Bigger softer grips like odi ruffian, move seat back/raise bars slightly to shift weight off front, old motocrossers trick is to stretch arm and open close hand ‘on the straights’

Flashy – WTF is that about?

However, did you know…..GoogleMaps outside Earl’s Court Underground station, clicking the double arrow pointing at the old-fashioned police box and take a peek inside the TARDIS’….

BoredBob – DETAIL or it didnt happen!

Erm… I can confirm that a bike just about fits in the combined bath/shower at my aforementioned PI. Even had its own towel……

WHAT ABOUT THE ‘EFFING FELL RUNNER?

You lot just don’t care do you, you have flamed the OP so he’s going to keep us in suspense for like ever and ever. Thanks.

Never had a problem at any hotel, Premier Inn or Travelodge inc. Hilton at Newport. In fact most let us lock them in a conference room.

The PI in Llantrisant said they were used to it as long as they are clean, and as they werent the then gave us some spare towels to put on the floor!

So PI in Llantrisant isnt so conventient for BPW – but FYI it is conveniently located next door to Glamorgam A&E……

King Canute because Boris’s people are very busy behind the scenes gathering ‘big’ data to support a large budget shift towards cycling infrastructure and there is eff all they can do about it.

So its just torygraph nimbyistic noise, they are akin to small children moaning about other kids not playing the games they wanted to play.

Hmmm, nuts because I accepted the cost of posting as his ‘packaging’ cost’ and effort – he had to go down the post office. My quandry actually is do I send the money back, because I think he now under-charged me! Like i haz already saidz Nuts!

Eh, if you order gift vouchers and they dont show up, what do they send you then?
Just asking like.

Oh so they are the new BT? You know, when your landline breaks they tell you to call them to report the fault, but………..

Following the theme, Esso = SO (Standard Oil)

IR is off one end of the spectrum and UV the other, durrrh!

So…its a new idea not covered by agreement, and landlord tells you it ‘will be cheaper than oil’? Presume you have some data on your historic oil usage.

Ergo, you cant be made to have something you didnt agree to, and your agreement can be predicated on paying no more than it would cost you in oil – based on oil price and historic consumption if not metered. Its quite normal for enegry contracts pricing to be pegged to the oil price.
This must be a money making sceheme for landlord.

Doppleganger

chicken wire helps, until you fall off, then you really wish they hadn’t OUCH!

Like landrovers and australians, everywhere you go there is always a pedal reflector lying around on the ground, and your kitchen is no exception it seems!

I converted pro2s and DT240, for the cost (2 bike, less than £30 all in with 2nd hand parts/diy and inc. DT RWS bolt thrus) I would always do it, with all the strength and stiffness in the rest of the bikes then just having a 100mm+ long 5mm thick rod of steel or titanium clamping axles together seems compeletely daft.
If 5mm is OK on the rear WTF do you need 15mm or 20mm on the front for?

tomhoward – Member

Brilliant, work could be interesting today. Especially this afternoons conference callParley

FTFY :wink:

http://www.wefixanybike.com
Jon fitted me in (when I found Nirvana customer service to be a bit too up themselves)
very reasonable on price, works in that biker cafe in Ashtead or has workshop above discountbikewarehouse next to dorking west station

We stayed at one on symmons yat, not the cheapest but twas nice. There’s a few thereabouts just google

If you go off the drop at speed you tend to land smack bang in the middle of the bushes opposite

…in my case anyway.

To add to the grumpy old git anecdotes – mine is coming off a step jump at speed on the veery fast flowing summer lightning, when it is tall with ferns, to find 3 utter muppets changing a puncture in the middle of the trail.

The station hotel, Ebury Street park plaza hotel – but that was a few years back

A top barrister used to have plate that described his speciality, L1 BEL. There was even a court case over it when he croaked.

Word. But Aprillia 4 banger not smelly old skool 2 banger. Just sayin, but not sayin.

Ususally wear the Bolles but I got some of these Avenir ones from Rutland to try, multiple choice lenses (or like me spare lenses when numpty scratches yet another lens).

I’m not fussy, after 3 scratched corneas I’ll wear anything. Nothing like a pain that lasts 2-3 days and cant be dulled except for optical local anathsteic or intravenous medication to make you wear glasses.

http://www.rutlandcycling.com/97761/products/avenir-airflow-sunglasses-with-interchangeable-lenses.aspx

“whilst I was drafting him on the high street pretending to be a pro peleton rider on my professional level race bike daily commuter, he suddely braked and I did a mahooosive stoppie, which scared the c**p out of me (because I am a lycra clad mincer)”

I use the Ones. Both sets the pistons dont seem to come out quite square, pads are stupid thin, can be a bit tricky to setup, and I am currently finding them a bugger to bleed :x.
Honestly, unless you are a tart, fussy about setup or doing mega Alps downhill etc I’d just go with Shimano.

“Sorry no porridge, we are out of aats, it’ll have to be cereal.”

‘OK, pancakes it is then’ called ordered to me from the shower (oh yes, every morning) which my girls (9&6) have transformed into a spa-like leisure activity – every soap/shampoo bottle they can find joins them as some kind of bizzare (to adult male) doll substitute lineup.
“Have you washed yet?” I say for the millionth time this life.
‘Not yet, I’ve been busy. You should have reminded me’

Somehow work doesn’t recognise ‘unanticipated short order chef duties’ as a valid reggie perrin-eque excuse, so it usually becomes “dead motorcylist/burning lorry/multi-car pile up on A3”, since no one in my immediate office travels that route to dispute it :wink:

deadlydarcy – Member

Three strikes and you’re out has worked wonders in America.

Posted 4 hours ago #Report-Post

except it hasn’t has it….”America has around 5% of the world’s population, and 25% of its prisoners. Roughly one in every 107 American adults is behind bars, a rate nearly five times that of Britain, seven times that of France and 24 times that of India.
Its prison population has more than tripled since 1980.

Probably the biggest driver of this growth has been ever-harsher drug penalties.

Economist Article

they say his background is pretty harsh

^this – morally its not his fault, but he is paying the price for being born of human scum.

Turn the other cheek, give him a hand up or leave him to see if he can get his own life in order.

I just hope he finds his way in life before he does something too bad that taints his life forever. I did, and I was lucky, very lucky.

Youth Workers – chapeau.

[radio]Kimi… Fernando is quicker than you[/radio]

I’d love to hear Kimi’s response to that!

Kimi: ‘So, tell him to overtake or f***k off’….probably

CaptainFlashheart – Member

ASL?

Posted 18 minutes ago #Report-Post

:roll:

tsk. next you’ll be telling us you ride without a helmet. smoking indeed. :x

discoduck – Member

3 single speeds
2 29ers
1 hard tail from the 90’s

Keep going disco and by December you will have written the STW alternative xmas song…..

When I replace tyres I get a bucket with some water/soap in it, so I can soapy them to get them on and all over the tyre rim edge and valve afterward – now you can see any porosity or leaks. Then shake it all around and lie inflated wheel on the bucket and leave for an hour, shake, soapy again, turn over and leave other side. Repeat until no more foaming from anywhere. Once sealed up a veritable collander of a panaracer doing this.

And dry them on the line in the sun, sun and air seems to help somehow

Obviously not premium quality

Beg to differ, I find their gear cables to just as good as anyones

Really? Did you REALLY need us to tell you the answer to that?

Good lord no, right over my head. Now that I googled it I still only get one out of 3 :cry:

^^ spooky, no-one actually mentioneed ‘his’, let alone 3 times 8O