Would they actually be ‘replaced’, or would salaries just have to increase in other countries where labour is currently cheaper?

Already been done: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/wiggo-interrupts-football-coverage

Also, he didn’t really interupt actual coverage of a match, just the post match analysis. Guess he must have arrived for his interview a bit early.

I’m currently tucking into his porridge with quinoa + fruit: http://www.teamsky.com/video/0,27287,,00.html

Even the chef is using Kinesio Tape!

May not be a great option if you need them right now, but there is a french brand called Bexley who do very solid, good quality shoes, probably equivalent to the top end Loakes, but often a lot cheaper. They only have shops in France, but also do online orders. Worth a look if you’re on holiday or dont mind ordering a couple of pairs to find the right size (although I’ve found them very true to size). They also do brilliant deals in their twice yearly sales.

http://www.bexley.com/Bexley/shoe-EN.htm

May be something to do with this?

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/07/28/uk-oly-cycl-crmrr-bourgain-idUKBRE86R0BF20120728

Ridiculous if true.

Much better than last week, but still pretty bad.

Can you wait a few weeks/months?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/photos/specialized-unveils-2013-road-line-part-1/233103

There isn’t a single model of private sector involvement in Healthcare but there are plenty of examples of where Private providers have made substantial efforts to deliver care that is higher quality and lower cost than the “public” alternative – the private sector as a rule is much more innovative / agile in the way it delivers care.

Except that’s wrong isn’t it? Did we not have a report a few years ago from Cameron’s “health guru”, that showed the NHS was one of the most efficient in the world in terms of care delivered vs budget, as a public sector organisation. Private healthcare systems are less efficient not more efficient.

If you are dropping in during/after a ride, and are with others in Lycra, sitting in the beer garden for a quick sandwich and drink then fine. For several drinks after work with all your normally-dressed colleagues, then it’s probably not the best of looks.

Black pudding does have a lot of oatmeal, which I don’t think is on the ‘official iDiet’. It’s also very fatty, so shouldn’t be having loads of it.

Its rather vegan friendly this diet innit

There’s no reason it can’t be vegan friendly, all you are really doing is cutting out foods high in glucose/fructose/simple sugars, and replacing them with pulses/vegetables/legumes. It doesn’t have to involve loads of meat and eggs, they just dont fall outside the rules and some people choose to eat a lot of them.

Surely if you’re spending that much you should just get a Reverb? Unless you want the cable run of the Lev? DOSS has no advantage over the Reverb, Lev has cable routing over the Reverb.

The last women’s world cup had an average attendance just over 26,000. Today’s matches in the group stages looked to have between 20,000-40,000. So, yes, I would say it is a sign of things to come: record attendances expected in nearly every sport.

There is a quarry with a lot of dirt jumps, ranging from small to pretty large, there is a 4X track, with lots of (generally rollable) big jumps, there are a lot of short DH trails, some better maintained than others, some have some reasonably big gaps/drops, some don’t. Think there is also a longer XC loop, although I’ve never ridden it.

To be fair to tubeless, in those pics it does look rather like the rim has broken, front wheel doesn’t look too round. Whether that happened before or after the tyre came off is of course anyone’s guess.

Don’t really think the problem was being ‘London-centric’, or even ‘road-centric’. They’ve got to film it somewhere, none of the guests, presenters or features were particularly london based, and obviously with the tour and olympics the first two weeks are going to have quite a lot of road, even with the Megavalanche report next week.

The real problem was just the inability to produce a remotely well-made TV programme. It was clunky, awkward and badly presented. The features managed to be both too-short and too dull, not enough explanation for those not into bikes, and not enough detail/interest for those who are. Half an hour really isn’t long enough for a magazine style programme, especially with adverts. It should either be an hour, or should only have 1 or 2 features each week. Needs better writers, and a main presenter who can ask some interesting questions and get a decent conversation going, although that was clearly hamstrung by the fact that the guests couldn’t hear each other, and the ‘interviews’ were 30 seconds long and crammed between other features. The guests weren’t helping much, but I think a better interviewer, given a few more decent questions, and a bit more time, could have got something much more interesting out of at least two of the three.

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smaller is better for jumping and dh

Not true.

Is the headset “about” 1 1/8th, or definitely 1 1/8? Its just that threaded 1 1/8 is fairly rare (but does exist), most threaded headsets are 1″.

You could probably get a set of forks to fit either size, they’re unlikely to be much good, but could perhaps serve some purpose for a short time. They would almost certainly be from or for a cheap hybrid, something like this or this. Probably cheaper ones on ebay, but I doubt that there is much worth recommendation, beyond getting something coil sprung and not expecting it to stand up to too much mistreatment.

If it is 1 1/8, then you could change to a threadless ahead system and have access a much better selection of forks, but it would require a new headset and stem as well as forks, which is becoming a bit more of an investment. Thats probably something like £15 headset, £15 stem, £10 new cables, £15-£30 installation (unless you can do it all yourself), plus however much the fork costs. Old bolt-arch Marzocchis of a coil sprung variety are pretty bomb-proof and simple internally so can go almost forever, but if its only for a couple of months then something that is still working well/recently serviced probably trumps buying a knackered Marzocchi and the tools/seals/oils required to get it running again, however simple it may be.

Depending on how long you think it might take to save up for your new bike, I’d probably just stick with the rigids. Changing your current bike over to suspension may be more hassle than its worth, and I always tend to find, particularly with old bikes, that its sometimes best to leave them as is, as any changes end up requiring far more bits and pieces than you initially thought.

Bashrings aren’t a no-no, you can use one if you want. Options up front are the same as 9-speed: triple rings, double with bash, double, single with bash, single. Chain device used with a single ring/single with bash, front mech used with all the other options (obviously). Some chain devices aren’t compatible with bashrings, which may be a reason people dont use them as much, but that has always been the case.

The other thing you may have to consider are clutch rear derailleurs, which are meant to be quieter and keep the chain more secure. Essentially they just have an extra spring that keeps the mech from bouncing around, but can potentially make shifting a little slower/heavier. The shimano versions have a switch to engage/disengage this spring, so you can choose quicker shifting or less bouncing depending on what you’re riding that day. I don’t believe the SRAM versions have the same switch.

It’s like 9 speed but it goes up to 10.

Weight
Stiffness
Durability
Shifting efficiency (if we’re talking chainsets).

Hopefully they’ll just get rid of it altogether and replace it with a road suitable for an urban area.

What sort of thing are you looking for? Lots of Evans Cycles of varying sizes around, probably one close to Shepherds Bush.

Tube to Oxford Circus to visit Velorution and Evans huge flagship store on Mortimer Street?

Tube to Holborn to visit Bikefix, Condor Cycles and a big CycleSurgery?

Giant Trance X. Or Anthem X if you want to go a bit more XC.
Canyon Nerve XC
Boardman FS Team/Pro
Commencal Super 4
Rose Jabba Wood.

Watch the footage. Does his body language and facial expression look in any way defensive / explanatory to you?

Unfortunately that’s your opinion, not proof. Also, its perfectly possible to be saying/shouting “no I didn’t call you a …” in an angry way. It doesn’t sound like it was a particularly refined conversation even without the contentious words.

Obviously the decision doesn’t mean he’s innocent, it just means that there is not enough evidence to convict him in a court of law. They’d have been much better off just charging him through the FA, as in the Suarez case, which incidently, would probably also have resulted in an acquittal in a proper court.

As far as I know he wasn’t accused of using the ‘n’ word was he? He was accused of calling Ferdinand a “black ‘c’ word”. That was caught on tape, and he admitted he’d said it.

His defence was, that, during the match, Ferdinand had accused Terry of calling him a “black ‘c’ word”, and Terry was saying something to the effect of “No I didn’t call you a …” when he was caught on film. Cole seems to have partially backed him up on this sequence of events.

One man’s word against another, no proof either way, so he simply cannot be convicted.

I think if Froome had actually made the break he would have been allowed to go. Unfortunately everyone else in the group apart from Wiggins stuck with him, so all he would have done was bring their closest rival nearer to the yellow.If his break had worked and he’d dropped the group, leaving Brad with Nibbles, then I expect it would have been fine for him to catch up a few seconds on Brad.

The point is that Sky want yellow, and Froome dragging Nibbles closer to it is not what they want. Froome getting closer to it without helping his team’s rivals would probably have been fine.

It’s difficult to rate because road cycling isn’t really one discipline. Grand Tours are like the marathon, whereas as the Olympic Road Race and the spring classics are probably more like the 1500m, you don’t really expect the same people to be competing for both.

Probably less important than the top classics races for cycling purists, but more important in terms of general interest and commercial success/sponsorship. Also with the domination of commercial teams in cycling, riding for your country might have a bit more pride in, but it kind of jars with enthusiasts who might support a particular team.

Presumably if it/they are to power a factory they may just be small-scale ones rather than the big white things you see at windfarms?

tl;dw

American Barbecue Pie – homemade baked beans and pulled pork? Could perhaps do a cornbread top?

He’s gone again. Taking water from a spectator, is that allowed? They aren’t allowed to take on drinks from their team car within the last 20km, so why can they take them from people on the side of the road?

Cuddles to go for it on the descent, with his great bike handling skills? He used to be a mountain biker don’tcha know…

The Sky train looks pretty ominous.

White bread.
Flora.
3 Birds Eye Fish Fingers.
Tartare sauce.

I don’t object to some lettuce on occasion, but I know many do.

1) Steeper angles, higher BB. Tracks probably wont like you bringing frames with downshifter braze ons/cable guides.

2) Often have less rake, and generally stiffer (no need for bump asorption).

3) Often use narrower hubs, although this is less common these days, also more likely to use tubulars and no braking surface on rims. Realistically singlespeed road wheels will be fine if they fit the frame.

4) You can use any singlespeed chain that fits your chainring and sprockets, just watch out because there are two widths 1/8″ and 3/32″.

5) Cranks generally a bit shorter, but that’s down to the rider. If you dont have singlespeed specific crank and rear hub then chainline can be a pain.

6) You’ll probably find it hard to build something up much cheaper than a Fuji Track, unless you go secondhand, in which case you’ll probably find it hard to build something up much cheaper than a secondhand Fuji Track. Also most velodromes have bikes you can rent to try it out, these are often Fuji Tracks.

It’s fair to charge more for parts supplied i/o parts bought in the shop.

No it’s not. It’s fair to charge less if the parts were bought in the shop.

Come on, you know these are the kind of puns you love. Fifteen minutes ago you were enjoying them.

The problem is, whenever anyone asks where the excess weight is on their bike, the answer is nearly always: everywhere.

Worth arguing that its not fit for purpose if its broken after 3 uses. Difficult to prove either way though, and they’ll probably just try to keep stringing you along.

Womens specific could go either way, there will be less about in the first place, but they are much harder to get rid of. Often see womens specific bikes discounted much more heavily than the equivalent mens models, same with outdoor clothing and the like.

As for shoes, all about fit, but I use Shimano R087, and they have been very good so far. The equivalent womens model seems to be the WR61.