mtbbatteries Lumenator +1 here.

Personally cannot see any reason why I would ever need more light – plus they are only a smidgen over a ton.

Work full time, single. Do about 150-200 miles a week on the MTB, many of those commuting. Really should be more.

I grew up drinking unpasturised goats milk as a young kid.

Still going strong :-)

the ones I bought from Aldi a few months ago are perfect

+1 for Aldi specials. Still going strong after a pretty crappy winter, and all for £8 I think. Can’t go wrong.

I’ve definitely haddock enough of these fish puns now.

they are now testing for high levels of teshorseterone…

Ouch. That one hurt. Even more than mine.

Despite all the recent news, Tesco have said their burger sales have remained Stable. They did, however, ask if I wanted anything on it. I said “yes please, a fiver each way”.

Have to love a bit of horse canter….I mean banter.

Ok, enough horsing around, back to work everybody.

You’re right – FORCING it isn’t proposed… shows how much I am paying attention to it all haha :oops:

Though, to be fair I never have understood why some gay couples seem so determined to work with a faith that rejects them

^This.

As a gay male, I entered into a Civil Partnership two years ago – and had I have had the option of a ‘religious’ marriage then, I definitely would NOT have chosen it.

Whilst I agree on legalising same-sex marriage, I personally dont agree on FORCING religious organisations to perform them – it should be something they WANT to do rather than HAVE to do. If I got ‘married’ in the future, I would just constantly be imagining a little invisible DC pointing a gun to the head of the vicar saying “MARRY THEM BIATCH, OR ELSE..!”.

I have no idea whether I should care about this issue more than I actually do – but I am so sick of hearing about it now, and just want it to pass. Does that make me a bad gay?

if those things sell shimano will be on the case soon

Whose to say they aren’t already, deep within the depths of Shimano Towers…

About 450 so far :-)

Do you have a link by any chance?

In the market for one myself this year….unless someone wanted to loan me one, for a fee of course! :-)

mini eggs are the daddy of Easter related chocolate

^^^^ THIS.

With people posting vids of their commute whilst shouting out car reg numbers – like some sort of demented car-spotter on speed

^^ Made me LOL on a Tuesday afternoon. Which is always a good thing.

Is it wrong that my 2002 Bombers have never been serviced? Many many 000’s of of-road miles covered.

Granted they feel like poop now, but the main reason for that is the valve on the left hand side is stuck – and so isn’t holding any air.

Perfect enough for the commuter anyway :-)

Neither, just bad taste.

^Ouch.

My vote is on a bit of both. :-)

[unhelpful advice] Get an iPhone. Apple……it just works…. [/unhelpful advice]

:wink:

+100

As above, I thought nice wide sticky tyres as soft as you dare were quite good on ice…….UNTIL my Marathon Winters arrived earlier in the week. NOTHING can beat actual bits of metal digging into the ice.

EDIT: However until I can afford a cheap set of wheels as spares, swapping will be a bit of a pain. They say you don’t need to,but it just feels such a waste wearing the studs down on normally wet, non-icy roads.

Random. The post has now been deleted.

#awkward

Improve your pedantry so you can be like other thrusting wannabe executives in this thread.

FTFY

I’ve got a bit paranoid about bike theft so press the start and stop button on my garmin
Outside the local tesco 1 mile away

Why don’t you use the privacy zone feature? Hides where you live/work within a 1 mile radius.

8 mile commute down the Taff Trail/thro Cardiff, including cheeky singletrack in Bute park

We must follow a very similar route. Got knocked by many a branch too, luckily the lumenator was on the bars today!

10 miles commute in the ‘Red zone’ in South Wales. Didnt even have any spikes, just very soft knobblies – loved every second :D :D

The thought of NOT having to rely on public transport later on brings me a little bit of warmth and happiness.

Lots in sunny Cardiff, pelting down nicely.

Also, 62 buck?!? WAT 0_o

Glad it wasn’t just me.

No snow currently in North Cardiff!

I have no idea which model number I have – however I’ve had some Shimano SPDs on my bike for 10 years. Theyve done MANY 000’s of miles, and had some serious stick. Only attention they’ve had is a quick spray of GT85 every other week, if that!

EDIT: I should add that I also bought them second hand…

Thanks for all the tips, muchos appreciated!

With regards to the (shameless :wink: ) plug globalti – that is a stunning looking bike, however I just dont have the cash available, and will probably go down the 0% finance route to be honest!

So far, I’m most tempted with the cannondale from Pauls Cycles or a Ribble special.

Also LOVING the rse lard tips too :-)

Thanks TiRed. Can I just ask why I should get road shoes? I was just going to use my MTB Sidi’s – will I die? :-)

Thanks for all the tips so far :-)

Those ribble bikes look really good value – anyone got any experiences of them?

With regards to overall fitness, am doing approx 150 miles a week on the MTB, so have a relatively good base – just need to build it up gradually now to being able to do 100 miles a day for 5 days.

Sadly the ride organisers are insisting on road bikes only – because I’m so comfortable on the MTB I would have been tempted to try and use it!

buy whatever bike is your favourite colour

^ my favourite advice so far :-) hehe

It’s not unheard of to take your ferret ‘walkies’ in the north

I saw a guy casually taking his sheep for a walk on Saturday. It was on a lead, and had a collar and everything. It was in Cardiff though, so explains it all. *cue sheep/wales related jokes*

I bike a canal towpath very regularly at night and I’m running 600L minimum. That kind of power directly in your face is totally and utterly blinding. So, I see someone I tip my lights forward.

Easy, it costs nothing to be courteous…
^^ This.

End of thread.

I only had 3 weeks off the bike over Xmas….but that, along with too much alcohol, food etc etc left me sweating on the way to work last week too!

full sus road

^ sounds like an interesting road bike! :wink:

I’m kind of going through a similar phase, but I think that’s mainly down to owning a crap bike that needs loads doing to it – and it’s just not that much of a pleasure to ride anymore. That, along with being too skint to fix it/replace it doesn’t help.

That said, I am doing a 500 mile charity ride over 5 days in June – so it’s forcing me to keep getting on the saddle! And once I’m out I really enjoy it :-)

Good luck, it will come back for sure – especially as the weather gets better now :-)

My only niggle is that as you cycle between the different powers it goes from High to Off before going to Low, but I guess that’s a personal preference

This doesnt happen on mine – I think it was changed last year at some point? I got mine in November I think, and to turn it off, you have to hold the button. If you keep pressing it, it just cycles nicely through the settings without turning off :-)

[rant]
This ‘us and them’ stuff is PATHETIC, and massively puts me (and probably a lot of other people) off the entire thing.

We are all simply like-minded people who enjoy riding bikes. Simple. The snobbery is sickening sometimes.
[/rant]

It works for some people and not for others, but smartphone apps such as “MyFitnessPal” are worth a look. Lets you log all your food and exercise, and even gives you pretty graphs to ogle at your progress.

Good luck :-)

Only got roadie action booked in for next year (which is strange seeing as I don’t even own a road bike yet!). Doing a 5 day 500 mile (supported) charity ride next summer from Edinburgh to Richmond….should be interesting. Then a few weeks later, jetting down to the Pyrenees for some ‘leisurely’ mountain action on the roads :-)

Ps there are still places available on the charity ride if anyone’s interested! ;-)