Need suncream for the rides in Brisbane today.

2012 absolute pants

awesome.

When I was 17, the Queen left the room after I f@rted.

Keep him busy and teach him useful stuff. I bought my 3 year old an MGB and last weekend I taught him how to mig weld. When he's finished the bodywork, I'll teach him how to strip and rebuild the twin SU carbs and the overdrive.

He's the only 3 year old in his nursery who can start a car with a manual choke!

I built up a tinbred with a load of 8sp XTR stuff bought off here second hand and parts I had lying around the garage. The intention was to build a bike to tow the kid's trailer and use as a winter hack/pub bike/commuter. The reality is I like it so much that I may use it rather than my brand new road bike for my forthcoming Cardiff to London charity ride and it's fine for chucking round Welsh hills.

Cost me under £200 in total, but it's my favourite at the moment.

Just had the suggestion of wearing a bikini for the trip.

How long would it take on my singlespeed?

I almost got away with it, but got caught on the stabilisers!

I haven’t got the bike, I just tried to order it.

Basically, they just strongly said ‘No, you can’t have it’.

twinklydave, if I want a go on his bike, he’ll want a go on mine!

coffeeking, he’s three next month – vat/tax/NI free birthday present!

Just got out. HR girl found it all very funny that she has to spend the whole afternoon calling in cyclescheme abusers over their purchases. It seems I’m not alone.

‘What would someone want an £800 pair of wheels for without the rest of the bike?’ was one comment.

trail-rat, that was going to be my excuse. Seriously, HR are going to call me in for ‘a chat’ this afternoon.

I need to find a cheap one-way flight to Mexico!

PMSL at takisawa 2. Don’t let little Griff no. 1 know that trailers can go upside down or he’ll always want to do it.

You’ve all persuaded me it’s the way to go. Plenty of room, I’ll remember to put helmets on the kids and it sounds like worthwhile exercise. Bring it on!

I’ll try to negotiate with the nursery to leave it there. How old do kids get before they are just too big to carry in one of these?

I did mention earlier that the cause of this thread was Mrs Griff deciding that she was going to cycle to work. Feedback from her today was that she enjoyed it, but the pace was a bit slow for her! Time for me to get her a 40lb DH monster then.

Hmmm, didn’t consider the width.

No buggy storage in nursery unfortunately.

Commute route to work includes some very narrow singletrack with roots/thorny bushes to the sides and the occasional staggered barrier, so an alternative route seems to be in order.

I forgot also that I need to carry 2 kids, 2 kid’s rucksacks, my work clothes/laptop/sarnies. May need my own rucksack in addition to the trailer, which I can then bung in the back after I drop the little ones off.

How secure are these things anyway? Do they just have a lap strap, or a full 5 point harness? Little Griff no. 1’s middle name is dangerous, so unless he’s fully restrained, he’ll probably try to get out.

I’m a JP and sitting on the Cardiff Bench. It’ll be hard to be impartial if any scumbag bike thieves stand in front of me tomorrow.

My brother caught a fox in a trap near his chickens last year and phoned me to ask how to dispatch it.

I told him to hit it in the head with a shovel. He later confirmed that it worked. Would also work for rabbits I suspect.

Will do pics when complete (I need to borrow a digital camera first).
I’ll also see if I can do some video too. I’ve got a sound meter, so it will be interesting to see how far above the legal maximum it gets.

I suspect that the horns will also double as brakes.