the gameplay takes a bit of use. Do not try and take drugs and kill aliens – I have died 3 times already!

Anyone else kill the hostage within the first 3 minutes of the game?

I liked Uncharted 3 but it only lasted me a month.

Do you like puzzle or adventure games?

If its the former and you like the Portal series then I can recommend

Quantum Conundrum from PSN – even the wife loved the game!

hi there – do you want to transport this around everywhere? or is it to stay at home whilst you take pen and paper to lectures. portability?

Are you doing anything which will involve a lot of computer power (spreadsheets, simulations, modelling etc.)

I bought a big (19″) and heavy ACER in 2005 for my Uni work and its still working. If you have your student card you can buy software on the cheap… office etc. so something to think about.

I now lecture and see more and more tablets in the lecture room. All our lectures are in electronic format and its quite a clever idea – but writing essays on a tablet could be painful (storage also???).

Good luck! and read as many reviews as possible.

Ps if you are a mature student can you ask the Uni/college if you can get funding towards a laptop?

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Well, those Fizik 29er specific saddles have ensured I will never, ever buy anything from that company

+1

I think the face covering should be banned.

Seeing fat middle-aged men in lycra out on a bike ride – I wish a more of them covered up.

its peeing it down here in Milton Keynes! – ride while you can!

They helped out my grandfather when he was down on his luck. They are one of two charities that I donate to at Christmas (the other being GOSH).

I dont care of their religion nor of their views, but they seem pretty selfless and offer a lot of hope and assistance to those who probably need it the most. If donating at Christmas makes it possible for others less fortunate to have a better one – who am I to judge an organisation who can facilitate this.

I bought mine from bike discount.de – freaking excellent…. or any place from germany :)

I am 185cm and thought I was above average…. never mind! My wife’s family all played top-class basketball in Germany – the father in law is 2.02M and he has introduced me to people who are 2.15M tall – I feel like a little kid!

Our son had it bad for the first few months of his life. He also has a ‘port wine stain’ on his face which makes things tricky – but we do get to see lots of dermatologists.

Try Aveeno link – its active ingredient is porridge but it works! Apply after washing in the evening. After 1 week it was much better.

It was the dermatologist who pointed out the active ingredient – and couldnt give a reason why it work…. but see from the posts above!

she only put on the black lacy ones on once ‘we’ removed the leopard print ones…..

It was pretty poor imho. My interest picked up with the lady and the broken wrist talking about Victoria Pendleton – looks like I have to wait until the Belfast episode to see if my thoughts equal reality!

I have to agree – the highlights will be great. The attacking from other teams up the first climb. The descending speed of some riders and of course Porte smiling lots!

we bought a 2 year old one last month as a family car after researching like crazy for 4 months and going on a number of test drives. We got the 1.6TD – very economical, lots of room, surprising amount of pull on the motorway and quite nice drive.

If you can get past the badge its a very good car…. oh and £30 road tax!

I really like the hardcore stuff! I dont live in a van and am almost 40……. cant believe no ones put Scooter up!

You Sir are a star! Reminds me of nights out whilst studying in Pompey. Cream and Renaissance Nights with the odd trip to Brighton and London.

TUNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

surely a canyon bike? then as a couple you can speak in german (we ALL know that Germans dont start arguments!)

Timid – cant believe that we didnt meet before I got married….. can you PLEASE talk to my wife!

I was in <cough> Evans <cough> yesterday looking at balance bikes but there were some fantastic deals on demo bikes mtb bikes – maybe worth a shot?

is there a highlight show on TV (not sky?) thanks

Champion job – 19mm spanner did the job. Damn RockShox youtube video made it look soooooooo freaking easy. Didnt realise how much effort was needed!

I teach at a Uni – we have to mark and 2nd mark everything. If there is more than 10% discrepancy between the 2 markers for any work it goes to a 3rd marker.

I would personally be unwilling to change a mark if a student approached me and thought the marking was incorrect as this would be seen as unprofessional and inappropriate. It has already been through the course directors, registry has been notified etc and therefore formal channels need to be gone through if there are any concerns.

If I was in your shoes I would approach the course director and see what can be done. Find out how many people reviewed the script and if there is a discrepancy between the marks then you could have a case.

Good luck

great – end of…..

it’ll change/ disappear on different settings too

I have tried to change rebound rate but wheezing remained :s

thanks for the quick reply loco :)

Dear shock/forks experts….. looking at this maybe you can help me…. I have a RS recon solo air (silver) which I bought 2nd hand. There is some wheezing when the fork returns from being depressed (no Lithium jokes!) – does this just need a service and new seals?

cheers

hi there,

cyclone are a local mtb group there and run a sunday session if you are about then…….

if you want to go solo then there are a few trails posted on their forum. Most of the fun trails are now posted on Strava so if you can link them up yourself – go for it….

I could show you around but the pace is <ahem> ‘leisurely’ ….. otherwise cyclone does have a FB page and they are a pretty fun lot – so if you post a request there I am sure someone of decent pace can help you out.

Enjoy woburn – its not a bad place to play :)

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Swinley map

I used this.

£2 is definitely a bargain. With the play ground out front it means I can bring the wife and little one to Swinely and have a nice day out :)

book neeeded :)

yes – with the back seats down I could get my Canyon in the back of a ford Ka – just removed both wheels and that was it :)

I’m going to have a word with my supervisor about everything tomorrow.

Thanks again – not a bad bunch when you’re not arguing about wheel sizes ;).

So you are going to talk to your supervisor about changing your topic to include computational modelling of 26, 27.5 and 29″ wheels and the influence of different size tyres and pressures?

My glib response to how a PhD works is always:

1st year work out what the hell you’re doing
2nd year do it.
3rd year do it again, properly this time.
4th year write it up.

This sums it up. Lots of the time its a slog <shudders at thought of the literature review>

I worked in industry for almost 10 years before returning to read for an MSc and then a PhD. Even if you dont work in academia then a PhD is still a good thing to have IMHO. They can never take it away with you and makes working overseas a lot easier (hence in my case the MSc and then PhD).

My blues lasted for 18 months of a 3 year engineering PhD. I was looking at novel alloys (intermetallics) and kept on getting silly results – It wasnt till I was in the SEM lab at 8pm at night after searching for 18 months that I had my Eureka moment and realised it was all down to carbon content. Freaking carbon!!!!!

Just ride and think about the topic whist on the bike – both wins!

Good luck and dont let the buggers grind you down!

Thanks OP – bought and will be chuckling shortly :)

I too suffer from the inability to fall asleep. Used to watch James Bond movies especially the Man with the Golden Gun – but due to lots of shooting and upsetting the wife – resort now to Slevin.

are the only decent fast tyres from schwalbe? – they cant have a monopoly on this!

Does it really make that much difference over the nobby nics?

I was surprised at that as well. Time mostly lost on the climbs all according to Strava that is – so will have to test again.

Best shorts ever: Gore Plaster Ultra – comes with detachable inners and even after giving them a summer/autumn or hell they still look smart!

Same price as Singletracks also :)