Personally I’d give the bloke that dumped the rubbish a good bollocking for being a muppet. What did he think would happen?

Business reputation is something you can’t afford to have tarnished with current economics.

I’ve found NN’s perfectly good on roots, certainly as good as any other tyre I’ve tried.

Maybe it’s just that all the other tyres I’ve tried are pretty much the same, as it couldn’t be anything to do with rider skill could it? I mean, it couldn’t be. Must be the tyres.

honestly? I don’t think you’d notice much difference between a carbon and alloy seatpost. If you’ve got a reasonable amount of post out of the frame, I’d go thomson for peace of mind, and sufficient damping for the back of my chameleon.

sadly, that’s what many double glazing companies do, as they can then advertise guarantees for 10 years etc, and have no intention of fulfilling them. Often they go into liquidation, and then set up again under a different name and start again.

From the best of my knowledge, you’re unlikely to get much joy from them if they are in liquidation, as opposed to administration, as they’ve ceased to be a going concern.

If you do want them fixed, you can probably go to Everest or Anglian or something, and they’ll be able to put some better quality glass in. But it’ll be your expense.

I think you’re aiming at the wrong audience on here – we’re an obvious majority that wouldn’t think we needed additional training, after all, we’re all very good riders (aren’t we…?)

I also reckon that what would perhaps work better, if you’re after people to consider more training would be a more structured questionnaire that highlighted some of the areas that ‘casual’ riders would be more concerned about, e.g. their safety, riding defensively etc. At present, you’re asking Y/N questions which are clearly written by someone who knows cycling, which is useful for fact gathering, but not identifying areas which people would like to address. And there’s no lead into how cycle instruction could help, as again it’s a Y/N.

Could you get a website up and running or something, with a more exploratory questionnaire, and supporting info, and then get posters in your local leisure centres, bikeshops etc? Different audience completely then.

I’d be quite concerned by the leverage on various parts of the bike given that the seatpost is about 80ft long, as is the stem thingy.

Besides, you’d look like a nobhead on one.

tandem with andrew flintoff?

what are you trying to get to with this – does it have a particular purpose / agenda, or are you using the results to support a project?

looks like benitez new contract has given him exclusive say on transfers, all he’s got to do is sign it now.

I’ll be happy when Keane goes – he’s not lived up to expectation at all, and £20m was a lot of money for someone that should be banging them in, regardless of the time he’s spent on the pitch thus far.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see keane back at spurs tomorrow, with Lennon and possibly bent coming up to Liverpool – I’d take both of them, Lennon as a sub to replace the “not lived up to the price tag” babel and inject pace when riera’s tired, and bent cos he is actually a goal scorer – he’ll pop more in than keane.

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=product&productId=1490

It is a ridiculous offer – I’m just wondering how long it can last if shimano keep raising their prices!

see, my engineering degree was worth it! I meant series. Probably.

has to be 18650 – they’re pretty much an extended CR2 cell. They do have a history of being explosive though!

AA’s won’t work unless you wire up some sort of holder that wires them in parallel and gives a 3.5V supply (or whatever it is).

So, 3 1.2V AA’s wired in parallel would do it, but you’d need to modify the torch itself.

And they’re plenty bright.

I’d probably say £130 or so.

rationale being you can get a set, with full lx disc brakes for £263 from merlin.

I had this with a couple that lived upstairs from me. John who was about 900 (the boyfriend) knocked on my door at 8am just as I was leaving for work, insisting he’d just arrived home from national service in greece, and needs to pay me money for rent and then go and renew his papers. Erm, second world war posting…

So, I took him back to his flat, and got the senile old woman up too to make sure she’d take him in, but he didn’t recognise her. But she let him in anyway.

Then, about a week later, she had a fall and was taken to hospital, and about a week later at 4 am he decides to try and get into their flat again, and was banging on all the doors and screaming for the woman to let him in, but she obviously wasn’t there. So, I gave the police a quick ring, explained the situation and they came and helped him away. Sadly, the old woman died shortly afterwards, and I’m not sure what happened to John, but not seen him since.

I think you have to be patient with this woman, and help her as best you can. If you can get her chatting and find out the details of any next of kin, give them a call. It’s only if it happens at odd hours that it gets different.

But, apparently these old people with dementia are in demand from historians and the like, as whilst their current memories are fading, they’re able to be remarkably lucid about events that have happened in the past and can provide personal accounts of these.

I blame riding off-road in fluorescent gear. Marked them out as numpties straight off.

Nick, yup, and it’s saved two rides so far – one for me, one for a friend.

I’d recommend the vapextech 2700mah ones from component-shop.co.uk – they’ve always been good for me.

depends on the brand I’ve found. I’ve never snapped a shimano chain but in a short time I snapped two sram ones (one on the first ride), shortly after they moved their production facilities.

Generally use shimano or rohloff now, both with sram powerlinks, and carry a sram spare (cos I have one)

Theres a very good one for north downs riders and a very sound bunch on the forum there. And some brilliant riders, some of whom are also on here…

i sold a bike to trevor mcdonald about 12 years ago.

hello boys, I’m here!

waves willy [tucks willy between his legs and does the little “i’m a girl” dance]

yeah, you’re gonna be thick and have consumption of the bum!

seabrooks canadian ham.

yum.

nickname – Member
I’ll give them a whirl, can’t do any harm I guess

Have a look on the internet, and read many publications (a good place to start being sciencedaily.com) and the “can’t do any harm” thing is effectively rubbished. Short term, unlikely, long-term most probably.

If you’re going to take anything to boost your immune system, take a probiotic such as acidophilos lactobilis (or something with the lacto in it anyway), as that promotes the healthy bacteria in your gut which is a key source of immune protection. I wouldn’t bother with all those actimel / activia things – you can equal them with a good diet.

Above all, a good diet is what’s needed and should negate the need for any supplementation except at times of significant stress on either mind or body, which has been proven to weaken the immune system.

If you do want to take a vitamin, the one I would recommend is the “reflex nexgen”, as this contains the vitamins and probiotics. Equally, I would quarter their recommended dose – i.e. one a day instead of 4.

That’s my take on it, and I’ve been well all winter.

what if it was a hairy teen having relations with a pert monkey?

Would that make it better BD?

spiteful dogs aren’t so bad, it’s the vaguely malicious gerbils that anger me.

monkeys rule. there should be more monkeys on the internet.

Fine with me. There’s that BBC news bloke, who had his legs blown off in the Middle East. He’s a bloody good journo, and really clued up about his subject. Fact that he’s in a chair is neither here nor there,

Isn’t that a bit shite in the middle east, being as it’s full of sand?

Crew: We need to move to a different location.
Journo: F’ck off, this seat-ting don’t roll in da sand mofo.

switched to 25mm conti 4 seasons, and they’ve been good on the mean streets of london and surrey.

same as a slag wellie

Hmm, brant you’re odd.

I’m not sure I would fancy an amputee or someone without the full compliment of limbs. But having not been in that situation I don’t know.

Maybe the one with the fmbs that mark is on about has a series of special harnesses where their clothes are placed to just step into? I’m going to try and devise a system for my flat to save time in the mornings so I can get up later.

how does she pull them up Mark?

1 guy, 1 cup.

I feel physically ill. very, very ill.

£75 in mine from two transactions I was going to make anyway – which is over a third of the total cost of those too.

Sweet.

takisawa2 – Member
FFS…3 on your bars. Total overkill, the glare would cancel any gains out.

Really? If you want to think that, you’re welcome to.

and there’s more old people available than old innertubes.

And innertubes aren’t a drain on public resources.

I rode the other night with 3 on the bars. It was plenty bright enough for me!

probably. But then so would the skin of an old person if you really wanted to.

look what it says at the top of the page also: BIKE FORUM

I draw your attention to the fact that the magazine is a mountain bike magazine, and the forum is complimentary, but not necessarily identical in content.

american hot – romana edition.