gravity is constant but force exerted is related to mass

Probably out of my depth, but didn’t Galileo demonstrate that acceleration due to gravity is independent of mass? A heavy ball and a light ball rolled down an inclined plane will both reach the bottom at the same time?

Only one way to settle this

A bike race?

Electric mountain[/url] is worth a visit

LHM

I’ve got a pair of Screes and love them. Light, comfortable and waterproof. The sole’s fairly narrow and stiff, so they’re not perfect for long spells of walking but an excellent compromise IMO – feel just like racing shoes on the bike but enough grip and support for walking on rough or muddy ground. The central channel with the cleat in can get a bit clogged up if it’s muddy but they still clip in easily.
Like all Mavic stuff they come up small, so get the next size up (or try before you buy).
Definitely recommended by me.

Thanks guys. Good for Cav. Damn, Stannard’s a big lad isn’t he? You wouldn’t want to knock his pint over in a pub.

Where did you get the result from Rob? Still nothing on Cyclingnews yet. Glupton, that reminds me of an old episode of The Likely Lads where they spend all day trying not to hear the result of a footsie match (only to find it was called off)

Don’t think he’s quite finished; still got Tour of Poland, Tour of Britain, Pro Challenge, World RR and World TT this year. Could have a chance in the TT, or just take the term ‘super-domestique’ to a new level.

The Gorlech trailhead map claims to have 1070m of climbing which is laughable

1880 feet/573 metres according to my gpx of the route.

I’ll be riding a steel Raleigh 12 speed racer … approximately 25 years old … that I’ve not seen yet

Some alarm bells ringing there.

your going know were fast without descent gears

Creative writing at it’s best! Every word correctly spelt, just the wrong words.

Lots of locos in that train!

We ride on the left as a courtesy to other road users

Well put.

My top tips
Froome to finally look up from his power meter and find to his surprise that he’s arrived in Paris
Geraint Thomas to fall off at least once
Andy Schleck to abandon
Tommy V to win brown jersey for leading gurner
Contador to be the butt of numerous steak related jokes

watch out for the 80 year old on some old beaten up 531 bike

Yes. Best thing for a newbie is to find the oldest rider on the most decrepit bike and tell them, at length, just how good you are. Then you’ll have the fun of discovering they’re a former national TT champion, as they ride you into a state where death would be a welcome release.

If you’re riding road just to get fitter/faster and you’re doing it on your own against the clock then it’s going to be dull and unsatisfying, unless you’re an anti-social masochist (also known as ‘time trialist’).
Join a club; you’ll get your motivation from comparing yourself with others and, despite what MTBers think, roadies are a friendly bunch who enjoy a good crack (they just haven’t worked out why those weirdos on overgrown BMX bikes keep waving at them).
Doesn’t have to be an out-and-out racing club, you’d be surprised at just how fit and fast the people are on a standard Sunday club run or CTC ride.

Step daughter worked briefly in a call centre, cold calling people to see if they wanted to buy gold as an ‘investment opportunity’.
Her first assignment consisted of ringing people in the South Wales valleys area. On a Saturday afternoon. During a Wales v England match.
Apparently some of the responses were less than polite 😀

Clear rules on where you can and cannot take dogs …
The ability to fine people who do not obey the rules

A fine? If you’re going to police the trails, do it properly

Harks back to the early days of the internet when everything was plain text (topic titles on STW still are)

_underline_ and *bold*

You’re single, aren’t you?

No, married to a climbing and caving enthusiast who dresses like a model from the Ellis Brigham catalogue. I’m normal compared to her!

I think I’d better get Mrs Rusty’s climbing harness and hardware and belay myself to the desk. Don’t want to take any chances with protection 😀

If anything, it confirms that successful long-distance testers are nuts, more or less by definition. If you’re going for long distance TTs I can see it makes sense to ride the same (or identical) bike as much as possible so it becomes 2nd nature.
There’s a real old school feel to it (and him), harking back the days when people would ride to a TT with their race wheels on wheel-carriers, swap wheels and race, then swap them back and join up with the club run afterwards.
But I’m still not convinced by the granny ring!

PS – I think I’m starting to want one, it’s nicher than niche; must go for a lie down till the feeling passes.

What the hell does the chain do when it’s on the granny ring, given that the front mech stops about 2″ above it?

Are you sure this isn’t a wind up?

Just fiddling with the size is showing lack of vision, manufacturers need to try some new shapes

I like the ship exchange

Damn. My eyes have gone all moist for some reason. 😥

leave early on the sunday to avoid traffic

I remember Loudon Wainright saying that he missed seeing Hendrix play at Woodstock because he left early to avoid the traffic.

Heading up the trail out of Rosebush on to the Preseli hills, man emerges from shed in front of me carrying 12 foot ladder. “Look out!” I shout, man turns round to see what’s happening. Laurel and Hardy couldn’t have done it better. (No harm done and we had a good chat as a result)

I thought it was OK-ish, not as good as Iron Man 3 which we saw the week before, and the ending dragged on a bit.

There seems to be some secret competition between casting directors as to who can get Simon Pegg into the most unsuitable role. Mission Impossible, Star Trek, what’s next? Simon Pegg playing Darth Vader?

He’s a bike rider, he’s there to win the race not a personality contest

Bike racing needs to move into the 21st century – after every stage there should be a chance for the viewers at home to vote, then the winner decided by Simon Cowell, Will I Am and Alan Sugar.

Are Specialized trying to become the first manufacturer to construct a bike entirely from acronyms?

Just spoken to the area manager about this. There’s a vintage motorbike rally going up the main fireroad on Saturday morning, which is why the signs are up. It’s mainly to stop horse riders and 4x4s using the roads. They’ll only be there for an hour or so.

She confirmed that all the bike trails are fully open for the whole weekend and Monday.

@roverpig
The rider I used to be

The rider I’d like to be

The rider I am

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned the late great Les Kellett

Proper hard man by all accounts. There’s a story that he had an infected hand that was so swollen the ref wouldn’t let him fight. So he got his opponent to stamp on it to squeeze the pus out.

We used to have a lesbian mechanic who rode with an outfit called Dykes on Bikes (and was a damn fine road racer).
Provided excellent entertainment when blokes would come in and say stuff like “It’s a mechanical thing love, I’ll need to speak to one of the fitters”.

Im going to need a bigger trailer though

Yep. Trailer smaller than the vehicle itself is a macho fail 😀

Ah, those were the days. Tubby men in swimming trunks pretending to knock seven bells out of each other while little old ladies shouted “Tear his head off! Kill him!”

And who can forget Kendo Nagasaki, the mysterious masked Samurai warrior from Stoke-on-Trent.

Try Llyn Gwynant[/url]. Lovely spot at the foot of Snowdon and run by very nice people. My daughter got married there on a hot sunny summers day (weather not guaranteed!)

Wiggins 2 minutes off the back. Looks like it could be over for him.

I see so many people with insanely good coffee in their cups yet their biscuits are crap. We need to educate the masses on this one.

In the mountain time trial Uran is likely to lose 2-3 minutes on wiggo.

Yes, Uran has just shown how useless he is at climbing 🙂 Still two weeks to go though, anything can happen, and probably will.