Work on a good relationship with your Manager’s Manager.

+1 Good advice.

Sounds like your boss was shite. Any boss should want talented employees as the boss is judged on the output of their whole team, not just themselves. I love having talented self motivated people work for me, particularly people with initiative who don’t need to be told exactly what to do the whole time.

Great idea Kona tc

Big savings can be made in the chainset and wheels, pricey though. Most everything else is small incremental improvements.
Tyres and cassette is a good shout. Especially tyres.

Xfusion is not piggyback. I have one in 27.2

out of interest, What are you training for? if it’s not road events are you really gaining anything by wearing even the best road shoes?

Triathlon and a London to Paris event. Not that it is really relevant.

Says you, maybe?
for me “nipping to the Bank” is a 15mile (or more if I feel like it) rural road route, BTW

Yes, says me.
For my commute I use MTB shoes, on a road bike, because I want to be able to walk about at the end. So in part I agree with you.
At the weekend, when out training on my road bike, being able to walk about in comfort is irrelevant so I wear the shoes best suited for the cycling, i.e. road shoes. This isn’t that difficult to understand.

15 miles isn’t very far, BTW :roll:

General riding about and commuting is not the same thing as going out on a proper road ride just for the sake of riding.
Off the bike appearance and practicality isn’t high up on my list of concerns when I’m riding from my door for 4 or 5 hours with nought more than a short coffee stop, returning to my door.
Nipping down the shops or bank or whatever is entirely different and what I choose to wear to do it changes accordingly.

Cool as ****. Love it.

You won’t need to change the 36T ring. On another bike I had an LX chainset, went to double and bash and just lobbed a 36T Deore middle on it, no discernible difference between that and the SLX 36T ring.

I think the double and bash SLX is 36/22. It shifts fine, but is a big jump down. I just dump it down to the granny on a big or steep climb and twiddle away.

Genesis?

Equilibrium if you want steel and the cheaper Aether if you want aluminium, both fit the bill.

I have an aether as a winter bike and it is nice.

+1 for road bike

Surely adult swimming lessons are the answer here? Not a swimming club (they are mostly about competing), just lessons down the local leisure centre.

Or i could change my 12-25 for a 11-23 cassette as a 50×11 is bigger than a 53×12?

I think you’ve just answered your own question.

How about try it with what you’ve got and change if needed?

Chicken Shish kebab is health food.
As you say McHamish, it’s just grilled chicken and salad in a pitta bread.

Doner kebabs, not so much.

How about a Descente Superlite Gilet but a size smaller?

Gore Phantom Windstopper 2 (showerproof and with removable sleeves)

Seriously? What’s lightweight about that? I’m all for spuriously recommending your own gear, and it’s a great jacket (I have one), but it does not meet the requirement at all. Not even close.

Gore Countdown gilet, that’s an option.

On the road it would be fine. Off road I don’t fancy your chances.

There used to be a girlie on the Forum (her name escapes me), she was new to mtb’ing, went to a trail centre and was ridiculed by other riders because of her size.

What a bunch of callous ****. Poor show indeed.

stoopid double post.

Dunno, but I was on the BR forum and there was a chap looking for a large 2nd bike in the classifieds. In his signature he said something about a weight loss mission, and then the fact he’d lost about 25 stone since 2007! Fair effort

That’s the amazing shrinking Gaz. He frequents the commute forum over there. Inspirational guy.

Ah, Legend of Zelda on the Snes. Those were the days.

of my top 5 greatest computer games ever, 3 were on the SNES:

Streetfighter 2 (SNES)
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Legend of Zelda (SNES)
Halo (Xbox)
Rainbow Six Vegas (Xbox360)

From personal experience I believe the role of insulin is critical, and this is what iDave is meant to be about.

I agree. But why is it critical? I think a big part of it is that controlling insulin levels has an effect on saiety and stabilises energy levels, making it easier to stick with the diet more consistently. In weight loss consistency is the MOST important thing.

I did a quick search on google scholar.

There are loads of published peer reviewed studies about diet comparisons. Most of them have contradictory conclusions.
You can find a peer reviewed published study to prove pretty much anything, especially if you only read the synopsis, cut from that and draw parallels to situations not actually tested within the study implying that it somehow supports them.

I found a study that said: low carb, non-calorie restricted diets appear to be at least as effective as a low fat calorie restricted diets over 1 year.

Note, “at least as effective”, not “more effective”. The results were broadly the same, just a different route of getting there.

Of course back in the real world where actions aren’t as controlled as they are in a study, the most successful diet will be the one that works (not necessarily that works best), and is easiest to stick to. Not the one proven most effective by a tightly controlled clinical trial.

I strongly suspect that this is where the idave diet succeeds. It works well, and because it makes your food choices for you it is relatively easy to stick to. It is easier to avoid a “bad” food group altogether than it is to eat it in moderation, that is just human nature.

They reviewed 4x full sus bikes in Dirt a couple of months back. Basically they reckoned they were for people who are too cool for school.
Trail bikes are so good these days that unless you are racing 4x there is a better bike out there for what you want. And to be honest, if you are racing 4x there is probably a better (hardtail) bike out there for that too.
They did say they were quite fun though.

I’m not trying to argue with you Molgrips, just presenting a slightly different view.

I expect what happened in the study was that they all lost weight, but the carb group lost the least. Both the fat and protein group would have been in ketosis though, unlike on the idave.

You’re right cooked rice isn’t overly calorie dense by weight, neither is pasta, the point is that it is a food it is very easy to overeat by accident.

I’m having by far the easiest time I’ve ever had losing weight by NOT eating fewer calories.

Are you really though? Are you measuring portions and counting calories?

The reason I ask is because it is actually very difficult to keep your calorie intake as high when avoiding the types of foods that are cut out of the idave diet.

If you were to do a (truthful and comprehensive) food diary of your intake before you went on idave and whilst you’ve been on it I would bet cash money that on average your intake, in simple calorie numbers, has been less whilst on the diet than before.

I appreciate that this isn’t the aim of the diet, but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it wasn’t at least a factor in it’s success.
Cutting out the foods that have been cut from the idave diet forces you to make dramatically different food choices. It is more difficult to snack, you aren’t drinking calories (milky coffees, juices etc), availability of foods whilst out and about is reduced, you aren’t bulking up meals with rice or pasta. All this adds up to fewer overall calories consumed, whether you meant to or not.

This is not a criticism of you or the idave diet at all, by the way. I’m having some success with it myself and basically agree with all the principles.

Take a dog with you to chase them off. That should sort it…
;)

Sad sad news.

Dekadanse – grind your axe some place else please. This has nothing to do with Norman Baker, whatever your thoughts on him may be.

Love ’em. Look great, work great. No fuss, awesome brakes.

5’10 and ride a medium if thats any help. Would size down if it was a play bike but as my trail/xc bike medium fits the bill.
At 6’1 i’d say large should work, as said before try one for size if possible.

Same here.
If I was 6’+ I’d get a large.

My street, and the next one over, are having street parties with road closures, bunting and everything.
My next door neighbour is organising one, I feel a duty to go as she is a lovely old bird and she does my garden.

Having done some quick googling I think they technically are in breach of the law as there was an injury.

Regardless of that why not report the anit-social behaviour. Police probably won’t do anything first time, but repeated instances would move them to action.

Do you have reason to believe they were drunk, doped up, uninsured etc?

Perhaps they just came to an amicable arrangement that suited them and avoided creating a load of unnecessary work and expense for the police, insurance companies etc

@stuet01
No not the parent or related or know them in anyway.

So what do you care?
Do you have reason to believe they were drunk, doped up, uninsured etc?

Edited as was being a bit unecessarily narky.

You are the parent of the kid with the broken moped and want to claim for the damage from the other kid and I claim my 5 pounds.

Good work. Batter the hangover into submission with exercise and grease

50miles on the road bike in the sun followed by leftover pizza for lunch. Hangover? What hangover? :)

8 pints of lager for me last night. Sore head now, off out on the roadbike soon to burn it off. Trouble is I’m going with a mate who is fitter than me and didn’t get drunk last night. Bugger

You’re right, they’ve changed the design on the new Sergeants, don’t like it as much as the two year old ones I have.

Unfortunately I work from home most of the time on my own connection so there is no limit to the amount of time I can waste on here.

Are you accessing through a VPN though? If so they can and probably are logging your web use, though it’s unlikely to be looked at unless you piss someone off.