This still on Rich?

Roadie cap here (casquette?), most of the year round.

Cheap plug, frame for sale – see classifieds or make an offer.

Just noticed that although my picture is from about 1996, i'm wearing the same shorts today – skanky git. 😳

A long time ago, but WWWWWEEEEEEEEE!!

– bonus points if you can name the spot (clue, it's in North Hampshire)

yep curry – stinking crap. Been to a curry house to be social twice in the last 20 years, had an omelette both times.

peanut butter, honey, marmite, curry, chilli, yogurt, brown sauce.

Les Claypool all the way.

Oh, and Mulletus Maximus off here 🙂

I've been in your garage DrP! How many bikes? – ss, tandem, full suss… 🙂

Bring it down to Poole Tuesday or Wednesday evening and you're on.

Raleigh tomahawk (1977?), Raleigh grifter, Eddy Merckx racer, loads of bmx's, Alpinestars cromega DX (1991). After that lot it was bmx all the way until recently.

Due to hurting my arms too much on bikes i now have a shed full of rusty trowels.

This is a medium long set up for 5"10 short legged monkey armed bloke.

Got one, but not tried mounting it anywhere yet. Was thinking of strapping it to camelbak straps somehow.

My 'ideal' frame size is a bizarre 54cm seat tube and 58cm top tube, hence the medium long and long stem.

Exactly Andy, it's so unfair the conditions some of us have to ride in – DUST! SUN! SEASIDE!! GOOD COMPANY!! It wasn't like this in the old days, grumble grumble …

Dunno, 31" ish i think. Short legs, monkey arms. Where are you getting it from, get fitted if it's your first road bike, i was surprised how wrongly i had my old one set up when i got a proper fitting.

Really dusty and the sand is pretty deep in places this time of year – but yeah, lovely. 🙂

I'm 5'10" with short legs and long arms and ride a medium long Lynskey Cooper with a 120mm stem if that helps. I ride a 18" bmc mountain bike and used to have a 16" 456 just to confuse matters.

Will be meeting a few (lots i would imagine) this evening at 6 at the Studland ferry (Poole side), feel free to pootle along.

Sunny East Dorset. 1 1/2 hrs hours drive or train to London if you must, enough work, Purbecks, big riding scene, seaside, new forest for family camping, cream teas etc.

There's a reason loads of people come here as soon as the sun comes out :-).

I went from a 456 with 140mm pikes to a BMC aluminium race hardtail with 100mm rebas and dropped about 5lbs in weight. In hindsight, something in the middle would be better.
The 456 was a bit porky and the bmc is harsh to say the least. Probably looking to swap the frame for something more forgiving, even if it adds a pound. Don't miss the 40mm of travel, the dual and bash or the short stem. Unless you live somewhere really steep or are a nutter, more than 120mm and 27lb'ish is a bit overkill imo.

Charge?
orange R8 looks lovely in the flesh
second hand soul or dialled or cove frame and posh build?

Thought you meant the band, never mind.

Cheers guys, it's got the quartzy look to it so hopefully that's it. Presume it's safe then? Is it ok to take to a normal dump?

Hopefully watching the Giro d'Italia, more likely suffering Britains got (no)talent. 🙁

Main concern was whether just washing the bathroom stuff off and bunging my clothes in the washing machine with our other washing was sufficient/a crap idea. Also i hoovered the mess up before i read that i shouldn't have, should i lob the hoover?

I kind of presume i've been in contact with plenty of the stuff over the years as i started my brickie apprenticeship in 1986 and have done loads of refurbs, i was more worried about the kids.

I feel a right numpty, as i teach H&S and COSHH stuff at work, but it was too late to go back once it had started to come out.

Linda McCartneys!! We eat vegetarians down here! 👿

is that safe leadbasher?

I suppose all the spreads are in the boozer!

Thanks for that! Not worried about me, more the kids and all their washing type stuff thats in the bathroom.

1940s, but i think this may have been put in later than that

Gore for that price, dhb for cheaper

More local than us then Dr.

Yeah, 50+ in the summer, 20 odd at night in the winter. Ridebike shop rides.

For a quieter experience, me and/or DrP might be able to sort something in the Poole area.

6.20 Wednesday evening at the sandbanks ferry if you want a LOT of company (like 50+ lots!)

Size 44 by any chance? I'll go for a spin round the block on the bmx tomorrow with them on and report back.

Nephilim – Dawnrazor
Jets to Brazil – orange rhyming dictionary
Babes in toyland – to mother

Kyuss – sky valley
Rancid – and out come the wolves
Corrosion of Conformity – Blind
Promise Ring – Very emergency
Primus – sailing the seas of cheese and frizzle fry