ironically, I don’t like them.

What chance Wiggo as BBC sports personality of the year now 🙁

Cod liver oil. Not the pathetic capsules, MTFU and glug from the bottle.

I know two guys running old 531 Nigel Deans. Go on forever.

That one looks suspiciously like it would have front wheel / foot overlap, though.

Are the women clean ? If they are, maybe the sponsors will stay with them and we’ll get some more on the TV. The women’s olympic race was way more exciting then the men’s.

Why would I hope it’s cleaner ? Much less money involved, and this stuff costs.

About the breakfast thing above, I now do no-breakfast. Really works for me, allows me to avoid needing carbs for exercise. For instance, I did the MK sportive yesterday (100k) before eating.

have a read of this

Got a ten year old one still going strong. Trigger’s broom though, new bearings and freewheel a couple of years ago. Easier to set up bearings than XT as it has 4 nuts not 3.

next time you’re around his, wipe your knob on his tooth brush when you use the bathroom.

The MK stats quoted are skewed by the fact that cycle use here must be ten times what it is in the rest of the country. The provision of cycleways is so good that large numbers cycle every day.
Also, the letter is from 1998. I’ve lived in MK for the last 10 years and know of no deaths during that period on the cycle ways, but do know of at least 3 on the dual carriageways, one of whom was an experienced time-trialler.

It was a Cyclops Fluid 2 that spewed oil all over my hall floor 🙁 The advice about the fan is spot on.

cheapest magnetic one you can get. IME oil ones overheat and blow up messily, and wind ones are noisy.

Don’t spend a lot, you shouldn’t be spending long on it.

old thread

oh god found the Chameleons gig on youtube that I went to in 1985 ! Going slightly mad with nostalgia…

on a youtube safari after the faves thread. Just had Comsat Angels, then Loop, Chameleons next, just started ‘ A person isn’t safe anywhere these days’ instant goose bumps. MAAAAAAAAAN OF STEEEEEEEEEEEEEL !

Band – Loop. If you’ve never heard it, look for ‘Spinning’
Album – Sick Music compilation, Hospital Records
Best Track not a single – Trance 4 by Icebreaker
Single – Unprepared by Marco V. Best love song ever. Just one second by London Electricity a close second.
Gig – Cocteau Twins somewhere in Camden in 1983. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Womad 1985

Ask me tomorrow it’ll be totally different

All the best professional sports people are the best cheaters, with a very few noble exceptions.

Why the hell are they selling Pantani T shirts in Cycling Weekly still ?

Red worms are GOOD. You are doing it right. Although it should be ready in under two years. You are turning it, aren’t you ?

WTF !

Those ebay ones are Costco, 75% merino 25% nylon and are only £7.99 at Costco store !

I am sure that a full Camelbak has saved my back in a couple of really nasty falls.

I use the Costco ones but they’re not 100% Merino so get cold when wet. Comfy when dry though.

mmm

🙂

Greyhounds are cool.

Hospital records podcast…

Me and the big group I did the Skyline with weren’t counted last year. They probably asked on one day and extrapolated the result. Grr.

Also, it sounds like it’s about to be ‘Coed-y-Brenined’, i.e. totally ruined. Following the same programme, i.e. shut the good cafe, close off best bits, open a new trail that’s bermed asphalt. Double Grr.

2k is what I get for a rear, front lasts forever…

thanks all. no DVI port on new imacs :(. I’m going for a Dell screen and hope that the minidisplayport / thunderbolt i/f works as it should.

check that you can have cataracts fixed in later life…

Thanks, the dual monitor thing is the way I want to go but lots of horror stories on the web of compatibility issues. I don’t want to spend £750 on a fancy apple screen either.

Need to use John Lewis because of warranty, or do you think Apple will honour it ? That’s a good idea, we’ll try it. It’s over a year old though…

Birdy does everything better IMO. We own both, Mrsflap a Brompton, me a Birdy.

get in touch with Leisure Lakes there. they do evening rides.

rear hub on my road bike. poor waterproofing on non-drive side means that bearing wears quick, the others are fine. bearings easy to source as they’re a standard size, and easy to replace. v light and despite the above I like it as it made a wheel that was easy to build and remained true (dish about same on both sides which I like).

:(. I actually bought a bike from one of their shops about a thousand years ago. Seemed like genuine folk.

why not a turbo trainer ? x-trainer really won’t do much for your arms as they don’t have much slow-twitch muscle.

Another Woburn regular here sending his best. I’ve been bitten worse at Woburn than in all my many Alpine adventures…familiarity breeding contempt. Stay safe vibes.

is that video a composite, i.e. track changes during the flashey bits ? Watching it I’m thinking ‘I know that, but it’s nowhere near that last bit’. If it’s one track I need to join you !

Mrsflap has a modern Golf which is terrifyingly fast in comparison to my old lump, yet the insurance is about half.

Sainburys £318, this is getting better.

The AXA form is exactly the same as the Swift one and comes up with the same numbers.

£409 with Swift. Looks like the mileage (15000) is doing it.