PS – Your mate’s blue Inbred is actually a 456

It does say inbred on it 😛

Oh and sort that saddle out before your cock stops working!

that picture was taken after the first lap, was fixed before the second one 😛

When I bought a bike off the peg I kept the tyres that came on it, built up another bike…and bought the same tyres as I never had a problem with grip or anything throughout the year and they were pretty cheap. Have some racing ralphs now because they were a birthday present (although again…chucked them on the bike and then used them through summer and winter and they’re still going strong!)

I’ve got one of these http://cpc.farnell.com/toshiba/px1626e-1he0/drive-2-5-usb2-0-500gb-toshiba/dp/CS20307

wish I’d paid more and gone for 1tb as after 3 months of time machine backing my stuff up for me it is full already!
might get another one for storage of photos/music/films etc.

Riding bikes? Is that what they’re for? I just thought we were supposed to stand them up by some unkept grass and take pictures? 😛

That looks quite good…I’ll join 😛

one of my twitter friends has jut woken up to find this 😛 http://twitpic.com/4fl5mx

wwaswas – Member
Is it only me who keeps reading the thread title as ‘candles on a road bike’?

no – thats what I read the title as several times before I realised what it said!

off to sherwood tomorrow 🙂

I have the cheaper smarties on my road bike, did it because i was running the same pedals on my mtb (although have now gone back to flats…) can’t say as I have any problem with them. If / when they wear out I will probably invest in some “proper” road ones though, just because its the only bike I ride clipped in.

I’m always envious of all the people on here that post pictures from the awesome rides they’ve had from their doorstep.

I’d have to say, that living near Cannock would probably be good, as obviously there is cannock, but it is pretty close to the peaks, and quite central for getting around to other places 😛

I live in Nottingham, doesn’t seem to be any particularly good riding within riding distance. Finally gong to Sherwood later this week though!

Not convinced by the ones over yonder –>
I’m not a fan of paying looooads extra to shave off a few grams…just don’t want to be adding too much unnecessary weight to my new lightweight bike 😛

Those exotic ones look pretty good, definitely on my short list!

No one used the octane ones then? (I like the nice blue ones!)

2 out of 2
Also have frame+wheels+forks+couple of other bits, but that hasn’t ever been fully built up so it doesn’t count 😛

Give it a few days rest. If its not improving, seek further advice from GP. I had a couple of bad wrist sprains a few years ago (goalkeeping) and they are forever playing up now, always wondered if I’d done more damage and it didn’t heal properly.

Healing vibes in the direction of mrs Earl

and if we are should we even be allowed with a mile radius of each other?

I suspect not!

ron jeremy – Member
my brain is wired differently to other people’s (or so the doctors/specialists have told me)

me too, wondered if we’re wired the same 😛

Not sure its very interesting but I’m a student who very rarely goes to bed past 10(pm), and is normally up by 8(am)!

That sounds nasty Graham, glad it should all be cleared up soon!

Think I’ll be having a trip to the gp in the week!

A 30 mile ride in the white peaks and we did 2539 ft. That felt like a lot to me!
So yeah, I’d count that as a substantial gain!

very nice! well done!

I passed my test aged 18. Insurance (TPFT) just over £700, a year later gone down a bit to £650.

Thats what happens when your car is a 2001, 999cc Vauxhall Corsa 😛

That said, looking to upgrade my car as I’ve been doing a lot more motorway driving and I find a 1l engine isn’t very economical when cruising on the motorway, to go to a 3 year old Fiesta, with a 1.4 engine…only puts the insurance up to £700!

I bought a ss chain for mine, purely because i wanted to keep chain and cassette together should I want gears back, figured if I was going to buy a new one I may as well get a ss one!

Here’s the frogs near me! I didn’t notice them at first because they blend in…I saw one move and then suddenly realised there were lots of them!

Sat outside having a drink after our exam yesterday, was practically melting!
Lots of dafs, and I saw several bees!
First ride with shorts today I think!

Hope it lasts!

Work in a bike shop / cycle hire shop so busy on bank holidays, so can’t really avoid it.

I’m based in Nottingham and Northampton

After much reading and getting excited, I’ve just seen when its going to be – I have to work that weekend. 🙁

I’ve just read several pages of this thread and now want an adventure! anybody want to come? 😛

Cheers guys. Should have thought of that – sorted!

yes I will to the doctors if it carries on, just don’t like wasting their time if its nothing!

I’m just happy that the wheels and crank run true, unlike the thing I have traded up from!

thats always good!

can’t wait to see how fast it rides round sherwood!

I only have a mile to go, no feet down on the way in (most of the time), cus I attempt to trackstand / just ride very slowly at the lights. Can’t do it on the way back as I have to turn right across a busy road to get into my street and there’s always something coming. Normally easier to put feet down and wait for a gap rather than trackstanding!)

Persist with your GP if it carries on and see if you can get referred for a sleep study. Might be that although you’re asleep at night, you’re not getting well rested (can be caused by lots of things eg. apnoea, narcolepsy etc.)

If not, perhaps alter your evening routine so that in the hour preceding going to bed, read a book (or singletrack..) and don’t eat / drink anything to near to going to sleep either. And then make sure you get up at a set time in the morning.

Hope that helps in some way.

I messed up the map thing at the end…but here’s my route,
the loopy bit is just over 10 miles..so I’ll only time myself for 10 miles of it 😛
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/30189758/
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/30189758/#climbs

do you only ride the one loop (10 miles)?
you need to be doing more than that to do a decent 10time. you will not realise your potential if you stick to just doing 10 miles as fast as you can.

I do ride more than that, its just I’ve found a nice loop which works well when I’m short of time. Have longer routes (or just go wherever the wind takes me) when I have time, just wanted to challenge myself with speed over a pretty short distance to help with the type of racing I like!

Thanks guys – will do a proper timed run and see where I am in relation to getting it under 30 minutes, and then can work from there!

Have 5 or 6 riding buddies, number is increasing a bit at the moment as I’m now on a team!
Tend to ride on my own, although have trips with a bunch of us 🙂

My housemate (joeh2o) has just built up his first proper bike so I have a new riding buddy…off to sherwood next wednesday 😀

play.com often have some decent t-shirts reasonably cheap (I’ve bought a few from them and they are of a good enough quality that I’ve been wearing them regularly for 2 years and they’re still good.

Sharki, that is awesome!

tweak some angles and stick at it, it almost becomes quite fun on a sunny day!

Go tup (reasonably) early and rode in the lovely sunshine on the road bike to the post office / parcel depot place, only about an 8 mile round trip but was very pleasant! Especially as I was picking up my new carbon seatpost so my new build is getting closer to completeness!

Went downhill from there as i had to go into uni! No, it wasn’t that bad…just had a very dull 3 hours in labs, mixed up a few solutions, had an argument with a computer and then sat around watching the computer record various graphs..each one taking 20 minutes!

Nice speedy ride home too!

All it takes is some sunshine and I’m suddenly a lot more cheery!

The only time I’ve ever really needed proper medical care was coincidentally due to my sinuses; Went to GP, he gave me a steroid spray (biggest polyp he’d ever seen!), 10 days later, it hadn’t worked so I was referred and seen by ENT the next day.

Was seen by someone clearly incompetent, she couldn’t speak good english, and took an unnecessary (and very painful!) biopsy and then left me sitting there bleeding for about half an hour! Wasn’t very happy about all that, but after her faffing for a while she decided to get help.

I was then seen by a consultant, who would have booked me in for the following week for an op (I waited a week longer so I didn’t have to miss any uni!), turned up on the day about 15 minutes late (at 9.15) because they’d told us to park in a car park which was closed and due to be demolished. Was told I wouldn’t be seen til later so was given some squash (as I hadn’t eaten/drank anything since 8pm previous night). Was then left sitting watching TV until 4.30pm when I was finally called in.

Op was over quickly, and I’d been told I could go home that day, problem was my consultant had gone home (I was the last one on his list), but all the nurses were very nice and eventually they got hold of the consultant who said I could home (and to come back in straight away if there were any problems).

Sinuses flaired up again a couple of months ago, I went straight to the GP as I was worried the polyp was back, he reassured me that it was jus tan infection, and no polyps but gave me some antibiotics to clear it up quickly (as previous polyp had apparently been caused by a long lasting infection in the sinus)

Not sure that was really relevant but it makes the point that there are a few dodgy people in the NHS, but generally people will go out of their way to help you.

Hope your wife is feeling better soon too, sinusitis is not pleasant 🙁

Depends how much you drink and why.
If you just have a beer or 2 because you like taste its fine. If you’re doing it with the intention of getting sozzled, or because you feel you need the alcohol, then less fine.*

Although if you think you have a problem, the fact you’ve realised is probably a good thing!

*this is my view as someone that is almost (but not quite) tea total!

That looked like a fun ride! And you’ve inspired me… I was going to drive the 8 mile round trip to pick something up from the post office but I will ride!