Thanks for the replies. I’m not sure how rigid the insulation will be. Are certain types more so than others? Any yes, it’s certainly worth me looking at getting the strongest boards available.

“Get a pressure cooker. Makes cooking dried beans, lentils etc much easier.”

Talk me through that?

Sorry only just seen this. I should have said get an electric pressure cooker. Chuck in the lentils/chickpeas whatever with some water, set the timer and walk away. It takes about a minute to do and has reduced our shopping bill and made us eat a lot more healthy.

Get a pressure cooker. Makes cooking dried beans, lentils etc much easier.

Rajma dal is nice. Plenty of recipes online.

Thanks for all the advice. The bike is a new caad optimo 105 so £430 would have been a bargain. Never mind, I’ll leave him -ve feedback and move on.

I bought an electric pressure cooker (instant pot) and although I’m no veggie I eat loads of beans, pearl barely, rice, oats, lentils etc now because it’s so easy. It’s also super healthy, tasty and cheap.

Ninfan – I agree, it’s absolutely shocking what he seems to have been able to get away with. Money, power, no morals and destructive mental habits have allowed him to cause misery, destruction, hatred and division on a massive scale.

However, the net is closing in (thankfully). It may take time, but I don’t think it’s too far off, and there’s bound to be more chaos in the meantime, but he’ll get what’s coming to him.

He just admitted on twitter to obstruction of justice – an impeachable offence.

Did you expect the Flynn case to be done and dusted in a day? Trump’s in big trouble ninfan, it’s just a matter of time.

Trump’s latest tweet says that he knew Flynn lied to the FBI when he sacked Comey. This is an admission to obstruction of justice and an impeachable offence so he’s basically just admitted this to everyone. What a moron! I think this is quite big – no way can he squirm out of this one!

Linky

Do you know what, I think you’re right there, at least so much as how being mates with Hezbollah makes you a terrorist and an anti-semite. You know, If you don’t agree with their sentiments or policies, then why call them your friends?

Oh some nice deflection there. Aren’t Hezbollah a major political party? Kinda different then isn’t it. Other differences: Corbyn apologised for the language he used & he was trying to encourage talks about the peace process. But I’m sure you know that.

No issues with my F5

Nomination whist is our go to

Nuts from Lidl
Meridian nut butter smeared on fruit
Grapes
Tinned fish
Overnight oats
Coffee!

Thanks all. Had a nice day in Dinan (despite getting bitten by dog!)

Did they specifically say Veyron?

Just found the article, it’s actually the Chiron. But as wwaswas says, it’s the CdA that’s important not Cd.

As for the roadster, is it really necessary for a car to go from 0-60 in under 2 seconds? Surely this will endanger other road users. It’s all about willy waving rather than being a mode of transport.

I saw it reported that it’s more aero than a Bugatti Veyron. How can that be? Relative to its size or something?

If you want it enough as an addict will, you won’t care.

The amount of homeless people drinking on the streets in Southampton is huge. Such a measure would certainly make it harder for them to get smashed on 99p gut rot cider. As I teenager we would get hold of that stuff too. Not sure it’s such a big issue nowadays, but for underage kids it will be less affordable.

More nanny state bollocks!

Depends if you think the state have a responsibility to improve the public’s health.

Reminds me of this tweet from Farage

IMO there are wider determinants to health which need to be tackled at a policy level to address health inequalities. This policy is an effective way of doing so.

I’m less convinced of them replacing rim brakes

You may be right. Braking power is good enough with rims in most situations and there are a few disadvantages of discs e.g. weight and aero penalties

Is there evidence to show that higher prices reduces alcohol addiction…?
No there isn’t

Haven’t read the whole thread but I take issue at this.

In Canada they put in a 10% rise in minimum unit price which led to a 32% fall in directly attributed deaths. (source)

The vast majority of people with liver cirrhosis are paying less than 50p/unit so it’s only targeting heavy drinkers.

But most UK road races don’t have twisty, technical descents unless you ride the big E/1/2 races.

True, but I can think of a race last year with a fast decent followed by a sharp left turn where braking was definitely needed. I can’t see how someone with greater braking power (i.e. discs) would be a danger to anyone else.

There’s never a situation when you need to stop in a race unless there’s already been a crash ahead, and even with only rim brakes in the peloton some stop quicker than others – mainly due to reaction time I would say.

I think it’s inevitable as discs are clearly superior, so I’m happy it’s been bought in now. To say all discs or none would make it very expensive for a lot of people to race next year. They’ll be a time in a few years when nearly everyone will have discs, so the sooner this process starts, the better IMO.

Anyone any ideas if TLi will follow suit ?

This is something I saw on Facebook earlier:

Hi Folks – in my “Official Position” as LVRC General Secy (Ahem…), let me forestall a question that will, I’m sure, will be asked in the coming months. Under LVRC Rules, disk Brakes will NOT be permitted in Road or Circuit Events. CX is OK. We follow the UCI lead on this, as do the TLi.

Very kind, thank you. I’ll drop you a message later.

I have a brand new verenti technique Sora for sale. It takes guards and you could use a carradice sqr slim bag. Looking for £350 for it

I thought it looked mint

Would you like to love in a house with that interior? Not exactly homely and welcoming was it

I don’t think it turned out as they’d hoped. Looks like they ran out of money and couldn’t finish it, then everyone at the end said how they loved it but inside they knew it was awful

Such a lovely building badly let down by a cold, industrial, unfinished interior

http://vintvelo.com/shop/

So a slightly oversized torx key and mallet did the trick. Thanks

Potential issue with buying an older model is lack of updates. This can be an issue when newer models get security patches sent to them and the older ones don’t. I’d go for a moto g series or similar.

I wear these from Decathlon for my 10 mile commute. They’re comfortable, slightly stretchy and water runs off them nicely.

Visit Eze, lovely village. While you’re there you could visit La Chèvre d’Or’s restaurant (if you are utterly minted). Otherwise just wander round the maze-like streets, visit some art shop, go to the gardens at the top and admire the spectacular views.

Thanks for the replies. I’ve got some dynamat for the doors so that should help. I’ve been looking at underseat active subs but I think they’re a bit out of my price range at the moment.

These are the speakers I’m tempted by: linky

I’m going to have to Google how the 2 lads did who were training to be part of the Canyon squad.

FFS sorry! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-41225652/verwood-family-takes-four-year-world-tour-in-a-truck

Leave unlocked but undo both quick releases on the wheels and release brake cables!

RouteCourse also has a really handy Chrome extension. It’s basically a button you push when viewing a course in Strava, Ride with GPS etc that will send it straight to your Edge.

There are some really good ones by BaronBiosystems. What’s my FTP is great for road cycling, and xert is a paid for service which is a great training platform. Have a looks at DC Rainmakers reviews for details https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/03/xert-training-platform-in-depth-review.html/amp and https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/07/xert-rolls-out-free-real-time-ftp-app-on-garmin-devices.html

Slightly different solution but we always try to get an electric pitch and take our instant pot pressure cooker. Can rustle up some proper meals quite easily with it and saves on all the faff

Snoop dog

Awesome, thanks Stoner!