Turboshaft

Hi, thanks for all the advice, just got back and dont feel to bad and according to Sportstracker I did 23km (?) in 2 hours 10 minutes which I dont think is too shoddy for my first attempt?
Just waiting for the Standard Chartered people to post the official times later in the week to see what my official time is.

Generaly kept a steady pace for the first 12km, then had a gel and tried to up my average speed a little for the final 9km. Hit a wall arouand 18km (never run more than 12km before) but managed to get past that by stopping and having a little stretch.

Once again, thanks for the advice.

If God is so great why cant he get rid of the infidels himself?

Oops, better add fatwa avoiding :-)

Up to half way on Season 5 and counting down the days to the final episods, not been hooked on a TV show like this since maybe The Sopranos….

Some Hong kong food eaten recently….

Used to have Corn snake, great pets, simple to feed, easy to clean (dry poo) and only require a glass box with heat mat.

Seeing the Happy Mondays about 5 years ago was an experience so bad that I wished I had been as out of my head the first, and only other, time I saw then…..then I experienced a moment of clarity, what if they were just crap all along?

Very common out here and guilty of it a lot, food is an important part of Asian culture so it not only tends to crop up in conversation a lot but also as a result ends up with the usually food pics on the social media sites.
In my limited defence though I stick to stuff that is a little different, do it rarely and never take pics of people taking pics.

Thanks Zimbo, made my commute a little funnier.

I am 5’9 and ride a medium with 50mm stem.
Great bike, nice a stiff but as mentioned above the harder you ride the more plush it becames, currently with a Fox RP23 but toying with putting a CCDB Air shock on (courtesy of a couple of Rugby7 Tickets). Had mine for nearly 3 months and its ridden 2-3 a week without any issues, I opted for the standard XT build (but 2×10) and with 160mm Floats up front, in hindsight should have gone Talas as I do a lot of climbing here, no a big problem though.
Oh, and as I write this over my breakfast I am also looking at this….

It is a great do it all bike although a tadge expensive.

in Russia mind….though we in the Uk also had this DH Lawrence book banned

I did enjoy it though it took me a while and a little self patience to stick with it, especially with the flashbacks and keeping track of all the characters.
Not usually a historical drama sort of person but it spurred me on to read Azincourt which, though not as cerebral, was a damm good read.

Datsun
Lenova

No one mentioned Leslie Ash yet?

Rudebouy – No, not a UKIP guy but judging by your reply you appear to be the kind of person who likes to ‘label’ others who don’t share your views, mmmmh, where have we seen that before?

I was referring to Francos treatment of the Jews (relevant to this thread) not his murderous dictatorship, guess I didn’t make it clear.

is it coincidence that the germany, italy , and spain –three fascist regimes were bolstered by the RC church ?

Did Franco commit any atrocities, or even Salazars Portugal, I though that Franco was even thanked for helping Jews escape Germany?

Me lifting a bike above my head…

and another bike and another mountain..

Had lunch with the lovely MrsC and then she cooked me a nice steak dinner this evening accompanied with a lovely bottle of red…couldnt help thinking of the night ride I could have been on:)

Have you purchased a bike on ebay recently (as above, hair dryer)?

Saw a few at my LBS this weekend, however they did not have any 30.9’s which is what i was after.

Posted this before but late last year I ordered some items on a Sunday morning and they turned up on a Wednesday evening, not bad since I live in Hong Kong.
Been ordering of CRC for about 5 years in and off but never had a problem with deliveries, typically 1 working week out here.

Those Russians, going over there with their Chas n Dave records, eating fish and chips, getting drunk in the afternoon, dancing to the Birdy song and not learning the lingo, who do they think they are ;)

Although I can understand those who appear to be in favour of NK having nuclear weapons as a means of defence but bear in mind (edit):

1. This strong defence keeps a rather nasty regime in place
2. This regime needs hard currency to survive (starving the population only gets you so much), how much can they generate through selling both this weapon and rocket technology?

And for all those saying that China will do something about this, they will not. The existence of NK is an irritant to South Korea (a major trading rival), Japan (an historical adversary) and America (an ideological enemy) without affecting their business with all 3 nations plus if South and North Korea did peacefully merge then chances are American bases would be even closer to their border.

And as for us having nuclear weapons I thought that was explained years ago, its because the French have :)

Chinese New year holiday means 3 weekday rides, heres one of the few pics from Mondays (honest, those stairs are steep!).

Good video, enjoyed that a lot.

Im torn between 3 and 5 but if my old night clubs are anything to go by I reckon I will end up going with 4.

I would start a Moom topic here every day just to keep watching that Buzz Aldrin video.

Rogue Trooper – Steven Speilberg
1066 – Michael Bay

Yes and raw a that.
Offered some at a street party in Tokyo, raw seasoned strips of it, very nice.

and to think my UK buddies used to laugh at our eating habits in Asia!

Berm_Bandit, was in Beijing last October and could not believe how bad the pollution was, it even got to the stage of being able to see it at night. But like you mentioned I am sure that our early industrilised cities where just as bad and I seem to remember old pathe news reels of London suffering from really bad smog in the 50’s?
Here in HK the pollution is bad but it hasnt got to Beijing standard yet, hopefully it never will.

Eating Kobe beef in Kobe
Seeing the current MrsC for the first time
Flying over the Pacific for the 1st (HKG to SAN) and seeing all the atolls and reefs

I personally preferred the ‘look’ of the Stallone film (and nothing else) but this is a far better film, you dont have to be a 2000ad fan to enjoy it and it moves along at a fair pace.
7/10

I think Shanghai is now the most populated city in the world with even more people than Tokyo.
The question would be of all of the 80 cities, how many have terrible pollution?

Times Square – A road junction
Argentine Military Musuem, Buenes Aires – Two wars, is that it
Dubai – Vegas without the gambling

Hooked on The Dirtwater Dynasty many many years ago.

Now I feel rather pathetic with just the one bike in the living room although with all those fine efforts I might be able to convince the missus than an extra one or two would be normal!

Oh, the apartment door is always locked and there is security in the building entrance and complex itself.

Can I have a quick test ride ride of this job as I am not sure if the pay packet is the right size?

I guess I qualify at the sprightly age of 41…
Wearing comfortable, not fashionable, cloths and not caring
The ability to have a 6th sense on peoples personality when you first meet them
Being able to afford most stuff but just not giving a toss to buy it
Having enough memories of good times to chortle to yourself when confronted with other people talking about similar situations