Mmmm, Dark Tower, yes – how good would that be?!! :D

I’d love to see Altered Carbon + the rest of the Kovacs books done. Morgan’s style in Market Forces is also very filmable, not surprising as he wrote with it as a screenplay in mind.

“Well that was different.” :D

Oh yeah, absolutely – compulsory viewing chez Rees since Season 1 :D

I shall be carbing up on a couple of pints of Bath Ale’s Gem down in The Castle in Bruton with Mrs Drain and a couple of friends tonight, after working up a suitable thirst with a short night pootle.

Bummer :-( Some of the best riffs and breaks ever. A unique style. And tackling cancer on his terms too, that’s some cojones.

Thanks for the responses. Will be checking the QR out at some point today too.

@akira, that’s pretty much what I was thinking but good to know that so far they’ve fine.

Hmmm… not yet got that far with my newly-acquired 29er monocoque (just posted about an issue with the crown race platform being uneven), but I’ll check it out tomorrow and let you know if it’s the same.

My pedals arrived today, very happy – thanks again to the OP!

Hi folks. Thanks for all the advice, I’ll give it a go in the configuration I’d been thinking about then, sounds like it’ll work.

LOL at Mackem and at tmb467’s spokee dokees :D

Nice tip from scaredypants, will bear that in mind for future bike re-congfigs. I got some of the SLX 10sp shifter pairs off CRC in that great deal the other day and have got a good deal on a near-new 10sp rear mech so just need the cassette + chain now.

Re the 12-36t 9sp cassette – I’ve run one of those on my Fargo when doing loaded up trips, and yes, they do chew the freehub quickly. I take it off for normal riding. It’s a good enough compromise though for that bike.

Genuine LOL at AA – see you there!

I always mix up ‘dispatch’ and ‘despatch’! :oops:

Still waiting to get an email confirming despatch of the CB Eggbeaters I ordered (just the one order).

What Hells and teaboy said ^ ^ ^

EDIT: ha! The power of giving up! Apparently my tickets are now accepted…. what a shambles…

DOUBLE EDIT: So I’m in once and a mate for whom I was getting an entry is in twice – whaaaaat??!?!

The connection from payment back to the EntryCentral site is, so to speak, well hung. :?

Checked out and paid via card, it hung – no idea if I’ve got in – tried re-entering and it says that I’ve already entered or applied – so that’s me stuck in limbo, I can’t even attempt to re-enter. Grrrrr…. :?

Hey all, much obliged for the top tips about route choices and conditions. Tempting “that fat knacker Chas” out from a haze of luurve-induced pheromones might be a challenge :twisted: but I’ll see what I can do.

Also depends on if I can get a grip and finish some work ahead of this weekend – :bored: but needs finishing :|

Probably a fairly close description of me (other than the roadie bit!) :oops:

Ta muchly for the FB pointer. And for the trail condition info.

Result – some new Eggbeaters ordered! Thanks, OP :D

Bloody hell dave that’s bad! It was flooded in patches / the odd landslip onto the lanes on my loop today which dipped down to North Cadbury, but nowhere near as extensive as that!

Very probably my last one of the year today, a 70km road loop on the Traveller’s Check out to Alfred’s Tower to scare myself as usual on the descent 8O

Got nearly as muddy as I would’ve on an off road loop, loads of landslips and floods on the back lanes – a lot less bike cleaning though!

Total for this year a bit over 3,500km – rather short of 2011 but then that had two big rides (JOGLE road and the Camino de Santiago off road). I’m really surprised to see that my ‘base’ cycling this year has been slightly more than in 2011 even with the pish weather and a mad heavy workload meaning I’ve been away from home a lot.

Here’s to a better 2013 for all of us :D

Merino works well for me but I can see why it’d not be a panacea. Doing the Camino de Santiago last year I was wearing an Endura tech s-s top for 9 days – washed it once, after 5 days, not because it ponged at all but the salt rime from the sweat was looking pretty ‘orrible! 8O

Rapha and Sugoi base layers are lovely, dry in no time. Just bought some Smartwool chamois for next year’s Camino so we’ll see how those go…!

Ta muchly, all. Nice to see the usual spectrum of STW responses! ;-)

I think mikewsmith has it neatly summed up. LOL at rOcKeTdOg and Jamie’s posts :D

I like ATC and do a fair bit of business with them (having bought 3 bikes from them over the last 8 years, and a load of consumables), but I do wish they’d stop with the £3.99 post/packaging malarkey.

Doh, sorry John, can’t believe I mis-read that :oops:

In summer, the eastern section of the beach at Teignmouth is open for dogwalking.

Imminent disaster, IMO.

You’re outside the designated bathing season now so you should be ok to take a dog on any part of a beach. In the bathing season there are restrictions on which bits (if any) of a beach they can go on.

@scuttler – you and me both! Would’ve made for an ‘interesting’ moment :twisted:

@globalti – yes, then as now, wealthy Nigerians used to send their children to my school back when I was there (eeek – nearly 30 years ago! 8O ), we had several princes, one of my best mates was the son of a Lagos surgeon. Used to meet them when I was on hols in Lagos!

Interesting, clubber ^ ^ ^

My parents were in the Sudan where I was born, ’til I was 4, then back to Wales, then out to the north of Nigeria and then in Lagos, then Cairo. We went to Nigeria when I was 8, and I started boarding back in the UK at 10, as the educational systems in northern Nigeria were pretty basic beyond that age. As I recall, Lagos had several international schools to which expats often went.

When given the opportunity to re-enter the state system at about 15 I opted to stay in Marlborough as I loved it. I guess the only distance between me and my parents was and is the physical mileage, perhaps it made us have a more intense relationship when we were / are together.

Then again I’ve seen peers who definitely struggled with the whole arrangement – and which I’ve seen in people from state education too. Everyone’s different (cue scene from Life of Brian).

I think trying to make this so black and white on an internet forum – if you send your kids to board you must hate them / be a crap parent – is going to be about as successful in changing people’s perspectives as the ones we see on here time and again about religion.

Yup, mine arrived today too – bargainaceous! Ta muchly, OP.

@deserter – will give it a whirl tonight when I get back home :-)

The lower tray in our shiny new dishwasher keeps coming off the runner unless you pull it from precisely the central point, majorly frustrating…. Should’ve kept the kitchen scrubber ;-)

Ethical quandary sorted – I have full permission from the southern hemisphere :D

Par-taaaayyy!! :twisted:

Top forum advice all round, as ever ;-)

Choices are bad….

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I’m a 43 in normal shoes and my size 43 Dominator 5s fit perfectly with a thin sock, but forget anything thick – have got some in 44 to take a Sealskinz.

Loving this thread, Cheesey Feet’s posts especially! :D

Great look! :D

I got this one off Amazon the other day, a bit less than £90 delivered. Includes a few tools inc tyre inflator.

Fox Air 2HP 24ltr

Corey Taylor FTW :D
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Great article. I can’t speak for others, but for me it absolutely nails the descriptions of the various states and emotions I go through, and the reasons why the simplicity of cycling works for me. Really eery to see a mirror of others’ feelings without me looking back out!

So good in fact that it’s inspired me to re-subscribe! :D

Good one, Singletrack.