Great innit. Makes lunchtimes worth going out for

Its an age thing, I’m feeling it too!! 40 this week, get up at 6.30am everyday, 2 mile dog walk, packed lunch making and breakfast for two kids, 7 mile commute to work, 20 minute sleep at wok lunchtime, commute home and another 20 min doze………but that does keep me awake til mid nightish, 8.30pm a bit early.

Maybe your 3 year old is too skinny? Or the perfect size in your eyes but not the retailers/manufacturers?

Maybe the skinny kids went shopping first as they could run to the shop to get the correct sizes and the chunkier kids stopped at the sweet shop on the way so only large sizes left and you were just too late getting there?

She’s a messy eater, nice though

Thanks z1ppy. Any idea how long deliveries take as I need it by thursday eve and if its coming from germany……..?

new cassette and new chain already and inner and outer ring seem fine, just middle ring is slipping. Christams has finally caught up so just wanting cheapest remedy for now!

photos needed.

Not of stairgate.

To go out and have a pootle around the local area when its not raining, 8.5.

To commute to work everyday, 6 (would be higher if work wasnt in the way).

When I actually get out there its normally a 9.82. Getting out the door is the hardest part.

Motivation to do some training for the Lakeland Loop on April 10th is about -2 therefore I’ve decided I’m not doing it, simple. Anyone want to buy a cut price registratin fee for the Lakeland Loop??

You still here???

Do you make this much fuss when you enter somewhere too?? If yes then you are an attention grabbing wh@re who suits this forum down to the ground.

You should still go though, quietly

BIRKENHEAD

Even sounds horrible.

Sold the car as a matter of principle a few months ago, I’ve got to commute, no choice. When you’ve got to do it its not too bad. Leave your van at work if possible then you’ve got to ride?

Headwind to work tends to mean tailwind on return leg (although its not unusual to have a headwind there and back!), thats the motivation for me

tried it a couple of times as part of a ‘I’m going to try everything’ stage, have to admit that it was a lovely feeling. Warm comfy feeling inside, no worries or problems, everybody should be on some kind of form of it and the world would be a better place type of feeling – a bit like e’s really but without the gotta get up and move/dance/ hug and tell everyone that you love them affects. No worries what-so-ever, euphoric

Never tried it after that and I wouldnt again, can see how easily it is to get addicted as its such a nice feeling. Even throwing up on it was nice! Everything else I tried I still do from time to time (not speed or acid though cos I like my sleep too much and there are nicer alternatives), some more than others. E’s were my drug of choice, had 1000’s over the years. Only thing thats changed is that it tends to be at home now instead of in clubs……thats growing old for you! No regrets whatsoever.

My trail of thought is that your brain is there to be ‘experimented’ with, it has the ability to be altered (ocassionally) and its impressive how it can do it. To me its a ‘waste’ if you dont see what else your brain can do.

Would I recommend anyone to try heroine? Definitely not. I know I havent got an addictive personality thats why I can relax and do these things to my brain.

4 dead friends from heroine, not friends that ‘experimented’ with heroine with me all those years ago(was 20, now 40)

FFS, I thought I was on mum.net

+1 for Stoke (very good student days there though early 90’s)

Barrow….I just dont understand the place!

£359 for the trail bundle from the likes of wiggle and crc is cheapest I’ve found

Its my 40th in a couple of weeks and i was ordered to chose a ‘special present’ today or else I wouldnt be getting anything, hadnt even thought about a Garmin but an email offer this morning got me thinking that I want one but no time to research.

Thanks for your help, Garmin 800 it is for my birthday!!

Best days of my life the ‘rave scene’, started on a friday night and finished monday morning, young free and single, clubs, all nighters, illegal raves, great fun! Lived on the Wirral so had Quadrant Park and then Creme in Liverpool, studied at Stoke so had Shellys and Entropy, life was perfect. Sasha and Alistair Whitehead were gods.

Quad reunions at Isis weren’t up to much 5 or 6 years ago although was good seeing K Klass again, shame it can never be repeated….got alot to do with the drug scene changing, pills werent essential but definitely made the night. Zanzibar in Liverpool used to have Hazydayz a ferw years ago run by old ravers…..they were the best reunions but sadly not running anymore. Oh well, on the bike it is then!!

Little fat ****t with little fat man syndrome….I take my hat off to the cyclist for not fighting fire with fire but if he had tried to run me off the road I would have seen it as attempting to scare/hurt/kill me and got revenge anyhow possible using more violence than the driver did, red rag I’m afraid (and would have probably regretted it later). Thank god for my quiet daily commute on mainly country lanes (which can still be ‘eventful’ at times)

Thanks. I like the look of the carraidice sqr bag but wasnt planning on spending that much (but I might have to!)

TheBrick……are you saying that much weight on any beam rack wont be good, stability etc? I’m only asking as I’ve found one that says 35kg max weight.

Tis true, everyone likes a bargain especially whwen its the rich realising! I suppose its like the feeling a boy-racer (car) would get when his battered old corsa which he/she has upgraded from bargain parts and fitted a twin turbo from the baragain bucket approaches a £100k car and knows he/she can beat it off the lights up to 60mph? OK, immature and not the best example but it must be very satisfying?

I was just answering “what do you like most about cycling?”.

Molgrips – no, I would positively encourage rich people to buy bikes that are way above their level as this leaves the cheaper ones on the shelves which will hopefully be reduced in price for folk like me to buy, simple!

overtaking riders who have obviously spent too much cash on their bikes without paying any attention to their fitness levels. It just makes me glow inside as I speed past them with a cheery ‘hello’! Its comparable to my 17year old daughter having her driving lessons in a 911 (or similar) when a 1.0L micra (or similar) would be more than enough.

noisey hope hubs

receiving bike related packages through the post

red 1994 GT Timberline, singlespeed, red grips too!! Perfect for my commute, I luv’it! (well I rode the Pacific Coast Highway on it last year so thought it will do for my commuter)

I hope you sent photo in to work to illustrate why you couldnt make it in today due to an unpassable obstruction

At the time i regretted getting my then girlfriend now wife pregnant at Uni in ’94………soon realised it was the best thing I’ve ever done. We’re both still under 40, daughters are now 18 and 16, good fun watching same aged mates running round the beer garden/campsite after their toddlers as me and the mrs sit down and have a good chat and laught with our daughters (who also go the bar for us!)

No real regrets, I guess I’m lucky (or very unsensitive and thick skinned!)
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I like to dab with loo roll to ensure no dribbling leaks afterwards hence a cubicle for me if its clean… I havent got a medical problem or any form of OCD, I’m not a trickler, I just want to make sure I’m as clean as can possibly, cant see the problem with that.

Dont want other folks p!ss splashing on my shoes or trousers either (bigger problem with troughs than individual urinals).

Sounds like she’s having an affair and trying to drive him out. She’s lost her job, her days are empty, she likes her lovers arms round her between 9 – 5. She does like riding.

No excuse for the swanky bin though, thats unforgivable. Lover may have bought it for her?

14.2mph average now, 20ish on road bike i reckon

7 miles each way in winter 5 days a week

anything up to 20 each way in better weather 5 days a week

365 days a year (if I worked weekends and holidays that is)

motivation for weekend rides can be hard to come by

Decided on alpkit as already have a few of their products and cant fault them, numo it is then, thanks.

Anyone?

happened on my road bike a few months ago (small holes on tyre where incorrectly set brake pad wore the tyre down, frayed), bit of strong masking tape on inside of tyre over affedted area, havent had any problems since and a few hundred miles travelled in that condition (well, those continental 4000s are expensive!). Maybe only works so effectively on road bike due to high pressure?

you’re not exercising hard enough if you can still do rampantness!

Road trip in America last year made me realise lycra definitely the way to go on road bike……..but I still wear my baggies to commute on road bike as I gotta get the train too (too far to swim across the mersey or ride around it!)and I get embarassed at the ladies gazing at my crotch

Endura shorts with good velcro fastening for me…..perfect for ipod on commute, money for train (normally a £5note but £coins dont rattle), train ticket and fob for shutter at work. It just makes it easier than unzipping jacket pockets (which isnt too difficult) or rooting in ruc-sac. Small saddle bag for weekend rides cross country, empty pockets

tend not to go without at work, too many nice women here. Weekends and evenings are free and easy.

The decision was taken out of my hands to be single so got to make own decisions for me now which in itself is an advantage. She tried to take kids with her but she didnt ask them first (14 and 17yrs old) and they wanted to stay put with me so having a much better relationship with my two daughters (who I do persuade to see their mum, i’m not bitter at all).

Dart board indoors. Room for pool table., More space for my clothes. No arguements. No explaining myself or asking for explanations. Riding when I want (although never a problem). Bikes now indoors understairs all warm and cosy. The dog’s allowed in front room now. I’m much more house proud now. Whole bed to self. No make up in batroom sink. Looking at all the nice ladies without ‘guilt’. Flirting. Dating. Better cook.

Was a dark place beginning of november last year…….got to laugh about that now as tables turned and loving life.

Reading all the above perhaps we weren’t ever meant to be?

If its yuor decision to become single make sure you are 110% sure about splitting up.
Happy days!

Montane jacket (the featherweight(?) h2o one) and montane velo trousers, £8 each, bargains. Buffs/snoods.

Tommy Hillfiger tailored suit – £120

Good for socks, gloves, underwear…….why pay ‘full price’ at other outlets no matter how flush you are? £5 £10 £15 £20 always better in your pocket than the shops.

Some of the homeware ok too.

People who dont shop in TKs for social reasons WILL NOT shop in Aldi either, fact.

used to disconnect the oven on frequent basis to clean behind, around and under it (freestanding, but not a good fit!), just the same as changing a light bulb, nearly!

£250……do you sound old on the phone p di f??