did the have the internet when I started ????
I can remember Ton's peugeot hybrid (original 29er)

Having tried a few different suppliers I can categorically state that Endura are by far the best quality.
Only downside I can see is they have a minimum order of 15 items. That doesn't mean you have to order 15 jerseys, you can order any 15 items so for 4 of you, you could get a combination of shorts, long and short sleeve shirts, leggings jackets and gillets (my own personal favourite piece of kit)to make up your order , that way you'll look rather spiffing all year round.

adult size space hopper

worked for me 😉

Havana club rum – all varieties , the three year is great in the hipflask.

from Ingleton head south east along the road for just under 4 miles to Ingleton hall.SD 746 694
Head North East along bridleway over Long Scar to road SD 787 746
Head North along the B6479 until you see Ribblehead Viaduct SD 764 791
Follow track North West under viaduct and then bear left ( south west) SD 751 800 to follow bridleway along Scales moor to Twisleton Scar End SD 698 755
Sharp left and down for final drag up the road back into Ingleton.
approx. 20 miles. over 60% off road
you'll get to ride round Ingleborough and between Ingleborough and Whernside, you'll see the Ribblehead Viaduct, you pass near to Gaping Gill SD 750 726 over to your right on the first off road section is Pen Y Ghent – full on Dales experience, you'll be suping proper ale, wearing a proper cap, and talking reet proper and grand by end o'weekend

bridleway to summit of Ingleboro' – butties and cake in the shelter – turn round and come back way you came

little blue tricycle with carrier for action men/teddy bears/water pistol
small red bike with white tyres
raleigh chipper second hand – dad painted it purple and had my name on it
green and white cruiser
5 speed raleigh arena
10 speed peugeot in yellow
second hand cyclo cross bike – bought with first proper wage
dawes tourer (second hand for commuting to work)
muddy fox explorer
specialised stumpjumper (still got even if it was too bog for me)
raleigh dune dancer (not cool but a fantastic ride)
orange clockwork -black , bent it beyond repair in a race
orange clockwork -silver and blue- now white and used by eldest son as singlespeed
viking road bike – still got , but still looking for explanation as to why
scott racing (year before they called 'em scale)still got-youngest son rides it
sanderson life – love it ! thought the clockork would never be beaten but the sanderson is by far my favourite, after the green and white cruiser

who ?

why ?

spray GT85 in 'em every 3rd friday at 6:37pm

dogs !

been using 'em fora few years now.

much prefer them to SPD's, better float = kinder to knees, no clogging, looks etc.

OK they take a bit more servicing but we are not talking much more than re-packing with grease hardly a difficult task .

top tips – replace the plastic axle caps (?) for metal ones. Get some sole savers for your shoes.

try, Everything Picture by Ultrasound
It gets more perfect everytime I listen to it

MY comfy chair, grandson asleep on one knee, jack russel asleep on t'other, big dog asleep at feet, there is no where in the world better than here

try greasing the QR skewer in the back wheel.

sounds like BS but I can assure you it worked on a very creaky Turner.

galveston by straw
ghost in my house by the fall
lost in music by the fall
hurt by jonny cash
the way i walk by the cramps
i could go on ….
ziggy stardust by bauhaus is 'kin fantastic

cycling badges and pins – got some rather nice pins from the cold war era , far too many cycling proficiency badges (but if you've got one you don't want contact me please )
not sure how many or how much they are worth , but like a lot of collectors your collection is worth nowt 'cos you won't sell it.

if anyone is wanting to start collecting cycling badges drop me an email i've got some 'spares' that'll get you kick started

Hora – they get £26k a year …. and ?????

they provide a vital service that is one of the essential cogs in the machine we call society – lose the cog the machine faults and eventualy fails. Why is not worthy of £26k ? their boss earns £200k plus and all the trimmings that go with it – an obscene amount that is far above what any one individual needs to survive.

CHB – Do I agree with cutting their pay? No. Freezing it maybe? Or even restructuring it so that they don't lose out and get the balance in bonuses.
this is the race to the bottom just not quite as fast as pay cuts – totally unacceptable

what we need to see is a more balanced society where the gap between the low and high paid is drastically reduced (yes i do hold strong left wing views evenb to the point of believing that everyone should be paid the same despite their job – but I also live in the real world and see the problems this would cause.)
increasing or in the case of the Leeds refuse workers , maintaining a decent standard salary , for the lower paid and capping the extortionate amounts that execs and the like are paid will deliver a far more bal;anced society and you can still hold on to your capitalist ethos.

let me ask you all to consider this
is it fair that a massive multi national company – say HSBC for example – is allowed to make billions , not millions , but billions of pounds/dollars profit each year yet still employ staff on poverty wages ? there are workers at corporations such as these that have not had pay rises for 10 or more years.
workers generating billions of pounds worth of profit for the shareholders etc. yet their salaries are so low that they have to claim income support and other benefits – benefits that come form your taxes and N.I.
unfortunately we live in a world run by greedy fat men who see profit before people

stAn retreats behind the barricades awaiting a sh#t load of abuse from middle england.

an important point to remember in all this is that the refuse workers in Leeds are not striking to get anything more they are seeking to retain what they already have. They are prepared to get back round the table and negotiate but not with the conditions imposed on them by the council

UP THE WORKERS !

the Labour party as we have known it for the past few years can hardly be described as a socialist party.
that said , asmy grandad used to say – you can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear , and if ever this country was turned into a pigs ear it wa 1984/85 and the rest of the thatcher/tory years – ask anyone from a mining /steel/engineering/textile/printing background , to name but a few.

for more of this stuff look back in the morning star archives , i've got more than a few rants and speaches printed/quoted in there including a rather prophetic warning about the so called economic downturn and collapse of the banks.

i'll leave you with this one
“Socialism can only arrive by bicycle.”
Jose Antonio Viera Gallo

PEACE

there are ways round it

workers take legal industrial action.community mobilises when they are not working (saturday afternoon for starters – doesn't suit everyone but of you're not working at least you can get a ride in first.) march through city to town hall , listen to guest speakers etc. deliver petitons to council etc. speak to press etc. instruct MP's to get involved – thats why you vted 'em in (don't complain about what they do unless you are prepared to really bring them to task – Ed Balls still owes me a pint and not because we are mates !) hell we could even search and destroy a few EDL and BNP monkeys while we are at it.
if we are not getting any where we ramp up the protests – human shield round council offices , road blockades etc. Ok OK it may seem like i'm getting a bit carried away but I've actually seen these tactics employed to great success in south america

one day my friends , one day all this will be ours and all will be equal and live with the dignity they deserve

EL PUEBLO UNIDO JAMAS SERA VENCIDO !

vote for me !

thank f##k for that john i was just about to strip you of your skulls (Bad Brains MBC in joke)

what we need to sort issues like this out is the support from all sections of the community – bosses threaten to cut refuse workers pay etc. workers strike and communities mobilise bosses get the message

an injury to one is an injury to all !

lets raise the peoples army and take control of the state – now thats a revolutionary idea 😉

UP THE WORKERS !

'kin 'ell john drummer – i never had you down for a psuedo fascist neo liberal !
get contract workers in to do the work of the striking bin workers ! thats scab labour !
pay the unemployed to clear the bins ????? so that we can make the bin men unemployed ? great policy – lets accelerate the race to the bottom by financially undermining everyone.what do you do ? and how much do you get paid ? i could probably find a couple of dozen people more than capable and prepared to do your jobs for less money.

they're on strike because their bosses are proposing to cut their salaries by up to £6000 a year. which is obviously totally unacceptable.
would you accept your boss forcing a major deduction of wages on your salary ? would you f##k. no one goes on strike lightly these days – for one there are so many legal hurdles to be met prior to calling the strike for another people don't get paid on strike – these workers should be admired for standing strong and putting their money where their mouths are.
the tory leader of leeds council is on app.£200,000 a year – why don't we cost cut on his salary and benefits , no-one needs that amount of salary.
and as for it's only emptying bins – its not exctly hard is it. how much would it take to get you out of bed 5 sometimes 6 days a week to work outside shifting other peoples stinking garbage week in week out in all kinds of weather
it's easy to criticise when your sat at your laptop etc. have you taken the time to talk to these guys on the picket lines and get their side of the story ? no i didn't think so.
it's also easy to get fired up against workers such as binmen due to the nature of the consequences of them striking, in this instance rubbish piling up etc. well if you want it to stop and get things back to normal rather than picking on the workers and/or the unions, vent your anger towards the bosses they have come up with the proposals , they are the pay masters they are the people responsible for the bins not getting collected in leeds.

british designed hardtail – preferably made from british steel tubing
brookes saddle
decent set of forks
decent wheels
decent brakes
utilising as many uk companies as possible

alternatively – pashley guv'nor – reet proper blokes bike

upgrade the pedals tho'

the Ned Overend books quite good too – it won't tell you how to do particularly 'rad' stuff as it's written by XC legend , but it's still a good read and well worthy addition to anyones library

OI dolittle ! walk away – walk away

you hold mi specs , i'll put my tooth in my pocket

is my chin and part of my elbow still there ?

horney handed son of toil

love it .can i use it as my own ?

maybe its a game ????
see who can get highest and/or who's bag can hang the longest

how do you know they're bags of dog toffee ?

just for the record i own 2 dogs – i clearup and fetch it home. which is fun when you've been out with the dogs on a sunday evening and you get up too early monday morning and suddenly realise it is a bag of dog toffee in your coat pocket uuurrgh! what next? standing outside pubs smoking ?

poor attempt a sarcasm on my behalf in response to this thread

Mick – Bad Brains MBC still going strong for almost 17 years now http://www.badbrainsmbc.com

Johnners – cigars and pipes, not cigarettes , thats disgusting!

spent a lot of time with my old fella when i was young un hanging round at rugby clubs so heard plenty but my favourite was when reffering to a particular chilly day – ' colder than a witches tit'

and not a quote but a practice – daft old bugger used to shove a wad of Vics vapour jelly up each nostril before comencing any sporting activity – 'get half a yard o' vic up each nostril, that'll wake yer up and get you going' try it.

One of my favourite quotes I read in an article a while back –

"Tattoos: stupid people's way of telling you they're stupid without you having to speak to them"

Genius.

pious holier than thou posting on an internet forum: – person without tattoo's way of telling you how much of a boring judgemental f@rt they are.

you can't go wrong with the sanderson
i've had my 'life' for nearly two years now. it's by far the best bike i've ever had

sanderson = proper mans bike!
i love my 'life' . best ride ever, i've been riding mountain bikes for over 20 years (mainly steel hardtails) and it's defnately the best – you won't be disappointed.

Think there should be a Sanderson owners club

brooks

you could come out with us if you want on Tuesday and/or Thursday night

http://www.badbrainsmbc.com – check our own forum

reet good proper northern fun

thats my c#ck