funny craig, I was looking at the On One Pompetamine today! I like the look of it.

What frame size is it?

I’ve kinda narrowed it down to the On One, the Boardman Fi, and a Ridgeback Ultra Flight which I also looked at today. Had a couple of Ridgebacks over the years and the geometry seems to suit me quite well. I still have an old one from 2001 which is great for pootling round town and doing my shopping but wouldn’t do a regular 30 mile round trip.

Now I just have to start my job and figure out how soon I can use the Cyclescheme – well that’s the preferred option but if I’m not eligible for my first year or something like that I’ll no doubt still buy something though.

think i’m going to check out some flat bar road bikes.

not masochistic enough to go singlespeed yet. Gears are my friend.

ta for all the suggestions – very useful!

eek I just saw the Langster is singlespeed….not sure I’m that fit!

got a bit of food for thought though, thanks :)

again i didn’t know that road bikes would be able to carry a rack/panniers, useful stuff!

OMG :-O

no crazy hills or anything but enough to get the heart pumping!

the only thing that worries me with a roadie is that I’d have to carry my work stuff in it, might it be uncomfortable riding in that position with a backpack on? sorry if I sound completely clueless, never had a road bike before!

Solo, I developed Crohns after getting a parasite infection whilst travelling. Had been fit and healthy before that. Only explanation they could come up with is that the infection triggered off some sort of immune reaction and it went into overdrive, ended up with coeliac disease as well. Was told for years I just had IBS.

I’ve not had any surgery either – hope your mate won’t have to.

I don’t think that carbs are evil or anything but when I think of what my diet used to be like it’s a bit scary. I wouldn’t go as far as the Paleo theory that we’re not designed to eat them but I don’t think we were designed to eat the kind of junk food that gets pushed at us now full of additives and bulking agents and gums and allsorts. The grains we eat now are not what our grandparents would have eaten.

This is an interesting thread.

I’m coeliac and also have Crohns, although it is in remission at the moment. I did the SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet) and it worked really well for me. I don’t follow it to the letter now – I include some white rice, potatoes and sweet potatoes in my diet, but I generally try and limit my grain consumption.

I go back to the SCD if I have any signs of a flare up of digestive symptoms and also take Intestaid IB which is brilliant for irritable bowel type symptoms.

There is some evidence to suggest that people with digestive issues do not digest grains as well as others, hence why there is some relief to be had from diets like the SCD or Paleolithic diet.

I got a Pearl Izumi one last year – quite like it. The sleeves zip off to make a gilet if it gets a bit warm.