It's innovative thinking like this that puts the NHS at the forefront of modern medicine, well done sir!

rat bike
tomahawk
grifter
Eddy Merckx racer
1983 Pro Star mx1 bmx
1985/6 DP freestyler bmx
1991 Alpinestars cro-mega DX
1996 KHE Beater bmx
Raleigh 531 road bike
1998ish Haro race bmx
1999ish DK race bmx
2000ish S&M Next Gen Holmes bmx
2004/5 Orange sub zero
Brew race bmx
2008? On one 456
2010 BMC elite hardtail
2010 Lynskey Cooper roadbike
2010 On one inbred

Not bad.

Welcome to my specialist area. Where to start? The attempts at learning i see in my job would either inspire you or scare you off completely.

If it's a garden wall or something, go for it, anything else get some serious advice and realise exactly what you are letting yourself in for.

Or let me teach you :-). We're not cheap but we are good!

p.s. lesson 1 is about an hour of rolling muck and then you're away and laying.

Hardtail mtb, bmx racebike, bling roadbike, old steel roadbike.

Thanks, i was just being a lazy ar*e last night and couldn't be bothered to look myself :oops:.

Go down the local playing fields for an hour to play about with them. Falling off on grass is a bit nicer than the road.

You can camp in my back garden for £50 :-).

The town itself is nothing special, but surrounding villages are nice. Traffics a nightmare all summer. Saunton golf courses are excellent but hard work in the wind. It's a long way from any 'decent' towns, so shopping (for the missus) and live music are limited. The link road to the M5 is longer than it looks. Parking in Woolacombe is a pain all summer. It's really nice in the winter. The Big sheep is pretty decent for kids. I like it down there but would struggle to live there.

Riding, not too sure – there are plenty of hills! My best mate lives in Knowle near Braunton, i could ask him.
There's a bike shop in Braunton that looks ok, could be worth asking about the riding scene in there.

Yes, just need 2 extra spacer/washer things. Only found out myself on Saturday 😳

slot dropout inbred, supposed to be for 100mm forks but 20mm can't make much difference.

Registry office, £60 odd. Vintage ebay suit from states £60. 'Wedding' dress under £100 (bridesmaids dress really). '56 Buick plus driver £200ish, ferry to Purbecks £3.90. Cake stand £5 second hand, fairy cakes courtesy of wifes friend. Stereo and ipod free. Venue overlooking harbour/beach (poshish fish restaurant plus tented extension) £1000ish including lunchtime posh bbq and evening hogroast for 30 people. Free booze all day for everyone – cheers dad rip. Hotel for the night £100. Flowers, not a lot. Photos by keen friends, free.

Everyone boozed up and happy.

I'm a maybe, but probably not. I think i'm in Andover at my mums, so local'ish, but don't know when or what i'll be doing. I'll let you know later in the week.

I'm 5'10, so i doubt it. I'll check the actual size tonight. It's in Dorset.

You can have this if you want, I need some shed room. 105 groupset, campag seatpost, cinelli bars, etc.

Get an 18", top tube length difference will be small, and a 20" will look like a gate. 🙂
I had a 16" at 5'10" with long arms, with 65mm stem and no layback post but the seat back in the rails a bit. Was a bit wheelie prone when climbing, hence the longer stem on my new slotty inbred.

You have to spec them pretty bling to get the weight much below 30lb though, so don't expect it to be a rocketship up hills unless you've got deep pockets (or suspect scales :D). Quick downhill with 140mm pikes on though.

I got rid of mine as most of my riding is in the Purbecks with plenty of climbing, and the trade off for 5 minutes fun downhill was the hour and a half climbing each ride to get up there in the first place.

spent most of the day at a 'family farm' and survived.

No, i've got short legs and monkey arms. Haven't ridden it yet, i've got an 80mm stem on standby in case. Had a 16" 456 before and it was the same length more or less as my 18" bmc.
When i was fitted for my last road bike, it seems i've got silly long arms as i pretty much need a 54cm seat tube frame but with a 58cm frames top tube. Must be lifting all those concrete blocks stretching my arms.

100mm stem, although it looks long in the photo.

Not that bling. 16" slot dropout inbred, 6? yr old crossmax xl's, juicy 3s, conti/bonty tubeless, thomson post, ea70 stem, Ritchey WCS carbon bars, bel air saddle, XT/SLX cranks and shifting, Reba race forks, eggbeaters.

Thanks to mulletus maximus for wealding the spanners and Clive at bikelab for frame prep and expert advice/p**s taking.

That's down to the wife, but she's been a bit busy having babies lately.

It's not a 456

Cant do white grips, need ergons as my wrist is knackered. Got a white stem but that might look nasty.

Feel free to slag the bike, but don't criticize the brickwork :evil:.

Attend a forum ride in a timetrial skinsuit. And miss the final because i'm running in London that day.

At least Ledley's fit……OH!

I have a table tennis trophy! 😳

Crossmax xl here, about 5 years old, no reliability issues yet (touch wood).

£260 fully comp on a t4 here through a-plan, about the same as for my avensis. 40 with full no claims.

15 years ago

Mine drives an impreza, not quite as cool but could be worse.

Carbon stays won't make a lot of difference to be honest, but they look nicer so that's a good enough reason for me. As for campag/shimano debate, has to be campag as the name is nicer 😛

Golf, bmx, running, used to surf loads and used to play sunday league football.

High end campag stuff is really nice, lower end not so great apparently. I've got Chorus 11 speed on mine and its lovely.
105 is good stuff, depends whether you WANT campag really as road stuff doesn't wear out like mountain bike kit anyway and isn't affected by the conditions so pretty much always works. The SRAM stuff seems good value too.

Cheers! 😛

Could well be up for riding tomorrow, missus and kids are away.

Thanks

How do i pull the ebay advert and is there any fee/consequence?

If this bicycle made for 2 is of the off road persuasion, then i feel i have to put my hand up for occasional back seat duties as i'm only down the road. 🙂

Some of the stuff they do at Blandford (UK bike park?) looks good fun.

The 50 odd days a year holiday and the view over the Purbecks.

Yossarian – do i work with you?