I have one of their backpacks with the back protector in, bought as a knee jerk after OTB rolly-polly crash on Exmoor where my back was hurt. V comfy to use and doesn’t feel big, but honestly only use it unless on an uplift

oh yes, with 3 more 40+ers

Still no bag, no comms. Pity as bags seem to get good reviews but the company is a joke. Losing patience, next step is Paypal refund request…

red you’re welcome to come up the hill near Stroud and hide from the tide

Marcus Sakey the brilliance saga is worth a look

+1 for tramantuna tours, did the uplift day – 2/12h down Barranc de Biniaraix on a Trek Slash – great fun
On the other side of the island try roxybike in cala millor – son servera and aubarca are fun up-down single track day rides (other riders will be german so plenty of lycra action)
Or take your own bike/hire one out there and use the rock and ride guide book http://www.rockandride-mallorca.com

Doner bike, as in kebab?

2 weeks after the email was received and nothing yet, have emailed again…

Children love the whispering danger of river monsters, I vote for the witty banter of the erstwhile actor

Can this be done on my single speed hardtail, or is it only for dropped bar sorts?

Sweet rear spoiler, surely original on a 318

Meat pie here, a cake for men

Marin, you’re gnarrrrly!

Oh god no! Just meant that we shouldn’t take media headlines at face value, we should actually look at what is being reported and try to understand the data. Headlines such as this will worry many people and allow vested interest groups (usually a financial interest) to exploit this worry, whereas an appreciation of the data (in this case the effect of an ageing population on geriatric disease incidence) can allow people to make informed decisions based upon more than a soundbite

Please go an buy a copy of Ben Goldacre’s book Bad Science to see how the media and vested interest groups manipulate statistics and science. Alternatively go to to wikipedia and look up epidemiological transition to better understand this effect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiological_transition

yes, but not exciting – maybe my FS 26er just makes things too easy

labrador called picnic – as every walk we go on it eats any dogsh1t around, hence life is a continuous picnic

+1 for Screwfix Bolle safety glasses – £10 a pair, tinted and impact rated, even come with pouch

+1 for pound shop for bike wash, white spirit for chain cleaner, brake cleaner spray and baby bottle bleach for camelback

Well said torihada!

Forgot I actually got a response from duff:

Thanks for your email and apologies for the delay in replying. We were swamped with orders just before Christmas and got way behind with both admin and despatch whilst we focussed on production. We have some extra help in now tidying up the paperwork and any orders that we may have missed and will get your order checked out and get back to you shortly. Really sorry for the delay and if we missed your order, we will do our best to put things right.

That was a week ago, nothing more yet…

get the spin mentor app on your phone – loads of workouts, most are hard work intervals and you can listen to your tunes. Well worth the £1.99 it cost me a few years ago as I use it all the time.

i have some attached to 740mm bars on my SS, wide and high!

walla – floss with floss, not pubes to avoid ball ache (but full credit for flexibility)

rab shell for rain, gore windstopper for cold, but most of time base layer and long sleeve T (all STW-esque technical of course)

On a cold morning I love to combine my grubby old lined technical trousers with a tweed shooting jacket to walk the dog in true cotswolds style (its the uniform round here). On the bike would look nice combined with some trouser clips :P

mjb thanks, thought I remembered seeing something about Duffbags on STW before. Will prob get the bag just when the ground dries up. Will try calling but now expect to get no answer :evil:

The gnomes like the bike too

High impact interval training on a static bike = 3 min warm up, then alternate 1min flat out (80+% maxHR) 1min recovery for 20-40mins, then 5 min cool down

get a copy of the 1st 20 minutes for good summary of the myths of exercise and simple benefits of HIIT

+1 for wind – live on the top of a hill so getting going in the wind involves much swearing and muttering until I get to the woods

Greatape you are correct a 59 inch head circumference is indeed Hagrid like and worthy of a cauldron, a cement mixer would be also work

ps would love a 2r myself, whats the best price people have found…

They are great but avoid the V8, I have a 1972 s3 lightweight with a 3.5V8 it does 8mpg, frequently 2-4 cylinders decide to have a rest, but I love it, I do not know why

I run 26″ wheel in my 650b fork and am still here and a 26″ on the back as it is a 26 frame

Cat is also still around :-(

Pikes are duals so I drop to 130 for climbs, often change to pedal from charger as well
Shock is CCDBair so no need as it is lush on the way up and the way down

Dropping the front end seems to help me but I’m 42

An alternative to electric is solar thermal, we have 4 panels feed into 750L thermal store = sun produces almost all our hot water in the summer and 50-75% of our heating (underfloor) in the winter, and we get paid for what we produce. Will take about 6y in total to repay cost based on performance over last 2y (system talks to manufacturer base) -based upon savings+rebates. System should last 15-20y. We rebuilt so put in ++ insulation so that flatters the system, but would recommend solar thermal if like me you have kids who shower for hours then get out and leave it running.

A weekend of Guinness?

sorry which one in the picture is the puppy?

Bottom of the valley horrific, bridleways very wet (if used by horses regularly then awful), top of the hill on the cotswold brash is ok but slippery, descents though woods vary from ok when stony to awful when you hit the fullers earth clay seam. I wouldn’t make a trip here unless you want a muddy slog – go south to quantock…

Duff bags are great and can be used longterm afterwards…

When my old man was in his late 60s, whilst staying at his house, I saw him wandering naked down a dim corridor at night on the way to the loo, thought he was Gollum, not a nice memory so certainly before then.

Ordered mine 24/11 and still waiting, emailed accmart and they’re sending another one so maybe one day…

We used to put it into horses who were constipated but not anymore as it is a poor intestinal lubricant and didn’t help. Sometimes my chain looks like h*rsesh1t so it may not help either.