Sorry, you are over reacting.

Well done.
Get a good nights sleep, it will be your last for a year or two!

All the best.

I use presta with alu shraeder adapters fitted to every bike I own. Best of both worlds.
Exactly how ham fisted are some of you lot so "snap" the end off a presta valve? I have had a few valve stems separate from the tube, but you would have to be a determined thicko to snap the screw thread bit.

Never give up!
If I see my 1997 Vitamin T2 with Snowflake wheel EVER, then woe betide the rider of it!

crap

Was also gonna post, but thought I would make a cup of tea first:
Why do today, what you can put off altogether.

I was gonna post on this earlier, but never got round to it.

Without reading the avove:
microwave steriliser
Lots of wipes
Calpol
a lightweight fold up alu buggy (avoid the 3 wheeler heavy ones that are a "system")
resolve to ignore junior at 3am in the morning when they are just trying it on!

jeez Ton, thats brave!

Yes cookeaa, I think you are a little fatalistic there.
Of course there is a chance you are right, but if you proceed on the "we're doooomed! and everythings futile" train of thought then you start acting like a grumpy EMO.

How about a set of those 140mm Maguras in the on-one sale?

hilldodger, molgrips and clubber have summed it up perfectly for me in the above three posts. It's about accepting that we have a transport tech transition to go through. Some people will want to be early adopters, others will wait until there is no other choice. Me, I like to be ahead of the curve so will be keen to get a rechargable electric (or hybrid) when they are available.

As a genuine question does anyone have any info on the carbon footprint of Lithium ion batteries, and also info on recycling of them?

Its the recycling thing that intrigues me, as I suspect that (like aluminium and titanium) the engergy to reprocess and OLD cell into a new cell might be much lower than to make one fresh from stuff dug up from the groumd.

Joolsburger, I think you sum it up pretty well.
Here and now in 2010, small light economical cars are the best bet for emissions (thats why I drive an Audi A2).
However as a country we WILL have lots of wind power over the next decade, and using the battery storage of electric cars will be part of that energy solution. My own thought is that even if in the short term the electricity comes from coal or gas then thats the price that has to be paid to generate the market for electric cars.

beer goggles is best.

copied from other thread:
Power stations are significantly more efficient than an internal combustion engines and distribution losses of electricity through the grid is very efficient. In terms of fuel usage electric cars are far more efficient than their fossil fuelled equivalent. Whether that makes them greener is another question as the energy/pollution of manufacture must also be accounted for and that is a much more difficult question to answer.

Service both my V40 and Audi A2 myself. Nothing mystical about modern cars, infact the onboard computers can make it easier to diagnose faults.

Duplicate thread, please delete.

oh hang on…this thread is the original, please post on this and delete the dublicate.

eh? wheres my posts gone????

Rob S is right, I think 50% plus cars will still have "fuel" of some type to give instant range, but many people could live full time with a 150mile battery range, that could be filled back up within 4 hours ( not quite there on the tech for that yet, but like LED's its changing fast).

oh…so in summary. Yes I would have one tomorrow. Someone has to be the early adopter of the tech of the future. This is the next big thing (since the internet, satnav, mobile phones and MP3).

Not greener in 2010. But once you have all these new wind and tidal generators built then electrio cars for part of an energy ecosystem. With smart energy meters, the cars will become part of the national grid. The cars will sell their battery energy to the grid at peak times (after corrie!) and will charge up overnight while we are all in bed using zero leccy, but the turbines are still producing.

I am really excited about this!

v slow here.

RAC been best for me.

Went sledging in Roundhay Park at 1530 this afternoon.
Did one run down from the Mansion to the bottom (thought that the last drop into the cricket pitch was a sheer drop, it isn't).
We then decided to go down hill 60. There is a set of steps that takes you to the top (overlooking the pavilion), as we climbed, there was a young woman who had sledged off a 4ft drop and landed on the steps.
She had really hurt her back, so I stayed with her and her mates till the ambulance turned up. Was freezing as I gave her my coat to cover her (couldn't move her as it was a suspected spinal).
Took 7 people to precariously carry her up the steps to the carpark near the skatepark.
My family had fun sledging in the meantime though!
We also found a sweet spot in Templenewsam golf course in the morning to sledge.

no, buy it.
What bike is it?

TooTall, you mean one with a driveway? It's no good, he'd complain that they overhung his driveway by 3mm.

Grow up. The poor sods need to work.
They turn up for workk, car park closed…WHAT ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO DO?

At least they turned up for work in this weather, cut em some slack you miserable gits.

I have an AMD Phenom II x3 processor in my new build. It flys. £74 well spent.

no

At work today, drove from Leeds to Harrogate with little bother.

Compact with 11-27. Works fine up (and down) Harewood Bank.

matrix and saving ryan spring to mind.

4 inches in south Leeds.
Will get the bike out later!

Read the above with interest. I need to get my bottom two teeth removed and am waiting for a date from Leeds Dental institute.
Reckon if I slip em £50 they will give me a Cowell/Hammond teeth job while I am there?

I have a top of the range Hoya filter on my 18-200VR lens.Cost about £40 on Ebay. I see no reason not to use one. I guess its a bit like a seatbelt, ie only of benefit in an accident!

[evil mode on] Go on Ton…you know it makes sense //[Evil mode off]

It's an amazing film. I think time hasn't been kind to the tech in it. It now no longer looks futuristic in so many ways. The whole atmosphere of the film and the sound track is mesmerising. Mind you, I liked Avatar enough to see it twice, so doubt my opinion is valid ;-)

I want one of these. Anyone selling one? Must have black leather and prefer a manual.