We should put together a list of grid references in case any of us ever need to dispose of a body.

Just hearing nature and nothing else is fairly easy, lots of spots within 25 miles of the M25 will give you that. To get away from all evidence of people would be a lot harder. I doubt there are many (any?) spots in the UK where there’s no evidence of people.

If the weather’s decent you could hire a canoe and go for a paddle along the Thames.http://www.thamescanoehire.com

You are Chuck Berry and i claim my £5

food and heating

The feel of biro on banana is one of life’s great pleasures. You don’t pass on any opportunity to feel that sort of joy.

Bridgedale or smartwool are my go to fancy socks for non cycling stuff.

For cycling I like Pearl Izumi attack in the summer or Endura Baabaa for winter. Adding to the evidence that expensive doesn’t necessarily equal quality, Assos socks have disintegrated disappointingly quickly around the heal.

For anyone that wants to give the Assos Active Wear Cleanser a go Merlin have it on offer at the moment.

Assos Active Wear Cleanser

It’s still not cheap mind but £17.50 per litre is about the lowest price i’ve seen for a long time.

I use Halo sports wash on my older/everyday kit and assos active wear cleanser on the newer more expensive stuff. The assos stuff is a bit gentler and seems better for the washing machine (less slimy) but it’s just too expensive to use for 5 washes a week.

Both do a good job of keeping pongs at bay and the halo stuff even managed to get rid of a long standing pong from my favourite cycling top.

Yale lock on the front door so that locks automatically when ever you close the door, I only use the mortice lock when I’m out of the house.

Back door, unless I’m in and out of the garden a fair bit I’ll keep it locked. Have also been known to lock it from the outside if I’m going to be in the shed with the door closed or using the turbo when I’m unlikely to see or hear anyone getting in.

My mum keeps her back door unlocked and mostly wide open during the Summer and she had someone walk into the house once, but her failing eyesight saved her. She thought the intruder was her grandson who lives with her. She said “Hello, I thought you were upstairs”. Which I guess made the intruder think there were more people in the house (there wasn’t, she was wrong on both counts) and he turned and scarpered.

Just do this:

Mrs is a bit overwhelmed at the moment – hadn’t told her I was getting it.

You are a very good, very bad man.

Anything with Roger Moore in it.

I realise CountZero has already covered this but it can’t be stated too often.

1 on the front, 2 on the seat post and 2 on my backpack. Normally ride with 1 steady and two flashing rear lights (the 4th is treated as a reserve).

Theresa if it’s a girl or if it’s a boy Arthur king of the Britons would be worth it for gammon baiting.

First pair I bought from a ski show so there was plenty of opportunities to try loads of pairs on. Second pair I bought from whatever the big chain store is in the Milton Keynes Xscape centre. Most comfortable were Salomons which genuinely felt like wearing massive snug slippers.

2nd vote for Escape At Dennamora. Other than that I’ve not seen anything Worth recommending, most stuff is average at best.

A) Kathy Burke
B) Piers Morgan
C) Simon Reeve

20 minute FTP test followed by pizza.

I’m far from certain that this is right but I’m wondering if the double bounce is initially the bike hitting the ground followed by a slight compression of the riders legs and arms and then the second stage is when the riders limbs effectively ‘bottom out’ and the rest of his weight is taken up by the suspension?

The thieve’s that stole the gate will be looking for a fence next.

original poster used seven words

Playing a mid sized working mens club which is where he deserves to be.

We have a couple of ice cream bars locally that serve a sort of similar purpose. Booth seating, soft drinks etc, They’re still open after a few years which in this economic climate suggests they’re doing ok.

The dad bought me lunch in the cafe as a thank you!

Not that you’d do it for that reason or even expect more than a sincere thank-you but that’s how the world should work.

Yep, 90% of the time I’ll slow down and normally shout either “You OK?” or “Have you got everything you need?”. The second one seems more appropriate if they’re part way through a repair. The other ten percent of the time it’s just because I’ve either not seen them until the last second or my mind is elsewhere (which is often the purpose of cycling for me).

I’ve also been known to pull over in the car. I’ve only done this for the last 5-6 years and I started because someone did it for me after I had a catastrophic tyre explosion about three miles from the nearest bike shop and about 30 minutes before it closed. On that occasion we bunged the bike into the back of the random fellas car and he dropped me off at the bike shop so i could buy a new tyre and be on my way.

That picture. How was Vince Clarke in his mid 50’s before Dave Gahan reached puberty.

Around the same as the OP (£250 ish). I’ve had the same £20 in my wallet for a couple of months.

No things don’t happen for a reason at least not in the spiritual sense. If good things are happening to you it’s because of the positive actions that you’ve taken and thinking that they are caused by anything else is devaluing yourself and your ability to influence the world around you. It’s all you.

Should’ve posted an insta of your pint and crisps.

Use office stationary to make a Christmas card and put a fiver inside.

Or make the point that it’s a waste of time, energy and resources that literally everyone except Lynne in accounts hates.

For a few years i used to get emails from some military sort in Oman. They were normally sorting out travel arrangements for other visiting military srts and although they used my email address they headed WO2 MuppetWrangler (but my real name obvs).

As they were trying to organise a thing I always wrote back explaining the error and got a nice ‘thanks for letting us know’ email in return and then a few months later they’d make exactly the same error again. Hasn’t happened for a couple of years now so I guess they eventually updated their contact list.

You got to be kidding, this is the first time in a couple of years that the country has been united. Nobodies happy and that’s how the British public like it.

https://twitter.com/DannyDutch/status/1062066585035329536

I’d guess it’s a bit of fun for the kid and a thing that he and his parent(s) can create together. Videos are a part of modern mountain biking so if the families into their biking the kid will likely have seen a few and to be the star of his own is probably pretty exciting for him.

Not that recent but I’ll always be a little sad about Merlin metalworks going kaput.

Was going to say exactly what ‘lambchop’ said in the first reply.

This fellas video covers pretty much everything, presentation is a bit dry but it’s worth it for the detail:

I did mine this week, removed the old silicone by cutting in from the edges with a scraper/razor blade/scalpel. Once that was done most of it came off in long strips. Any leftover chunky bits I took off with a gentle use of a very sharp chisel, then used white spirit and a cloth for the tiny little bits. Left that to dry thoroughly, then went over with meths to degrease before applying the new sealant.

Melancholy but beautiful.

Death Cab for Cutie – Brothers on a Hotel Bed

Holly Williams – Waiting on June

Almost the same as on and on.

Yamaha mini system and JBL control one speakers. Retired to the shed because the volume button was playing up so you need to use the remote to adjust the volume.