Ah – so thats why its not in Bristol this year, I was looking forward to my normal trip to watch it as well, pity but it’ll be awesome in Edinburgh

Those are gone but picked up one of the ti-railed flites the seller has for 29.99

thanks for the psa

Why oh why did you have to draw my attention to that inbred, i’m a little clown-curious and that looks like a really nice bike for the money.

Edit – actually I see its 799 for anything in stock, the 599 is traditional internet bait and switch pricing for an out of stock item, still not a bad price

Love my 2010 attack trail, yes its heavy and a bit silly but I’ve always loved the quad II linkage and its been an awesome bike since i got it, the new ones are a bit dull to be honest

Got the other half a British Cycling shirt and got it signed by Trott, Pooley, Pendleton and Hoy before giving it to her, shes pretty happy, I’m rather pleased too as it’ll look ace framed.

How much time off work can you afford? :)

For me not much (plus I’m accident prone) so FF, knee+shin, spine + shoulder/rib protector.

Be better if it was slacker and longer

Cracking open a special bottle tonight as its been a rough week – Rogue/Voodoo Donut Maple Bacon Ale

I’m staying up but I’ve been unable to get the day off tomorrow so its going to be a rough one with work :(

They look awesome, would go really nicely on my Marin

Have recently bought a BKOOL as mentioned above – seems very good, more engaging than traditional turbos as you get all the stats and its got some nice online features, suprisingly quiet as well – have been doing big ring sprints at 0620 with no complaints from the neighbours so far (modern flat, top floor).

That vid made me feel unwell, seriously exposed riding

16gb ordered, been waiting for it to come back into stock

Thanks for the PSA – picked up a jacket i’ve been considering for a bit.

I’ve got a decathlon ‘Geonaute’ ANT+ strap that seems pretty good – happy pairing with both my ANT+ devices, was £28. Only had it a couple of months but it seems to be fine. No experience pairing with garmin kit however.

If you have a decathlon nearby check to see if they have Tacx Satori in stock – £129 for the pack with mat etc at moment, they keep going in/out of stock.

I’ve got a BKOOL turbo, which (other than the dire name) is working out rather well so far for training while its snowy/icy or just too dark and nasty after work.

Lots of Livestrong t-shirts just appeared in TK Maxx as well!

Sorely tempted to buy a spare suspension, my current one sees lots of use doing odd jobs, don’t really need a spare however as it shows no real sign of wear

Yes. Given the often stated fact about the number of samples which tested positive when retested later I think it’s quite clear that very few members of the peleton were doping (at least at some points in LA’s career).

But isn’t the ashenden work looking at those who were using synthetic EPO during the tour as opposed to ‘preparation’ before it – the alleged positive B samples all suggest routine microdosing during the tour itself rather than use in training in conjunction with other products, Isn’t it a little bit more likely that Lance was simply cheating more blatantly than others perhaps due to pressure of coming back to the tour.

Not to defend armstrong, just to note that its far too easy to portray him as some doping monster ruining the race for everyone else when there were plenty of other dopers operating in the peloton during that period many of whom may have ‘prepared’ but ensured they were not ‘hot’ during the race itself.

I default to junk food when in shit countries rather than get deli belly if the food establishments look dodgy.

I got into a row with finance once over a £12 mcdonalds receipt when I was in Geneva, the issue being the meeting had finished gone 3am and the only place open was the McD’s in the centre, Finance couldn’t accept that swiss junk food is stupidly expensive and were more concerned about the honesty of the bill than my £40 charge from Cafe de Paris the previous night.

The one that really hacks me off is when I get threatening letters about the team phone bills because one of the finance team has lost the invoice, they put them in the head of branches name so I get regular threats about non-payment because finance are apparently unable to file properly.

we can use amazatron if you prefer?

Saw this a couple of days back – was really interested until I saw the first round was already sold out, looks like they intend to price it at $449 when its released which is going to be around the cost of the 910xt, unfortunately even the $240 level is too steep for me on something that could end up being a work in progress.

That said excellent to see someone potentially pushing garmin,

The winter tights are properly warm as well:

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/cycling-membrane-tights-7-black-id_8181417.html

£29.99!

Can’t imagine Lance will confess, his whole character is built around being a defiant winner, it would be weird to see him own up.

Hadn’t seen the Kimmage story – good to see he continues his love affair with cycling.

I thought it was awesome and a genuinely uplifting moment, I was lucky enough to get tickets to see Jade Jones win gold in the taekwondo and then go the next day to the BMX. Tip of the cap to the Gamesmakers who made London feel genuinely welcoming despite the crowds.

Without a CBA can’t really say it was ‘worth’ the cost (and its hard to cost happiness anyway) but it certainly seems to have touched a lot of people – there are a lot of folk at my work suddenly interested in road and track cycling and at least a couple of them planning a trip up to the commonwealth games which is nice.

Doesn’t sound great – I got my Attack Trail from them a couple of years back and they were excellent (plus the price was awesome) but I haven’t ever had any customer service experiences with them.

I backed the Star Citizen game recently as it looks like a proper project that will be delivered, was put off Elite:Dangerous by Brabens previous issues with delivery sadly.

and oh my word that Bicymple thing looks terrible

I got it, and the Millar and Kimmage books. Wiggos was fairly bland but thats not all that surprising, thought Millars was fantastic but I really struggled with the Kimmage one as he seems to essentially hate everything about cycling.

Not expecting this to work but on the off chance have ordered a jersey, thanks OP

Beyond the normal office tat:

3x 500ml bottles of heavy fuel oil
a trowel
a couriered box of paperwork i’m not opening this side of christmas
a lone 1 euro coin
the remains of a (failed) container securing strop
a pile of unclaimed rail tickets

Am leaving in a little while and trying to work out how to cram the above into my desk drawer.

Put a bonesaw in the knife drawer for her to find next time, then give her a wink

Elite for me, I still have my Elite pinbadge that you got if you sent your cassette back to the publishers once you got to elite status on the game.

Thanks for that – basics ordered, will be a nice summer casual ride shoe

Superstar wheels, SRAM x5 shifters

I use one – a Portland Design Works ‘anteater’, really nice bit of kit thus far. Use a citrus degreaser, towel it off then oil back up

Oh my, thanks for the heads up

Hope they went to a good home

Bit sad to see really, only ridden swinley a few times but enjoyed the variety and the novelty of being able to spot a trail off a fireroad and just point the bike down it. Rode really early in the morning when it was quiet which was fantastic. Spent a happy day just riding about following locals while the other half did the Dirt Divas course in Crowthorne Woods.

Will probably pop up sometime next year but it all looks a bit motorway from the map.

La Pavoni Professional here, in copper and brass, with an eagle on top.

Rancillo Silvia is very nice as well – a friend has one, grinder is key regardless of the machine.