'soxos got it, sooner youve counterd sooner you go home. council innit 😀

and its 3

2 up, boundries changed folks before you get excited about the swing
Tho I wouldn't mind swinging with Emily in that skirt 😯

houghton and S/land South its all horsey types round there!
The Tories aint got a chance I tell ya!
Labour all the way. Sunderland Central got to be next

Why not advertise Kaesae, instead of using your feral tactics, you'll probably get your own copy of the mag

Echoing what JoJo said there was a queue at the polling station this morning, never seen it before.
Me … BNP

😆
Labour, tho did vote for LimpDem local councillor

Discovered that a candidate for the local council election lives a good 10 miles from my 'local' seat! Why not stand in their own area? an area they might know something about! So I voted for the bloke who lives in the next street to me. (Different party to who I voted for in the General election)

Middle of the dash? Like an indicator click but faster? Indicator stalk needs replacing

New road bike

Sounds fun 😯 Good luck!

@jonb, could quite fancy that ride Jon would have to be the 20th for me. How far? and time wise?

unfortunately you may have the chance to have a "vile creature" soon, thats 'call me Dave, in association with Rupert Murdoch' for ya

vote for the policy not the personality

Great pics romster, love the ones with the pup! Give her a biccy from me 😀

There were quite a few cross bikes built up for riders at Paris Roubaix but I pretty sure none were riden, they were for if the weather was bad, muddy slippy condidtions etc.

try a smear of grease on the inside of the dropouts, you can get a little movement and it creaks- you say tightening the QR quietened it down so I'd try this.
My tail of woe….creaking on bike was discovered when the Ti bolts holding the stem faceplate on sheared and left me dumpped in the road.

Sold my road bike a couple of years ago to buy a cross bike (Focus) and its great off road and pretty good on it- with road tyres. Just got a new road bike ('nago of course!) and the difference is alot more than I remembered. Road bike accelerates and climbs so much better.
However, I would be happy enough to do long rides, sportifs etc on a decent cross bike with some good road tyres. Just feels a bit dead compared with the road bike
Hope that helps 😉
EDIT geometry is quite differnt (reply to the guy above ^)

As some others have said, start in an early group- make sure you point out its your first race to the organiser, and dont try and big yourself up! Take advantage of the few laps you'll have to get used to riding with others, if you manage to hang on when it all comes togeather, concentrate on staying close with no sudden movements or braking. you'll probbably get 'advice' from the other riders if you do something wrong!
Good luck, and enjoy it! If you get dropped this week dont give up, it may take you a few races to get used to it and learn how to ride etc.
The first time you dont get dropped and finish in the main group is a real buzz.

available to rent, reasonable rates 😀
Jim on squirrel patrol in the park

stiffer, more comfortable over long distance, nicer looking shoes 8)

grantway nothing much has changed! murdoch runs the tory party 🙄

I think we get Bradfords rejects! and dont you DARE need assistance on the self service tills! 😈

"will you go to the shop for us mate, for some cans like, we'll look after your bike"

Edukator what exactley do you know about coal mining apart from the 'economics' that you read about in the Telegraph? Yeah you had a summer job in a car plant– big deal. as one of your beloved said "put up or shut up"

Waldridge Fell and Beamish Woods are about the best within easy riding distance of Durham
Ride along the N side of the river, head for Chester Le Street

No, never seen any, have seen a pair fail on a road bike tho, but it was a realy old set of forks

Krony 1664, and some cheap n cheery red for later
The Futureheads The Chaos just finished now watching Dr Feelgood doc on BBC4

Mines being shut down as unecconomic, still millions of tonnes of high quality coal in the ground, better than the stuff they import- just to shaft the NUM really
Shipyards forced to compete for orders against foriegn subsidised yards- just to further shaft the workers really
The selling off, to her rich cronnies, the services of our country-pulling the wool over the eyes of the population by bunging them a couple of quid for 'their' shares
Giving people the right to buy council houses at vastly under-market value, without putting anything back into providing more social housing
etc
etc
etc

someone told me bikes didn't allways have suspension and loadsa gears! Mad innit

can lefthanded people ride a bike Flashy? A proper bike, not a three wheeler? 😉

specialized grips have collar on the 'inside' only, few diff patterns and colours

could you take him to the local greyhound/whippet/lurcher rescue place to get used to other dogs again, before introducing him to general dogs?
I've a greyhound, and its took 4 years to build his confidence up with other dogs-though he's still terrified of dobermans for some reason
best of luck!

There wasn't one on the one I had

What you gonna do when you get older, and cant ride as fast or survive the crashes as well? Kill yourself? No, you'll just accept it and enjoy it for what it is – a pass-time. So if your not riding for a living, or the possibility of that, just enjoy it- some days are better than others

They don't want anyone seeing them driving a convertable? Thats what I would do anyway 😀

waste of an egg 😥

whoops double post!

Dont forget to take your boots- you'll probably get a game for the Toon 😆

Im ok for sundays but not sat's, mostly any weekend tho

I found twenty quid today! 😀