Hated riding in contacts, fine in specs. But I’ve always worn specs so feel naked without them, probably different if you’re new to them.

501s. Carhartt. Uniglo.

None of these fit over my cyclist thighs. Cannot get jeans to fit at any price. Grrr.

We need a return to Loose Fit. Where are the Happy Mondays when you need them ? 15 years ago easy to get proper fitting jeans.

Thanks.

Go-Pro is an option for xmas pressie (always buy after xmas for sale price). Option now firmed !

Test will find allergy not intolerance. If you don’t get on with it, stop.
Don’t do soya milk, do Almond milk.
Tofu really bad unless fermented (tempeh).
FFS don’t do margerine. Poison.
But I’d stop eating bread and muesli and porridge before stopping milk, my other intolerances (including what I thought was a milk one) went away when I stopped those.

Go Pro + iPad SD card reader + iMovie for iPad = record, import, edit, share. Very easy.

Don’t have iPad but do have latest iMac. Does that route work for iMac ?

Thanks

Milton Keynes…

Indeed I will, but it can be advantageous to have other folk’s experience first.

Chamonix has a couple of lifts open early June but they are hellishly expensive. More non-assisted riding available there too if you don’t mind some technical climbing.
Can be quite a bit of snow at 2000m at that time of year.

My ‘strep throat’, which wasn’t treated with antibiotics (Doc told my mum that I was a malingering child), turned into Rheumatic Fever.
You really don’t want that, I can tell you.

Another thumbs down for Icebreaker. Give me the old smelly helly stuff that HH stopped using about 10 years ago.

not bad at all. use by date was yesterday so nice and mature…

just basted it…

Yesterday had my first Nespresso at wife’s brother’s. Better than I expected, I can see the appeal if you want no mess and don’t mind ‘OK’ coffee.

Me I got a Pavoni Europiccalo pro and Acasa burr grinder. This is the opposite, i.e. a complete faff and mess but fantastic coffee. Decide where on that continuum you lie.

built a wheel christmas day evening whilst rest of inhabitants slept off lunch. first ride on it tomorrow. now, if only I could find some shorts I can still fit into !

I use diamond forcing pressure…espresso so thick it’s like chocolate. mmm

doom mountain wins. what it is to be young.

It’s midday and I’m off to Waitrose…

yes please for that fork. long enough for a frame that’s corrected for 100mm. with option for rim brakes. I’ve waited sooo long for a rigid replacement for my Pace Evo (to which it looks similar).

I have a feeling one of these would be wonderful in Woburn Sands…

yep, heat. happened to me several times…

one of the black chilli compound contis if it’s grip you’re worried about, ultra gator skins if it’s punctures. Thousands of miles done on gators, never punctured. I puncture on every ride with other tyres. Mind you, I’m not exactly racing weight.

Whilst on the subject of Pavé, Mrs flap-jack noted that the chanting on the background of ‘A day on Hell’ was the word ‘Pavé’. A Flandrian chant rather than a Gregorian…

If he’s left handed Felco do a nice one specific for lefties.

Another recommendation for Hotel Igloo. They let you keep your bikes inside too.

Stayed there 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009. Basic but excellent every time.

crikey, weeksy, what do you weigh? R1 tops out at 155 with a biffa like me (100kg).

helped make the Paralympics the success it was

what ?

the magnificent performances and huge personalities did that.

oh and it’s flap_jack. I believe there’s a flapjack out there and I’m sure he’s sound. the underscore gives me away as a saddo engineer…

Fab ?
It’s not as if I’m against the BBC muffia – Toksvig, Perkins etc are absolutely top notch entertainers. But CB cheated on that bike ride and everything she does seems equally fake to me.

The time gap between 3rd and 4th at the Vuelta shows what the current crop of undetectable drugs do. 2012 Vuelta up with 1996 TdF as dirtiest race ever IMO.

Unless he’s caught Bertie will crap over everyone next year – or unless his knee blows up again, with a bit of luck.

Once you’ve been to Chamonix nowhere else will do. Already planning next year’s adventure…

I put 2 on the (admittedly rear) driven wheels. Thought it a good idea to save money. Horrible. Went back 2 weeks later for the fronts. Bliss.

acetyl-l-carnitine

FFS don’t take it in the afternoon, you’ll never sleep.

shortest night and full moon coincide next year. if the weather was good that would be perfect.

me and some mates are considering a 24hour non-stop relay to Edinburgh from London that day/night…

Nope, no ipad. Would that work with an android phone ?

thanks, nickhart, will do.

jonk, unfortunately the XR440s don’t last. not up to the old Mavic standards at all.

In 1974 my dad bought a Moskvich. It came with two enormous tyre levers and the trackpump from hell. No doubt in Russia it was expected that you would be changing tyres yourself.

Needless to say, we had a go.

Once.

And there are threads on here about getting tubeless bike tyres to seal…

looks like i might be commuting into London a couple of times a week so would be handy to have.

Noooooo. Take the train. 45 minutes. Car 2 hours + at rush hour.

As you can see, a real Marmite of a place. Some love it, others hate it. No-one’s indifferent.

I’ve lived all over the country and MK is brilliant. We’re not moving.

Loads (hours and hours) of singletrack in Woburn, fab road riding in the quiet lanes to the east or west, great running through the parks (I can do a 10k run from my house crossing only one road, and 9.75 k is in parkland, passing the concrete cows), great theatre, music, easy access for shopping, easy access to London (30 mins on fastest train).

As with all large towns there are places to avoid. The oldest estates are tired and have problems. Big new ones, like Furzeton, are nice but can be a bit quiet if you’re single IMO. As stated above, if you’re on your own, go for the Hub.

There’s some real detail in here if you’re keen The estates are ranked in order, with 1 being lowest. Avoid Beanhill…

Careful what you wish for.

can’t find a new one…

help please.

Depends if you ever want to sell it or be insured if a problem happens…

Another for Col de Balme to Trier. i can honestly divide my MTB riding into before and after those switchbacks on the cliff face…MTB equivalent of crack cocaine.