Chris King Mango/ENVE AM wheelset…cos I’m daft.

Tight hip flexors, hamstrings and erector spinae muscles

planking really helps

I found that since I started a morning regime of stretching, planks and crunches 2 years ago, my lower back pain has diminished markedly.

Rule #23

In converstion, when referring to your off-road bicycle, use one of the following terms:

Rig
Ride
Steed
Wheels
Gnarpoon
Dandyhorse
Leg-Powered-Love-Machine

OP, you’d better turn your PC off, quick, before you discover that there are probably many other such web pages you don’t like.

Fewer trees at Afan now so that there will be more trees for future generations, and native species at that.

The water at my grandparents place in Cardiff was always like that. Never did me any harm. WIBBLE 😯

Up with the sun tomorrow morning for a blast round Leigh Woods/Ashton Court. 🙂

Would you say the rubber queens rolled better then?

Yes, but they weren’t as grippy. Grippy enough, but just less so than the HDs. I also prefer the tread profile of the HDs – felt much more predictable when leaning the bike over. With the RQ, I really noticed the transition between the centre tread and side tread.

Vatican’t understand is why it’s hanging there anyway

What colour the smoke from the STW conclave?

I hear purple is making a comeback.

Hmmm, I have mixed feelings. They were great on Snowdon, where my lack of finesse meant hey took a real beating without a problem. I find them fine in mud, and grip reasonably well in the slop. However, for most of my riding (non-mountainous, not too boggy) they are over kill: unbelievable drag!

EDIT: I also used RQ Black Chilli – wasn’t overly impressed with them. Not as grippy as the HDs though, which is good or bad…

There’s no pleasing some papal…

igmc

We got burgled. The video camera was taken. All the footage of our daughter from the first 3 years of her life… gone.

Lesson learned there. 😥

I consider the skills/competencies being asked for and think of a few examples from my recent career. I then take these examples and construct a SOARO…

Situation
Objective
Action
Result
Outcome

I find it helps me remember what I want to say about my relevant experiences.

Be yourself, and don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know”!

Good luck.

LPs on shelf
CDs in the garage/car/ripped to a Brennan JB7

^ 23rd post… 😯

Liberace called. He wants his forks back 😉

I buy 10m of SP41 from Parker International and just pick up inner wires when I need them.

i’m commuting on a flat-bar road bike with 1×10 (44t x 12:36). Fine on all but the steepest hills, none of which occur on my way to and from work 😀

Think of all the damage that those tannins will do. The horror!

Tubeless for years on Mavics, Stans, Crank Bros (eek!) and Light-Bicycle rims. Never had a rim failure like that.

This thread and all posts contained therein are a waste of binary.

^ the missus doesn’t always react favourably to that one

EDIT: the radio, of course….ahem

Red-dot meditation works for me. Or beer, lots of it.

Severn Beach as in Aust, by the bridge? I’m in Bristol and would love to ride over and watch that. Where was it filmed from? Co-ordinates please 🙂

Rohypnol

American Werewolf In London

26″ cos I have the wheels already!

Cemetery Junction. You know it makes sense.

Actually, I lived down that way as a student, where the Kennet & Avon canal meets the Thames. It wasn’t too bad. Long time ago, mind!

Tree
Men
DOS

Edit: 15 second too late 😯

Not wiring my bike to the mains before they were stolen.

Pern v Gabriel Segway duel 😀

Codswallop

Conti Sport Contacts…

Done

Just give all your 26″ bikes and kit to someone who appreciates them?

I found that I couldn’t use Hope floating rotors with centre lock hubs. The rivets, which attach the discs to the carrier, fouled the brake mounts on my frame (5-spot) and forks (Revs). Changing to standard Hope rotors was the solution.

So many martyrs…

Wales by 2
Ireland by 3
Italy by 2

Edit: so 3 close games then!

You’d better not mess with Mr Creosote