I rode with mine a few weeks ago in the pouring rain. I had the summer inners and they still stayed pretty dry for about an hour, at which point everything became waterlogged (not just my shoes). They dried out in a day.

They are comfortable and the relatively thin sole helps keep your ankle closer to the pedal which is very important imo. I have wide feet and had to size up, but did not have too much difficulty getting into them.

Grip is as mentioned above, not as sticky as stealth but enough that my feet didn’t slip, and the tread on the toe means you don’t skate around when walking in mud.

I’m pretty pleased so far, but will have to wait to see how durable they are.

DJ thanks that looks great. How long do you expect for that day 1? We’re pretty quick but not racers…

Yeah that seems like what I want

Does that work for a standard gpx route then? I couldn’t work it out

Thanks will check that out

+1 for good energy

The rose doesn’t have hydraulic discs!

Yeah that was my concern, skinny road type wall thicknesses.

I like the look of this
https://www.evanscycles.com/fuji-altamira-cx-1-5-2016-road-bike-EV241916

Cool, thanks

As above, Chris King somehow just keep going. That’s from experience too, I have a new 40 am not convinced the bearings have ever worked

Though the south of Sweden looks dead flat too. I’ll have to keep looking, or take up cyclocross.

Spanner in the works there. Sweden not far though!

If you are happy supporting a company knowingly killing people with their fumes then yeah I’m sure they’re great

It’s a griffon vulture, they were re-introduced into some areas of France around 30 years ago and have done very well, I haven’t seen them in the Alps before but have no doubt they are there. Amazing to see them. Lammergeiers would only be in very very remote areas

Stewartc why not read the article?

As a few people have alluded to, migration is normal and required especially for an ageing population like ours. The majority of negative accusations thrown at it are debunked when actual real factual data is looked at. There is a really good article about it here
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23030680-700-the-truth-about-migration-how-it-will-reshape-our-world/
If we just accept it, accept the money that migration brings us and use it to improve the country, all our “problems” with it would go away.

+1 for Yamaha, always been really inpredsed by their audio stuff. I listen to the dalis a few years ago and ended up spending a bit more on some Kef, iQ I think

Hmmm… like the look of the fabric one, will try to find a local shop with them too…

Thanks, good find! Will get myself an aire. Do you have one? They look slightly more matt than the brooks?

Cool, thanks

+1 for opticron, you can get a very respectable pair for around that price

No experience of these specific ones but the build quality in my experience has been good. The ss rims I had also worked fine!

If you are new to RJD2 though start off with deadringer and work in chronological order, like shadow his newer stuff is not the same.

I’ll look forward to the new shadow, but don’t expect much!

The heat recovery will do the same as a small extract fan (Ie a lot less than a proper hood) but should deal with any moisture issues. Make sure you get a humidity sensor on it so it doesn’t run when not required. It will not pay for itself when compared to opening windows foe a couple of mins during or after cooking though, so I would probably just do that

they are made of pretty soft metal, there are better knives

Same as riding individual berms, you just need to be very quick at flipping the bike side to side and keep looking at your exits

Paisley freight

Same problem, highly disappointing given the investment. I’m hoping a hope BB will be the answer to all my creaky BB woes.

+1 for high line to see the city

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+1 I’ve always been very pleased with their service

According to some, and there seem to be some pretty good arguments for it, 145 for an average person. Clearly the ~5% variation readily available is not reflective of the range of leg lengths in the human population. I am taller but plan on getting some 160/165 to try out….

Batman arkham knight and the last of us are both fine for button bashers like me. I really enjoyed last of us.

I’d like to get the 350s based on my current 44 ti being amazing, are fox dealing with warranty? If so I’ll probably get some of those…

I just got a larger mavic one. It’s expensive and I haven’t used it yet, but certainly looks the part. Much better to access things than the camelback I had, lots of pockets etc. Feels very stable, but I’ll update tomorrow after I’ve used it…

You’re right they are more reasonable than I thought. Still don’t want them though

Partly cos they are green. Also like the integrated mudguard and feel like there needs to be a bit more competition in the market. Fox I dislike due to their overpricing and ridiculous service intervals.

paisley freight

Boring, but a heart rate monitor is a very good way. eg you set an alarm if your HR goes over a certain value, and you know you only have 10 mins above that threshold in the day

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