Cheers. I thought this post might give some good suggestions of music to check out. Yours intrigued me ‘cos I knew nothing of them. Liked all but 1/2lb. I think if I had to listen to that whilst waiting to be rescued from a desert island I might go and tie a noose round a coconut tree :lol:
*Phew* back to the Lisa MItchell one, that’s better

chvck – I genuinely have heard of none of them. Must check them out. Got any links you can send me?

cinnamon_girl

Ten would be a better number

…and then you’ll want 20, and then 50 and before you know it you’ll have your own “Now That’s What I Call MUsic…” collection :D

OK perhaps I should do mine. bear in mind I’m picking 5 from my carefully thought out Desert Island Compact Disc (i.e. 15 or so tracks!):

Beach Boys – God Only Knows (easiest of the easy choices. Top of the list every time)
Aretha Franklin – Say A Little Prayer
U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name
Derek & The Dominoes – Layla
Bill Withers – Lean On Me

I may change my mind in a few moments

ahhh, I like this thread. It should be provided FOC and without prescription :-)

Oh and I’m off to Spain for 10 days next Thursday. Staying with family so lots of chilling by the pool, beers, olives, crisps and all that other nice food that gives me some oomph for a bit of riding whilst I’m there

I reckon the title of this post would make a good song ;-)

PS I tried this is a pub with some mates years ago. By the end of the night we all vowed to go off and make a CD’s worth of desert island tracks. I still listen to that CD today and there’s hardly any of it I’d change

If just the hub has play (noticable at the rim) then it’s just the 2 6903’s you need.

Anthony, where were you when I posted a thread on this last week?? I spent ages “bullying” my bearings out of my XC freehub only to find they were OK – apart from the one I cracked when trying to remove! Should have just done the hub body bearings then, eh? :cry:

I have removed the axle before – in fact from your very link uplink – but this time around it is requiring considerably more effort, hence the concern

Not sure about happiest memory, but one of the clearest is of my, at the time, best mate’s racer. I was only a young ‘un and it was my first go on such a bike. I wibbled and wobbled all the way down the cul-de-sac he lived in before landing in a heap on his neighbour’s garden. It was many years before I plucked up courage to ride a racer :(

Mmm, could be worthwhile. Cheers

THanks. I was doing as coatesy suggested, but clearly need to get the “big guns” out. Funnily enough the rubber mallet wasn’t getting the bearings out of the freehub, so had to resort to the “Big One”. I’m always worried about doing more harm than good tho’.

I’m off to Spain next weekend. The play is like a slightly loose cup/cone. If I damage the axle I may not get a replacement in time, so it’s a toss up whether to leave alone or have a go!! :?

Ever since I was into mountain bikes (even the first time round in the early 90s!) I have thought Kona were cool. Notice the past tense. The last couple of seasons has seen that God-awful bend in the top tube that makes them look like shopping bikes. I hired a Dawg Deluxe in the Austrian alps and have no complaints on the way it rode tho’

gotcha thanks. I just read the title about falling to their deaths

no different than doing pulls ups at ground level, just a faith in grip.

Yeah, whatever. If I manage a couple of pull ups (on a strong day!) I drop a few inches to the floor. I don’t have to climb back up on top of the pull up bar

sharki…thanks!
You know it’s amazing what you can stomach to watch when you know it’s not real, but actually seeing a real person die is not fun (I’m assuming they did NOT survive that). Give us a heads up next time, eh?

Sandwich

I can’t remember much hype about it, The Princess Bride not just your ho-hum run-of-the-mill fairy tale.

If you’ve not done so already you should definitely check out Stardust. In a similar vein to Princess Bride but better in so many ways, although not quite as slapstick

I think the way The Truman Show ended was perfect. I think the movie would have been cheapened and spoiled with the “afterwards”

two souls floating up to heaven. They spot a couple of eagles circling next to them and exclaim “Ah, eagles”, but the eagles were too polite to respond

Count – The Happening? Really?! Are you sure you’re on the right thread. Surely that should be on the “films that are a pile of poo thread”. Extraordinarily disappointed with that one. Mark Wahlberg’s acting was cringe-worthy and when the “fake reveal” popped up early in the film and then proved to be the actual reveal I sank through the cinema seat with disappointment.

is there a prize?

Stardust

An amazing gem of a film. With you there Boardin’ Bob

The Holiday – expected a run-of-the-mill seen-it-all-before rom com but was very pleasantly surprised
Kung Fu Hustle – excellent fun
Kekexili – not even sure if this is spelled correctly. An obscure film about poachers in Siberia but really enjoyed it
Bridge to Terabithia
Gran Turino – I know it did get lots of good press but it exceeded my expectations

Right behind you from t’other thread. here’s mine:

In Bruges – darkly darkly very comical
Oh and more recently Watchmen. Not normally my cup of tea but nothing else on at the cinema when I was working away. REALLY enjoyed it

I’ve used both but got on best with flats in the alps. I like the lack of float compared to SPDs and my Salomon approach shoes were like s*** on a blanket with the Kona Jack S***s I was using

Saw Elbow live a few years ago, headlining Leicester Summer Sundae festival and they were absolutely brilliant. On the flipside, when they supported Muse at the MEN some years before that they were very average. Interesting how indoor arenas and stadia can make some bands sound awful

What about films that have surprised you, because they were actually great?

yeah, yeah, it should be another thread but since I started this thread I will hijack it

In Bruges

I saw Slumdog Millionaire not that long ago and thought it was shite.

Funny, that was a rare example of a film that didn’t disappoint me, even after all the hype. Just goes to show…

The only reason I came onto this thread was to post JoB’s reply. Damn, beaten to it

If there hasn’t been already there should be an Orange advert for Atonement. You know the one with the film board? “Can we call it Ringtonement, and have some more guns and fighting?”

IHN, oh so right about Withnail and I

ROFLMAO at Dr J

I tried to find out what on earth ROFLMAO means and found this. I still don’t know what it means but I’ve just had a good giggle

What’s that film with Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Queen Amidala and I think Jude Law? Depressing and boring bunch of tosh

DrJ, with you on Lost In Translation. It does not deserve to be on this thread, but then I know more people who’d agree with PeterPoddy than me

mudshark, good call on Gladiator

Juan…FAIL…

The general consensus at the time was that Pearl Harbour was far from being highly rated :D

Oh and here’s another that was merely OK and not great, No Country For Old Men. I got a bit bored, switched off during Tommy Lee Jones’ little monologue near the end and then realised that was actually the end. Damn, perhaps I should have been paying attention

:lol: good idea Samuri

second that Stoner, although Scattered Black & Whites runs it close

The rest of the album is ace. Granted One Day Like This is the track that non-Elbow fans will love the most I guess, but if you have heard and liked other elbow stuff then you won’t be disappointed. Personally I think Leaders of the Free World is their best and most uplifting album for the “newbie”.