yup thats the one 🙂

its a bit of a side note but presumably your GP is happy enough with your BP and cholesterol? given points win prizes for practices he could bang you on a few drugs. im just intrigued

btw awesome challenge and good luck! i have a far more sedate 2 rides/runs a week and a piece of fruit every day as new year's resolutions. forgetting is the biggest prob i have so far 🙁

to be fair kipper its pretty logical- for example if i wear a seatbelt when driving thats far more important for safety than understanding how the road should work and my impact on others. hmmm

SSUK is coming to Wales!

More details to follow soon, but the important stuff…

When? August 13-15th, with the race being on Saturday afternoon/evening.
Where? Cwm Rhaeadr, Nr Llandovery.

from the facebook page

she made massive blinis with scrambled eggs and salmon, pics to follow…

cheers and happy birthday for tomorrow!

i got a pen from kids i used to teach. turned out it was a biro.

any more pics? anyone got an indy fab, speedvaggen or vanilla?…

im going to stick a post up about the slowness of the royal mail and see if i get a personal response

CRC is cheap and normally v quick, if you want to have it in your hot little hand try an LBS

It's like saying a good 853 frame rides the same as a bog-standard steel frame – no chance.

please see other threads for the debate/war on this one….

plus i still reckon who puts the tubes together counts more in that scenario too

i'd be offended if someone asked for my christian name, i'm an athiest

🙂

yeah ill prob use my 'normal' switchblades before i part with any cash

I still think how and who build your frame is probably a lot more important than just comparing materials. If indy fab et al knocked me out a steel frame id take that over a mass produced *relatively* cheap ti frame.

My own humble not having owned any ti frame* opinion

*except a ti lemond which i had to sell before i built it up. Still cuts me, cuts me deep 🙁

are major one frames still available?

EDIT: interweb says yes 🙂

singlecross, 42:16 but 42:18 might be a better bet if you have the choice

not the prettiest pic plus the stem is a lower rise one now

lol

ah. right. damn. cheers.

yeah i havent heard that many postive things about the kings, looks like the locust wins until i can afford cinders

cheers rorschach

think ill go for locust or speedking in 35, value for money option!

its not that fiddly in all honesty but it just hasnt shown me much love of late

yup

im just fed up of having to walk to a garage to use a compressor whenever I need to get more gunk in them especially as where we've moved to the nearest compressor is rubbish. tempted to save up for a stan rim, £60 though!

not weighed it for a while!

do bikes get fatter over time if you don't ride them?

The 'fly must be a proper heffamoose by now 🙁

lol!

weighs eh not sure but not much even with sus forks

orena that second route sounds like the derby north circle directions i have, i think ill give that a bash

cheers for that, ill have a look on google maps when i get a chance

singlecross so decent clearance tbh 35 is prob big enough, just hadnt seen much beyond that width and wondered what people had used. As Sam says they seem to become more hybrid at that point

Exam tomorrow and you're pissing about on here? <tut>…

exams are every 6 weeks so i need to dip into stw whenever possible 😛

New job grand

Glad to hear it, long overdue!

so what do you call off road tyres wider than 32 but not 29er wide?
there seem to be plenty out there from a variety of maunfacturers such as the locust?

EDIT: hello squire! Im ok but being crushed under the weight of work, yet another exam tomorrow but then holidays-planning to sleep for a week.

how goes the new job?

more!

an R1? pack bags, collect passport, do not pass go

MSC maybe Small but there getting bigger

*snigger*

no gears needed for the riding you'll be doing

Ill get my coat

Should he be knighted? Yes, imo

tick

im with pete, but in response to your question then you'll make it round

fair dinkum

lilac king may go for more – tricky to find one

Cheers Thom! Still not ridden it this year 🙁 holidays in a week though, wayyyyyy

fontmoss, it's not about the bike

i didnt think it was 😀

though my original comment is prob bit mixed up, 4 hrs sleep urghh