Contact stu at ridethelakes.co.uk
He’ll sort you out.

SB

As of January 2009, the line-up for the event has not been officially released. On 1 December 2008, Emily Eavis announced that the festival was close to finalising the headline acts. Rumours exist regarding the headliners, including speculation of appearances by Neil Young, Blur and Bruce Springsteen.

That clinches it eh?

Seatpost :)

What don’t you like about the original?

The Tennessee Three at the Lawrence D’Arabie in Chalus just befive Christmas.
I played geetah!!! We had a great night.
Wreckless Eric[/url] was there! 8)

stoner, that’s amazing. I did not know that!

Here’s another….
simonfbarnes can rest both feet on his arse.
Proof in this thread

Like the Badger says, numbers are less important and very person specific.
What counts is stroke/volume, the amount of blood your heart pumps each beat.

For measuring max heart rate I use the following. Bear in mind that max attainable heart rate can change slightly from day to day. If you’re tired it’ll be lower. You can’t get it up there….

Note – Road bike is best for this as the gear ratios are closer.
On a turbo, with a Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) following a thorough warm up, shift to a harder gear and pedal for three minutes. Note that your heart rate goes up, then stabilises at the new work rate. Now go up another gear, another three minutes work, then another and so on…………

There will come a point where you’re working harder than you can maintain. Instead of your heart rate going up and then stabilising at the new workload it will continue to rise. This is your aerobic threshold. Worth noting what it is.

So now you’re working really hard, your legs are filling up with lactic acid, your starting to lose form and it hurts. Now you push on until just before you throw up. Your at your max. Hopefully your HRM will have recorded it.

Thorough warm down required.

SB

Rich, from a point above ^ regarding subsequent replacements further down the line…..

As I understand it, each replacement brings further removal of natural material. They have to cut back further into the bone to make a secure fix for the replacement.

Someone I know had one done @ 40. In no time at all he was back on his bike and pasting us same as ever.

tyger,
That looks a bargain for £80.
The sticking point being, i’m in central France.

SB

a Vintage Dobro with a pickup for sale for £80!!! 8O

Got any pictures of that?

You could try flushing it with some diesel/oil/wd40/etc
But if it’s got as far as being gritty chances are it’ll never be great.
Depending on which headset it is, you may be able to buy just one bearing.

Won’t a lot of it still be covered in snow in early Feb?

pk ripper, you could always roll the bairn up in a karrimat and bungee it to a bob trailer.

….
Is that some kind of ‘double-talk’? :D

Hey oldfart, i’m same age as you!!!

any more travel would look pretty stoopid on a cyclepath!!

Who cares how stoopid you look?

Fingers crossed for you.
SB

It’s only Monday, you could be there easy by Friday, for his 70th, to help him drink it.

Couldn’t you?

Not a snack, but after a bike ride I like strong tea with whisky in it.

ha ha ha….

but you’ll have the last word won’t you ton……

"Yes Dear!"……

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Bowmore – one of the most underrated single malts.

Yeah, a motorbike thread. Well done Zed.
Some fantastic bikes guys. :thumbsup:

Here’s my old girl…

No never.
Though i do sometimes have a tune going around in my head.

SB

I have an old motorbike that I like to ride…

I play geetah a bit…

and boozing! I love strong lagers! :lol:

Been racing SIDS for a long time. Personally I never found them too flexy. They are a lightweight XC fork, and when teamed up with a Spesh Stumpjumper HT are a winning combination. They’d be my first choice for XC.

I’ve never had any issues with RockShox. I still run a pair of 2005 world cups (white ones with the carbon crown) on my training bike. They’ve been re-bushed once, and are still going strong.

high maintanance leaky and flexy

I’ve found them…
No more maintenance than any other fork.
Never had a leak.

SB

coffeeking – Cadence meter not required. If you pedal 1.5 pedal turns every second that’s 90rpm. Ideal.

HRM not required. Using a watch or clock with a second hand get warmed up and focused at 90 rpm. Shift to a harder gear. Stick with it for three minutes. You must maintain 90rpm. After three minutes go another gear harder, for another three minutes. Maintain 90rpm. You’ll get to a gear when you can’t keep up the work rate. Run that gear for as long as you can maintain 90rpm then go back to an easy one and work your way up again. Measure your progress by way of which gears you can turn.

IF – you can spin 90rpm on your turbo in top gear and maintain it. STOP, get off, strip to the waist and whip yourself with a wire coat hanger. Your turbo isn’t working right.

HTH
SB

Some dog owners take some believing don’t they?

She’s gorgeous.
Well posted sandwich. Nice one.

SB :-)

Bon Courage takisawa2
Bon Chance Fatty

Dogs are great, except the bit where you have to say goodbye. :cry:

So some of you that ‘learned to dive’ in exotic/warmwater/good viz places….would you now call yourself a diver? Do you condider yourself ‘waterproof’?

SB

The New Ruts

Look for the easy stuff like split hoses etc first]

I’d eliminate the mayo in the oil/water first, save checking hoses [:)]

Good Point :)

If you can get the cap off the radiator…………….

Check to see if there’s any oil contamination in the water. If there is = head gasket.

Then with the engine running, operate the throttle. If you can see air bubbling up. The head gasket is foobared and venting into the cooling system.

If it’s an old car with loads of miles, and you don’t normally cane it, it’s more likely to be something simple. As others have said. Look for the easy stuff like split hoses etc first.

Good luck.

Not only about the bike, but also about the rider.
Some riders have a smooth pedaling style, other are more aggresive, or else!!!

SB ;)

French club run….note lack of cars…

IHN – depends on your goal. Do you just wanna survive it, or do you want to fly it?

Strato, I have a w123 saloon, as my classic toy. ‘Tis lovely!

Nice, got any pictures?

5ft 10in, 32in waist, fluctuating between 11st 3lbs (summer racing), and 11st 7lbs (post Chrimbo).
I should be OK here ;)

What’s in a name. Can be anythin’ you want can’t it?
Who’s to say whether it’s real or not?

Honor Blackman was good….

3rded the new SIDS.

We’ve got an old Mercedes Diesel estate. We retired the ‘old old girl’ (w123 series) with 280k on the clock after 12 years of faultless service.
The ‘new old girl’ has been with us for around 6 years. She’s already bust 250k and is still going strong.

Old mercs are great. Nobody’s gonna nick ’em. They ain’t cool. They ain’t even fast. But for getting about cheaply, safely, with tons of room, and nice to drive, they’re perfect.

Money no object? I’d choose an old Merc diesel estate and spend the rest of the money on bikes (and booze).

SB :)

Todays ride done. 80kms in blazing sunshine @ 4degrees!!!
Thanks to all the Rochechouart Olmypic Club Cyclo for the training and the French lesson. ;)

“Way to go” radoggair…….a 40 mile commute? That’s proper stuff that. 8)

Got a roadie ride tomorrow with the local club – around 80kms. Then a VTT rando on Sunday in the Massif Central. Starts at 09:00, and the temperature is not expected to be above freezing all day!!! Bright and sunny though.

SB :)