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#1 Kelpie

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Posted 24 May 2020 - 07:46 pm

Does anyone know where I can get my Rukka gear altered? Ive lost a load of wobble and my trousers are 3 sizes too big! :lol:
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Posted 24 May 2020 - 08:11 pm

Howdy slimbo. :)  Just had a look on the GS forum and they reckon these guys might be able to help you.  If they're still going, they do official repairs to Rukka Gear.  Dunno if they do alterations but worth asking eh.

 

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13, Morris Rd, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6HJ
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#3 dapleb

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Posted 24 May 2020 - 08:16 pm

Else we could just get back to millets farm fur some more CAKEY!!!!
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Doin valve clearances? Use dappers valve shim exchange program and the job will be carroty - Free (other than you postin me yer shims) for sporting members.

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#4 Kelpie

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Posted 24 May 2020 - 08:23 pm

Thanks Studders. Thats not a million miles from me!

Cake?? Wassat then?? I can eat cake actually, I just cant eat anything else at all for a week!
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Posted 24 May 2020 - 08:25 pm

Tough call that. :lol:


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#6 Kelpie

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Posted 24 May 2020 - 08:31 pm

Wont it be great when we can meet up for cake though, eh? Its been a while.
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Posted 25 May 2020 - 07:44 am

 I find that if I hang trousers in a cupboard for around a year they shrink on their own.  :huh:



#8 Rallyist

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Posted 25 May 2020 - 08:59 am

Well I fail to understand how anyone can go down in size during this lock down :huh: 


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Posted 25 May 2020 - 09:58 am

I've dropped nearly a stone since lockdown and I was a skinny git to start with, mostly down to drinking less beer as I didn't really drink at home at all, but went to the pub rather a lot, I recon my intake has halved.


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Posted 25 May 2020 - 10:12 am

I have done zero "exercise" other than being busy as hell. Not spending 4 hours a day sat in a custard van. Eating 4 times as much cake and lost weight!!
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If you want to mark your location on the Carpe map: http://www.carpe-tdm...opic.php?t=5117

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Posted 25 May 2020 - 04:53 pm

But in theory you should accelerate faster and it's much cheaper than losing a kg or so, by changing all the bolts in your bike to Titanium.
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#12 Kelpie

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Posted 25 May 2020 - 09:32 pm

I started the weight loss before lockdown. A horse I bred some 14 years ago has excelled in her sport and it motivated me to get back in the (equine) saddle. To do that, I needed to lose a stone. Once I got that out the way, it felt great so I kept going and Ive lost around 35lbs and still counting. During lock down weve been cycling and thats helped too. Cos Im working from home and not living out of hotels its easier to pick and choose what I eat now. I just didnt expect it to be so damn expensive in clothes!

Edited by Kelpie, 25 May 2020 - 09:36 pm.

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Posted 26 May 2020 - 10:14 am

Howdy slimbo. :)  Just had a look on the GS forum and they reckon these guys might be able to help you.  If they're still going, they do official repairs to Rukka Gear.  Dunno if they do alterations but worth asking eh.

 

Nine Lives
13, Morris Rd, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 6HJ
Tel: 01252 523232

 

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I used them some years back to replace the zips on my leathers, did a decent job.


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