most of my rides are around 2500ft of ascent overall. I’ve got a 32T oval and never found myself wanting for lower. why not consider a 30T oval if you like to spin. Id imagine a 28T would be bloody miserable from losing the bigger ratios

Junkyards post is food for thought…

no longer with us sadly

http://www.heli-pads.co.uk/# used them – good quality and price

All plants well behind due to epically shite summer – chocolate habanero flowered but they haven’t fruited. Pi seed off. Got a few peppers on ready bought plants

Without knowing the full story, would a set of orthotics not help keep your knee in alignment ?

in my experience they always go up the closer to departure date. book as far in advance as you can

brakes are great imo. but then I’ve never had a problem with SRAM/Avid of old. the wheels seem pretty tough. put a few dings in mine, and had to change the bearings in the back wheel. the number on the bearing doesn’t match what you need to order for replacement either )plenty of other threads about this) easy to swap them though. 30’s only come with 2 pawls and springs – SRAM won’t sell you them separately. Hope Pro 3 ones will fit and doubles the pick up.

unless you live in the alps, I’m betting you’ll barely notice the difference.

you won’t win the lottery, and you need to calm down.

its anodised. much tougher than the painted ones. I use the muc off spray from aldi to give it a nice sheen after washing. looks great still

there are varieties of nettles that don’t have any stinging hairs. google white dead nettles. it may well have been those

just replaced the two front tyres on my leon FR – 6000 miles. as has been said, start stop driving and little motorway miles kills the mileage you can get to of tyres. (that, and driving style of course)

I was designing christmas brochures for venues in March.

Been looking too, as my lanky soon to be ten is rapidly outgrowing his hoy bonaly 24.

the orbea looked to be a good option. the hoy 26 is another good option…

I live in Cheshire, so most of my riding errs towards flat and fast, hence the question

you’re living in the wrong part of cheshire then :)

got a can of the all weather lube to try out. tried all manner of dry lubes and none of them last more than a couple of hours when riding. the wet lube is ok, but messy.

My parents took rent off me, can’t remember how much. I thought it was fair. When i came to buying a house, my mum told me they had saved all the money id been paying, and gave me it back towards the deposit. I’ll be doing this with mine.

you’re Chris Hoy and i claim my £5

my 2008 fuel ex had pitiful clearance and i wore a groove on the swingarm – I ended using a ground control.

VBH is a bloke in drag

they need to stop trying to shoehorn new presenters into the old roles. new presenters, new format, new studio.

having landed in a patch of nettles, and having my entire back stung – though a teeshirt, I can tell you it friggin hurts. for about 3 days. I felt like i was vibrating. I think id take brambles

jackets as above, although £100 is still way too expensive for something you can rip in an off. With places like aldi chucking out reasonable soft shells and waterproofs, they’re almost a disposable item now. never buy an expensive chain – would rather fit a cheaper one more often. brake pads are always bought from one of the usual suspects too

whats the camel one?

edit: ahh i see it now

cream first, big dollops of it, then spoon a shitload of jam on top. no other way is even worth consideration

also going in August – did have a quick search, but didn’t find much – and depending how hot it is, I’m not sure if I’m going to make the effort

nowt – just turn up and they tick you off the list

blueteef shifting and dropper post would be on my wishlist – clutter-free bike

heard all the excuses before, move along son, join the queue with all the other freeloaders :)

lame beard – my sister’s is better

yes, my wife has one. Was on the waiting list for a long time before getting one. it had been unworked for a long time, and took the best part of a year to clear and get it to a state of being able to grow on. As already said, i ride, she potters at the allotment. But its great having fresh homegrown fruit and veg. We already have more strawberries than we can eat/jam/use.

as for clearing – no easy route, just digging and pulling he crap out over a period of time. i wouldn’t use well. Glysophate – and there’s a chance it will be banned in the very near future anyway

i think it would be better if they dropped all the old and frankly tired catchphrases, ‘some say….’ be new presenters, bring their own personalities, indent try to be clones of the old guard. watchable, but i record it so i can skip the shit.

£280 quid sounds extortionate. A DSG box service on a VAG car is only about £170, and thats with their overpriced liquid gold oil

Pitching for work usually involves working late, unpaid – although some agencies are changing their attitude toward unpaid pitch work.

i forgot to stop strava the other week, and racked up a tidy number of KOM’s in the car driving home

except most people don’t ‘own’ any of these cars, they rent them.

Bird bikes Carbon wheelset looked great vfm, hoping that reappears soon

Also – ask if the procedure is the No scalpel, rather than the traditional way.,only one mcidion, in the middle, rather than a cut each side. It’s more of a puncture. Faster healing time. Some won’t even stitch it

had it done in November. The thought of it is worse than the process. GP who did it was excellent and put me at ease. 2 injections, one in each tube. 1st one is uncomfortable. second ones less so, as the area is largely numb. Sore when it wears off. 1st two days were uncomfortable. buy some tight briefs to minimise movement. was back on the bike after 2 weeks, all fine. wish id done it sooner.