First one looks like the offspring of a supermarket trolly and a zimmer frame. I’m actually old enough to have “driven” a C5, it was dangerous.

Or should that be “to whom I gave a bike” ?

I’m not bothered now, this is by far the most replies I’ve ever had to a posting (apart from one yonks ago about someone who I gave a bike to because they were pleading poverty who then bragged about selling it on e bay), I’m made up 😀

Your mistake is contained in the first sentence. Cheaper to put the cat in a cattery.

Surely it’s fewer because emissions are plural and less because water is singular?

You missed the lacking question mark and starting a sentence with and as well 🙂

Had a similar experience trying to get mine serviced, it appears that Madison were just as crap supplying the service kits as they were the hubs, no turn washers, fitting kits etc in the first place. I didn’t just leave the wheel somewhere, in fact I still haven’t managed to get it done so I’ll probably have invalidated the warranty if it does go bang. Sometimes I despair about the cycle trade.

I work in the packaging industry, particularly manufacturing the type of films used for gels, bars etc so fel free to start the flaming.
There is still not a real solution for packaging bars and gels in bio-degradable film as these products usually have a very long shelf life due to the relatively slow sales and usage pattern. Most consumers wouldn’t be happy to see half the box of gels they bought at the start of the season turn into a gooey mess after 6 months. Also the nature of the product requires a good pack integrity hence heat sealing which makes them difficult to get into compared with chocolate or crips which use cold seal technology. Most bars are sold are relatively low in preservatives so again the film in which they are packed needs a good oxygen barrier and is usually a laminate of Polyester and Polyethylene to give the good seal, some have foil layers or metallised film but that is very expensive. Easy open tears and tags to retain the torn off portion is not new technology so I don’t know where the comment regarding Cliff bars comes from, this is usually done by the filling machine and since most of these products are contract packed, it is down to investment by the packer.
I hope this sheds some light on a compplex issue, the only real solution is not to dispose of the wrappers irresponsibly, buying gels or bars in paper bags or corn starch based films is not practical given the other performance requirements of these packs.

Re the possibility of not losing your licence due to pleading exceptional hardship. I know from personal experience that exceptional hardship defence will not work unless you can prove the hardship relates to other innocent parties, i.e if your wife’s ability to drive is essential to providing care or financial support to others. Simply losing her job if she doesn’t have a licence is not sufficient as the hardship will only be to herself.

I’ve ridden most of it over the years, used to live quite close to the Wenlock Edge bit, it gets very muddy and cut up by the horses but ok in the dry weather. Thinking of doing a 3 day ride involving the bit to the Welsh border and then linking to the Trans Cambrian trail N of Knighton.

Don’t Don’t Don’t.
They are the devil’s spawn, difficult to fix when they inevitably block up and grubbing through other people’s poo is not nice as well. Just remember the immortal League Of Gentlemen line,”INTO WHICH WE DON’T PASS SOLIDS”
If you do fit one, best to invest in a dry suit, armpit length rubber gloves and have your gag reflex removed.

This one El Comtat nr L’Orxa

Be sure to get the proper slotted cutting guide and fine toothed saw if cutting carbon steerers, they fray like mad otherwise.

The mesh type have a better pad in them and are a better fit, both have leg grippers so don’t ride up. I’d go for the mesh type.

Did you spot its a carbon covered alu post, don’t see the benefit if it doesn’t flex a bit and is pretty heavy as well.

Bu88er me, how long has Brussels been in Scandinavia, these Euro bods will do anything for a laugh.

I’ve got a name tag sewn into all my tops, my mum did it. 😀

Do not open that link, it will generate a worm hole of despair and vitriol into which we will all descend faster than the speed of light. 😯

Mount Vision they all had them back in the day. I felt left out on my Giant XTC.

I’d recommend one of these courses MTB SkillsPity you’re not in the Peak area, Emmy Hoyes has given a couple of worried women I know lots of confidence.

My wife suffers from it all the time on Duathlons and Triathlons, it is a real problem where drafting rules are strictly enforced. She passes a bloke cleanly a then he speeds up just scraping past her, to comply with the rules, she then has to drop back 7 meters behind him and have another go at passing him, this can go on for ages and really pisses her off as she may be going for a win where he is just being a macho knob.

Mostly tarmac fine for road tyres. On the Sustrans C2C so all manner of bikes can use it, don’t forget your helmet 😆

Ok I’ll mention the illegal trails. I’ve ridden mainly in NE Spain and in several Natural Parks such as Els Ports, Sierra D’Irta, Montseny et al, is there a blanket ban on mountainbiking in these Parks or are there specific prohibitions. I’ve not seen signs banning bikes but if there was a blanket ban, I guess they wouldn’t be necessary, bit like footpath signs not explicitly barring bikes in England and Wales. It must be confusing for foreigners riding here, (not that I’ve ever met any)

Is it for you as OnOne stop at 48″ chest not man sizes, and they come up small

Anyone think that having a biking version of Trip Adviser might be a good sticky on here or would it pi55 off the Singletrack advertisers who would be forced to raise their game and therefore get pulled.

Also sorry for the hijack but it may help the OP.
Is there a torch/head unit with a short lead to a battery pack with switch on the pack? The set up I’m thinking of is one where the weight is balanced so that the battery sits at the back of the helmet and light at the front, at the moment I use a DX torch which moves when I switch it on and off by pushing the switch on the back of the torch. Also the connections aren’t great and can flicker on and off at inopportune moments. Having the switch on the back or side of the helmet would save fumbling around on the top to switch from high to low as well.

That’s nothing, Welsh Gold is worth 5x the normal gold price, just sold 4.6g for £550

Heard good things about Sierra Cycling 😯

1 Guide isn’t enough with a group of any size never mind 10. What if the guide had fallen off and been knocked unconscious. Had a similar experience in Greece where the advertised “Advanced Level” trip had managed to attract a woman who had never cycled before, she freaked out at the first offroad section, our sole guide sent her a different way and promptly set off down the trail, went over the bars injuring his arm. The woman wasn’t seen for the rest of the day as she got lost on the alternative route. By the second day our group of 6 was down to 2 of us and a guide, the rest of the week was great!

Does he still run you to school or something? Aren’t old people weird?

It is if you try to book a ferry crossing without a car. On the Stena site, it is classed as a vehicle.

Tried On One?

meehaja- got it in one. Just goes to show that you don’t need the latest building and toys to give a first class service, the staff are brilliant. Contrasts with my old hospital, Stafford, which has done it’s best to finish off my mum.

Ton, no it’s about half way between your guess and PP’s, seems Yorkshire hospital architecture is very similar. Working class chic.

PP you’re warm, bit further North

Sounds very interesting, you don’t fancy the Transpyr “race” then? 1st week of July. Done a fair amount of riding in the mid-eastern Pyrenees around Vielha, Val d’Aran, Andorra and Sierra de Cadi. If we can’t make it, I can certainly give you some route info although most can be found on Wikiloc. It would have to be end of July- early Aug for us as wife is a teacher. E mail in profile if you want to progress, I think you gave me some Alfine gen earlier in the year.

That guy outside the Skinners can’t be a Mach lad, he’s not wearing a Kaftan (sp?) and sandals. 😉

You can’t be skinny enough IMO PERHAPS NOT[/url] 😕

Or the Syrian lorry driver who typed Gibraltar into his satnav and ended up at Gibraltar Point nr Grimsby instead of the rock.
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Count yourself lucky, 2 years ago a bloke crashed less than 1/2 mile from there on this event, hit a wall and was killed.