Me,

got a nearly 3 week old baby and a wife suffering with a nasty hematoma so I’m on baby duty (with a bottle of Tanglefoot).

Happy New Year

yeah, both mtbs got 25.4.

the steel salsa got steel forks and steel bars, plenty stiff enough, never felt battered by the combo either.

It makes me laugh.

Visit bikeradar for some real anger. Like, proper outrage, that someone spends £160 or something on a jacket that keeps you warm and dry.

LOL.

“I told him I didn’t like his shop, or people from Manchester”. Classic.

Why oh why does Rapha rattle peoples cages so much?

It’s well designed and well made.

Ta,

aint kids great.

I showed my two year old a photo of me with the new one (not named yet). She said “but thats MY daddy”. 🙂

Genesis Flyer perhaps

when I know there’s a camera ahead and there’s a chavved up hatchback behind…i make sure I slow down in plenty of time to let the chav floor it as he overtakes me.

It’s kind of a public service

+1. Me too 😆

taz,

that looks like a good thing, howsit climb? does the front end wander any? i can see how they’re good pointing down but they have a short front centre?

Thank god it’ll all be over soon.

Pint of lemonade, that is..

I seen a guy trying to take griff’s glove off his hand while his was shaking hands at the front of the crowd…it was a gesture politely rebutted. 😆

I was gonna go but for some reason I decided against it, i was in the front row of some of last nights footage though…

Great band.

and who knew dave pearce was some kind of hip hop scholar?

Dave pierce is a real hip hop head, a real champion for the music back in the 80’s.

I saw the spesh top too. Who’d have thought hip hoppers would ride bikes. 😉

Good documentary.

I’ll not be riding (but going in the car) to the hospital, where the missus is likely to have a baby… 😀

The Message

a po-po in a car tried to tell me i was breaking the law riding along an A road. And was quite rude when I told him that I couldn’t hear what else he was chuntering on about as the wind noise at 30mph+ was drowning him out….

Everywhere, which really means just local in the east midlands. I’ve no thoughts about putting the sus forks back on any time soon.

I have what you were looking for…..

It’s a good idea, if the majority of your riding suits it.

I now have 2 ss’s, gears are in the shed, just in case, but i’ve been solely ss for most of this year. It’s slower overall, but, i’m enjoying the obvious benefits of no fettling, less cleaning, less thinking. just get on and push them pedals. lovely.

bottle of rioja gone, motd on tele.

some dick at the sky ride in leicester last year, complete with deep section carbon rims and aero overshoes was sticking it to the nodders last year.

he was THE MAN!

the stealth look is “in”.

The problem is not Wenger it’s the board, that said I’m not sure how long he’ll be around.

agreed, we do seem to be run by people who are primarily concerned by the share prices above anything else.

the thing is, who else out there is better, given the financial restraints arsene has?

still, could be worse.

could be an aussie

I remember the don howe days, when we were (probably) better than mediocre. I feel those days have returned.

At work, i sit next to a man city fab, cvnt,

Yeah!

Am diggin Perry Kramer.

Yeah,

there are higher powers at play.

what trekster said.

round lovran, you got hills, italy nearby and slovenia/lake bled an easy drive away.

good beaches are non existant but otherwise a lovely destination.

riding scared……

i did…….

i got a thanks on that reckid!

the rap v hip hop argument is false.

they are neither different nor the same but just different words used to describe the same thing.

like in the bike world, we like to get elitist and create a little bit of niche for ourselves.

i agree with joolsberger about that documentary. rodney’s a decent fellow (he’s a good mate of a friend of mine), but it was a documentary aimed at people who like black eyed peas rather than old school hip hop heads.

some stuff i like and, therefore would recommend are

kool keith
percee p (both old school bronx mc’s)
people under the stairs – fun time rap
illa funk (grand verbaliser) – philly mc, i like philly hip hop
respek ba – glasgow mc
blade – retired london mc but very good

there’s tons out there

+1 foe iBoy

or

Cornelius

thats a good name

Oh yes, I’d missed the England references.

Poor old Leeds, they used to be one of the big boys.

What don simon says. i’ll consider a pair

i’m fed up with getting holes in the crotch of my jeans (and hooking up the crotch on the saddle).

am i allowed to say i bought some rapha trousers in the sale. very good so far….

Why has that scottish mod fella had his eyes tattoo’d red?

❓

He is indeed a nice fella.

Yeah, cuz Mr Page is also dead slow over 4 hours…. 😯

I don’t get – Audi’s

I do get – Old School Hip Hop

Nowadays most bars are ctoc but not all!

FWIW, I have a 38″ chest but like wide bars (44cm ctoc) as it opens the chest up and helps when climbing out the saddle. Personally, I find narrow bars a hinderance when climbing.

Size does make a difference!

Good thread,

some interesting comments here.

May I suggest Groovy Cycleworks Luv Handles.

I have found them excellent (have never tried Jones H bars to compare them against)