My Merkur Vision somehow went wrong when I was cleaning it so that the balde gap was HUGE and wouldn't reduce properly so it went back to be checked out. In the meantime, I got a 38C Heavy duty or something that i much prefer so if/when the vision comes back I'm selling it.

Good brush, nie cream or soap and a new blade is great after a little bit of practice.

Take your time and don't push on at all. Give it a week or 2 and you'll be pretty confident and comfortable with it.

Bikes, all I own and will own in the future
my wife
my kids
strong tea
fish and chips
bacond and egg sandwiches
fish and chips
peace and quiet when the kids are asleep
reading books on trains (sitting on trains, not books about trains :-))
linking telemark turns in fresh snow
killing mosquitos
really really cold beer
pizza

There really is so much 🙂

The MRs and I have been doing Pilates 2-3 times a week since Christmas and I really notice the benefits, better core strength = easier getting up and down from the floor, better posture, helps on the bike with flexibility and getting over/around stuff and generally feel better. I can even see my abs!

We started with a simple DVD and have moved on to the more advanced ones.

Check out stottpilates.co.uk (google stott pilates if that is wrong)

OK, I give up.

In the flesh she was attractive.

I'm going home now, have a good weekend everyone.

OK, maybe I chose a bad picture

She did look like she could take care of herself, but still easy on the eye IMO

I find that the quality of the Endura stuff I have had has been OK (no better) but the sizing is completely unpredictable and seems to be different for different items. There is seldom much link between their size charts and the actual garments. As I tend to buy online, then I go with brands where I can trust the sizing to avoid the trouble of returning stuff. As a result I have mostly Gore for mountain biking and Rapha for poncing road riding

2 or 3 during the day at work and 1 or 2 cups of tea before and after work.

Never drink coffee after about 5 as it keeps me awake.

Diamond back BMX
Dawes Stratos road bike
Scott Comp MTB
Trek 2200 Road bike
Marin mount vision
one-one inbred
on-one pompino
Kronan swedish army bike
Cannondale R3000 road
Cannondale Jekyll

Still got these:

Salsa mamsita
Cotic road rat
Cervelo soloist team
Cervelo R3SL

Next:

Superfly hardtail

I have some kenda navegals which were great, but since I changed wheels to Stans Arch, they won't go on at all. Good in the muc though.

You need to change the settings for the PC so that the projector and the screen on the laptop are showing different things in display settings.

Good assam tea

We bought the chariot and think it is ace. The suspension is excellent if you want to go on bumpy fire roads and forest paths. I think they hold their value resonably well and the build quality is top notch.

What's it made of? Looks like it must be steel in which case it also looks really heavy…

Coffee

You should't feel too bad, cycling isn't a particularly cheap hobby, but can you imagine the answer to this question on a motor racing site or a motorbike site…

"Better than spending it on prostitutes" as I sometimes have to resort to when exaplaining the bank ballance to my wife. 😈

I wonder if Harry will dig out the nazi costume again in his honour…

Dread to think probably £2000 – £3000 on average, but I wouldn't be surprised if it worked out to be more 😐

I was considering servicing them but I haven't managed to find any suspension grease yet (judy butter) and it is a very easy job to keep putting off…

I think I'll probably go for the 180s, just thought I'd ask.

Somehow it seems odd to put 203 on a hardtail 29er XC race bike anyway 🙂

Now to find out about that adapter…

Follow up question:

I ride/race XC but I am about 15 stone – hence wanting more stopping power. Should I get 180mm or 203mm rotors?

Brake is IS mount. How do I know what adapter to get?

I have no idea why people restrict their potential buyers to the UK only, it makes no sense at all. You have to go to the post office to send it anyway, you can charge the buyer for the extra cost of shipping and you get the money before you send the goods.

The only real risk is that the parcel may be more likely to get lost en route meaning that you have to refund the buyer, you can insure the parcel for that as well if you are worried about it.

I would have thought that it would fit in a normal bag that can take a road bike. Haven't tried mine though TBH, but I can't imagine it would be a problem unless it is 25" frame or bigger.

I'm in Denmark as well with my girl (and our kids :-))

I was about to mention. I hope you are ending up by the valve as the last section otherwise you are making life even harder for yourself.
I have a set of Kenda 29er tryes that I simply cannot get on my Stans Arch rims. Nowhere near.

Haven't given up on a Porsche at some point, but I suppose I never really wanted to own a Farrari, I'd still like to have a go in one though

That Hinde thing up there ^ is minging

NO seedy mustard for me, needs to be english mustard IMO

Whistl on the subject, there's a lot to be said for sharp cheddar and branston pickle

It's a second car so it won't be often that I need to get the bike in it, I just wanted to know if it is possible if I absolutely have to do it.
As an aside, I test drove it last night and it is total gash, but that's what you get for your money and there isn't really an alternative at the moment here in Denmark unless I want a Suzuki (is it an Alto?)

Anyway I think we're going to order one tomorrow 🙂

That was at the most a middle sized rant, 4/10 🙄

I got some serious twiches in my calf muscle at a 12 hour race a couple of weeks ago and it totally freaked out the woman giving me a massage.
She wanted to leave me alone after that but I (err) made her carry on…

That sounded bad didn't it

No happy ending this time… 😳

I would have thought that by putting a bike on top of an Aygo then there is a pretty igh risk that you wouldn't be able to drive into a headwind 😆

3 in a Ka – must have been BMXs

I suppose you have to take the seat post out, but I guess I can live with that.

Hard work
They fall asleep
We got the fancy Chariot one with suspension and a roll cage so we don't put them in helmets as the helmets don't really fit in that well.
Kids really like it for 5 minutes until they fall asleep
Sometimes you can't hear them talking so you have to stop and get off the bike to answer serious questions such as " Daddy, how are prams made?"
Ours are getting too big to fit in it together now 🙁

s'bollox innit.

Cod liver oil and multi vitamin here, I think the CLO helps with joints, vitamin is almost certainly a waste of time and money

Tubeless repair kit…

Sounds obvious when you put it like that.

Off to Wiggle or CRC I guess…

I'm running an XT rear mech and casette with an ultegra shifter on my roadrat as a 1X9 and it works fine.

2nd for ergons. I will never use a normal round grip again. They make a really big difference for me in terms of comfort, tiredness and even controll.

They are a bit heavy, but worth it.

Very happy with our Mazda 6. Good value and I can't find a bad thing to say about it. Also avoids being a Mondeo man.
Passat is nice but costs more so maybe there is a tax implication…