(Deep breath – attempting to post a post that isn't irreverent…)

Some of the lucky people on the day will be having their way guided, in the mud if not in love, by me. Whilst I've ridden in Swinley a few times, getting from one 'good bit' to another still involves, for me, a bit of meandering and guess work so…

On a couple of Sundays and/or Wednesdays between now and the 7th of February I'm going to be heading there to see if I can uncover some more direct routes.

If anybody (male, female, single, attached, under-the-thumb) fancies joining me for a spot of getting lost it would make the whole process a lot more fun. Email me or post here :-)

My freezer's at -18ºC so :P

Wahey, MarkyBoy, it would be great to see you and the Rig there, but, as CG said, hopefully you won't be needing these services…! :wink:

PP – looking into me grubby, chipped and mysteriously 'stained' crystal ball (got it off the classifieds) I can see that come this time next month the snow will be a distant memory.

69. You can come along and help yourself to unlimited amounts of troll chow!

deep purple would rock

Nope, Deep Purple DO rock.

So on that note, orangey-reddy-yellow: when it was snowing we could have fire in the sky.

the light comes on… but the girlfriend's chips do not get hot

Euphemism of the day – nous avons un gagnant!

Shall I put the kettle on?

Is this just laying the foundations for the singles ride…?

Depends if you're in the Northern or Southern hemisphere.

There's always… octoporn…

bearing in mind the sea is rather salty and hence so is rain in coastal areas

Uh oh, there might be a very small misunderstanding here of how rain works…

Tyres that look good for a little less than three seconds, no provision for fitting mudguards and enough mass to anchor the QEII.

What's NOT to like?

When you say it puts them off feeding does that mean they bite less or actually eat less? Is it becasue they don't need to get salt from any other source?

The melt water that washes it down will probs dilute it somewhat.

Hey, who knows TLH, other people's other halves might be up for that (see "dogging" post above).

(Darnit, I just can't help doing it. The lewdness, that it, no the dogging.)

heh heh heh, actually LOLed there Barnes, you filthy beggar, you're worse than me.

Having listened to both cases I can't imagine any probs with having 'attached' people along – the more the merrier. As someone said earlier, we should just treat this as a way to meet people and if anything 'further' comes out of it then that's a bonus result.

Sorry for the predictability of the lewdness… :oops:

Standing up on a sledge – how could that possibly go wrong…?

why not invite a couple or two along as well

Sounds like Swinley will play host to the first session of bicycle-based dogging in the UK…

Oh yeah, serious, right, sorry.

Have you been to hospital? Might be wise.

a rather spectacular sledging accident

We need details, if you can remember… :wink:

Get well soon!

Woah! Hold yer hosses there, rob.

Forget not that the maker gave all men (and women) teeth.

I can't really see 40 people turning up

Substitute "people" out for "dirty old men" and you are wrong, so very wrong. :wink:

Sheesh, why would want that many tyres, people??

"You can only ride one set at once!"

Count me in C_G!

I can even guide if need be: the mighty power of GPS satellites combined with your previous expert guidance would ensure that a group of people riding with me will experience becoming utterly and hopelessly lost mucho happy times!

Here's a great site for that sort of thing

(EDIT: just realised I was perhaps a little harsh there. Sorry, Renton :oops: )

I think many of those reading would laugh when two flat-foreheaded chavs have a barny over how one looked at the other's bird.

And here we are, talking about replacing little balls, in hubs, on bicycles, with it escalating to fighting talk.

Now I don't often say this but, FFS.

(Yes, goat sucker, it is.)

And on that note…

Save the crust for me!

To Doog & herbivore: why not have a Northern singles ride? :D

It might go something like this:

"Ee oop, where's all t'lasses?"

"Well bugger me wit a pit pony, they've all stopped 'ome."

"Aye, and too right, where they ought'be."

(Rascist? Me? Je pense que non!)

Good idea guys, though why not just "throw the babe out wiff the bath water" and chuck in the cat, the crap and the litter?

Traction-tastic.

Get the pre-owned stuff – feline fæcal matter provides superb traction.

Oh Neil, how naïve thou art.

What will actually happen is you'll plan to go riding with two ladies but at the last minute the prospect of Samuri's lion impression will cause them to bottle it leaving you to get lost in Swinley along with the thirty-two other blokes who turned up on the chance that they'd be the sole male.

for lazy buggers like me, got to be the Hope

Gotta disagree, my status as a lazy bugger demands it. Servicing Shimano hubs takes just a very little while, and so should servicing Hope hubs…

… however, sometimes, as PP said, it just goes t!ts and servicing a Hope (or any cartridge hub) can takes AGES.

To further my lazy bugger™ credentials might I add that you can service cup'N'cone hubs whilst sitting down: not so easy with those hubs that require hammer-swinging.

XT hubs, stupid design – not so.

What's needed is more regular maintenance: service the hubs before they get grindy. If you service Shimano hubs on a regular basis (and it is very easy to do) with new bearings and grease they'll last for ever.

It's a bit like replacing your chain (cheap) before it wears out necessitating a new cassette (expensive).

A monk on a mountain once told me this was called the ancient art of 'Preventative Maintenance' which I had previously thought meant making sure your condoms were in good working order.

Nope, won't fit.

8 and 9 speed cassettes/freehub bodies are interchangeable, but there's not enough space on a 7-speed FHB for an 8 speed cassette.

Chain & rings will be fine though, but it might be nice to treat a new cassette to a new chain.

kevster – Member

I ordered some bars on 18th Dec…

… Still no pedals.

Can't really blame 'em for that, can you? :wink:

any one having an accident on an area you have gritted can and may sue you

These people should be slapped, and possibly shot, for being such ungrateful twits.

I can't imagine gritting is all that expensive as surely salty grity stuff can't be that expensive. Round our way the pavement gritting seems to be being done by the chaps who normally sweep the streets. Their cleaning trolley/bin things are full of grit and they shovel it on to pavements. Any litter is covered by snow so seems like th best use of their time = no extra labour costs.

SW London – saying we've had five centimetres would be being generous.

It is coming down like dandruff now though so we may well have another millimetre by the end of the day… :roll:

Where does all this salt go after the thaw? Eek!

Winter road salting is the reason the sea is salty – fact.

That's a nice thought, dyna-ti, however, it's a bit like saying that the capture of Osama Bin Laden would lead to peace stretching from the Himalayas to the Mediterranean.

After hoping for extra time with the doctor due to cancelled appointments, the doctor himself was late, so that plan was out.

The carbuncle is so minor and receding that it didn't even get a mention, but it has done stirling service in actually getting me to the doctor. I had a very brief appointment and left with a "happy"-pills prescription. Hurrah…

Not sure if that particular shade of pale blue is the right colour for that wall.

Very nice bike though!

(Mumbling, head hangin' in shame)

Been reading this thread but been too scared to stick my massive (but perfectly formed and highly alluring) nose in.

Sex/no sex, either way being on your own is quite disheartening, especially if you've had it in the past, be that marriage, co-habiting, wild flings or whatever.

I'm relatively young, though feel aged far, far beyond my years, and already have begun resigning myself to the scrapheap.

A SingleonTrackWorld ride would be a lot of fun but, as has been raised, if an equal male:female ratio were imposed the ride would only consist of about four riders…

Good luck at the meat market folks! :wink: