I had an Easton Haven with the same issue and changing to the Easton Valves rather than whatever generic ones I had worked for me. They had a a larger rubber bit on the inside that as long as the locking ring was tight on inflation filled the chips/cracks nicely.

Maloja was what I was thinking of!

I’ve got a Morvelo jersey which is nice but a tad on the tight size. Probably worth sizing up. I can picture another brand thats similar but blown if I can think of the name at the moment.

Shimano RT4 and RT5 new for 2017 linky

The RT4s look really nice. I guess they are not available yet given my lack of ability to find them on sale online.

I got caught out claiming to be in the office on a call with a client and then the postie turning up and the dog going mental at the door.

I also heard a client, who I assume thought was on mute, screaming at her husband to “shut the ****ing kids up or get the **** out of the house while I deal with this ****” That had the rest of us in stitches because in the work environment she is very mild mannered and softly spoken.

I have a history of this
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[*]Rucksack + D-Lock = Crack[/*]
[*]Back pocket + cycling = Smash[/*]
[*]Rucksack + bike + OTB = Crack[/*]
[*]4year old + Wobbly Coffee table + over zealous dad wrestling = Crack[/*]
[*]Back pocket + Rollercoaster = Crack[/*]
[*]Inside jacket pocket + headphone leads + bouncing dog = Crack[/*]
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I have pretty much resigned myself to only seeing an un-cracked screen for the first few weeks of ownership

My mate does a chill out show on Estonian radio which is brilliant. He plays anything from DJ Shadow to Aphex Twin to Jimi Hendrix to the Ozric Tentacles. here’s a link to the podcasts on iTunes itpc://heli.err.ee/helid/exp/2horisont.xml

My dad had some irate busybodies going off on one at him for having a blue badge when he didn’t deserve one. He got so fed up with the tirade of abuse he removed his false leg and threatened to use it to administer an arse kicking.

I was in Estonia not that long ago at a firing range and they had some for sale in there I think they were Glocks for about €700. Once you have bought it getting it back into the UK would not be too hard as long as you didn’t fly or look a bit of the beardy foreign type chap.

Chuck D is a good replacement for Zack De La Rocha (although its a proper shame he needed replacing)

assuming you’re not a total numpty

you know what they say about assumptions ….

Remember to let the air out of your tyres BEFORE the uplift van arrives. Saves time loading. You can spot all the newbies stood there not doing this until they are told by the uplift driver.

Will do!

I’ve got a Parachute. I’ve only used it once for a full day out. It wasn’t too bad. I sweat like a squaddie in a spelling test at the best of times and it didn’t feel any worse than my Giro Feature for heat. The rubber headband bit does a good job of redirecting the sweat around my face and away from my eyes.

Tulips were horrible.

I seem to recall ‘borrowing’ quitems a bit from the science Labs and CDT dept. At school to manufacture new andate increasingly more complex versions of buckets,bongs and hubbly bubblys . Like tar stained Heath Robinson contraptions. Invariably reduced the user to a near deadly coughing fit.

No More than the above and that they are doing dig days on Mondays throughout April.

OK I found out more. Unsurprisingly it’s not quite on a par with Whistler. Opening in May but only 1.5miles with a few jumps.

For anyone with Spotify James Lavelle has a great playlist Livin in My Headphones

Second that. So varied but all great tunes.

no_eyed_deer – that Hamburg Elektronisch is rather good. Thanks.

oh and Kruder and Dorfmeister – DJ Kicks

In addition to some classics listed above

The Orb – UFOrb
Trentemoller – The Last Resort
T-Power – Self Evident Truths of an Intuitive Mind
James Lavelle – Live at Cream V2
Squarepusher – Feed Me Weird Things

And a plug for my mates show on Estonian radio which is brilliant. Some of the best ambient and chillout stuff from back in the 90’s through to more modern stuff. http://r2.err.ee/l/horisont That and you can giggle like a school boy each time he name checks the station in Estonian.

For me a good shop needs to provide me with choices. I understand the financial and logistical issues of stocking wide ranges but that’s what would get me to travel further.

That looks nice and clean however :

Fitted with brakes as standard.

surely the only reason to go up the beast is to turn around to go back down?

Where’s the screaming mile?

A loop that includes The Beast, Hagg Farm, and Lockerbrook generally holds up well to the rain

These tend to be defaults when I get the opportunity to ride this neck of the woods. I have only done Cut gate once and loved it hence considering it this time but I know it can get rather wet.

I need to arrange more Manchester meetings for the summer. There’s something great about being paid to ride my bike.

My wife really wanted me to sell my motorbike when my son was born. As a new dad I totally understood why and that I needed to be pulling my fair share of the parenting duties but an early morning weekend blast was my ‘me time’ the issue being sneaking off quite ly was completely out of the question given the fire breathing race pipes I had making more noise than all four horsemen of the apocalypse learning to play drums and bagpipes.

The mountain bike replaced the motorbike and it’s a given that I sneak out the house at 0600 and am back in time to be happy daddy during the day.

It gets easier as the kids get a bit older.

Carparks are unlikely as neither the dog or kids can drive.

Did the ghost of Jeremy Beadle visit?

I think he may have had a little hand in it!

I bet she’s making a shrine to Michael Jackson somewhere

Jesus. What if she’s actually trying to style me into the king of pop by stealth? I did wonder when she bought me the red leather jump suit…

I imagine there will be sour grapes over you nicking Idlejons joke

Still not quite as bad as those that use them on a separate cyclepath, though.

This does my head in. There’s someone on my commute who has a gazillion lumens on his bars and the same on his helmet. Both seem aimed directly into my eyes when we pass rendering my functionally blind for several seconds afterwards.

Most sports films. Underdog becomes champion.

I was having a whinge to my wife about the amount of kids going as Marvel Super heroes or Disney Princesses and my 10yr old son pointed out that Marvel wrote comic books before films and most of the Disney princesses are based on books (Frozen is apparently based the Ice Queen by Hans Christian Andersen). Cocky little bugger.

I have a face book profile under the name Danielle Minogue (long story)

I am not the less talented sister of the well known diminutive antipodean songstress.

Please can someone smuggle me a phone in when I get banged up?

The moral of the story is BMW really isn’t the ultimate driving machine. Too many people believe the marketing and handling technology acronyms. Instead of thinking about skill, applying common sense and adapting to ever changing movements and balance. I bet there’s a fair few drivers who will press the throttle and expect [insert acronym] to sort it out for them.

TBF ‘push the throttle and let the tech deal with it’ got my car out from here after the ride. I was the only idiot not in a 4×4 and I think everyone else expected to have to pull me out. Snow tyres wold probably have helped and would definitely have been safer which is surely the most important thing.

Last time we sold my wife handled viewings. My job was to get dogs and kids out of the way. One guy turns up to view 30 mins early. When he rang and the dog barked he moved about 5m back from the door. Being an understanding sort of person I realised he was scared of dogs and shut both in the garden and went back to open the door. As the viewer was about to come in my son let our mad Golden Retriever back in who came straight up to the door to see who had come to visit him. I grabbed him before he reached the front door but the viewer was halfway down the road and I watched him continue running full tilt until he was out of sight. He never came back.

Maybe after locking the poor dog up for 2 years its now more likely to be dangerous given its recent experience with humans.

My issue with just finding a path and riding it is that invariably I find myself a pedestrian to annoy. Mind you the jogger doing a full lap of the red the other Saturday AM annoyed me.

Everyone talks about the off piste stuff at Sherwood. As a non Stravaist is there anywhere I can see what’s out there?

Sleeping with her sister.

It seems not everyone in my house is sticking to the no dog on/in the bed rule