Get one of road.cc or British Cycling :P

I'm going on Saturday, coming from Cannock on the train. First class don't you know!

Really looking forward to it, is there much for sale there? Bargins?

No theres a big carpark you need to use, you can only park inside with a blue badge.

Queues will be ok this time of year, might be cold though!

Second z1ppy, get a grip, she probably has 25 pairs of shoes, and 95 lipsticks.

Have as many bikes as you want, tell her flip says you could.

I've just taken it, officially tomorrow is my last day but been paid for last two weeks at home.

I've wanted out for a while and what they offered i couldn't refuse, i'm 40 and am semi retiring, going to care for my disabled wife, and might get a part time job too.

I feel so relieved, don't regret for a second, i was in engineering which is now dead in this country even though we was a niche company.

Thanks guys for the reality check :roll:

Thanks mdb for that linky loads of info there.

Ah i am going to the Cycle show on the 10th, good thinking Batman i'll get talking to people down there.

Very good advice thanks to all, seems i may struggle :|

Yes thanks for that you are right, i do use CRC and wiggle myself and think they are spot on, finding a niche eh? that sounds tough.

I'm just tossing ideas around at the moment, i've only got two days left at work and i'm getting nervous now about what i'll do, i've got a descent payout so no rush.

I do sell on Ebay and wonder wether an Ebay shop might be a winner, but theres loads of them again.

Hmmm i suspected that, but even then will they take a newbie serious?

It's the only idea i have any enthusiasm for, are they easily approachable?

Gosh i got lots of questions.

Superb swearing by David Harmon!!

I've just had Campagnolo 11 speed on my road bike, you need the official tool to join the chain as it needs to be peened, it cost me £100 from Parkers it's even more everywhere else

http://www.probikekit.com/display.php?code=T0087

I do more road biking, i don't get very dirty and i get much fitter.

Some of the lanes by me are like riding off road anyway :roll:

Margam park NPS couple years back, coming down the final hill :wink:

Gosh, nearly all the mens gone in Cannock, i got a superb flourescent jacket for £19.99, and some gloves with 'biking' written on……

I second that justinguitar link he's a very good teacher, start with open major chords.

Also start playing songs you like and stick with it, cus if you play crap beginners songs it'll bore you to tears.

I've been playing for two years i started when i was 39, and i'm just starting to get it, don't underestimate it.

Have fun!!

VR no theres no wobble at all, just spend time fiddling and adjusting them right, jobs a good un'!

It attaches with a re usable cable tie, theres a video on crud site that shows how to attach them.

Seat angle is right it's the angle of pic.

Ah! the sky stem will be history when i get my custom Brian Rourke 853 very soon.

Its Kawasaki green too!!!

Mine are 23mm, they wouldn't work with any wider tyres, but they are meant for racing bikes so most people will have 23 anyway.

I had to fiddle a bit to get them right, but they never rubbed at all in 40 miles.

Sofatester my wife is all 3, theres someone for everyone, took me years of crap to find her though…..

How much you want for the small one?

Give us a clue :wink:

I say £50

Need mudguards soon…

Chainsets too shiny too :roll:

I had one brand new and it creaked no matter what i did, so i sold the frame and got a proper one.

Will never have another Marin. :cry:

I thought of this but i like to do stuff myself, i'm researching more on the net :wink:

The shifters are all wrong…

I've been to Brian Roukes today and have been measured up for a 853 road frame with lots of chrome!

It'll be 13 weeks though :roll:

Going to order lots of Campagnolo loveliness :wink:

I own one of joey mclaughlin's old Ever Ready/Halfords cycling tops from the 8o's 8O

And i won a MTB race wearing it.

I just started one with my wife, she been self employed all her life, i’m 40 now and it feels ace.

Probably the best time for me to have a go.

Got no mortgage or rent now either :D

Had some fine summer evenings on this the last two weeks, i been laid off work :-)

Poyners was/is a bike shop in Wolverhampton west midlands, i used to frequent it as a teenager.

I’ve got Cosmos on my winter bike they are very strong i’d keep them on if i were you.

I got schwalbe CX pro on my cross bike which are perfect imho, and should fit the Cosmos.

Cheers!

The last guitar i bought was a Tanglewood Sundance, it took nearly all afternoon to choose, no one could have chosen it for me.
If he’s gonna love playing it he needs to choose it.

Give him the cash and let him choose his own, guitars are very personal things, one mans ace is anothers sh1t.

Holiday inn Berkley st Mayfair, opposite the Ritz, next to Green Park.
Stayed there a couple of times and it’s great, and fairly cheap.
Going again in 2 weeks!!!

Not long bought a Tanglewood Sundance, it’s all solid mahogany construction and sounds amazing, so much better than the cheaper ones i tried.
It was a lot more than i intended to pay but once i strummed it i was hooked :roll:

If it was track cycling it would be on there, they just don’t like him.

I think it’s sad thats all, we got a big winner and he gets no credit.

Maybe, but it’s big news :|

I’m upgrading on Orange so iphone is out, they got HTC, Blackberries and Nokia’s 8O

Don’t know about comfort, only ridden it up my road.
Ill tell you later after a couple hours up Cannock Chase :wink: