Yep. Had them like that for over 30 years. Came from riding continental road bikes in my youth.

Nice back wheel drift from Cancellara – did well to stay upright

Hugh Porter ?

Current odds from Blue Square :
Tony Martin 20/21
Fabian Cancellara 5/4
Bradley Wiggins 12/1
Bert Grabsch 20/1
Richie Porte 22/1
David Millar 25/1

paul smith looks cool

And he’s doing a track stand, which is the epitome of cool.

I’ll shout Hi to Dave Millar and Brad Wiggins from you all

And they probably won’t even stop to say hello. Bloody roadies.

Looks like a great trip, but I can’t help thinking it would have been easier without lugging two obese bikes around. A bit like off-piste skiing with a sousaphone – possible, yes; fun, maybe; practical, no.

rode a charity event on one of these…..very comfy

The Dursley Pedersen is a design classic, although it does tend to attract loonies eccentrics.

Can also be used off road

Or for racing

100lbs of lard and a goatee beard seems to be the recipe for success in Gravity Biking. Mind you, doing 90mph (they claim) on a converted BMX could be quite ‘interesting’.

Sorted

“At the moment nobody can go inside,” Dahl’s widow Felicity told the BBC.
“Can you imagine the millions that want to?”
Actually, no I can’t.

Almost all of the PCP is legally a footpath, there’s a million stiles to get over and some of it is very close to cliff edges with no fencing. In short not suitable for biking at all. Great for walking though.

BTW, as mentioned elsewhere, the Green, Blue and Black routes at Brechfa out of Byrgwm are closed for the rest of the year for forestry operations (Red route out of Abergorlech still open)

A complete fail on the grips. Did they just give up, or run out of gold ?

There’s loos in the car park at Llandovery, which is a good stopping point. You could also visit the West End cafe there, one of the best fry-up venues in Wales, very popular with bikers, coppers, truckers, farmers and other discerning clientele.

Yes Gisburn has signs saying no walking, bikes only

But only on the bike trails. Like all FC centres the mountain bike trails are just part of the access – the whole forest hasn’t been reserved exclusively for bikers.

All year round, Gisburn Forest offers different experiences for different people. Explore on foot, on horseback, by bike. Find popular trails and quiet glades.

Enjoy a walk alongside Stocks Reservoir or up into the forest or try our two funky forest bike trails, the choice is yours.

Because trail centres are specifically built for biking

They are ? I thought most of them were specifically built for growing trees and the trails were added later.
Is there a trail centre in the UK that is solely for biking, with all other users excluded ?

A Gentleman in the mountains … should be appropriately attired at all times

Apparently some of these new ‘sports’ climbers don’t even wear ties :o

England’s secret weapon (apologies for currant bun content)

Big gears are often run by people who think they are better than they really are

But not always :-)

Brecon beast. Going to be great.

Should be ‘interesting’ 8O
Mountain Forecast for Brecon Beacons
Saturday – Very windy with gales or severe gales on summits.
Sunday – Still very windy with severe gales likely, combined with thick cloud and often heavy rain.

I think it is over, but, it is possible

Senor Cobo ? Prawn curry for you sir, compliments of the Sky team :D

Guess it’s clear who’s the Sky leader now. But can he do it ? Have to be time bonuses from sprints and stage wins to make the final difference I think.

As the old saying goes, to err is human, but to really mess it up you need a computer.

Does look a bit windy in Scotland for Monday though

ctrl and nacho – see my previous post
Green, Blue, Black officially closed for 15 weeks, unofficially may still be rideable at weekends, at your own risk.
Red out of Abergorlech still open, you can link up to the Black from there.

Green/Blue/Black out of Byrgwm officially closed due to harvesting. Went out last night and did selected bits of the green, black and blue with no problems (apart from the rain). Mrs Rusty went out this morning and reported lots of activity round the start of the green/end of the black – chainsaws, trucks etc.
*Should* be rideable at the weekend, but caveat emptor.
The Red out of Abergorlech is still fully open.

I’ve been working from home for nigh on 15 years now.
Remember that it’s work and keep the lines between work and home rigid. Like John Drummer says, keep the same hours as your office bound colleagues; this also avoids the pitfall of working too much. Try and have the daily scrum stand-up first thing in the morning and clearly plan what you’re going to do for the day. Sort these tasks into chunks with micro goals to reach through the day.

You need a professional environment to work in – the dining room table won’t work for more than a few days, you need a dedicated office space that is yours. Make sure other people (partner, kids etc.) realize that you’re at work and not available for household duties or social chit-chat during work time. You can have your own kettle in your office for tea breaks to avoid the family kitchen, and even take a packed lunch to work to emphasise the fact that you’re not at home. Working from home can be very hard on your partner if they’re at home during the day; they can often feel that you’re being distant and ignoring them. You have to reassure them about this and ask for their support.

You might find that the thing you miss most is the social aspect; the face-to-face interaction with colleagues and the camaraderie it builds is important for maintaining morale and enthusiasm. Try and plan regular visits the main office to meet people and keep this going. Don’t be shy about phoning colleagues to get some input from them to remind you and them that you’re all still working together.

The lack of transition between home and work can also be difficult – one minute your dealing with work, the next with home, with no space in between. The idea of walking to work and back again isn’t as silly as it sounds, this gives you a bit of space to yourself and marks the difference between work and home.

Working from home can be very rewarding but also very lonely. At least you’re aware of the dangers of distraction and procrastination (like posting to STW when you should be working :lol: )

Got this via the local community association this morning :
“Just to inform you that the blue, green and black trials at bergwm will be closed from the 1st of September for 15 weeks. The Gorlech will be kept open for this period. The closures is due to harvesting operations on site and the trials can not be diverted. We will also be doing our maintenance on the trails to avoid any further closures in the near future. If the trails will be opening prior to this due to early completion I will inform you.” Marie George, Local Area Manager, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Llanymddyfri Forest District, Forestry Commission Wales: marie.george@forestry.gsi.gov.uk, 0300 068 0300. (The spelling mistakes are her’s not mine!)

Note that the FC’s definition of closed may differ from other people’s – they don’t work evenings and weekends – but the main fire road out of the Bergwm car park will be used by lots of heavy lorries during weekdays, so they want to keep people away for saftey.

Brit leader of the Vuelta.

Kenyan really, but who’s counting.
Didn’t see that one coming.

Tony Martin in with a time of 55.54 (50.77 kph according to my calculations). Damn that’s fast.
Cancellara in 2nd place a massive 1.27 behind.
Wiggins leaving the start hut at 15.20 our time.

Great ride by Wiggins yesterday – leading a major climb and dropping specialist climbers like Rodriguez.
Should slay them in the TT today.

Subaru Forester – great cars, go from sporty to the *very* sporty 2.5 turbo model.

Bernard Hinault?

Well if we’re going to go retro, then it would be Merckx.
Since he won just about everything that existed, from the hour record to the TdF.

That’s a recycled Max Boyce joke – Is there a B&Q in Bala ? Well, there’s a B, but no Q.

My German ain’t that good

At very top right of the page you’ll find a little British flag (to the left of a German one). Pressing that will cause quite a lot of the text (though not all) to be shown in English.
I’m eyeing up some wheels on there, so I’d like to hear reports from anyone who’s used them as well.

Who could resist this ?

Not a great Henson fan, but he does have some appalling luck. Thought he was looking pretty sharp as well. Shame.

Glad England were prevented from grinding out another soulless win.

Avoid people !
I travel to London once or twice a month – train, tube, office – and most bugs I pick up are a result of this. Nothing like being pressed against someone on the tube who’s coughing and spluttering and just knowing you’re going to get whatever they’ve got. Maybe I should make like a Japanese and start wearing a face mask ?
As jb79 says, frequent hand washing can do a lot to mitigate this. I carry antiseptic hand wipes when travelling.

I suspect that Wales will follow their usual game plan –
Start out well
Concede a few points
Go into a spiral of unforced errors whilst defending heroically
Come back in the last 20 minutes and play fantastically with speed, vision and committment
Lose narrowly (again)

But his personality is affecting his rugby – he plays like a prima donna. In the Baa Baas game he was backing off contact, then someone had the temerity to give him a hard tackle and he looked to the ref. He’s not a team player any more (if he ever was).
Plus he’s a ****.

Cocker spaniel. Soft, friendly dogs.
Not a Jack Russell – yappy little psychopaths.