+1 Shibboleth.

Blackpool to the Trough and Gisburn forest is about the same in time terms as south Lakes and you're less likely to encounter weekend Lakes traffic.

Blackpool to Hebden Bridge is also easy: M55 – M6 – M65 then A646. Loads of good riding there.

It is ironic, is it not, that most people will state that 'Stairway' is their least liked number, that being the one that most people identify with the band?

I don't like it either, except for the drums. JB was the finest drummer ever IMO; we lost a very, very special musician when we lost him. I'm still a bit upset about it TBH.

TonyL – 'In through the out door' had its merits …the original vinyl had the paint by numbers thing on the inner sleeve. Just apply a damp brush to the picture of the guy in a bar (I think) and the colours came to life = awesome!

Wanton schlong.

+1 Blood Meridian, an ace read.

Actually, The Road wasn't a bad film.

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Ed Oxley does, I think there might be some review type stuff somewhere on this site too.

Not wholly unrelated, but I was in NWMTB yesterday and they have an 18" Ragley Ti frame for £1k hanging up in the shop. That's a good price, and luckily an 18" is too small for me!

I hear Inception is OK …I believe that even Mr Mark 'Hoxton Tw@' Kermode liked it.

+1 yunki

What you need to do is ask your GP, they have knowledge of these things. Or take a calculated risk. Or just accept that you have to postpone your holiday.

The variables are exactly that, variable. I imagine that hernias are graded in seriousness, risk of strangulation etc.

I had an inguinal hernia for years, a raised lump above the LHS of my groin; it never really bothered me. I cycled to work, cycled at weekends, lifted weights in the gym, rode a snowboard in the winter blah blah. I went to my GP to seek advice about something else and she noticed it and said I should get it checked out so I did. I had a mesh repair carried out some months later, was OK to drive 2 days later but didn't feel OK to do properly physical stuff for about 2 months.

So maybe you can postpone the op', but it depends whether you've already lived with it for a while or whether it's an acute condition. If you feel uncomfortable carrying your child in a backpack, and you'll be carrying the child in Thailand, you need to think seriously about that. Would you want to risk having to go to a Thai hospital with a potentially serious condition, and for your family to have to deal with all of that in a land far-far-away from home?

Sorry mate, but sometimes things just don't line up and you have to accept it. Your health's more important than a holiday. Thailand will still be there next year.

Get well soon!

Hi Chris …I've dropped you a mail to ask you reserve one of these beauties in black.

Thanks,
Iain

Fair enough Pierre, I'm sure you're right. With the right tools being properly used there won't be any issues.

I guess that if you have to face up the shell and that results in any significant removal of material you'd want to run a tap down the threads anyway to clean up any burrs and to ensure that the thread's start is clean.

I understand why you might want, or need, to face the BB shell.

However there shouldn't be any need to chase the BB threads other than to carefully clean them up if they're damaged or clogged with something that can't be cleaned off with a degreaser.

If you're chasing for "cutting the threads properly and at the right angle" you need to ask questions about the manufacturing process. Besides, if you chase too aggressively or not straight the thread can become baggy and the BB caps will have a) play between the mating surfaces of the threads on the BB cap and those on the BB shell b) increased risk of stripping the BB threads due to a combination of ham-fisted tightening and a).

Tow bar.

I've got a Pendle 2 bike unit that takes 2 mins to detach and put away. I should've gone for the tilting one but didn't. It's not very nice to look at but it works.

You will notice a small increase in fuel consumption when loaded up, but it's much less than the increase you get with roof mounted.

Blimey, dog colourists?!

Aren't they just the same underneath their fur?

Buy a new end cap (£2), strip, clean, reassemble and it'll be as good as it was.

If the pinch bolts were tight the end cap couldn't have fallen off, surely, as the NDS crank clamps the end cap when the pinch bolts are tightened.

Can't believe I didn't recommend Spoon in my original list.

If you have time, and work's a great place for this if you're allowed, just check out various Myspace sites for some of the bands recommended, then listen to the music from their 'friends', and their friends' friends etc. I've found some real gems doing just that.

And listen to Fall legend and top radio presenter Marc Riley, Mon-Thurs, 7 to 9 on BBC 6music.

Are you bored with what you have 'cause you've listened to it for too long, or are you bored with that style and looking for a new flavour?

Lots of late 90s to mid 00s US guitar music to catch up on if you haven't already – Pavement, Pixies, Breeders, Nada Surf blah blah etc. etc.

New(er) stuff – try bands such as Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Broken Social Scene, Mogwai, Explosions In the Sky, Sparklehorse, Archie Bronson Outfit, Shins, Wilco, Dirty Projectors, Graham Coxon, Field Music (just superb!) Wild Beasts, Modest Mouse.

Very nice. It is the new 2011 tapered headtube chassis, isn't it?

Enjoy your new ride.

W reg 350 LC here, blue and white with belly pan, mine for a year in 85. It had something, a wicked fat powerband for a start, but not much charm.

The Velocette Venom with Clubman gearbox that I also had on the other hand was soulfully marvellous …terrible clutch, Lucas 'The Prince of Darkness' dynamo driven 6v lights and a top whack about 80 mph – though hard to tell with the Smiths speedo flagellating wildly! But when in tune and on a dry road I was Geoff Duke, grinding out the fishtail pipe on every right hander, Dunlop TT100s scrabbling for grip. I never got off it and walked away without looking back admiringly.

Depends on budget. Troutie and Luminous both make good quality lights in the UK and post on here regularly. There are several recent threads discussing this very topic – I know because I'm after lights too. Try a forum search.

Yes, it's been very well reviewed by all. I love his vocal style & delivery. Must investigate further.

As a side note I saw Screaming Trees just before they split late 90s while touring the Dust album. Mark Lanegan was a deeply troubled soul at that point in his life; he walked off-stage in a serious huff part way through the set. The band continued without him, in fact they did a great job considering.

Pompously correcting the grammar or spelling of others …

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The unmistakeable feeling that everything is in it's right place.

Oh! the irony.

RichPenny …you're a disc short of a concept album there!

Arguably Dirty Projectors have made two in the last few years; Rise Above and Mt Wittenberg Orca. Both excellent and highly recommended.

I assume you realise that the illuminations aren't on all year round?

Do you not need two bits of metal in order for the fancy lights to occur? Or maybe one bit of metal that's crumpled and so has several 'surfaces', eg. tin foil? Or something like that?

Mr Naranjada, your tickets have arrived

Hope's the last thing you lose. No cycling or Peaks pun intended there.

It's an environmental disgrace really, subsidising the scrapping of perfectly serviceable cars in order to keep the car makers in profit and fit to employ people. And some or most of the cash spent at the showrooms will be leaving UK shores and heading for the far east anyway.

We should be building an alternative UK motor industry, one employed in updating, upgrading and maintaining older cars. Would this not employ some of the people involved in car manufacture that would inevitably lose their jobs if demand for new cars droppped? And would it not make more environmental sense?

People who run older cars should be given incentive to continue.

Hmmm, one or two 'Daily Mail' responses in that lot. But seriously, part worn are fine if they're fine – if you see what I mean. There's no difference between you riding around on tyres that have, say, 10k in them or buying equivalent condition part worn tyres that have 10k on them.

Try and get matched pairs at least.

And you're helping use the planet's resources wisely buying part worns; far better than them going to be destroyed or put on top of a silage clamp while they still have life in them.

Picabo Street

Just a thought …why are you selling the two other petrol-powered cars? Might it be cheaper to keep and maintain one of those and rack the miles up?

Lots of good advice on here. Personally I'd go for as simple as possible (old Pug or Rover without DMF) or Jap or VAG. I have an 02 Focus TDCi 115 with 110k – it needed a DMF and clutch about a year and half ago, 80k miles I think. I sourced parts and got it repaired at the garage that I use and 'got away' with <£600 all in, including a service. The Ford stealer wanted (IIRC) c£600 for the DMF!

Fair enough Kit.

Cornerhouse have reduced the number of screenings in the last year due to financial constraints. And there are deffo more adverts than ever. Like you say, if there's nobody to see a film what's the point in showing it?

It's a precarious business.

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Naranjada – Member

I refuse to buy popcorn at the concession stand, all I can see is 10p worth of ingredients for a large bag.

I support my local, independent cinema and the people who make the films that they show.

I think that's what you meant to say. The cost of cinema tickets covers distribution of the reel (or digital copy if the cinema has a digital projector) and basically goes straight back to the distributor and the film makers. Which is good. But doesn't pay for the existence of the cinema, which makes its money through the sale of food and drink.

Well thanks for putting me straight. I was referring to the Cornerhouse in Manchester, to whose accounts I do not have access. I can ask Tom next time I'm in there though. I can tell you that they don't sell popcorn, nachos, hotdogs or fizzy drinks, but they do have a bar/cafe/restaurant/niche bookshop that they obviously profit from. I simply do not take your point that they make nothing from the cost of admission. And what about the advertising?

Hey, you can get Woolies pick'n'mix online now, I know this as I helped build the website! BTW the website is pants …oh the shame!

A default status of Tightwad is a good thing, as long as you can be persuaded by those around you to occasionally bend. I've been actively living the life of Victor since my twenties. I have no problem buying nice things and spending money but popcorn prices are guaranteed to be met with extreme rant!

No you're not tight. I don't know how old you are.

I refuse to buy popcorn at the concession stand, all I can see is 10p worth of ingredients for a large bag. I'd rather not be dry-bummed immediately before sitting down for a couple of hours, thank you!

We recently bought a popcorn pan, it'll pay for itself in 3 or 4 cinema visits if we can get organised enough to make a batch before heading out.

I think the issue with illegal downloads isn't related to the price of popcorn, it's more to do with folks who don't want to pay for something they enjoy. Personally I enjoy the cinema, it's an event. I support my local, independent cinema and the people who make the films that they show.

Lakeland Peddler in Keswick is great for wholesome food; there's a bike shop upstairs and one across the road too.

its ridiculous, the standard of grammar