In what way worth the money? Just asking as I have no intention of getting a CCDB!

Mate ran a 150mm Fox 36 TALAS on his and he rode it VERY VERY well. It so happens I’m selling the exact same fork…..

The pro’s use glasses similar to these. I quite like drinking out them or a glencairn, but many prefer a tumbler and there ar some really nice ones out there. Oddly, I prefer congnac in a tumbler to a brandy type glass.

or

Scotch Whisky

36t blackspire unramped front with a Blackspire Ring God, 12-36 rear cassette, long cage xt mech, tight-ish chain and it barely drops. Thats off road on some very rocky trails paing little attention to what gear I’m in.

I can sell you a Gaggia Cubika for a little more than half your budget if you like? It makes great coffee and is in excellent condition. I just don’t drink enough coffee in the house to justify having it and its a waste just sitting there.

if you’re interested let me know.

I’d take the Hummer off your hands, but I doubt you’d be happy with the price I’d pay…..

I’ve covered about 100 miles between bike and foot this week so far, this is the most exercise I’ve managed in nearly 4 years.

ch-shing, ch-shing, ch-shing, ch-shing, ch-shing, ch-shing, ch-shing, ch-shing ad infinitum….

new one.

And can I just say that if I had a Booths nearby I’d probably never go anywhere else! THE finest supermarkets IMO.

Never had that experience with our local Co-Op, clean, tidy and always got what I need and I would say the pork and chook is better than asda/ tescos, especially knowing its not from a battery farm in Poland is good too. Didn’t think it was much more expensive either, especially for a whole bird. Asda/ Tesco can be a good bit cheaper for tinned shit but I don’t buy much of that anyway. Sainsburys has a good stock of more exotic stuff but the closest one is 60 miles away. Likewise the other big two are 17miles away, nothing can be such an emergency that I’d have to drive to them especially. Co op is 3 miles away.

Haven’t been to Asda or Tesco for a proper big food shop for over a month now. Walking to the Co-Op for most stuff and using the local shops as much as possible. I save more in fuel than it costs me in the slightly higher prices in those shops. Also, I don’t over shop so much and buy mountains of shit I don’t need as I have to carry it back.

I get fuel from Tesco’s though, just for the points and I drive past it to work anyway. Not given up on supermarkets, just using them less as its actually more convenient to shop locally for most things.

I have no idea how you do that, I didn’t think they existed……..

FFS.

In Jojo’s defence, you’re the one with previous for room clearing guffs! ;-)

I can’t believe you two are in the same house having this discusion on line……!

can’t believe I’ve contributed to this thread……….

Another Avon Ice Touring user here, had 2 sets over 5 years and never got stuck in my Fiesta, we can see a fair bit of snow here too (Moray).

I’m using some budget brand I’ve never heard of this year, I can report thay have also been surprisingly excellent, £57 each. Don’t know if they’ll last that long if I run them all year, will probably swap them over come the drier weather. I only fit them to the front wheels anyway.

I have a mountain bike.

You’re in your 30’s and ride a bike for fun, that immediately makes you younger in head and heart.

So no, fvck all wrong with it.

I use a road tube on one of my bikes. It looks good. very…….ribbed.

I kept snow tyres on all year round on the front of my Fiesta for about 4 years until last year when we had the worst snow for a decade. They’d been great when it did snow, never ever got stuck but it hadn’t snowed that often so I got ordinary tyres instead. Typical. However, having had the brand new tyres fitted in mid November, they were still grippy enough to get me home every night through untreated roads as they had loads of tread. That said, I will be putting snow treads on this year, they’re not that much more expensive and I hate getting stuck.

Marzocchi 888’s are nice.

*Better not say I like Bombers……*

The white reebok sock and tracksuit trouser leg in the last photo prove it was stolen!

2nd hand charge plug, there's a few on fleabay just now. Can't recommend this bike highly enough. Really simple and really comfy.

I loved my paper rounds, I did heaps of them when I was younger. Eventually graduated onto one that earned me £50 a week in tips etc. Had to give it up when I went to college for a Saturday job in Argos which only paid £35 for a shit 8 hour day, working for a right old boot.

Audi/ VAG car driver with Thule aero bars.

I could have sold you a whole scirocco for that………

sell you my cubika!?

Druidh: Oops! Look forward to reading it, more pics this time as I'm clearly no good at reading!

I'm not making a protest. Whats the point? Motorised transport is here to stay and thats it. It has its advantages and disadvantages just like non motorised transport and even if there was a path for walkers, cyclists and equestrians to use, since most humans have a greedy and lazy streak we'd probably all still have both for when we can't be arsed.

What I will say is that when I lived in London I only had a short commute on a road, the rest was on barely used cycle/ foot paths. It is a shame there is not something similar in rural areas that keeps you completely segregated from the cars. I'd even pay a tax for that. The cycle network up here directs you onto small backroads, sometimes they are dead, sometimes they are used by articulated lorries.

Druidh, I read your report and it made great reading. Road riding on quiet roads is a really pleasant experience, touring is even better as you don't have work at the end of it! Avoid the A95 when you come to Speyside, its almost as miserable.

As for riding a horse to work, brilliant idea. Pure genius! If I could, I bloody well would! However I'd never subject such lovely animals to the ignorance of modern road users.

Roads were not developed for cars in the 1st instance, but for horses and carts, if it had stayed that way we'd all be better off. But thats 'progress' eh? I don't know ANYONE who enjoys driving to work. But I'm not getting into a debate about that here as I'm sitting on the internet, using a computer, preparing to ride my carbon bike to a comfortable job I wouldn't have if it wasn't for all things modern.

good luck!

Good idea, but I car share so usually I get a lift home. I'll just set off sharpish today. My car sharer is not that keen a cyclist!

I have to use the car for some of the time, so I can sympathise with the drivers a bit, you expect to travel at 50- 60mph 90% of the time and slower road users can be a nuisance with it being single carriageway.

Funnily enough it seems to be less grief in the dark too, I guess its from being lit up like a Christmas tree.

I did a section of the alternative route a few times in the winter (to miss out the A96) and it adds about a mile or so.

I sometimes sit in the middle of the carriageway and get passed on corners with double white lines. I do try to be assertive when necessary, but it can be very risky. Its their speed that scares me, I don't stand a chance of surviving if I get hit at 60mph.

There is a slightly safer route than the main roads, I've mapped it but not found it yet, I was planning to time that today. But my previous experience of these roads is that they are driven mostly by 'locals' who boot it because they 'know the road'. Potentially safer, but potentially more lethal. At least I am very visible on the A road.

Normally I'm on the road at 4 -4.30am for my 6 start, thats a really pleasant start to the day as the roads are dead. But my 2- 10 involves riding out at noon and thats horrible.

There is a part offroad option, but then it'd take more than 2 hours to get to work. I work shifts so I'd need to leave at 3.30am to get in for 5.30am and have time to wash etc.

Yunki – is that an opinion as a driver or a 'mountain biker'?

It must be people who haven't got enough bloody log in and password details to remember as it is. I've 5 to remember at work and about a dozen at home. FFS. *shakes head*

rofl!

Your poor mate, married to that. How'd he break his neck? Suicide attempt?

2 guys at work have the Boardman hybrid. One guy rides it all the time and says its great. The other guy is a heavy smoker and it has probably been sitting in his shed since he got it.