Do not tempt me peter 😉
but do you know that 300£ if you organise yourself in advance will take you mrs poddy and both motorcycle on the train from paris to Nice 😉

I am like peter.
Mind You I have just bought my rack. Now I need to buy panniers. I have seen somethign very nice just cross fingers my LBS can have it 😀

uplink nope but something that is going to give me a hint about how the bike is tested.

When you pay 4£ for a mag you expect a bit more of a test than one page with half of it filled up by a static picture of the bike.
I’d like to know how many hours the bike has been ridden, by whom, where, what did they did with it etc etc…
You know basic stuff

Well same old same.
It’s sad to see people juge you o look rather than on competences…
But the hair on the picture looks fine to me

tootall/rudeboy play nicely please

looks very long to me.
Is a Ute or a bigdummy shorter?

LOL
well if it’s not illegal I am not interested 😉

Juan – will 1000 words be okay?

Well I’d like to know more about how it’s test, with more action pictures, etc etc…

Not interested in French bikes thanks

No really the point I was making… Plus it was for the real ben… From ST mag
I would not buy from a mag only but it helps to make up your mind sometimes

Ben is that a real test?
The last st mag I wanted, had the test commencal VS orange. It was only 2 pages short. It’s a bit cheapish to make your mind…

Well there is a guy around here from the levens VTT club that designed and engineered its own. It’s been working faultless for the past 4 years

Yes I know it’s quite ironic/scary, too see all that.
Do you work actually or do you live from pension and other?

Jojo I concur as far as it’s done with your lovely accent 😉

ARe you ok money wise strato? I have read an article in the newspaper about brits in France getting screwed up due to the pound being very strong at the moment.
If you need money i can take the bike out of your hand 😉

Griz yes I mean you. You might have had poor marks at your GCCE but I find all your post to reflect a big intellect and eloquence, although you do use swearing a lot.

I am not helped…
People I know and what they do best…
WCA show off and crash so not much on the bike
Peterpoddy eat cake so can eat
Dezb take the piss so cant be trusted
Rudeboy talk another language so I cant comprehend him

Oh dear jezus mother of gods 😉

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGg
dezb FFS don’t you think I have enough trouble without you taking the piss 😉

dezb see I would have said “I was a bit slow

dacry yes I though it was
If I were you
If I was him but couldn’t quite make it as a lot of people use to say if I were him.

thanks girls 😀
*/blow kiss/*

ROFLMAO at Dr J
Oh well there is a reason I am a comp chemist 😉

titanic
perl harbor

On a positive note, that 2 grand scrapping bonus should go a long way to helping our car industry recover.

Well this scheme is workign here for a few month
Government gives you a grand if you scrap your car.
Car dealers double it.
Car dealers usually gives you the eco-tax too.
So you can save 2700 € on your junk/old car.

Result, there is no cheap car second hand anymore. No one is going to buy middle class second hand cars (4000-5000€ mark) as it would be cheaper to buy a brand new twingo…

Results, second hand market is all wrong, it still give the feeling to the **** car makers that they still can plan a +10% this year.

Stupid if you ask me.

enfht that cant be poddy…
He’ll have cake rather than a puppy in the pannier 😉

Well things have changed now
Being at work at 8h30 involves
by car:
Leave at 7h35
Spend 4.20€ in toll
Get stuck in traffic jams after exit 49 of the A8
Burn around 3 litres of petrol.
by train and bike:
leave at 7h00
Catch 7h25 (when not late/canceled) fast train to Nice in Cannes
arrive in Nice at 7h50.
Pit stop at the bakers get at uni at 8h00/8h10/
Get shower and tea
Or
Spend 4.20€ in toll
Get stuck in traffic jams after exit 49 of the A8
Burn around 3 litres of petrol.
by train and bike:
leave at 7h15
Catch 7h29 (when not late/canceled) cross country train to Nice in Cannes la bocca
arrive in Nice at 8h12 (ok this one is always late so more 8h20)
Pit stop at the bakers get at uni at 8h20/8h30
Get shower and tea

Train cost me 57€ a month plus at the moment 1.4€ a day at bakers but I am trying to cut that down.

being somewhat skilled at these matters

Unless riding a bike skills then 😉
EDIT ” Contrary to riding ….” that should be better?

You’ve trotted this fact-ette out before and I can only assume that

a) You were given your car
b) You’re not paying tax, insurance or MOT, and
c) You only eat foie gras and truffles.
a) Well I already had a car so I did not bought it just to commute. Not the cas of my commuting trousers, jacket rack and soon to come pannier.
b) French car in UK so only insurance that I had to pay anyway.
So your two first point are only valid if you buy a car on purpose just for the 5 miles commute.
c) Nope but I do agree I probably have different taste than you in terms of food.

You did perfect
That was actually on the first van manual.
Try to store your bike upside down or return it 10 minutes before every ride. Change bushings every year.
Sorted.

Shout at them to alert tehm to your prescence.

Last time I did that with a clap of my hand on the back of the car, the driver willing tried to run me over. So might not be the smartest idea.
I owe my life to a guy in the flat audi that pulled out of the parking space without looking forcing the guy in the german SUV to stop.

You guy don’t know how lucky you are in UK.

This invites overtaking when inappropriate

Yes but here failure to do so invites agresive comment shooting and being called a “bad cyclist”

How can people save money while commuting by bike?
WhenI started commuting in southampton the increase off food was exaclty the cost of the petrol to go working.

I try not to increase the food but start to loose weight (get under 60 kg) to the point where people ask me if I was ok as I look like a walking skeleton.

Why don’t people just lose some weight themselves????

STW syndroma… If easier bike to carry uphill or skill compensator to go down can’t be purchase using a debit/credit card it’s not worth it 😉

Get out of bed straight up, no 5 more minutes or **** under the duvet or anything..

Well le petit prince was quite touching. Plus les paradis artificiels… The later made me contemplate suicide in a way too serious manner.
Since I only read SF at least I am sure I won’t kill myself.

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How old is your sister househusband?
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I strongly suggest matt buy the ticket only when the schedule will be online 😉

welcome to hell
be ready to get any advice you may think of… Or not.
Whereabouts in hampshire are you from Matt?

Don’t think it’s just a nasty carpet burn you get!

I know that but I can’t see cordura jacket or a kevlar jeans offering less protection in real life over a leather. On a track where you are going to slide endlessly on the other end.

Road safety fences have the rather nice nickname of “guillontines” down here…

Didn’t found the Dify to be too rock to be honest. Mind you I am fairly bias in terms of what’s rocky and what’s not

Don’t underestimate the damage you’ll do sliding down the motorway once you’ve rubbed your way through the denim

Agree about the sliding, however on the motorway I’ll be more concerned about lorry/car and this nasty piece of shite called safety railway that I am going to hit way before I have to worry about growing my skin back.