but you're more likely to die of being a big fat lazy biffer than you are of falling off your mountain bike and big fat lazy biffers put a huge load on the NHS.

And again they should get treatment. Fat smokers with BMW's are still people!

Some of it (looking at you here fox) lasts for less time than a cigarette as well…

Tremors. +1

I'm firmly anti-smoking. I dont think they should be sold full stop.

But I would fight tooth and nail for smokers with cancer to get treatment on the NHS. Thats what its for.

How different is smoking through choice from cycling down a hill and falling off from choice?

David.

Or Jen Voigts' ass? 🙂

As to the willy thing do we reckon lady gaga has one as well? Cause Im starting to worry I cant tell anymore!

I cant decide if I would or not. I think not, but Im not sure. 😯

At work we use the same license key on 7000 PC's.

Volume license or OEM copy then. If each PC has XP sticker on it (the certificate of authenticity or COA) then its probably OEM. I would guess they also say "Dell" or "HP" on the front of them and are installed from a central image by your IT guys and girls already pre-authorised with MS.

As for the original question you can re-install XP over itself. When you boot from the CD and work through it will ask you to press "R" for recovery console. Dont. It will then ask you a bit later on if you want to press "R" for a repair install. Do that. *dont* format the drive, if you get that far you have gone to far! The repair install installs XP over itself. Your apps wont work but your data should still be there.

If this all goes wrong however I take no responsibility.

If you really want to be sure about the data get one of those hard drive to USB dongles off ebay, pull the hard drive and attach it to another PC and get the data that way.

I don't know how easy it is to remove the hard drive from a mac book. I would guess that being apple it might be tricky? No real experience though of apple servicing. A quick google will solve that for you!

David.

(Edit – this might help http://www.macinstruct.com/node/130 . It doesn't look to bad actually!)

Anything by Cascada. Secret pleasure!

franksinatra – thats good advice! Any tips or ideas on promoting cycling? Based in the west of scotland so rain / effort is an issue for people.

CaptJon – I would if I didnt want to join the reduncancy group here. My company has a team to catch employees bad mouthing it. Really 🙁

Sootyandjim – thats not so great – sorry to hear that! Although £500 might get you a decent frame (those boardman bikes dont like to bad) to build off!

1) dull overcast one with a few spots of rain but only a bit of wind
2) no wind at all but steady rain

I frigging hate headwinds.

Even worse are the ones where its a headwind to work and a head wind home. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

I cured the same problem by selling the Stroker Trails and buying a set of Avid elixirs. I just couldn't get them to stop rubbing – tried everything bar replacing the pads, which were brand new. Great brakes but I just couln't handle the constang skreeching.

I bought those Stroker Trails off you, got you to fit them and set them up, and I've not had any issues since 😉

I tend to sing badly or have random tourettes style swearing sessions in the middle of nowhere.
Both being slightly embarrassing when you notice another cyclist tailing you

+1 🙂

you know I think i did most of these when i bought my first bike… 😳

sorry MY Bad

Blackdog – agree 100%

My commute would be so much more pleasant in Glasgow if people would stop pissing off the taxi drivers by red light jumping in front of them. Its those of us that stop at the lights that get the grief.

David.

I would scan any paperwork they gave him and get on the internet as soon as you can.

Some very sheepish police apologies would be delivered pretty fast.

I commute to work and its pretty normal to have stuff thrown at you and be spat at and the police cant do anything then… perhaps I just need brighter lights before the police care?

Then use the £25 saved to get some cateye lights that have all the relevant stickers… 🙂

Harry – if your works vending machines has ass like that for sale can you get me one and post it over? 😉

£200? thats a steal!

also recently we had DTFU… dog the f*ck up – advice for someones dog. Apparently it needed shoes to go outside…

jeyboy – from what I can gather its a "safer" version of gay boy. To be honest I would stay away from that one. Gay shouldn't really be used as insult these days.

every time I see the replay I grit my teeth !

Bit like Jens…

pure evil 🙂

jeyboy – BMW X5 owners
IIRC – If I recall correctly (IE im making this up)
SPOILER – About to mention the tour de france
etc etc – a Latin expression meaning "and other things" or "and so on"

Just found this – Gore De France! What a name for a article!

That looks mechanical to me – somethings not right about the way he moves in relation to the front wheel / bike.

Hope hes okay tho – looks nasty 🙁

Edit:
Link to youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=7V0VsKznyzA

I needed to get up at 2 as my wife was away on a school trip and needed a run to school (behave, shes a teacher) so I decided what with it being a special day to see the dawn on top of Meikle Bin, a local hill. The weather here in Glasgow yesterday was cracking so I thought this morning had a fair chance of being nice!

It looked like this:

I was in cloud from the car park to the top. And back down.

I loved it! 😀

well the report post button seems to work 😉

I dont know. The finish line stuff I bought from wiggle doesnt set. It does however scratch the seatpost up (abrasive compound and all that) but the seat post gets scratched going up and down anyway.

Thanks all – problem is now resolved on the commuter with a combination of cleaning the seat post and frame of grease and using the finish line carbon paste stuff. Due to work commitments the mtb has not been out properly but a quick play on the street re-assures me that its probably fixed as well.

My knees would like to say thanks to everyone for thier help here! 🙂

You had a 4-inch gash to the bone less than 2 weeks ago which is infected and you can’t bend your leg fully. I don’t think you really need to ask the question.

This… You really need to rest these things to help them heal. Maybe go to enjoy the atmosphere, join the banter and still have a good time?

just another vote for stay away from the dart 3s. Mine started to rust after 3 months. On the stanchions. And I kept them clean and lubed.

Shockingly poor forks. Toras are way better.

You could use something like this?

http://www.avontyrrell.org.uk/site_plan_feb_09_compressed.pdf

(Also the link on http://www.bigbikebash.co.uk/location.php to the site plan 404’s).

In fact that Avontyrrell has some awesome content. The risk assessment for the mountain biking has:

Projectiles in air caused by nearby archery range (1).

and

Coming across animals such as horses, pony and cows. – Instructors will encourage animals to move if necessary.

You dont get shot at or animal action on the Glentress Red… 😉

the gimp?

http://www.gimp.org/

Should be able to do the m square thing – i just dont know how.

Anything by Osprey. I have a Talon 33l and its super. A year of commuting daily and its still going strong!

Cleaned the grease off and still got some slippage this morning on the way to work.

Time to try the fancy compound – would this:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Finish_Line_Fiber_Grip_Carbon_Fibre_Assembly_Gel_50ml/5360038013/
be the same stuff?

Would it make a difference even though none of the parts are carbon?

All my posts slip with grease too

Is this wise? I thought they had to be greased. I did wonder if this was the point of failure though as I have tried everything else!

Will that carbon paste be okay with Alu and whatever seat posts are made of (alu? steel?).

Thanks for the help!

Wrist band from:
http://www.RoadID.com

Its lasted well (over two years of daily commuting) and been needed once.

Paramedics were impressed with it.

Halfords – a head down bums up riding position? The irony…

check it for porn.

Carron Valley, Kelpies Staircase. In some snow. (50 views).

My battery kung fu is weak but the Night Rider Minewt might just be less hassle…

Getting twatted from behind while waiting to turn at a junction lying on the road in the rain looking up at the streetlights hearing the brakes of cars scream around you as they notice the cyclist sliding down the road…

was a bit scary.

I cant recommend http://www.roadid.com enough. It was very nice to have my wife at the hospital.