My Wifes 40 and she`s thinking of having a tattoo also , something discreet , butterfly maybe , on her shoulder or between her shoulders , i told her to get one on the bottom of her back , but she calls them Tramp Stamps when their there !
i say go for it ..
trying to persuade her to get her nipple pierced at the same time :D

I guessing it may be ok early in the morning 7.30 ish , but on the way back at night ,i may just jump on the road and take my chances !
looking at investing in a cx bike just for this purpose :D
any excuse for a new bike

Got one of these :D
Oris …

Titus Motolite
On One 853 SS
Giant scr 1 road bike

Lovely to ride , 853 SS..

Hated this .. couldnt get on with the colour and frankly didnt like the way it rode either :cry:

My lads pink one !

Used them in feb this year to buy my frame and they were brill , delivered from the states in 4 days by fedex

grizzer : you WILL be charged import duty (4.5 %)and vat ( 17.5%) and handling charge ,you will get the bill from fedex in a few weeks .. dont think you`ll get away with it … fedex are coming !

If it helps ? , the agency is best connection and im in the power press industry , bashing bits of metal …

Thanks for all the advise and comments

Lake garda`s stunning aswell
daughter works at lake garda all year … im not jealous at all :wink:

Steady on chaps 8O

Yes 8O

and

Yes 8O

Nice :lol:

DT78 – Member
Look on jenson's website for cheap import frames. I nearly bought one last year. About the same price new from there as alot of the second hand prices I've seen

Bought my Motolite from jensons , in feb this year.
you need to factor in the price ,plus import duty of 4.5% + vat at 17.5 % and a handling charge from fedex of about a tenner.

Lost job 5 weeks ago today …
gettin bored now :cry:

SOOBalias – Member
sounds like you had to be made redundant as your position was overpaid

I was made redundant , because the are out sourcing the work to fooking china , me and another 60 + lads
overpaid position .. yeah right !! … more like taking advantage of peoples skills for not alot of money

xiphon – Member
I took a 10K pay drop earlier this year, as I had no other realistic option.

Then again, I moved from a well paid IT job in central London, to one near Blackburn….

Yes , but was you only on 25k to start with ??

Shackleton – Member
Have you tried bargaining?

yeah , they didnt want to know

and steve g , i do have kids … mostly grown up now though

Between job seekers and child tax credits , we get almost £200 a week and that job dont pay much more !!
and we lose some benefits as well

as for the Job , its the setting of BIG power presses up to 800 tons and i have the responsibilty of setting and signing the safety guards off for the presses to run , if i get it wrong , people can die and im not sure its worth the risk for 14k a year ..
cheers for all the replys

I only use towbar mounted racks, especially after following a mpv on the m5 last week on the way down to cornwall, he was fully loaded with 4 bikes on the back with a strappy rack.

kept flashing my ligts at him to pull over as the bottom 2 straps had came off and 1 of the side straps …. managed to get by the side of him and pointed at the rack , but from what i could see , he just carried on down the m5 …

rode dartmoor for the first time last week , while on holiday in cornwall and thought it was excellent.
will be camping a bit nearer next time to get more riding in

Big thankyou to crispy bacon for the route ….. cheers les

I like the new drop outs

ltheisinger – Member
when are you planning to ride dartmoor? I might be able to help?

Not sure all depends on what other things the wifey and kids want to do while were away,all i know is it will be between sat 24th and sat 31st ..
I`ll let them decide on what they want to do first and then i can plan my rides around that !
sorry i cant be more specific
but thanks anyway

crispy bacon – Member
That Princetown loop is pretty tame just right for a SS with 1.3 CX tyres on

Thanks Crispy !!

allthepies – Member
Is it just me or does Dartmoor look a bit "tame" compared with say Exmoor ?

No idea …. havent been to either :cry:

Del – Member
ummm, wouldn't be my choice. any route out of princetown is either going to involve road or lot's of rocks, or lots of very long, lumpy grass. if you're thinking of doing a loop down to burrator then it's rocks.

Cheers for that , never ridden dartmoor before , so have no idea what to expect ….. just watchin a few vids at the moment on youtube , to get a idea !

glenh – Member
Physics says wider tyres roll better. Why would you want narrow ones?

Dont care what physics say .. i hate pushing big tyres .. full stop :D

harrington – Member
Panaracer do Fire XC Pro's in 1.8

Already have a set of these and think their crap !

Yep , superstar SS Cogs are fine .. happy to recommended them

Just buy a wide base SS Sprocket from superstar … think there £7 .. well worth it

MountainMonkey – Member
stumpy – well not really as I'd already bought this one. (Just hadn't put it all together yet) The Titus would have just been a play bike that I really can't afford… I got a bit carried away with the idea as it looked so lovely, sorry. Still, better that it goes to someone who will get out on it lots and won't get into debt buying it, I'm sure you agree!

not a problem MM ……. Nice bike by the way :D

Could of bought my Titus for £500 less ! :wink:

mikertroid – Member
Not brill but some half-decent riding in the Coombe Valley just north of Bude

just looked at that , we are staying 2 miniutes away from coombe valley

Cheers

Can i ride the cliff top / coastal paths ?? is it legal or are they footpaths only ?

Arent the top tubes a similar length to the on one range ?
16" has a 23` top tube

Its free FFS !!
My last order took over a week , who cares its free delivery

derek_starship – Member

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Id get a Beko , we have Beko washer , tumble dryer and dishwasher and all been excellent value and zero problems …
Id recommend them to anyone
Always had issues with hoover for some reason ?

Stoner – Member
no – would be a major privacy issue if your recipient's mail client were to go around sending any information about it's status to other parties wouldn't it?

Read receipt requests are all you have, and of course can be declined by the recipient too.

thought id ask anyway ..
cheers

Id go for the giant , just my preference .. but both lovely

in terms of building bikes , no 1 in the world is giant , build alot of bikes for different brands including spesh and quite a few others ..

fatblokefromwarwick – Member
http://bluefive.pair.com/pixresizer.htm

cheers for this … worked a treat :D