this places sounds like bl00dy Mumsnet

OP – your total lack of empathy suggests you dont have kids

cut the parents some slack – this is how kids are

chips and a bearnaise sauce and maybe just maybe some fried asparagus to go with roasted onions and garlic

as per mountain bikes

buy some cheap Chinese stuff from alibaba or something. no difference to expensive re-branded stuff that costs x10 the amount

where’s Cressers when you need him

on a 4G network in the mountains I use ca. 1.5 Gb of data per hour using an ipad connecting to a iphone set up for hotspot

the fit of the jackets is a little variable depending on the style and use of the Jacket

Falketind vs Trollveggen for example

hi from Norway where this brand is perhaps the most popular of the high end stuff

try listening the some recent stuff by Marillion

what’s the name of the town and the village

Bramble is a catch all name for a number of berries related to Blackberry, Raspberry and hybrids

one of these Kokua

never really saw the need for a brake. The kids will use their feet to slow down.

as he says up there. It’s all about learning to balance and steering. When he moved to a pedal bike it took him about 20 mins to figure it out and then off he went pedalling and braking

another one for Jakarta

short stopover on the way to Australia became a 16 hour delay in the hole of a departure lounge

hateful place

the best approach – if you can bothered – is to write to the company and politely tell them you will not pay the invoice and you think it is wrong because of……remember this is an invoice not a fine

they will in most cases then threaten you with this and the other but all bark no bite. then it’ll be forgotten. If it goes to court they have to prove the 3 hours etc….

whereas you can can actually say you were shopping for more than 3 hours and they have to prove otherwise

I’ll add a few small ones not mentioned
Mackay – Queensland
El Hierro – Canaries
Longyearbyen – Svalbard

they should pay you seeing as they then listen and monitor your every whimper and movement – and monetise the data

oh yeah and the BFe is a 3×9

My mountain bike is a mk1 BFe (battleship grey) so from ca. 2007 or 8

other than getting rid of some hateful avid brakes about 6 years ago and putting on some xtr , all I’ve done is change the chain and brake pads

it works so why p155 about with it

you’d have to pay me more to work in Leeds – geez what a hole

there’s a new forum on it’s way

and the latest editon of the Outcast is due any week now

same as above, open pave are not for bridleways

they would last about 100km before being worn out

moon landing

Marillion

Ive got 20 quid telescopic one for trout fishing – Abu Garcia

it gets used as a spare when I have guests or for kids or if im out and about on my bike

it works

2 for me

taken me a while to remember this thread

Slightly less old fart bands

Baroness
Amplifier
Knifeworld

errr whats happening?

he says from Norway and never even heard of Dalston

used to be (still probably is) a small cafe selling goat curry and peas in the Northern Quarter in Manchester

was very very very nice

oh yeah and I forgot

headbang to Deep Purple and Black Sabbath at the school disco

usually in order of annoyance

qr skewers
pedals
saddles
bb

whats wrong with downloading them to Iphoto or photo or whatever the free photo database software is called this week and then the software gives you the option “do you want to delete from phone” when downloaded

Considering the Canaries myself for this winter

walk 4 miles to school with my friends and laugh a lot (this was the mid 70s)

not know about and therefore not care about all the sh1t going on in the world

go on bike adventures with my friends – on a 3 speed Chopper 3 miles was a big adventure and the ride down from Tottington to Bury Road was the highlight

Watch Doctor Who (again in the 70s)

no

Gong or Yes

it doesnt sound like a new interpretation of an old style

it sounds like an unimaginative rip off

but hey each to their grumpy own

ignoring distribution infrastructure

the UK still needs to be on almost 100% renewables by 2040 or nuclear

but seems the UK cant manage to organise a single new build

Gong are still touring

so are Yes

Mleh

heard it all before. Totally unoriginal

plenty of bands from the late 60s and 70s made this type of music

oh yeah I’ll second Paw Patrol

and add the Octonauts and Ninjago

this is the UK we are talking about. The political and social will is not there to totally do over the infrastructure and have near 100% renewable electricity by 2040

there is barely enough electricity in the system to power everyone’s televisions when someone’s showing you how to bake a cake

how the hell do you think you can support some millions of power intensive
chargers for cars

this news is all soundbites. Real big changes to the old infrastruture need to be undertaken and this will take a serious amount of time and resources and more importantly agreement from the voters

I think you are missing something.

Where does the electricity come from to charge these batteries

Here in Norway its 98% renewable (hydroelectric) and we have the infrastructure to handle a load of people plugging in their cars in the evening to charge them

The UK doesnt