekends b) stop travelling when it's nice and sunny c) stop going to nice places. Lots of people go to nice places on sunny weekends. And school holidays. Go in winter on a cold, wet Wednesday afternoon, it won't be so busy then.
It works for me.
31/07/2025 22:33:44 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
I've just booked a week in Bolton in February 2026. A delightful looking establishment and apparently regularly frequented by the boys and girls in blue, can't be bad then.
01/08/2025 10:50:26 UTC
Ren - The Ed¹ said :-
A week in Bolton nick then Upt'? You'll be enamoured by our distinct lack of grockles and out terribly inclement weather. You can take a walk around the deserted high street, spend an wistful hour in a smelly bookies or could I recommend a tour of the charity shops followed by a romantic meal for two in McDonalds?
While I wouldn't recommend Bolton as a destination if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself here Le Mans Crescent does, if you squint, make a good stand in for any Eastern Bloc city or Victorian backdrop as seen in several TV programs...
01/08/2025 12:00:54 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
It looks delightful Ed, although are you sure about the Grockle situation.
I heard it was very popular with Iraqis, Somalians and Afghanistanians?
Oh we are looking forward to it....
01/08/2025 12:19:36 UTC
Ian Soady¹ said :-
Oh dear....
01/08/2025 13:16:17 UTC
Upt'North ¹ said :-
No, quite cheap actually Ian. £25.00 per night off season for 2 adults including bed, breakfast and evening meal. I mean, what could go wrong.
01/08/2025 16:35:43 UTC
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