mate at work comes back from Greece with a ferrari watch with stick-on extra dials. also has a whole bunch of other fake watches. He’s 66 on his 4th wife and a lover of teh ladies. Loves his Knowingly-taking-the piss-fake bling. Couldn’t meet a better dude.

MY NAME IS OZZY MANDIALS, LOOK UPON MY MIGHTY WATCHES AND DESPAIR.

It’s just a watcch dude..

but i am ozzy mandial, oh, it doesn’t work. fak. I AMMM OZZY MANDIAL though etc. funny thread :D

I am about to buy one of their ISIS BB’s. First time transaction. £30 to me is a lot of money.. deffo don’t want to be stung on a pink bottom bracket

If it was just a bloke or two mouthing off in a pub. yeah, Ignore those nobs. But the EDL seem to be quite an organised strata of thoughtless, angry pricks with some kind of axe to grind, but are very misdirected in their outlook on where to grind it! and like Charlie says, should be confronted and challenged in their opinions of what they are protesting against. I’m not sure a lot of ’em actually know!

Man chops up innocent person with knife in cold blood on high street in full view of witnesses. man goes to prison for murder. man has bad time in prison. Maybe, just maybe, don’t go chopping people up if you want an easier life?

Ahh right! I’ll check in the morn cheers. never replaced hub bearings before.

that’s a good idea 3dvgirl. When they come here, I’ll pull out a coin, and ask.. which side of this coin are you on? the one with Britannia on it, or the one with Queen (and country) on it? or both? They’ll say both. Then I’ll flip the coin and show them on both sides a very finely painted picture of a hairy ass-hole. then say, haha that’s you that is! then walk away in victory knowing they are even more baffled.

apparently when they come to Llandudno they’re teaming up with some other group of right wing dicks called the North West/Wales? Alliance/Infidels? or something (can’t be arsed to look it up) and some other far-right groups. I think cos a lot of the population in this area are from England, retired, and big Daily Mail readers!

Not too long back I was up late at night, and one of those audience type talk shows was on, and the EDL leader guy was there to take questions, Question Time style. He was sooo inarticulate and defensive, in the face of the most simple logic and reasoning, it was **** laughable.

Dog walkers! save spending money on collars and leads. Simply walk your dog backwards by holding it by it’s tail.

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G’waaaan Froomey!

cheers for these threads realman!

The supermarket where I work has a No top, no come in policy. It’s quite entertaining sitting on the security podium by the door bouncing people out. Feel like the bloke in that bank Ad “Sorry mate, Policyyyyyyyy”

dos I ffwcio dy fam hefo dy coc oen, cont!

that’s all I know, I heard it in a Caernarfon drinking establishment. What does it mean?

I think the real thing is to not be bothered how big or expensive your neighbour’s car or house is. What you have is ok. To be alive is ok. Value judgements are dificult. I choose to live where I am for the stunning countryside, the hill and mountainous atmosphere, to be close to my parents and sister and friends. A better job and more money would be a bonus environment. I don’t NEED a car to do this stuff

I have been to Manchester, and lived in Hull for a bit, and I can understand how dense the local dust can be.

got a DT240 here with proper wibbly bearings or freehub that need replacing. to do it myself I’ll need a tool and I don’t feel confident about doing it either. to talk to the lbs about it, they just talk about the mechanic hating them and it being more expensive than buying a new hub or prefering world war 3. perhaps, if you know of stuff about hubs and have the tools a DT240 is great! and a runner forever? But as a hub fiddling pleb, it’s a less hassle to buy a deore hub and replace it than sort the 240. I can’t just pop the bearings in and out can I? or can you just “replace” the freehub?

For a winner of best hub.. these questions wouldn’t occur

fack. If you’d have said it was just “Dust”, I’d have left it at the big dark brown rug solution!

yeah, whack it in the fountains, just take a bottle of fairy in yer camelback and a scrubber. serious though- there is nothing wrong with a jetwash, just dont point it at your hubs or headset or anything with bearings and job done. It’s well worth 2 quid in a proper jetwash machine just for the laffs anyway just give the bike a quick going over then play with the jetwash :D

a bike I can ride out my front door, up Conwy Mountain, down Sychnant pass, up towards Tal-y-fan, around up Drum and over The Carneddau, and all the way down home, So it includes tarmac on bits. None of this transporting the bicycle by car!! A 120mm lightweight HT is just the job. FOR ME! Just right for Marin and Penmachno down the road too, anything bigger is overkill imo. I go to Coed Y Brenin and it’s very artificial compared to natural mountain riding and I feel I need a bigger bike cos the trails are construcred for that, but that’s not for me I think. Unless I get a windfall for a bigger bike! but I’ll need a car before that to transport the bike there! It’s kind of defeatist if you have little money. So Until my super skills outweigh what I can do on my 120mm Hardtail, that’s it for me. The next bike I want is a tourer/Cx type bike. Saying that, I would really like a go on Antur Stiniog but feel I am both under biked and underskilled so N+1 applies!. need a bigger bouncy bike for the collection! also, come to think of it, some of the best times I’ve had on a bike were cycling around London canal paths or Epping Forest on a 92 Tange prestige Bike with Manitou SX-r’s. So I guess the answer is – F*** knows. Really like my road bike atm…

Get friendly with your neighbours below :D but yeah, a nice bit of tarp to let it drain off down some stairs or something? Don’t feel you are doing something wrong, like it’s some kind of social stigma to BE CLEANING A BICYCLE in full view of kids and old people. Those neighbours give you any gyp, just tell thm you have a serious health condition (sad face) and cycling is very important to your life long health and you also have a cleaning OCD! terrible,difficult, etc. Not one drop on their property and you are good to go! (on a nice clean bike). OH get some insurance, if it is how you say it is.. they have clocked your bike and where you live already.

I have a large v dark brown rug in my living room. Ill do my bike tinkering on the rug. any small oil, grease, brake fluid drips, scrapes etc just gets rubbed back into the rug with a bit of fairy in hot water. It still looks like a nice new normal brown rug :) Managed this for last 4 years without mucking up the light beige surrounding carpet errr much. I’ve got a back yard for proper cleaning etc though. But even on a balcony what’s wrong with a bucket of soapy water? Used to put bike in the bath for a shower when I lived in a shared house, only when my housemates were out though ;)When a mate came up he took his forks to bits for a service on the fireplace – that’s 3 tiles deep!

Deal with it. Other people have real problems.

“normally I hand a letter to my boss” That’s the best way right? here. I’ve got something for you…

ehhm.. now that’s interesting!

Bowling balls probably have more weight in USA as they are closer to the equator. so, as this is a UK based forum, I’ll agree (on principle) my theory, though not wrong, can be manipulated. So, I’m ooot.

well I suppose I’m abit old being here from 2006 but I joined when Elf joined and it was all fun and banter and pisstaking when we came on here, and it got more and more serious, and partly cos Elf can be serious too, he hates any kind of social injustice, for instance.. and won’t shut up if he thinks he’s right about it. Personally, I have no probs with Elf or TJ, they just bring more human quirkiness to the forum. the more of a bonkers range of cyclists (and some cyclists are bonkers.. you have met some right?) The better I think. This is a forum for cyclists who by definition are a bit not of the usual status quo. But, yep, we hve to moderate our behaviour to remain in that status quo I guess. This thing in a business not a hippie commune! whoo

this sort of crap makes me value my simple low paid low skill no thinking simple life. At least I have things to worry about in the here and now, so I don’t have to get stressed about the big things. Cos If I had a job getting stressed about the big things. I don’t think I could cope! I have a certain understanding, but y’know, **** the stuff you can’t control! I am having a real problem with coming to terms with the truth of “**** the stuff you can’t control”. then it is easier I think.

I love the way this thread had progressed..:D

ahh thumbs up. that sounds great mate :)

heavy like one of those big heavy bowling balls when you go bowling. the one you pick up and break yer fingers. That kind of heavy? Like, proper heavy?? so you go for the manageable purple one, that’s like Earth, compared to the heavy one’s Sun. I get it now, Space is like bowling. I bet they use this analogy next time Kate Humble fronts a sciency spacey programme!

I don’t think they’re useless though Ste, they’ve helped me out with things a lot in the past. And I buy things from there just like anywhere else, got some good clothing bargains there. Love the ancient octolink 105 chainset proudly advertised full RRP! have they still got that old Norco DH frame on proud display?! They deffo need to liven that shop up though! I thought cycling was supposed to be fun! ;)

Duh, the sun burns cos of nuckeeur fissushion. To do this it needs Oxygen. It’s soo big, bigger than anything in space. It uses all the Oxygen available in the rest of Space, that’s why. You’re so stewwpid.

Yeah, I’d noticed the online thing (got me a bunch of coloured singlespeed chains for 40p each :)), and a few threads about shimano bargins. The one and only LBS in this area are realy, I mean REALLY, going to have to stop being aloof miserable gits now. The LBS has such a huge building with masses of floorspace, and an area that is even not doing anything (it is an old car sales showroom). Surely, with this emphasis on bikes in Halfords, they’ll have to try to compete in a different way. Turn the LBS into some sort of “hub”, where cyclists can meet, have a coffee, listen to some tunes, organise rides, have a noticeboard, some sofas or something. Something to make them not go down the toilet now Halfords are on the case. I do think they will have to change their game as they are out of town as well, and are almost like a cycling version of a car showroom. I’m probably rambling, but was quite surprised with Halfords TBH!

haha, didn’t see DavidB’s post. What a maniac! Brilliant :D

Actually have the whole weekend off! Road ride from Deganwy, through Conwy down the B-road to Betws-Y-Coed, up to Capel Curig, down through Ogwen Valley to Bethesda, back through Rachub above the A55 through Llanfairfecan and back to The Albion in Conwy. Proper, proper stunning ride:D Beer is tasting ohh so good right now. Up the Glyders tomorrow. I love SUNNNNN!!!

LOL Unclehomered! that is so true. I am battling the stalkers at the end of Half Life 2 Episode 2 atm! Yet to play Portal :D

ahh bloody hell, I’ve only just started playing GTA4. Got Bioshock1, Mass Effect1 to get through too. It’s still 2007 chez Kev! I imagine GTA5 will be £10 2nd hand in about 2019 then?

You need to be throwing all your resources at this one. Ringfence your allotment with 20ft high concrete wall, proper steel entrance door with retina scan entry system. Hire some goons and install watchtowers in each corner. Lazer systen like in Mission Impossible that sets off massive alarms and big flashing red lights, lots of CCTV, and a direct line to GCHQ. Also, put a big concrete roof on and keep the Sun and Sky inside your allotment. That’ll show the Bastards who is Boss!