And clearly the idea of reading and understanding a thread title is also beyond you…

I’d assumed it had degenerated into a slagging match involving nazism.

What the hell is the thread about? I couldn’t be arsed to even look at page 1!

Are we about to get someone on a cycling forum say that as a driver he pays for the roads and that cyclists shouldn’t be on them?

That MUST be worth a life ban from this forum!! 🙄

1. gravity is caused by ‘centripetal force’.
2. toothache is indicative of a cavity in the tooth OPPOSITE the side that actually has it due to the proximity of the teeth to the brain, not enough room for the nerves to cross over to the other side.
These were from secondary school teachers! RC school though…

My education was poo! about 13 schools in total due to constant house moves!

Small white van, heading for Cowbridge. Let’s keep ’em peeled.

EDIT: I’ve read the article properly now, Police have a suspect in custody.

bbc wales news link

Hey Martinxyz, good shots. Keep watching Spaceweather.com, sign up for the alerts and then SCRAMBLE!

Sorry to hear about the thefts.
Security tip: Put your shed indoors! My bikes live in my cellar. Wide bars on a 32lb bike are hard enough to get up the steep cellar stairs as it is, impossible to do quietly.
When bike thieves get tunnelling equipment, I’ll go to a steel-lined cellar!

Many bridleways turn into footpaths (or disappear completely!) as they cross the border between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
Seems to be a lot better in Scotland.

He also said something about ‘Cycling Facists’ (sic). Probably can’t spell while twatting (the new form of the verb ‘to twitter’ – thanks Sean Lock!) and driving.

Pedal ‘through the top of the hill’. i.e. keep the power on well over the crest. Only coast when you’re heading well downhill.

I’ve never completed a sale on there. Got cold feet due to flaky people. Always get good results on retrobike. They do recent stuff as well!

Stick it on retrobike or ebay. Someone is always frame swapping and finds themselves with wrong diameter/type of front mech (top pull, bottom pull, conventional swing, etc, etc). I have done it several times and pay about a fiver inc post for a used but decent front mech.

I’ll echo Peachos re the Mega.
The geometry is different but works. The steep seat tube gets you in a good position for climbing. The slack head angle coupled with 160mm forks means that the weight is distributed more forward compared to steeper bikes, helping to keep the nose down. Unless it’s a very long climb I don’t bother to wind down my U-tuns. My old 575 with Revs was a nightmare to keep the front end down.
I opted for 1.5 steerer forks and gained access to the world of very cheap stems. I currently have 4 of them, all different lengths and I’m experimenting to see which feels best. I might actually keep them all and swap stems depending on the ride! Currently got a 45mm Thomson 4x Elite (20 quid!).
Heading downhill the Mega just blasts through everything. I am genuinely considering wearing goggles as the speed increase is making my eyes water and I can’t see to pick lines!
The price is awesome and I think another 50 quid has just been hacked off remaining stocks in some internet price war. If you need a large frame size you’ll have to wait until November unfortunately.
My only criticisms are the weight and the toughness of the finish of the black anodising. The Peaks grit on cables will saw through the frame pretty quickly – get the heli tape on immediately!. I sort of wish I’d got the yellow painted one. I think for 2012 they should just paint the black one. I suppose I could just powder coat it at a later date.

It was 1976

A rant from a Mr David Mitchell illustrating the very point.

And de-stress the spokes before riding it. The spokes may be wound up.

I’m building a budget set on Deore hubs, cost for front less than 50 quid so far. Still looking for decent rear hub.
Choose your favourite hubs and buy some Notubes rims to match and get your local wheelbuilder to sort them.

Me in 1990-ish

Bike too tall – check (20.5″ Marin Bear Valley)
Scott AT4s – check
Cheesy helmet – check
Bumbag – check (2 of them – one on handlebars, the other’s pink!)
Cool shades – check (Bolle Edge, I’ve just bought a NOS pair in fluo yellow for 6 quid!)
Trainers – check (soon to have Axo Ponys)
Toeclips – check
1% body fat – check (freak photo, I was pulling hard on the bars to avoid submerged rocks)
Canti brakes – check
Speed – woefully unchecked!

Anyone else got a photo of themselves on their first proper mountain bike? Pre-suspension and pre-disc brakes preferably, pre-vbrakes are the best.

http://www.retrobike.co.uk for those who aren’t already acquainted.

Just go there.
You’ll never leave!

I visit there as often as possible, helps to take the bad taste away that I sometimes get from STW forums!

AND if you say ‘collection’, how about making sure the location is there somewhere?

Anybody remember this? I think they got about three editions out:

I remember it well, bought all the issues.
Does it say JE James on his shorts?

Another ‘shredding dude’. I think it’s Wayne Croasdale.

Sram chains are not shite. They are from the old Sachs Sedis design – superb German engineering.

The OM10 does everything the bigger posher brothers do and with the same lenses ends up with the same pictures

I worked in a camera shop in the 1980s. The OM10 was THE most unreliable camera. Had more of them in for repair than any other.
OM1 or Nikkormat were the best. Nikkormat would stop a bullet!

I’ve seen many chains from my bike shop days. Shimano ones snapped at the place of joining. Sram ones almost never snapped. Are you using the power link? The only Sram chain I ever saw snap was during a crash that a mate of mine had at a NPS 4x race. Big crash, extreme forces. It didn’t snap at the power link though!

My CV is going in on Monday to a company in an area where unemployment is under 2% and guess what? The wages are decent compared to similar work in other areas of the country where unemployment is high. I’m doing a Tebbit and ‘getting on my bike’.

Unemployment rate for UK is 7.7%
Overall for Devon it’s around 5%, quite a bit lower. As other posters have said, if it was advertised in the Midlands, you’d have it filled instantly. The only way you are gonna get decent drivers in that area is to poach from other companies in the same area. You’re gonna have to make the job more attractive and the most popular way is to pay more. You haven’t advertised the wage and it’s true, most unadvertised wages are perceived rightly or wrongly to be crap.

Sounds like a bit of a cold to me

It’s a bit worse than a cold, not as serious as ‘flu. A virus of some sort. The physical effects of the symptoms make it impossible to do my job. I talk a LOT on the phone. I cannot say more than 3 or 4 words before either a cough or a sneeze occurs.
BUT, If my work colleagues were ill, I’d want them to stay the hell away from work! I don’t want what they’ve got! I work VERY hard when I’m at work and I like to commute by cycle. I’d rather be AT work and able to cycle.

I was talking to a DPD van driver the other day. Same self-employed basis etc. He was stressed and unhappy. The goalposts move a little each month. He’s being squeezed to do more work for less money. He gets fined if he calls in sick. Doesn’t sound a decent life. I think I may have found out why van drivers seem to be angry roadhogs! If I was forced to drive a van in my current condition then a crash might be in the offing. I can’t ride my bike because my balance and spatial awareness are affected. And I LOVE riding my bike!

If you can’t fill the jobs as advertised then it isn’t a decent wage. Market forces at work here. How did the people of this fair country break free from serfdom? Because the Black Death caused a labour shortage and the workforce was in demand – wages went up, workers were free to move to where the wages were higher. I’m planning a similar move myself soon, moving to where the jobs are better paid. (Not Devon!)

Hmmm, I’m off work with a nasty virus at the moment. Streaming eyes/nose, coughing, sneezing aching back etc, etc. I can’t do my job at the moment and I damn well couldn’t drive a multi-drop round. Therein lies the rub… No sickpay, no holidays, any other ‘no’s?

Just a question: what happens if the van driver is sick and cannot come in that day?

I’d like a non-working Nikon F4 as an ornament, IMHO the pinnacle of Nikon film cameras (I didn’t like the F5). As a matter of fact, Kodak did some digital backs for F90, F801, F4 etc. Highest resolution was about 2mp and they cost (when new in 1992/3) about 10k !!! Only big business and military could justify them. I bought one for 10 quid on ebay about 6 years ago for a laugh.

Tried a couple, never found one with enough grunt. Get a mains one, you’ll save yourself a load of frustration.

There are always really good reasons why some wheels are heavily discounted while others stay reasonably static.
Hope Hoops on original Pro2s have 55 quid off but that’s the cheapest I’ve ever seen them and that’s because they’re obsolete. Evos are not very reduced. All these weird high cost wheelsets have massive disadvantages apart from the cost. One is unavailability of spares. Try getting replacement spokes and then other bits such as pawls etc.

I’m looking at these for my next pair:

High and Low top versions
I currently have Northwave Gran Canions which are almost totally trashed after 2 years great service. The Polaris boots are the nearest replacement and as high top SPD shoes are normally dropped from the range after the first year, I may buy a few pairs!

The majority of the undesired weight is in the frame. My 575 was 29lb in ‘sturdy’ trim, my Mega is 32lb. I’ve gone from Revs to Lyriks, Crests to Flows, everything else is about the same. The frame is heavier.

It is estimated that the riots may have cost 100 million in London so far. Even if that’s an over estimation, how many Police Officers can you get for that much?

Damage to both domestic and business property is likely to be picked up by police authorities, in particular the Metropolitan police authority, under the provisions of the Riots (Damages) Act 1886, which specifies that where damage is caused by people “riotously and tumultuously assembled”, local police authorities are required to compensate victims

So it would be cheaper for the Police to get out there and get stuck in!