narcissistic nature of Facebook users generally

And folk who post this sort of comment on a forum for complete strangers to read are not weird at all. ;-)

If there are “expert hecklers” in the audience, they can be very useful indeed. Provoke them and then challenge them to speak up with their experiences and be interesting so you don’t have to!

I ran a training course recently, and a couple of trainees spotted a few minor errors in my material. That was really useful for me! And it made them feel clever and engaged everyone arguing about it! The course was very well received because everyone felt they had learned a lot.

nothing worse than grips turning on your bars in the pissing rain coming down a rocky descent that haven’t been fitted correctly

FTFY

You are uptight because you are worrying about what they think of you. But this isn’t about you.

It’s about “the message” you are delivering, you are just the mouthpiece for truth. So focus on delivering “the message” as clearly as possible and forget that you are there.

About hecklers: they are a speaker’s best friend because they create tension. They will save the rest of your audience from boredom. Engage with hecklers; win them over, or put them down. Either way, your audience will stay awake enough to hear “the message”.

Hinkley C will be French technology and Chinese money.

Complete mastery of a programming language is essential if you are going to be a useful programmer. Maintaining that mastery can be an issue if you have all the other development roles or use several languages!

Whilst excellent programming skills are essential for a development project, it’s only a fraction of the skill-set required for a project to be successful. I haven’t programmed a computer for ~7 years. I’m too busy to miss it.

It’s a very broad church. What domain and aspect interests you?

I run 2.35 snakeskin Trailstar Dampf on the front and a Pacestar Dampf on the back of my Tracer 275; Stans tubeless. I also run 2.35 snakeskin Pacestar Dampf front AND back on my Sovereign; Stans tubeless. Here are my conclusions:

* The Trailstar on the front does not feel draggy and grip is good

* But the side knobs are all half-torn off and it now feel horribly imprecise cornering

* The Trailstar compound is too fragile for my rough-and-ready cornering style!

* The Sovereign is mostly for wet, slippery riding (limestone, roots and mud) and the Pacestar on the front (18 psi tubeless) is plenty grippy enough, as long as it doesn’t clog

A friend has constant problems running a Ralph on the rear – it rips or blows-off on most rides. Which is a shame as he really likes the feel of it.

I’m going to replace the damaged Trailstar Dampf on the Tracer 275 with a Pacestar.

Once you get the hang of it, it’s extremely addictive, more than a video game.

Check your chainstay clearance if you go bigger. Chainsuck can be result of not enough clearance and it makes a mess of the chainstay

I used to use the kill file plugin but all those people are gone now, booted off by the mods. The forum is Not diverse at all. If you think it is you should get out more.

Not proud, but feel privileged to have had many wonderful experiences, and gratitude toward the many fine people I’ve shared them with.

Puffin

The Twych perfect for a couple of loops on a winter’s day. Or a loop on the way back from Afan/Brechfa/BPW

… whereas on the bike, you’re a God ;-)

Sorry to hear about your medical issues because these would be the limiting factors. Other than that, being fit to ride is just training and conditioning, which works at any age.

Great video. Esp. crossing and going around all the taped-off sections of the recently built trail. Well done ;-)

Law of diminishing returns applies. People sit at different points on the curve.

Vision is so important to mountain biking*, I wasn’t prepared to compromise so went near the top of the curve and bought Oakleys with Oakley prescription lenses. I’d rather compromise my bikes a bit than compromise vision quality and eye safety.

YMMV

*if you doubt this, try riding around at full speed with your best eye shut.

Yell at her: HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES ME FEEL!

It’s what she’d do if the shoe was on the other foot

Find any special edition bottling of anything.

They sound like tools. I wouldn’t tolerate it. Your wife picked a side when she married you.

bike ride quality = number-of-smiles / time-in-hours

It’s never the right time to have kids.

But it’s always the right time to make love.

*puts Barry White CD on*

:lol: Nice one Curious!

I have a Tracer 275; a Carbine 275 is almost (but not quite) the same bike, but in carbon.

My Tracer 275 is built-up as an all day, all mountain bike, not as a play bike like Box’s, e.g it has Revs, 2×10, and Dampfs on Arch Ex; rather than Pikes/Lyrics, 1×10 with device and 2ply tyres on Flows. It’s 30lb.

When I first rode Box’s test bike at BAB, I always knew it was going to be a fast, plush, and grippy descender. But what blew me away was how fast and tenacious a climber it is. I haven’t changed my mind, although I still can’t pin-down why.

I’m 5′ 11″ and bought a large frame, fitted with a 50mm stem and 760mm bars.

Wheel

I want that reply on a Snorg T

He’d play the xylophone.

When he got home his wife, who is some kind of spiritualist

I expect she hasn’t, at any time, had any influence on his state of mind at all…

Really, no. When my Dampfs fail to shed properly, I will put BC Mk2s on. The big swamp thing for the back is reserved in extemis. A long way to go before that

“A 650ml beaker really makes the rinsing come alive.”

brilliant! It’s another one of those STW trope thingys

Core

It’s a nice long walk ruined by having to carry a bike?

Leadership was making them want to do things.

+1

I know, it’s a trite remark, but it serves to illustrate that management without leadership is not uncommon; perhaps why “management” is “a dirty word”. What do you think leadership is?

1. Actually quite hard to define!
2. Having some idea what to do and persuading others
3. Something to do with getting people to perform
4. Suggest your own…

Yes. Although some people are more resistant to growth than others.

That applies to the self too.

Do your belief’s form your experiences? Or do your experiences form your belief’s?

Yes.

Don’t manage; lead.

I’m just not into “officialdom” in general. “Membership” and “organisation” are words with quite negative associations for me.

I have poor night vision. 2000 lumen has transformed my night riding into day riding; not going back to mincing by candlelight.

Full output is only used on descents.

Steamy, muddy riding making it hard work, fogging specs etc. Dropping a few degrees will be welcome!

Not a good jumper, I was starting to think I needed a pilots licence on the blue trails! Would love to try them in my Sovereigh. I was glad of the squish on the reds though.