Use any rubber and learn to ride .Bike tyres cost as much as my car tyres these days so I use whatever is in the garage !!

Stella or stellar? or is he just a wife beater these days?

I rarely get rid of bikes I just add to the collection and am still riding mtbs that are over 20 years old and a timetrial bike from the early 90s .I cant see the point in changing and probably wont be any quicker on a new one at my age anyway.

I hate not being clipped in it is so much more efficient riding up hills with spd pedals as you pull on the up stroke.I never ride without clipless pedals

I always break stuff I am throwing away so it can't get pikeyed for profit by the binmen or people at the tip

Means test child benefit get the long term sick off benefit bring back hanging to empty the prisons. Put up vat and leave the Eu

Who's a cock? not Tangent.

xl size Lidl jerseys for 6 quid they only stock a couple of times a year though

+1 for riding later

You need to try lots out but you are probably looking in the 58/60cm range of sizes

25 years ago the trails were quiet because few of us were mtbers .I prefered it then as a minor niche hobby

Because we live in a cool temperate western margin and it rains all year round?

I must admit RO has a point I too hate large group rides four is enough and you may get to see and hear the wildlife if there are not loads of you which is one of the points of enjoying the great outdoors

So disc brakes yes
Mass rides no

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It's the 'In humans' bit on Orthodox Jews.

Bearing in mind the part of the body and the age at which this is usually done I am surprised the Catholic church did not think this one up

Why can my dog lick his balls and I can't ?

Give him a bonio and he might let you

Now if I suggested that the mods would have me .Having said that Ghandi tried it in India in exchange for a radio so upgrade to an ipod and you may have a deal!

Dogs eat shit and lick their asses so it's not a good idea if he licks your wounds is it?

Nursery and schooling can help but the parents really need to be involved and educated as well otherwise the good work done at nursery and in school is undone a soon as the child goes home

Agree it needs to be constructive.Have you seen the article I think there is a programme as well where a girl took three bad lads sailing in the Carribean and by the end they had seen the error of their ways and have now come home and started to get their lives sorted?

I have never knackered a decent quality allen key or bolt,crap ones yes but not good ones

Yes TJ all well and good but many problem kids have been pandered to and it has not helped improve their attitude or self esteem
Would some form of not National Service but maybe Pioneer Corp work, whereby community projects get worked on to encourage team building and friendship whilst respecting a chain of command but in a military type environment?

do you mean the cassette has gouged into the freehub body by riding over the splines?

No it means carying another tool most people have allen keys if you forget your torx set who are you going to borrow a tool off ?

I know but I risk a ban if I spout off again!!

How do you break the culture of several generations of feckless loutish behaviour though.Dad was a teacher for years and said in some schools this attitude and behaviour is almost endemic.Whilst we spend money sorting out the problem people who thinks about the good well behaved kids. Do they get rewarded with trips to Alton Towers and free i pods as well?

Great loads of drunken birds and a male stripper ?!!

My single speed has a nos Mavic 231 rim on Deore dx hub 20 quid off ebay

The champions league final

Is that seat the right height ? cos the frame looks a bit big or is it set really low for gnarly jumpy stuff?

I would assume with the advances in technology used by the services that you would need a higher standard of recruit than in the past?

Thats ok then so we will all ride through sssi sites and other sensitive country areas and undo good work that has been done.Remember the countryside is not our playground it all belongs to someone and is by and large a working environment.Better to approach Landowners before hand and ask permission to ride stuff ,they don't all 12 bore you first you know.

Is a Stumpjupmer a bicycle rather like a Stumpjumper or is it the pram I found when I googled jupmer?

white roads according to the map legend are other roads tracks or paths and not necessarily rights of way.Look on the 1:50 000 legend as all the rights of way are marked by the red lines(but you probably know that already)

When I suggested eradication of problems such as this it was frowned on by the moderators.Seriously though what do we do with people who are like this?

It's funny that on a cycling forum ro lists their interest as running not cycling which probably explains their view on cycling components maybe they know more about trainers and Ron Hills…?

SWMBO is the reason for having a straight to garage policy with new toys and the reason for paying cash so your bank statements don't get investigated

The trouble is when they are on the dole or in prison the rest of us pay for it.

In desperation I used a chisel and a lump hammer whilst resting the cable on a vice it cut cleanly!

whats swmbo?

Ok the Irish lilt does make one sleepy I will agree

If I was in a remote part of the world then I would go for simplicity ie cable brakes and basic thumbshifters .As I don't ride in Cambodia or anywhere else remote I don't need to be a luddite so I use modern kit (most of the time)