New 1L turbo is getting good reviews

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ford/fiesta/first-drives/first-drive-review-ford-fiesta-ecoboost-10t-125ps

Saw that last night, interesting prog.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p010jx3m/Why_Poverty_Park_Avenue_Money_Power_and_the_American_Dream/%5B/url%5D

http://www.creationwatches.com/products/orient-watches-252/orient-mako-automatic-scuba-diver-fem65008b-mens-watch-3051.html?currency=GBP&zenid=a9faf5da98d2929291e1ba46cac5104a

Orient is owned by Seiko.

wasnt there a chap recently who successfully managed to bill them for his time?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20068927

I do 90% of my riding on my ’09 Giant Anthem which has a 72 degree head angle & haven’t been over the bars this year (yet)

Got a 2010 Anthem and though I’ve not been OTB often it does feel like it gets close to that point easily. Not very confidence inspiring and as a result my riding is getting tamer. And it wasn’t exactly gung-ho to start with.

Probably just need a dose of MTFU :roll:

Austria tonight :-)

http://www.eicma.it/en/news/new-boxer-bmw-in-2013-975.htm

Good you enjoyed it :-)

First night ride of the season for me. Having a few days in Aviemore and got out round Loch an Eilein and Loch Morlich tonight :-)

motorbike trials

http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/v/Manufacturer+Archive/Marin/%5B/url%5D

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/9462068/From-public-loo-to-private-home-in-pictures.html?frame=2303845

Converted underground gents loo 8)

Glas Tuileachan …

By strange coincidence I was just watching ‘Highland Emergency’ which showed some DoE kids being rescued from beside the ruined lodge in the first pic.

Urban regeneration & brown field only IMHO. Of course, developers only want to build nice smart new housing estates on green field as that’s where the money is, meanwhile the urban areas get more and more run down, empty/dozed buildings etc.

250 houses going in here :( Google Streetview

Highland Perthshire or the Angus glens

42 (4 years ago).
Single here so wanted it paid off asap as there’s no 2nd income to fall back on if I ended up unemployed.

The action of the police has to be seriously questioned as it appears that there is collusion between Trumps private army and a supposedly unbiased police force.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/trump-accused-of-using-police-as-his-private-security-force.15321686

A **** disgrace :(

Look at the chair – typical Toff!

It’s up for grabs if you”re interested clicky

Snow Roads Audax is 300km and 4,800m of climbing

That’s to be on the Adventure Show sometime soon. Dougie Vipond rode it.

I got a small Lowe Alpine one and a large Polaris one but …

there’s no happy medium between tight enough not to slide down over my bum and loose enough not to restrict my breathing

:|

Watched the whole thing yesterday, real edge of seat viewing. Makes you realise the scale of Kittinger’s achievement to have done something similar more than 50 years ago and with more basic equipment. Huge respect to both.

My mate has an old Motobecane tandem dating from 70s or early 80s. I think it has rim brakes f&r plus a rear drum brake. Went out on it with him a couple of times, bonkers thing to ride :-)

Similar to this

28mph and 47.2mpg for the last 5-6k miles, focus 1.8 diesel

Tissot Visodate[/url]?

Think the ascent takes 2 hours :?

first; simple minds, dundee caird hall, 1982
next; dunno, not really that interested in music any more :|

Also Squeeze on BBC4

http://www.superfi.co.uk/p-9836-pioneer-xchm70dab-networked-micro-system.aspx

Saw it last night NW of Dundee. My pics were a bit crap though :(

Jeremy Beadle?

Yup, nice sunny day. Road ride to Dunkeld to watch rally cars through Craigvinean :-)

Used to get free copies of Commando back in the 70s as our next door neighbour worked in DCThomson :-)

Happened before with Conti motorbike tyres …

“The orientation of the ContiRoad Attack front has recently been revised. Conti Germany responded to feed-back from the UK and other markets about maximising the already incredible durability of the original front tread pattern. After the launch of the ContiSport Attack test riders commented on the fact that the reversed tread direction gave much more uniform wear across the tyres section and so the ContiRoad Attack front pattern was switched in late October 2006 to take advantage of this better wear characteristic. Some confusion exists because some European plants outside of Germany have a tread mould with small arrows at the edge of the tread near the sidewall, these arrows should be ignored. These moulds are being replaced. ContiRoad attack customers may be offered the same tyre with apparently two different directions of rotation. The tread pattern on both tyres is fine. Riders should be aware that all relevant and legally required information regarding speed rating and direction of rotation is moulded into the side-wall of the tyre, not the tread, so be sure your tyre is fitted in accordance with the directional arrow on the sidewall regardless of which way the pattern runs.” :?

http://www.classicbikes.co.uk/stocklist.html
£20k for Kwak 900 8O

mikeconnor;
Rowley Birkin QC is probably the greatest character in my opinion. I don’t know how to do the fancy video thing, but the scen where he gets very serious and it’s incredibly poignant, is truly, truly brilliant. Out of all of them, Paul Whitehouse stands out as a true genius.

Property ads in the local paper

http://adzone.dcthomson.co.uk/browse/search_cats.php?id=25