Saw someone commuting on a Hybrid in London the other day with full arm and leg armour. Now that is excessive. Rode like a twonk as well (didn't look behind when pulling out/changing lanes) which might explain why he thought he needed it.

Chest cam definitely seems to be the best view – helmet cams don't really give much impression of riding the bike.

The other problem is that the quality/frame rate/sensitivity is too poor on most of the cameras people are using. If the trail is a blocky pixelated mess you don't get any real idea of what the trail was like. Likewise the commuting videos – if these people are trying to record bad driving it would help if you could actually read any of the number plates (which you can't on any of the vid's I've seen).

I've remembered the other reason we switched to Gmail – by far the best spam filter ime.

What are the merino/polyester %ages on the core range?

Evans Mortimer Street is their new Flagship store – pretty sure it's largest. Certainly they've spent some proper money on it.

For something different, if Roadie, Condor.

er.,, the mini is smaller. The Mountain will fill a tyres quicker and easier.

Mountain Morph is a great piece of kit – wouldn't be without it now.

iBeams have capacity for a lot or layback – up to 40mm i think

I think i've used everything over the years. We previously used Yahoo Biz to host our email but the lack of IMAP finally did for it and we moved to Gmail. IMAP is great (when set up properly with your mail clients which is NOT the standard set up to get Gmail working properly – look around the web for tips). iPhone, webmail and a desktop client are now all in sync with drafts, sent and inbox the same everywhere.

Yahoo's last web interface was pretty good but I don't have any issues with Gmail either.

Large size is 600mm top tube = 23.6"

BB height very much depends where you're measuring from – Nicolai measure relative to the axles which are fixed points but not sure how you're measuring 13".

On the AC BB is +11mm and doesn't change when you adjust the rear travel (but should always be run with a 140-150mm fork).

You might also want to look at the CC where adjusting the rear travel *does* affect the angles and BB height. CC bb height is 14mm and measurements are based on a 130mm fork. Dropping the rear travel one notch (to about 115m) would lower the BB and slacken the head angle. Adjusting the fork to 140mm will slacken it another 0.5 degrees.

Nurse had a look and confirmed not a problem and should go away. Presribed me Anti-Biotics to take if it does become infected (harder, sorer and redder) – very nice to be treated like an adult over the medication.

Nothing was broken, I was mobile – likely would sort out by itself (as most things do) and it can take a week to get to see a GP anyway.

Will go up to the minor injuries clinic today and have it looked at….

thanks all.

It's not discoloured – the purple bruise is much lower down – and it's not particularly painful but I can't lie on that side at the moment.

I'm puzzled by the Mojo/Fox insructions to use different oil on the foam rings to that you pour into the legs. Given that there's also a recommendation to turn them upside down, and the bushings are slotted, surely as soon as the forks are used these two oils just mix together?

Pretty sure TF Tuned use the same oil for both.

Titec Flat Trackers are 700mm alu with 11 degree sweep. nice but heavy.

Old bombers….mmm. Katie is running Z2 Atom 80's (from 2002?) on one of her bikes. I've serviced them twice i think but they didn't really need it either time. Was talking to someone yesterday who had a set of Z1's they'd never serviced and were still going strong.

and you can only do it once…. really doesn't seem worth the effort.

We use the Pre-pay/PAYG service that they don't really publicise. £30 buys you 15 discs to use within 6 months with 2 discs at home at a time. If you use it early you get billed another £30, if you don't use 15 discs by the end of 6 montsh you lose them.

We've used stuff from http://www.lionpic.co.uk

Not cheap but very good. Bought some wire and some of the plastic stuff Metal wire with cylinder hooks was best.
http://www.lionpic.co.uk/catalog/Hooks,311.aspx

Thing is though, prices in the place I'm buying haven't really been affected, surely that should be borne in mind, no?

Prices in London seem to be higher than they were at the peak of the pre-crash market. I can't see anything to justify that and they look like a massive risk. If I was lending you my money I'd probably be looking for at least 30% coverage.

Not but they are rubbish shorts imo – material feels horrible and mine fell apart pretty quickly – the Endura liner is really uncomfortable too.

Diff'rent folks/Diff'rent strokes.

I've got 2 pairs as I wear them for commuting as well as off road. Comfortable, hard wearing and well made (no problems with stitching or anything else so far and the first pair must be a couple of years old). Useful pockets – secure front left with a zip. Rear pockets will take an OS map and not get in the way while you're riding. The only modification I've made is to remove the velcro on the 'handwarmer' pockets as it sticks to gloves and isn't necessary. Best baggies I've owned.

I wear them with lycra shorts rather than a 'liner'.

:-) Post of the week for me.

I looked at all of those and concluded that a new headunit was the better solution. Lots around with iPod control and bluetooth for the phone built in.

something here

Why not ring Hope – they're always helpful.

Weak pound means theres no savings to be had in my experience. Kuala Lumpar was more expensive than home.

I'm riding on SPDs and very happy with my Specialized shoes. BUT boney ankles (one broken and now overlarge), turned out feet, wide stays…

The Specialized Trail 110/120 would probably do the job but my current shoes have a fair bit of life in them.

"someone who's not too bothered with H&S"

that would be us then….

so it's "vented soffits' we need to ask for at the builder merchants.

not massive improvements but that's reflected in the cheap price. No reason not to as it does seem a snidge faster.

Karndean in our kitchen and one bathroom, Amtico in another. 5 years old in the kitchen and no signs of wear. We've laid with 'grout' strips and most people have mistaken it for stone.

Some of the designs are not great so choose carefully – I've seen Karndean wood effect somewhere that looked very obviously fake whereas our wood Amtico is really nice.

Prep is important but apart from that it's very easy to lay yourself if you're just doing simple tiles. Cut with a stanley knife and the glue cleans off with water. We used 5mm ply on top of floorboards but if you're on concrete you need it properly levelled.

Judging by the fork fitted I'd say a Helius AM rather than an AFR.

Acuvue Moist here but have started having trouble with them falling out lately. The Acuvue Tue-Eye were great but each step up gets more and more expensive.

This is running all over – they were in Richmond Park some weeks back. Good positive action.

I've had a few pairs of Oakley manufactured Fox polarized glasses. As some have said, lovely optic quality that cuts out glare really nicely. I've not had any problems with them scratching. Really good for skiing.

Whether they render screens unreadable depends on the screen – my iPhone and SatNav are both fine. My digital camera I can only see the screen in landscape – if i turn to use in portrait it appears blank.

You're not using them for riding – personally i'd definitely pay the extra.

The firmware/software for some MP3 players is abysmal. My old iRiver used to sort the files in the order that they had been added to the drive….

I'm a big fan of Apple kit but I've had a surprising amount of hassle setting up Airport Expresses.

You could look at Logitech Squeezebox kit – pick up an old model off eBay. They have a good buffer so no stuttering issues.

Back of Skiddaw is a great ride. The 'back' bit is a bit of a drag but the rest more than makes up for it. Very dry up there at the moment as well so the section from Skiddaw House should be in good condition.

If you don't mind a good carry then Gatesgarth and Nan Bield (start at Staveley) is something I want to get back and ride again (add Garburn into the same ride and you've a really big day out).

Crikey +1 :-)

I'll give you a peas of my mind if you don't stop it.

We've still got a few heavily reduced Helius CC's at the moment – same geometry as now but different cable routing and most are without the engraved N on the headtube but they're down to £1250 with DT shock.

I'm taller than you and slimmer (32 waist) so have the same problem with a lot of kit. I've got bib shorts from Endura and Gore that are fine on strap length – I just look for straps that are a bit more elastic.

I prefer my Defeet ones to the Roubaix material i had before. The wool ones are probably even better.

We've had a glimpse of another big problem with PR in the past couple of days – no one really knows what's happening. The horse-trading, behind closed doors meetings are opaque to the public and would be an endless feature of any PR set-up.

Surely this is just a failure of expectations. These are important decisions that should be allowed to take some time. The 'horse trading behind closed doors' is horseshit – it's not like the party manifestos are created in the open (er, i could be wrong there). If out of this comes a Lib/Con alliance that curbs the excesses of both parties manifestos – eg
– brings in the Libdem's starting rate of tax
– tempers the worst Tory extremism on Europe
– leads to a reassessment of Trident
isn't that a good thing? There's talk that there would be a joint, published document (effectively a joint manifesto). I don't really care that it was thrashed out in private rather than public.

Re PR surely the principle should be to empower the voter – no matter where you are your vote should make a difference. Constituency issues can be sorted (a larger constituency with >1 MP would mean you were more likely to get representation, if slightly less local, from someone closer to your beliefs) and a top up central list (again i can't quite see the issue – very few people are actually involved in the selection of their local MP and these top up MPs wouldn't be representing local issues.). It might be a good idea to have some MPs who were not, as in my case, worrying about "continuity of Ice Rink provision in Streatham" or the "constituency office wall" as in Thick of It.

If the price for this is a few BNP MPs who get ignored by everyone (and based on the Council seats they gained, probably won't even bother to turn up) then so be it.