Do: Carry toilet paper on a long ride
Dont: Forget it!!
Do: Wear soft socks on a long ride (incase you do forget the toilet paper!!)

You should look in the autotrader, local ad papers, etc. You can go see it and take a mechanic with you, have a good look round, test drive it, HPI it, much safer than an auction and if you turn up with a nice crisp lump of cash you can usually talk yourself into a good deal.

Molgrips, some dude was looking for you with regards to a Java developer role, heres the thread:

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/paging-molgrips-you-still-looking-for-work

Why do you need a data cable? go wireless?

I prefer the glueless leech/scab style patches on the trail unless its a big old rip in the tube, the park ones seem to either not stick in the first place or come off, I have tubes that are years old with leeches still well and truly stuck.

Ive just used up all my glue and patch sheets fixing some tyres with **** sidewalls, hence my need to restock!!!

I find that running is easier to fit into my routine and is ‘winter safe’ (you’ll probably injur yourself less if you slip and fall while running than cycling). My advice to any runner though (beginners particularly), get a decent size MP3 player and load it with tunes (I currently use an 8gb Sansa clip which I cant recomend enough, its tiny, doesnt bounce about when I run, and clips nicely onto my pants/shorts). Although funnily I run faster without music, it does help to make the runs go quicker when I just cant be arsed.

session training is good and will definitely help your fitness, but I find that going out for a run and doing 10x hill repeats feels too much like training so I just go out and run and forget about everything else other than running. Running alone is good but some people prefer to run with other people and I am sure there are running clubs near you, and these usually cater for people of all fitness levels.

Muddypuddle, I used to suffer with achiles tendonitis, but have gone a long way to preventing it with decent trainers (my current favourites are Nike Vomero 3/4, but your requirements depend on your foot type) and some long, slow, achilles/calf/lower leg stretching; Stretch first thing in the morning, after work, before bed, hell you can even go have a stretch at work, although if you decide do it in the toilets just dont make any grunts or groans just incase your manager is in one of the traps and recognises you (although your manager recognising your grunts and groans would worry me unless you’ve had a few ‘promotions’).

The Runners World forums will probably give you more advice than anyone on here can…

That looks like a hell of a ride!! Got a gpx file for it?

I have a new theory: Spaghetti String Theory – put spaghetti in pan (energy superstrings), heat it up, stir with spoon (vibrate), add meat balls (planets) and sauce (dark matter), eat (suck into black hole). Its so simple, nothing to prove other than it tasted as good as you expected. Guess what I am having for tea!! omnomnomnom

They sleep all day, fu*k off out all night, and come home only to eat and sh*t. but enough about teh kids, I would just shoot the frickin cat. Times are hard right now so if its in my garden its on my plate, simple as that.

I’m just happy you included the word “frame” in the title.

How do the chickens taste?

You can ride ANYWHERE YOU LIKE as long as:
A. You dont get spotted
B. You can outrun a country ranger if you do get spotted

I’m good for a decent paced 3hr+ ride on water alone as well.

Lots of other barely literate bits in there.

Definitely written by an MP then.

You may need to drill out the valve hole a on teh inside of the rim a little to allow the valve to sit properly as theres usually a slight bulge on the inner tube around the valve.

That flag looks shit dad, drop it or I drop you and find a new dad with a porsche.

Quad QHD-4: http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/components/disc-brake-systems/product/qhd-4-axis-brake-31092

Routes it is then! Memory map will do track to route conversion and theres a reverse route function if you need it….

Even if the money is crap for IT contracting it probably means its still a respectable wage (depending on the IT skill your contracting). I would take the job on the assumption that nothing else is going to come along and it will get your bills paid. I work in IT and dont see jobs getting any easier to come by before the end of the year (location dependant of course) so I know what my choice would be.

I have a Garmin Forerunner and it only recognises routes; I suppose that makes sense as a route is made up of way points with a direction, where as a track has no way points.

What type of GPS unit do you have?

The one guarantee you have (to employers) as a contractor is your reputation from references, anything that puts it in doubt is a big no-no. I certainly wouldnt consider leaving a short term contract early, and under no circumstances would ever consider asking for a higher pay rate when in a contract, even if I had a better offer.

If your not bothered about putting the company down on your CV (or whatever reference list you have) then its less of a worry, BUT I have found that you come across the same people in the IT industry time and time again, or you at least have contacts who have worked with someone who can give you an off the record oppinion of whether to employ a person or not.

druidh
wot drugs are you on?

sharki
Not taking any medicine.

Doesnt answer the question, what drugs are you on[, who supplied them, are they any good?]

I’ll make her dissapear for the cost of a suer bling Whyte Titanium.

I’ve been looking at the 8gb Sansa clip for a while now, waiting for it to drop a little in price (although £38 isnt bad for 8gb!!), believe me you wont be dissapointed in sound quality and its smaller and tougher than the iPlod.

Rape its ass with your foot and show it whos boss. It will respect you.

Rubber chicken, striped tie, knee length nike sports socks.

520’s are straight forward and you should be able to get the manual from Shimano’s web site, 970’s are a similar design (from what I can tell from the shimano manuals) with higher quality parts and seals. Reallistically unless you’re wanting to do a complete strip and clean and its just the play that bothers you then remove the axle (with the SPD axle collar removal tool) and nip up the cone nuts on the end, pump the body full of grease and put it al back together, 10 minutes.

Guido, I think it was Garry Glitter.

Alloy ransoms are nothing special, heavy, most reviews have rated them as average. For that money I would expect a carbon ransom, which is better but still not the best full sus you can get for 2K second hand.

I wonder if she subscribes to the “IdiotLesbians.com newsletter”. F’in Loser.

PCI compliant?

You haven’t got a 1gb stick of DDR 400 in any of those spare PC’s have you?

You need to sign on, when you do (as well as getting the £60 a week) the social pay your national insurance contributions so your state pension is not affected, if you dont sign on you dont get your NI paid (unless you do it yourself) and you’ll a gap in your NI payments which could ultimately lead to your state pension being reduced.

Nice, I as looking at some of those pics the other day, Im def gonna have a ride through there shortly.

In the second shot, is that the pier where ‘Jaws’ was spotted last summer?

You can set the odometer on the Strada apparently, although I’ve never done it.

I remember passing it on the train years ago when it was still in action, yet another dead NE chemical business.

can you actually ride the coast path all the way from Sunderland to there? I was going to ride down teh coast path last time I rode up to south shields but it looked like it ended so I didnt want to ride so far down and find a dead end.

Ah yeah, I know it.. I often ride the old railway track from Wynyard – station town – hartlepool route over the warmer months.

I’ve not actually been in the old works though for fear of the sand melting my tyres..

Its a fine art, if you look like your going fast enough and working hard enough they’ll acknowledge you, if your casually trundling along they dont.

Runners are a different breed, all runners seem to acknowledge all runners, at least up here in smogsville.

I like boxing but repetetive punching to the head causes brain damage and memory loss

I like boxing but repetetive punching to the head causes brain damage and memory loss