You’ve nailed it (sorry) already, I used to get a load of punctures on the way in to work, upped the pressure to about 130psi and not had a puncture in 2 months

I would think that a lot of us on here, when hooked up to a HRM in the hospital have that annoying beeping noise :|

take a look at field engineer roles if you’ve got a half a brain and dont mind the odd bit of weekend work.

I did it for 2 years and hated it though but it did get me out and about (and ‘working’ about 28 hours a week!)

Now I’m back in an office full of people that are cheerful and fun to be about with a good social aspect and no working at weekends.

I ride to/from work and it’s ace, maybe you need to just look for a new office/job rather than a complete change if things have stagnated where you are.

Just use it as motivation to ride more?

My legs feel amazing after not doing ANYTHING all weekend, I actually enjoyed my commute this morning and could really stomp on the pedals and was struggling to keep the front end down pulling away from the lights.

Weekend off = hooligan commuting

Last time i weighed myself was a while ago – the battery died in the scales and never got round to replacing them :D

That must be cosy with the two of them and just one bike…

You recon that lee/cragg is bikeable from the centre of town leaving enough time for a decent ride before it gets dark?

Dont mind the trek back to south manc after dark under lights…

wow, my road tubes are more patch than tube these days and still hold 130PSI.

Admittedly i’ve not got as many punctures since i started running higher pressure s

Ha I do the same thing mate, coming in today in a pair of baggies and a base layer, I was still sweating despite only doing 14mph average (having a slow day as i’m knackered and want to ride at the weekend)

Even riding slowly though i’m in a high gear and lower cadence

i have a pair of these and drag my laptop home occasionally, used every day for usual work gubbins.

The laptop still works and has been used through the Manchester winter – doesn’t get much wetter than that

All it will do is encourage people to run up large 3g bills at the openzone wireless is so damn horrible.

If you’re on BT then you only get x number of minutes free a month on openzone and it will only provide internet access rather than an actual network. Unless you can get in to some sort of partnership agreement with them where you can refine the spec then its a horrible horrible idea :D

You might as well do it properly and get contractors in with someone who can design a wireless network that will integrate with your network and actually add value to the network. I’d suggest you get some contractors in with CCNP wireless guys that will understand how to actually do that sort of implementation rather than openzone engineers that will be confused as there’s no fruit machine to hide the AP behind…

Curious if i’ll be able to preserve my baseband :$

Check the website and check for recent press releases too, it gives you something to talk about with them about how the company is moving forward.

Key points of prep for me are how to make my skill relevant and transferable (even if they aren’t really!)

That and half a propanalol before you go in ;)

The jokes are getting rasher.

In all seriousness though, Taylors in Sale moor will sort you out, add their thin Cumberland sausages and you have the makings of an awesome breakfast.

Get there before 0900 to avoid the queues at the weekends :D

There’s a team of people that are responsible for the safety of the whole family, it’s not so much the Cameroons that I’m worried about here, it’s the efficiency and competency of our security services!

The spacer is a fairly easy job on most RS forks, i might have a spacer kicking about somewhere. Its 20mm but could be cut down, its only a bit of rubber

I think you should post the chat ups from the fake profile on here – he seems to be infinitely better at getting dates than most folk on here and some could do with a few tips!

Ahh the joys of the ESTA.

I assume that you’re going to visit a client site in the US but will still be paid through a UK company.

Everyone here in the office ticks the ‘I’m not looking to work in the US’ box and we all do a lot of travel to the US/our US offices.

If you say that you are then its a trip to the embassy to get your visa :D

and don’t just say “go SS” I would but we live in a hilly area and I like my knees in one piece.

go 1 x 10 :D

I’ll keep an eye out, always a load of bikes down at Jacksons boat at the weekends if the suns out, some of them seem wildly inappropriate :D

best time to work on the MTB (Scott Genius with RRs on) is about 35 mins, 23 mins is my best time on the road bike which is a cheap Evans special.

It’s about 6.3 miles.

After having seen a pan of water almost instantly and uniformly boil i’ve been lusting after an induction hob.

Surely there are show rooms where they can demonstrate such things though?

Decathlon do nice plain ones, i’m 6’2 and ~12 stone these days and they’re baggy on my errr streamlined frame…

10 year investment?

25% return on Greek bonds at the moment ;)

in our last rented house I dug a tree out as it was on its last legs and listing badly (hadn’t been planted deep enough to begin with)

Turns out it was a Rowan tree – the landladies name… you guessed it, Rowan :$

It was wonky when we moved in and after a bit of a storm was at about a 45 degree angle and hanging over next door – should probably have asked before digging it out though :D

I’m a bit of a Clint Mansell fan, highlights are Requiem for a Dream, Pi and Moon.

Oh and Mass effect 3 :D

Seriously?

Root canal is so much more painful that having a wisdom tooth out :D

If you’re taking it to the LBS rather than investigating yourself whos been doing the servicing? :D

being what?

My father in law died a month ago and I’ve just spent the week in the US for work, in hindsight it was a mistake to go away and leave my girlfriend.

She had family around and stuff but still wasn’t good, especially with 8 hours time difference. By your original post it sounds like you’re more concerned about looking after your mum. Indeed she might take longer to get over it as she’ll have to readjust to day to day life without him bit don’t neglect yourself and your grief. Even the closest families can have silly arguments in times of stress, be ready for them and let anything go that doesn’t compromise your principles. We learnt that the hard way.

Best of luck, it’s a grim time for everyone but you should have a few laughs along the way finding out things about your dad you never knew!

The Boardman, for VFM is pretty much unbeatable, especially at that price point.

have you considered second hand though, you’ll get a lot more bike for your money and if any oily bits go wrong then thats half the fun :D

Might have something going in Manchester if someone is looking for a Wintel/SQL role.

We’re looking for one or two people in New Jersey too but if the right person came along in Manchester and didn’t mind working out of hours a bit I’ll pass a CV along.

45-47 resting – the machine in A&E last week was going off the whole time, started fidgeting about to keep it above 50 to stop the machine going off.

The one in the private hospital was the same but i was too ill to move!

I heard about some very competent marathon runners all but crying by the end yesterday… The rain, wind and temperature conditions here yesterday were horrific.

6pm Monday?

Should give us plenty of time to sharpen the pitchforks :D

I came in all mudguarded up this morning, only a 6 mile dash home though South Manchesters finest precipitation.

I do it on some shonky Evans Pinacle something (the cheap one) as it gets abused pretty badly…. The front wheel is still a bit wonky after the interface with a VW polo and it’s only been cleaned once since i got it in Jan.

Rain – the sky above Manchester is looking ominous (for a change :/)

Oh no, looks like it’s here already, i’m sure it’ll rain for the rest of the weekend now!

At that price point, there’s only ever going to be one winner :D

Samurai!

I wont be held responsible for the next 3-4 of these that you buy, or the subsequent modifications/desire to learn how to weld

depends what sort of data it is!