carbonite, not free but not too expensive

THIS book is great, has 5k/10k/half and full marathon training plans and lots of other good advice, i see there is one used for £1.83, what have you got to lose? (apart from £1.83 that is)

So is this the Maxx 2?

Picture doesn't look like it but description says it has the smart port

Whats a thudbuster?

This is a carbon frame so quite forgiving, almost like it has rear suspension!

This is the bike, but no pics of me on it.

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Saddle does look a little far back now that i look at it?

Mine is definitely bike related as I am fine on my road bike for my daily commute, (except having and extremely sore arse this morning from saturdays ride).

My core strength is probably weak at the moment and i need to get back to my circuit training class.

I will have a play around with my saddle angle/position to see if this helps.

I can touch my toes no problem.

You are a bunghole, and so am I

Alomst as funny as the "nosebleed" episode.

OH ****-IT!!! Ill get a MAXX-D, its only money!!! now wheres the best deal?

Im in dundee too.

Heading up to blair athol tomorrow, but dont know exactly where as someone else is arranging the route etc.

Now i am confused. Cant justify a cummting ligh for the roadbike and a set for the MTB. Whats best compromise?

I am thinking the new "toro" may be the one for me http://www.exposurelights.com/newsite/ as its essentially the old enduro, or should I just go the extra and get the maxx-d?

Any experiences of how it compares to the Light & Vision Stellas, either the 150/200 of 300 set up, obviously not as bright, but any advantages?

nice edit

I tried the SF shakes, the ones in the pre-mixed bottles, having 1 for breakfast and 1 for lunch, with snacks of fruit, nuts, oatcakes etc during the day and a "normal" meal at night.

Lost about 10 pounds in 3 months.

STATE OF THE UNION
Sweet dreams all met with derision
This train, it was armed for collision
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
Clap your hands in the sparkle and glitter
Shake your heads at the twisted and bitter
Oh they don't know how lucky they are
Foot down for the alienation
Look on as your love, its gets lost in translation
To a language that nobody understands
There are smiles as they erode and corrupt you
Of the great expectations you could never live up to
We are lost, we are lost, we are lost
get you coat, 'cos the righteous are leaving
'Cos they can't work out what the hell to believe in
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
No abandon, no heartfelt desire
No love could be worth getting fired
For real, it's surreal, it's so real
So paint over the cracks and then cover
What you thought was the worst ever pain with another
And the first one, it always comes free
How they love you so cold and so vicious
With friends like these, well who needs politicians
The first one, its always comes free
They tell you heroin takes like ice cream
Clever men know all that and all this
And they will talk and they talk and the don't **** listen
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
It's no life but God, it's a living
Come on Jesus Christ, come back all is forgiven
We are lost, we are lost, we are lost
Have no fear of the state of the nation
Let the facts have no bearing on public relations
It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
What a model of Christian behaviour
Preach on with the message of "go **** thy neighbour"
it's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
it's a shame, it's a shame
Watch your step by the crowd of fanatics
While they kill in the name of applied mathematics
Hate the system even though you invented it
Go kill your brothers and claim self defence of it
Picking up all the secrets and tricks to being
One of the guys whom the shit never sticks to
Take you seats for the final calamity
Don't you look serious, hell, what can the matter be?
Another day and the rot's getting faster
And all the machines started killing the master
it's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame
it's a shame, it's a shame

iainc – Member
went to shop, tried on large and medium – the medium fit

I hope you bought them from that shop and didnt do the dirtiest of dirtiest sins and buy them online for half the price afterwards?

That reminds me,

Type "french military victories" into google and hit "I feel lucky"

LOL

Catherine Feeney
Lou Rhodes
Emiliana Torrini
Beth Gibbons

Sapper.

This may be a stupid question but are you rotating your foot correctly when trying to exit the pedals?

I had a mate that got spds for the first time and kept falling off as he could get his feet out of the pedals.

It took my a while to figure out why until I asked him to show me how he was getting in and out of the pedals.

It turns out he was trying to twist his foot out by rotating the ball of his foot outwards as opposed to rotating his heal outwards, since nobody had actually told him this I guess it was an easy mistake to make.

Are the exposures really that good for offroad? They may be bright but from the photos the mounting system looks like the light would vibrate all over the place and doesnt look very sturdy?

I was looking at the light and vision 150L or 300 set but it seems for similar money i can get a lot more light output, the L&V defo look better IMO, but not as much power for the money.

can someone provide a clicky for the exposures, is it these?

I am considering the LIGHT & VISION 150L but not sure how good they are. They are wired though.

TOTAL CONTROL works with MAC.

You will prob need one of these too

DAVID FORD

your better off not knowing, its put me off me tea!!

Sounds good, Think I may go for the 150L now for commuting. If I get into more offroad night rides I could consider a 2nd hand set of 300's later and mount the 150 on my helmet.

The 150L may have to be an early xmas present, have to speak nicely to the GF, afterall she wants me to be safe on my commute doesnt she ;-)

what does the race mode do? Do you think there would be much differnce between the 120's and the 150L's? The 300 Dual seems a bit of overkill?

Trying to decide between a £150 set of lights or making do with one of these for commuting, but it wouldn't be any use for offroad Night riding.

I should have said its for a hard tail. I am not too worried about snapping the chain more the Derailleur so it should be ok if I just get the right chain length.

Going by the above figure of 45 then I dont think the medium is sufficient or is it ok as long as i dont go big:big?

The spec of the SRAm X.0 is as follows:

Chain capacity: 45T long / 37T Med / 30T Short
Max Sprocket: 34T
Min Sprocket 11T

calculations?

suck it and see…

If I am going to be spending £140 ish on a new SRAM X.0 thats an expensive experiment that I am not willing to try!!!

no its Perth, Scotland.

One dilema I am having is that I am running with the GF and she has a slower pace than me. So do I stay with her the whole 10k or break away after 5?

Problem is she has a sore achilles and wouldnt want to leave her if she was struggling.

I guess the right decision is to stay together and not worry about my time?

People who say "My Bad"

I had one like this:

Heres my current build

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Fork (inc SFN) Rockshox SID TEAM '09 (no remote and trimmed 180mm Steerer) 1473g
Frame (inc mech hanger) T700 Carbon Composite 2006 Size S (17”). 1183g
Brakes(inc discs, bolts and cables) Avid Elixir CR 160mm F&R, front post mount (no bracket), untrimmed cables. 820g
Grips Giant, Rubber 46g each. 92g
Handlebar FSA K-FORCE CARBON RISER 166g
Headset (Inc CR, topcap and bolt) FSA integrated 79g
Headset Spacers Brand X Carbon Spacers 12g
Stem FSA XC-115 OS 90mm Carbon Clamp 138g
Cassette SRAM PG990 (11-34) 304g
Chain Shimano CN-HG53 304g
Chainset/BB TruVativ Comp G 9sp. 22x32x42T ISIS splined 860g (unconfirmed)
Derailleur Front Shimano LX (M571) 138g (unconfirmed)
Derailleur Rear Shimano XT (long cage) 232g (unconfirmed)
Shifters Shimano LX 27 speed (SL-M570), 240g/pair 240g (unconfirmed)
Pedals* Shimano XTR M970 325g
Saddle Selle San Marco Aspide Saddle 170g
Seat Post Raceface DEUS XC SL 30.9mm diameter. Trimmed 237g
Seatpost clamp and bolts Giant (Titanium bolt) 28g
Wheelset (Rims, Spokes and Hubs without discs and skewers) Mavic XM317 Rims, Shimano Deore (M525) Hubs and Spokes (unknown). 2096g
Tyres Panaracer Fire Xc Pro Kevlar 2.1" (RED) 1232g
Tubes Continental MTB 26 Light 256g
Skewers X-Lite Tech 9 Titanium 79g/pair 79g
Cables, housings & tiewraps Cables & Housing: Jagwire 100g (estimate)
Chainstay protector Lizardskin Jumbo 15g

Total weight 10.579kg
(~23.3lbs)

I know the wheels are heavy and was looking at Fulcrum Red Metal Zeros I will probably change the tyres to Continental Mountain King Supersonic or maybe Nobby Nics when I get the new wheels partly for weight savings but also because there will be just too much red going on with the RM0's. This will get me to ~9.7kg.

I was out running last night and got "attacked" by a dopey gold lab. Well not quite but I was a bit pissed off as the owner saw me coming towards them and the dog spotted me and started running towards me, luckily he was friendly enough and was just playing but still got tangled up in my legs and nearly sent be flying. The owner manager to get hold of it and I carried on running, only to find it running along behind me a few seconds later, tripping me up again.

Luckily I like dogs, if I wasnt a dog lover it would have gotten a swift boot in the chops, the dog too.

Owners do really need to control their dogs more.

if its best before, then you are fine. if its "USE BY" then I wouldnt touch it.

Didn't enjoy Rock n Rolla, was dissappointing

Rise of the foot soldier

Starts off with the football hooligans stuff but then develops into a full on british gangster fest