@tom84
Dont mention the wire after yesterday 😯

Dont have a torque wrench and I dont own any Loctite….still alive!

I do check my bike occasionally though out of nagging paranoia

@ Lateo

Great stuff…thats the best map website Ive seen

Regardless of whether or not the riders are on drugs I seem to be really enjoying the tour this year, more so than the last few years.
Maybe this has something to do with the fact that Ive just got a roadbike on the C2W scheme though 😯

Did 4 1/2 hours (Road, cyclepath, canal) yesterday and saw at least 50 roadriders and twenty or so MTB’rs.

Saw plenty of others in cars with bikes on roof…but they were possibly heading home from STW weekender

They’re obviously all pissed or on something…they’re always falling off! 😉

as luck would have it brings you out at a bike friendly pub

Pub (The Buck) was closed/up for sale last time I went past

When my team mates had to lift me off my bike at the end, I knew the bastards had been messing about with the superglue again!

Bored on tour

Live on ITV4 now

£2.39 for eurosport on your ipod touch or iphone = bargain 😀

Kenda Nevegal Sick-E ??

Ahem.

Now ive just been sick!

Have you set your cleats up to allow for your foot position?

No….not sure what you mean
I’m using Crank bros cleats with Acids if it’s relevant

I do have to twist quite a lot to get them out

Rat a tat taaaaat….aaaarrrrgghhh!

Yes they were great..Achtung english pig dogs!

Ah yes its all coming back…Cowhorns, Grifter, scrambling.

I did have a full suss in the 70’s briefly….It was like a scrambler motorbike without the engine but with pedals. Unfortunately it weighed a ton so my dad sold it in the Manchester Evening news classifieds

Done…still havent been yet though 🙄

I had this problem when I was using a shimano shifter with SRAM rear mech, chain and cassette so it could be a compatibility thing.
Fixed my proble by getting a SRAM shifter

First Ive heard about it….think I’m busy Wednesday anyway 🙁

Some old Kona bulge chromed steel ones.

Theyre sort of unbreakable downhill things but I want something a bit less bling and a bit lighter for my usual XC activities

In Ibooks click on books(from the top menu items Edit, Books, Store) and it will give you the option of choosing books or PDF’s.

Thats how it works on my ipod touch anyway

I seemed to find my lung capacity was instantly better…I smoked 30 a day…roll ups.

I did succumb to lots of illnesses though in the 1st 6 months

You are fitter…its just the smoke devils telling you that your not and you may as well start smoking again 😀

Or it could be them dodgy sounding pills your on MTFU and throw em out the window

Edit….oops you are already off em…sorry

Cheers Barn…. I think I will need a 54cm as I’m 5’8″ with 30″ leg though

The ribbles do look nice though dont they

Get a red helmet to go with them and you’ll be OK

Give me the crappy black ones youve just taken off 😉

Sofaking awesome

Am I on Doubletrackworld.com?

Absolute downhill pants!…was watching right up until Steve Peat was about to come down and its dissappeared completely

I only used my big ring on the road very occasionally so its now been replaced with a bash…havent missed it yet

They scare the rocks away

They’ll have thought you were mentally ill and liable to veer off into the road at any moment with a big grin on yer face 😀

Whereabouts is the canal in Bury? Or Prestwich?

Ive just put mine on ebay here
dregs longboard

Its from here http://www.apollobikes.com/sitebuilder/bikes11/medium/34/terra_20.jpg

Right click the photo and click copy location

Snap!

Have found out a few things with the help of google

They appear to be unbreakable 😯
In 2006 they retailed between £140 and £180

Were you naked with a big black bug stuck on yer arse 😯

I have been using them for a few weeks as I do a bit of road riding. They do roll really well..I have the 2.1’s which look more like 2.0’s.

I also use them up at Lee Quarry and general bridleway/footpath riding around Rossendale/Todmorden. I think they’re excellent in the dry not too sure about the wet though. They were a bit skittish in the mud but I try and avoid lots of mud where possible.

As a back tyre they should be excellent…..I am thinking of getting something a bit grippier on the front but havent got round to it yet