£40 is high, I suppose it depends on what you get for it and what they spend it on. £10-20 is more normal.

Club affliation to BC is about £88 p.a.

the insurance for led rides could be spent in getting someone qualified to “lead” the ride.

all their books are works of fiction, any relationship to actual events is minmal at best

both only write fiction

both can’t go back for reunions

wouldn’t pick a fight with either of them

18:26 sounds like dual carriageway to me

is the ride out of a SSUK08 length or longer? ;)

I would take a tube, tyre levers and minipump, potential 4 mile walk in cycle shoes otherwise. just tape to the bike

btw its supposed to hurt!

you need to warm up really well including race pace efforts

don’t start too quick,

if using a HRM remember that there is a lag and that you should build up relatively slowly otherwise you will go nto the red

after the first minutes you should be smooth and at full stretch

concentrate on maintianing good pedal revs, round pedalling, and effort

don’t worry about taking a drink you don’t need it for the 25 mins you are on course

it isn’t his fault it is Thatcher’s (and for the next 50 years)

plenty of choice out there.

if you buying new check the frame warranty, anyone who does lifetime is a good place to start

the boardmans should be in the mix, he would not put his name on crap.

snouts in troughs?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/1584065/Tony-Blair-claimed-47000-for-home-No-2.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/31/jacqui-smith-expenses

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/06/downing-street-defends-mps-expenses

who was quoting George Orwell?

Animal Farm anyone?

Is that her fault as well?

I’m still waiting for someone to identify the “golden age” pre Thatcher

blaming all the massive social changes on her is a cop out. The situation is far more complex than “Thatcher ruined the country”.

12 years of a Labour government what social change have they affected? (other than massage employment/incapacity stats)

is social engagement higher or lower, is the underclass more or less embedded? why did we have to import labour from eastern europe?

It is likely that future generations may be talking about the “Brown legacy” in the same way as Thatcher is now. I would argue that we are now more “me first” than ever before.

I wonder when we are goig to get to the Thatcher event horizon? ie when you can’t blame her anymore and have to face up to everybody else having some responsibility

I also don’t believe that the underclass were not as separated from what TJ calls “society” as they are now. They have always existed and probably always will, its more that no-one reported on them in the daily newspapers/ TV news.

Or was there a “golden age” pre Thatcher when all was well with the country?

Carvalho…. watch out for transparent shorts!!

there is always a spectrum of behavior in society, the story highlights one end of it

there are no winners in stories like this, its just used by which ever end of the political spectrum for their own ends. From its Thatchers fault (how long ago did she go?) to look at the underclass and stop their benefits.

freedom and a democratic society means that you have to respect peoples right to behave how they want within the constraint of law. If they want to self justify their behavior (McD’s are healthy) then we need to accept they can do that. The underclass have always existed and had their own subcultures where what “normal” people aspire to is seen as strange or stupid.

there was one up for sale at the velodrome on the board as well

Alcorn, looked good

Bob Jackson made one for the para-olympic team

Dolan also make them although you may have to ask

Trek did a very good one a couple of years ago

please..

I went up and tried one route which for 3/4 of the way was pants

the group of 6 doing “hike-a-bike” on an alternative route seemed equally impressed

there is a footpath that goes down from RMR to the southern corner of the quarry

only worth it in the dry, should be obvious due to MXer damage/ use

the descent of MTL or RMR is better/ more fun and then cut around the back of stacksteads folowing signs for the cemetary

what are options for the heatsink?

anyone?

700c is the UCI “standard” it bears no relation to which is quicker

hour records have to be on a Merckx standard bike (except for the polish bloke who has since been busted for doping)

29er SS

£20 collected

its not worth posting

Bury area, or at

http://www.brownbacksracing.co.uk dates

or some velodrome derny nights

the fit is not brilliant as the nuts are smaller than the holes for th special QR they give you

plan B is the set of rollers I need to sell

if hills are the problem it could also be a power-weight issue

drop the alcohol, eat more fruit etc

the coaches on the timetrial forums seem to get very good results with 6-8 hours training a week, it just very focused and not very nice when doing it

you can get spacers

or buy the shonky old turbo in my garage that just has enough adjustment

do demonstrators not have insurance?

banks like lots of companies probably self insure the first £1million

go on the timetrialing forum, lots of information and help

essentially a program that has a high cadence session and a couple of 2x20min at 75%-85% depending on condition % based on a flat out 20min session (after a good warm up)a week gets good gains

remember to take a easy week every 4 or so weeks

its a penny pinching decision, Ghurka pensions are less than the rest of the armies, if they are allowed residency the case would be strong for pension equivilence.

Its a poor decision made for the wrong reasons

the criterea for Joe Bloggs non-EU immigrant is far less onerous

report it and insist on a crime number (for assault)

they police the statistics, the more reports the more likely they will take notice

4 track demos

is this desire?

Use plastic bottle stuff and a some zip ties/ tape to make a tensioner on the chainstay

the format sounds good, I think you need to add something to give it a “twist” and you’ve got a winner

I thought you wold be bidding for this:

http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/mtb/News2009/20090416_national_mtb_tenders.asp

;)

CTC playing the “its not our idea” card on the radio muttering about reducing traffic, less lorries and other unachievable stuff

they also want cyclists riding slowly on shared paths with pedestrians

I’m looking at a September, are there any negatives to them?

The alternative is a Van Nicholas Yukon if anyone has any experience of them.

the travel is reduced to about 105mm for 29ers

the issue seems to be the loss of “effective” tube length due to the internal headset

its a shame they went that way as the colour matches the old 69er DUC’s

I agree a “where did you get that from and for how much” exchange will be good, anything drive costs down

All our kit is owned by us although we have had assistance getting it

looks good to me