She’ll want something she snapchat her mates on and gram food shots, she won’t thank you for something sensible

Cant believe the Tory political broadcast tonight didn’t have a single policy and just spent the time slamming Corbyn as an unsafe pair of hands

I never get why Rapha get the hate they do compared to Castelli or Assos which you never hear people slagging in the same way

“Yes, it would be nice if multinationals paid all of their taxes. If it was easy, wouldn’t everyone have done it by now? Likewise, if you can just run up as much debt as you want with no consequence, wouldn’t everyone be doing it?”

Isn’t one of the major issues that HMRC don’t have sufficient expertise and free capacity to tackle the task of re-writing the rules, so the bring in external consulants to advise and do it. These are the same consultants who know the rules better then the HMRC and then sell their services advising multi-nationals on how to utilise loop holes. It is a huge conflict of interest but they don’t seem to be able to resolve it and their is a huge revolving door of emlpoyees and secondees between the public and private sector that hinders resolving the issue.

^ username now makes sense

As others have said, this time of year it is unlikely to smell. It will be on really hot days and when the wind is in your direction. Also flys can be an issue. You do get used to the smell but the fly’s would annoy me, especially as you know when you see them in your kitchen where they have been. You see a lot of waste water treatment works with homes which used to be for the workers actually within the boundary of the works and are now private homes. People living on them seem happy enough. Guess it depends if the price is one that is getting you a home you are willing to compromise on.
Water companies get penalised for odour complaints so do try hard to minimise them and often have anti-odour plant on site for this reason. They may also cover the tank in the summer, did you notice it had a slice of it covered? If so thats a lid which will roll out to cover it all.

Just came across this somewhere else and seems relevant
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285

And there was me feeling bad for being off the bike a month and likely a few more months for rehab,you guys throwing some perspective on it

Not overly relevant but I have just ordered some Speedplays to try and save my knees, Frogs look like they are being phased out less places stocking them now

https://www.tactical2017.com/ is doing a similiar thing to what she is trying to achieve

Under seige
Last of the Mohicans
Leon

So will those criticising his views on homosexuality be happy now he has set his stall out at last?

Fidget spinners are so hot right now…confirmed by eleven year old yesterday

hows that drop bar build ride?

In terms of recommend what you have, GT Grade, it goes great on the road, max tyre clearance is 35mm though for off roady stuff. I have the alloy which is good but if you can afford it the carbon is meant to be great and on the road holds its own with the sportive machines

They have a bunch of ex demo bikes on sale at the mo as well as some light wheels
Spa handbuilts

Do Novatec do Centre-lock hubs?

Yes, 771/ 772

Pulled from elsewhere online

Novatec hubs used in Hunt’s wheels. Apparently 611/612 for 4Seasons and 411/412CB (carbon fiber) straight pull versions for Aero Light. I think the two go on up the range as well (carbon rims).

Thanks, looks like no front loading then

Yeh, tried it, its been around for a good few years now and has quite a following, great if your on keto

They use Kinlin rims and Novatec hubs right? Gives you a chance to look around and see if you can get them built cheaper yourself

What fork is this guy running? Would be interested in an Arkose if I could run low loader front panniers on occasion, everything else about the bike ticks the box’s for what I am looking for

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLa21oBg4Ns/%5B/url%5D

My parents were 40ish when they had me and I have a brother 15 years older man me. Understandably, my relationship with my brother isn’t how I imagine it to be between most siblings, we are close and get on well but he left home when I was about five, married, had kids early etc ( who I am much closer to in age) and guess he is probably more like a uncle in some ways.

I did view my parents as old growing up and do now. I only knew one grandparent and he passed when I was five. I am early thirties and find it funny when much older people at work still have grandparents as this is something I never had as a result of older parents.

I remember being at school and dad not being in the dad’s race and feeling embarrassed, remember him being too tired to come out play football like my other friends dad who was a decade younger than him, lots of little stuff like that but always made it apparent I had old parents and now I am early thirties and they both have health issues.
I had a surprise at 21 and became a father while still at Uni, so they have known my daughter but the majority of my friends haven’t started families yet and imagine if I was in the same position there would be a good chance my child might not know its grandparents for a significant part of their life. They are in their seventies and couldn’t imagine getting them to help with childcare, like people with parents 10-20 years younger.

I have never expressed any of this to my family as I knew it would hurt them but I do think there are issues with having children late and they people generally deluding themselves if they don’t see it. Some of this will probably get resolved with advances in medicine if we can improve quality of life. My parents were the healthiest people I could imagine at seventy, travelling the world, enjoying life, a year later they both had cancer and the future isn’t so rosey. I can’t imagine they will see my child get married, have children etc.

My daughter comments she thinks it funny she has young parents as the other parents of her friends are all so much older. This isn’t something I have ever pointed out to her, so children are observant of such things, even if we want to tell ourselves otherwise. Obviously having a child at 21 was less than ideal for myself and I now have to listen to all my friends having these incredible ‘insights’ they have discovered from parenthood that I was having while they were having funny partying.

Spa will sell you a super compact and can go mega low if you want to spin like a mad man
Spa Super compact

Currently off the bike for not fitting new cleats properly and buggering my knees, physio pointed out right duck foot and cleats forcing it to point forward not being a good combo. Currently been told to attack it with a stick to work out all the knots in my quads and to order some pedal extenders. Hope it will get sorted but already had to cancel some events this year, boo

I use centre for dentistry which is in my local Sainsburys as I couldn’t find a local NHS dentist
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Think it’s 100 for a year for two check ups and two cleans and a discount off any other treatment.I have had a root canal and crown which was the most expensive thing they do compared to the NHS but can’t fault them.I have more xrays with them than probably the last ten years of NHS, they seem really good. I think they make their money on cosmetic stuff so the routine stuff is fairly reasonably priced I think for what feels like much better service.

Been to Burleigh today, place was dead given its a bank holiday and weather was ok.weird, where are all the grockles?

My kid still uses my 2012 Nexus, which became unusable with its final updates to android 5.xsomething but rolled it back to 4.x and it was back to its old self and been like that for six months

Never used Premier elements but heard its good and only £65 standalone, might be an option

I heard the paint is pretty ropey and you only need to look at it the wrong way to chip it or have it flake off

Trying to work out if this is a poorly timed announcement a few days after poor Mike Hall’s death, Britian’s other great global ultra cyclist, or great testament to the indomitable spirit of pressing on for these hard as a nails heroes to many.

I follow Mark on facebook and strava, he has been teasing this since Christmas and that an announcement was coming soon and several weeks ago announced he would be unveiling what he was training for at the start of April so its been a good while in the works and his training looks to be going well. Assume he is using his lap around the UK to ride himself into form and finalise bike and equipment.

Dont people run more seatpost now than in those photos because of compact geometry has become the norm?

Did the online bike fit from here yesterday:
https://www.competitivecyclist.com

Gives you three fits, Eddy Merckx fit, Modern race fit and French fit, set mine up to Merckx and super comfy, landed up putting my seat up quite a bit and my seat forward a good whack and now have much happier knees, suddenly have forearms that are at 90 degrees rather than stretched out and the drops are easy to sit rather than a struggle, 15 minutes of taking funny body measurements well speant

Anyone ordered a Bora extractor yet?

that looks super comfy

Ever thought of a lighter wheel set for your GT Grade?

Yeh that is an option but its likely to live with gaurds and all the other bits of commuting, so likely to always be a bit of a porker

nice finish on the line

doah!

Lot of big names not in the front group

Just pulled the trigger on the powerpod, Probikekit have it in a 24hr flash sale. It’s been £249 for yonks but today is down to £230 and they have a £25 off over £200 code and got another 7% off from topcashback, brings it down to £196. Its like going back in time before the £ was crap.

Yeh figure a bunch of audaxer’s are first to take the distance one each month, happily putting in a 400 or 600km ride on a weekend