The Flanders colour scheme is amazing and must make you at least 1 mph faster.

CT is a charge on a property to contribute to the public services in your area. It’s paid by the owner or occupier of a property. OP owns or occupies 2 properties so pays twice. Its another cost to factor in. It’s expensive yes. But it’s not unfair.

I saw that. It’s next isn’t it? Rock and roll…

And how many bands do you know who design their own sleeves?

The stone roses

I’d say British sea power might have something to say about having their image nicked too.

I have to say I didn’t realise kaiser cheifs were still going until I saw this ( or sturmey archer) :lol:

alpkit look good and have standard sized bags and bespoke. they are on my want list. not used them tho :-)

The north (of England) hasn’t flooded?

Tell that to the people of blyth, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Whitby…

Have people forgotten December already?

Seriously no good has come of these floods.

I guess pure race frames aren’t a big market. I’ve jammed up with both chain stay and non-chain stay bridge frames in different races but without jammed later, so it’s not scientific but I’d try and find a frame I liked without bridges if possible.

That bridge is only there so they can flog it as a commuter. For racing that screams mud trap. If you are stybar and get a new crux every lap it’s not an issue but if I was buying a race bike I’d want to give myself a fighting chance with as much clearance as possible.

Don’t know. I was down for the sportive -type one on the Sunday but they’ve moved it to the sat which I can’t do so peed off at the minute. Only the enduro one is on the Sunday but all that stopping for timed runs just spoils a good ride for me.

Sorry that’s no help to you.

I read an article about jaywalking the other day and how in America the 20’s the car lobby shifted blame for accidents to pedestrians and the answer was to make crossing the road illegal outside of set crossings. It was a coordjnated strategey over years. Astonishing. I sometimes wonder if there is implicit sympathy with this blokes view somewhere in government. If we make it hard enough and punsishmenta lax enough cyclist wl go away, or at least go to off road paths and velodromes and some of the better ones can win us some medals every four years.

yep. emailed them.

posted shell off (minus bearings and pawls) replaced free of charge.

In the interests of balance, ignore these naysayers…

Keep it yellow!

how did rivers manage before they had people around to dredge them :?

Evis is an idiot. He’s upstream of the levels, his farming practices are contributing to this water in the levels not that he seems able to see it.

No one is against spending money to solve problems, the point is dredging wont work so its a waste of money.

However, faced with 25 sq miles of flooding and the wettest january since records began there isn’t actually much you can spend money on to fix this. Thats why climate change is a bitch.

man 0 – nature 1

looks good. i too am interested. when is it?

I don’t get any of it. I was expecting a bike review to include, well, you know, bikes. This is just folks on a sofa.

Another series of bottom. Now you’re talking.

The hotel at achnasheen is good. Proper Scottish shooting lodge set up. Good breakfast. Good beer. Bunks house atback as well main rooms

Judder is VERY common in cx forks but normally from cantis, mini vs are meant to be one of the solutions to judder. But sorry that’s no help to you. Look at play in brake posts? toe in? different compound pads? Slipping star nut? Could just be a flexy fork?

Yep they work really well. used mine 18 months or so no bother.

This isn’t a cyclist vs motorist thing.

This is just a London thing isn’t?

We all different aren’t we? For me it was a happy happy day when they ditched Mike ferentino

When originally conceived council housing was for anybody who wanted a good quality home and a fair landlord. The prevailing view for much of the last century until the 80s was private landlords were a bad thing and state provided renting was the answer. It wasn’t (only) about means. With right to buy and the general ideological shift to home ownership council housing or whats left is now often the safety net or tenure of last resort. Because of this and a general shortage of council homes it’s a bit of a straw man as there won’t be many people with 60k who want to live in council house anymore or would ever get to the top of the waiting
List. Exception might be in affluent rural areas where even an income of 60k might not get you on the property ladder and you might need to rent. The continued existence of good qualiry council housing also also provides a degree of rent control on the bottom end of the private market which ultimately benefits us all by cooling rent inflation.

99% of this country is managed by man. Only tiny parts if Scotland is true wilderness. Habitats can be improved by paying for better management that helps wildlife e.g. Blocking up moorland ditches so the peat bogs come back. A hypothecated tax on a developer could pay for that.

Current situation: build on (say) woodland you’ve lost it. Hard luck.

Biodiversity offsetting: build on woodland, get a new or improved habitat of sorts elsewhere to replace it.

Is it perfect? No. Is it better than we have at the minute? Yes

haven’t seen that fork in the flesh but have had this with other cx forks and my guess would be:

basically cheap mini vs have the pad behind the arm which catches on some cross forks. Doesnt seem to be an issue on the back of most frames.

posh cx mini vs (and normal cantis) have the pad mounted further forward ‘in’ the arm e.g trp cx 8.4s and don’t catch. why this is the case i don’t know but its a bitch and you have to either spend ££ on new forks or posh brakes.

Its a great event, lovely place, friendly locals, decent food, drivers wave. People come out and cheer you on like a real race. non of this new forest aggro carp.

i’d recommend taking the mountian bike up too and make a weekend of it. Theres a great hotel/camping barn in Achnasheen.

What kcal said – the bealach is long and steep but only like a very big dales climb. But its the sawtooth profile of the next bit that gets you, often with gusty winds.

google beleach more and bbc adventure show scotland they did a programme on this years which aired about a month ago.

size up in every direction. IME experience castelli are a bit smaller than UK sizing but the gabba ss is definately a full size smaller.

Its a lovely thing, even in fluro yellow. I’ve tried them on repeatedly in shops but can’t justify it.

Tomorrows world

Wow Colin’s sandwich. I’d forgotten about that but I remember it being great.

My suggestions:

The day today
Brass eye
I’m not an animal

6′ large 70mm stem inline post

me? Kinesis pro 6, with groupset, wheels and finishing kit scavaneged from across the internet. But not for 2-3 years when hydro discs have got down to 105 level. :D

oh and it would probably have chinese carbon disc tubs from china.

oops, yes bedlington

How far you want To drive? Gallagher park beddington has some small trail centre type routes being built deliberately to get local kids into mountain biking so not too gnar at all, plus there’s a BMx track to roll around on.

Sorry, Slight hijack but while there are Newcastle people here any reccomendations for good off licenses? The kind you could get decent Belgian beers, brewdog, hardknot and the like?

Yes. About 3 quid on top of entry. But allow time for extra form filling. Yes but purgatories will be so much slower than a cross tyre.

Hot. Custard.

Not been following it to closely. In between the he said she said it appears the police were wrong. But I’ll let them off this one :lol:

Next time you Could threaten to freedom of information the council to chivvy them on a bit. Councils hate that.

Local paper might be interested.