42/28 x 11-36 gives a nice range – but that’s with a heavy bike and usually some stuff onboard.

Baby robin on fire?

The Limey. Terrance Stamp’s outrageous accent aside, I like the way the footage of him as a young man is used. And the creeping realisation at the end that everything’s his fault is really nicely done.

Youth. Not the whole film, but Rachel Weiss’ reaction in the background when Michael Caine explains why he won’t perform for the queen sent a shiver down my spine.

simondbarnes – that looks nice! So, in theory, could the older style TDF do drops or flats (with suitable stem/spacer variation obviously)?

FunkyDunc – I’m already a year into ‘dadtrackworld’. I’ve managed the odd short ride, but like you say running has been the quickest and easiest exercise. Looking forward to getting out on the bike now he’s a year old though.

I do have some Salsa cromotos, so may just put those and some chunky slicks on the Soul and use that for towpath and bridleway bimbles.

Been turning this over in my head too. Currently have an Equilibrium, which is nice to ride, but I want discs and the ability to carry some weight (Equilibrium isn’t great with rack and panniers) or put a child seat on.

I’ve been tempted by the CDF frameset and would port over my Rival groupset and get some TRP Spyres. I wonder if the TDF is the more practical option though – hydraulic discs being the main one…. but then I do like drops… hmm…

What tyres for…?

More details.
Zesty 314.
Fox forks.
Dt swiss wheels.

Cool, thanks Stumpy. Wanted something a bit lighter than an Inbred really.

Same as cookie

Got the email the other day cancelling my order, but just had a call from the store apologising that it’s not in yet and can I call them back to arrange another collection day…

Gary_M – yeah, I bet I’m not collecting it on monday either.

Still, I’m going to find a shiny 1 pence piece from down the back of the safe just in case. Though, I’ll probably hold off ordering a bunch of single speed parts for the time being.

Phew just got in there before it disappeared. Collecting it on monday…

Simple.

“Darling, I tried a bit of that delicious soup earlier and do you know what? I just couldn’t stop eating it. It was amazing. Anyway, I popped out and bought us a Ginsters each for lunch instead.”

You’re welcome.

But, seriously, celery soup!?

I’ll never use Parcelforce again.

Last time I shipped a bike and booked a collection time they failed to turn up. I rang, they apologised and said the driver would be around the next day… he wasn’t. This was repeated the next day. And the next.

Useless.

PC. Early 90s. Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat. Me in an F86 versus 3 Mig 15s. They were very, very good. I managed to down 2 of them, but the 3rd guy was proving tricky. We were fighting for what seemed like ages (about 15 mins probably). I was knackered, I was shot to pieces, just about out of fuel. We’d gone from about 30,000 feet down to about 50 feet.

He managed to get behind me, hit me and my engine went out and alarms started ringing. At that moment though, he overshot and I managed to fire my last single round off at him. He exploded.

I had to eject and he had too, so we ended up parachuting down to the ground right next to each other.

I like to think we both realised the futility of war in those quiet moments.

I’ve had some m970s for years and they seem fine… but just wondering if they’re about to burst into flames…

Just out of interest, which model year?

Copywriter.
I drink a lot of cups of tea.
I fettle with my bikes to break things up a bit.

The ability to walk into any room with your leg cocked and your tongue out. Because you’ll always need to be ready to either kick arse or lick arse.

(apologies to Tibor Fischer for that one)

Dammit! Why did I start reading this!? It’s more compelling than Homeland.

I really like them.

Monthly feature in the magazine maybe?

27.5″.

What was the question again?

Nooooooooooooo!

Wait, the one on Park St or the one by the fountains?

Really nice thread Weeksy. It’s great to see you bonding with the Cooker!

Gaffa tape over any breathing holes. Neoprene socks. Win.

I was using Raceface Evolve XC cranks with a Raceface X-Type, then swapped the BB to a Hope one and it fits fine. So you should be okay… probably.

Sram Red cranks… so I didn’t need the spacers after all? Dammit, thought I was being wild and crazy and sticking it to the man. Oh well.

I’ve got some 3/4 length Endura singletracks, but never quite gelled with them. The Fox’s were nice and light, simple and lasted me years. Would love to find something similar.

Yep, I’m a 32″… Currently deciding whether to pay full whack at Tweeks (thanks Franco) or just invest the difference in pies and buy 34″…

Thanks all.

Thanks for that Rob. Alas, none in my size. Would’ve been perfect though…

Thanks guys. Haven’t tried those so will investigate.

I’ve had one for a few months and really like it. It gets used for cross town jaunts, 50 mile rides at weekends and I did the Dunwich Dynamo on it a few weeks back. It’s a very comfy bike.

It’s heavier than the aluminium frame it replaced, but I don’t really notice the extra weight when riding.

The only thing that annoys me is that it doesn’t have pannier braze ons – though I notice this years bikes do. That said, I bought a Salsa seat clamp with the mounts on so it’s not a big issue.

Thanks crazy-legs.

Arriving quite late, so quickest route will be best.

Another first timer here.

Have done bugger all training for it, but hopefully an easy pace will see me through.

Anyone got any ideas of the best way from Paddington to the start?

Ta

I’ll be there looking confused (first ever event of this type) in the Steve Worland memorial.

I’ll be recognisable through my lack of any retro kit at all – unless you consider my skills or the Soul’s design old skool of course.

Sold. Thanks chaps!

Yeah, I was leaning towards that – less of a sweaty back.

How long are laps? Will a 750ml bottle be enough or should I double up?

kcal – thanks for that, looks like a good practical size and a quality bit of kit.

kcal – what’s that seat pack?

42×18 for day to day.
39×18 for gnar.

Must admit, the lime green was what drew me to the whisper in the first place!