Medium only tho :(

How’s the credit card limit? I’d ensure it contains at least 4 zeros in it should you need taking off the mountain.

Oooooh somebody has been looking at the segment I created in AC to take in just the DHy bit.

Yes, that time is totally out.

I take Strava as a bit of fun, but with a serious intention to get quicker and quicker. I recently went rapidly through the Taylored Cycles Swoop thinking I’d never better it – 2 months later and a lot of training, I managed to take 6 seconds out of it and tied 5th. A couple of my riding buddies are after me, and David Hynes is our annoyingly quickist rider…you can see where I’m going here…

Additionally, it’s not all fast DHy bits – I’m now enjoying the ups – I’m try to get quicker and quicker on the climbs, resulting in a 56th out of 533 on the horrible climb to Stella Nova.

All of this has a net result of Neil = Fitter = Faster = enjoy the ride more.

ps feel free to add :)

Cable routed correctly in the shifter? Sometimes if you get it outside of the little bit for the cable in the shifter, you can end up with that sort of symptom.

Also, check that you haven’t a crimped outer restricting the inner.

I did find my new XTR shifters were more positive too than previous gens – likewise a new XT I use on my commuter. However, shouldn’t be that hard to use.

Cheers chaps. Just subscribed to Privateer using a code (L001A) I found searching on here – 3 issues for £9 – which should do the job to get a taster.

I’m tempted by Rouleur, mainly as I love quality, but would like to try it a bit cheaper first! :)

Camping La Piscine is slightly more expensive but a great site, we had a nice time there.

Just had that myself, wondered wtf it was.

Oi Singletrack, NO.

(now logged in, and peace and quiet).

ETA: None shouty adverts are fine, ones that start shouting are not. A lot of us work in offices whilst we peruse.

Woot!

Hopefully the work gig I’ve got in Bangor soon falls just after that date :D

Is there any video of this at all? Would love to see it.

Meanwhile, here’s a video of Wiggo calling a cameraman a c***…

Yep, although never use it. It’s more for those times when you need to whack a bit more in due to it losing pressure; you can bet your last pound that you’ll turn up to an all dayer with loads of climbing and you’ve a rear end saggier than Jo Brand.

I’m piling down.

Lapierre Spicy frame, Pikes, muchyous XTR and other juicy kit to flog…

Loving it :)

Just had the wife confirm the DD is still being drawn, so clearly yes.

£10 increase, but considering I extracted a £2500 Zesty from them using the accidental damage part of the policy, I think I’ll swallow the increase…

Just having visions of them craftily not renewing the policy in order to get customers to buy the new policy so that we don’t get the 4k policy we previous had…

Hmm. We didnt get any letters or suchlike – but I’ll get the missus to check her account.

Ta

GrahamS – that would seem sensible.

I guess the difficulty is that unless the judge orders the insurance company to pay out, the insurance company could argue that it is not liable as it is a criminal offence (if dnagerous driving or similar) and that the insurance is null and void, and that the defendant is liable for the costs and payout unless explicitly stated in the policy that the defendant is covered having been found guilty of criminal acts.

Can’t see an insurer paying out for robbers shooting someone – that’s what the Criminal Injury Compensation Authority is for (having had to claim this way myself*).

Additionally, a claimant for uninsured drivers can claim for damages through the MIB pot of money, but I don’t know if that works in this case.

Either way, not nice.

ETA: * I wasn’t shot by a robber btw. I just had my two front teeth knocked out when I was 16 by a little oik and a lucky and uninvited punch.

ETA2: Just noticed, I’m wrong about CICA – they’re for violent crime that was intended – so not applicable here.

_Tom_

One of the daftest things I’ve read in a while!

Do not underestimate the backwardness of the legal and police profession when it comes to technology and submittal of evidence.

I might be mistaken, however, I believe that a claim for damages can’t be born out of a guilty pleading as the damages would have to be awarded by the courts and paid by the defendant.

A civil claim for damages is entirely separate, and then handled by the evil rip off merchants insurance companies.

Like I said, I might be entirely wrong but that was my understanding.

Currently working on projects with the police, there are very stringent rulings on what can and cannot be submitted as evidence as a file format.

Granted, common sense should prevail, but that’s the way it is. They’ll have to either resubmit as a hashed and confirmed original in the right format (usually AVI) or somehow convince the courts to tweak their rules.

djaustin: Gisajobgisajob

Never marry a woman.

Or in more sensible advice: Yep, it’s normal. Just get on with enjoying yourself (i.e. go for a ride, crack a beer open, crack one out) as you might as well, because you’ll get moaned at either way.

It’ll come out in the wash soon enough.

Re: the comment about bread not being real bread if it lasts more than a day is a complete load of piffle.

That doc clearly has no taste:

http://www.thebertinetkitchen.com/sourdough1-2kg-bertinet_1_2kg_sourdough.htm

The making of a traditional sourdough loaf is very slow and takes about 18 hours from start to finish. All this time develops a wonderful full flavour from the caramelised thick crust, through to salty and sweet as well as the characteristic sour notes. The thick crust acts as a preserving barrier against the air keeping the loaf fresher for longer. The larger the loaf, the thicker the crust and the longer it will keep. One of our 1.2kg loaves lasts our family of 5 for the best part of a week. Store the sourdough wrapped in a clean tea towel cut side down in your bread bag. It is delicious just as it is for the first 3 or 4 days and then better toasted. It will not mould like some commercial bread. If you have any left over at the end of the week sling it in the magimix to turn into breadcrumbs and store in the freezer.

Ingredients: organic wheat flour, organic spelt flour, organic barley flour, water & sea salt. Our bread does not contain any additives, preservatives or other nasties. However it is baked in an environment where nuts are used so may contain nut traces. Suitable for vegetarians & vegans.

Not suitable for coeliacs.

We have one every week delivered.

Nom nom and indeed McNommy Nom.

Was about to post a similar thread, will give the absorball things a go.

What about when I drop my phone?

Never marry a woman.

I’ve been caught out with the Canadian 30kg limit – it’s a health and safety thing I was told. I got stung for $400.

Mind you, I had packed two bikes into a bike box…

The plain Sombrio jerseys get the thumbs up from me.

Amazingly well cut.

I’ve a set of 32 F Series lowers in QR15 to sell if you want?

Just don’t do what I did and overtighten the bolt onto the thread on the base valve – it’s a £30 part, and ended up costing me a full service with Loco…

Bloody nice now tho mind.

I think the F120 is more the equivalent of a SID to be honest.

A Float 120 would be similar to a Revelation due to the stiffer setup, that adds more weight.

Sets the reach, pretty much.

That’s all I’ve found it does. Useful when you’ve had a gutful of bleeding the damn things.

Agreed on the Blu-Ray/HD version of Life Cycles – is amazing to look at.

Soundtrack is good too.

ESET is more than capable of any corporate requirement. It’s down to the licensing as to whether you get fire-walling as well.

The management quite requires some concentration, but once set up, it’s utterly reliable and you just leave it alone.

Has easy ability to manage users who never call home too.

Have deployed quite a few installations of this into different scenarios. Much cheaper than equivalent products out there.

If I remember correctly it also employs a dual engine for scanning too.

ESET. End of.

Whilst I think of it, and buying VAST from iTunes, Virtuous is bloody good too.

I actually reckon its better than VAST.

Yep another one for the

Gee Atherton & Steve Smith section of Follow Me

section here out of Follow Me. In fact, that’s pretty much the only bit I watch really, apart from the Brendog section.

I love Life Cycles for it’s ability to get me wanting to ride.

However VAST is a much better film all round, and is probably one of the most under rated MTB films ever.

Thanks for the link for the cheap iTunes VAST, I’ve just bought it, as I’d not got it, even though it’s one of my most watched! :)

That is a seriously awesome film; muchos kudos for doing it – truly original that is, and great tune.

Will watch it again when I get a sec :)

Perfect, thanks mrodgers! 2 3l bladders ordered :)

Anyone got a link for the Tesco one? I’ve had a little search but couldn’t find any?

Blimey, some great options there – never thought about the army/navy store angle.

Don’t need to replace mine (although one does have a leak, to be fair, thanks for the heads up on the warranty) but rather stick a new one in my Dakine rucksack (a proper one, not a snowboardy hydration one).

Thing is, I can’t bring myself to pay £30 for a bladder when, as Garry says, whole new Camelbaks are about that in places.

GrahamS, wind your neck in mate. No need to be a prick about it. I see your profile explains why you feel the need to be like you are however.

One thing is for sure, Organic355 is absolutely right.