I was recently went up a size (mostly due to TT length) and have to say I’m much happier now. I guess I wasn’t as between sizes as I thought!

C)

Or pray for rain when you ride as that seems to stop my saddle squeaking.

Good – Schwalbe Nobby Nic – fast and grippy, love ’em.
Bad – Panaracer Fire XC Pro – for popping off the rim on fast descent in Spain and almost killing me…
Ugly – Panaracer Trailraker 1.95 – they are too skinny and make bikes look wrong. Brilliant in the mud though!

I use vented m-frames, works a treat and you can pick up spare lenses pretty cheap these days.

I use a bike box for flying. Though the last time I used a bag I ended up getting a new bike through my insurance.

if they get the right cinematographer (sp?) and don’t try and sex it up then they could pull it off. but then it might draw too many comaprisons with ‘no country for old men’.

I loved the book, though I learnt long ago to never get excited when you heard hollywood was to make a film of something.

I like bar ends. If I can’t put them on bars I’d just go for a riser over a flat bar.

Key talent: Dr Alice Roberts

From the BBC website.

Made me laugh.

The Ring is a must, as is Tale of Two Sisters. Thought [rec] was pretty good, especially the last 20 minutes…

I’ve got a Team Soloist, which is a cracking bike for the money. It is so stiff, it’s like a rocket ship. Always accelerating! Not uncomfortable either. Very lively bike though, took some getting used to. I’d recommend it for the money. If you have more cash though, the R3 is absolutely superb. Make sure you get the 3T fork too, they’re awesome!

Looking at these bikes makes me wish I hadn’t sold my 303…

:cry:

I am an architect. I ride lots of different bikes.

Engineers are bloody awful, bunch of lazy buggers who can’t draw.

IMO
:wink:

Where are you studying?

I’d keep studying for a while. There’s not much going on out there right now, it’s brutal.

Currently it’s:

Sleater-Kinney

&

Pavement (rumours are abound about this already)

Get the Peel Sessions if you’re unsure where to start, it’s an excellent album and covers most of her work.

Feta Spaghetti

Spaghetti
Feta
Garlic
Chilli

Boil pasta.
Chop garlic and chilli fry lightly whilst pasta is cooking.
once pasta is done add garlic and chilli then crumble feta through it.
Serve.

Easy and cheap.

You should be killed for even suggesting it and then brought back to life and killed again for calling road cycling “darkside”. That’s Star Wars stuff.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

No one scared of Zelda?

I bloody well was…

Superman 3 with that woman who gets sucked into the computer and turned into a weird robot thing. Scared me so bad I have never liked having wardrobes in my room since…

HAM is on record as having said he slowed to let TRU past. Not sure why he did it or what the hell happened. Let’s just hope it’s the only instance of this kind to bugger up this years racing.

Though I do have a sneaking suspicion Ferrari were throwing their spaghetti around and trying to think of a way of stripping Mclaren of their points…

And as I said it’s very easy for copper to play cowboy when they have sticks, dogs, tears grenade water canon and are fighting 3 against one.

Only three? I’d be insulted…

I love Mythbusters – but I’m quite open about watching that.

The wife is well into Grey’s Anatomy. Dang it if I haven’t started paying attention and know who all the characters are and what’s going on each week… Why are American doctors all sexy?

I’d like to see them go face to face with protesters like men, without gear or tears gases or water canon

Maybe they could just all get their manhood out and compare? Save all the fisticuffs?

Admittedly, a few idiots are smashing things up. But the police actions do seem deliberately provocative.

Do you honestly believe the Police want a riot? :roll:

*loads tear gas into grenade launcher*

Wait ’til you see the whites of their eyes, boys!

Latest from BBC – 1038 Police in London have stopped a group of demonstrators in an armoured vehicle. They are now questioning about a dozen protestors.

It’s an old amoured car painted blue with fake CCTV cameras stuck all over it. They use it for lots of different protests (were down at the excel centre with it a while back) and it barely runs. It’s been sitting outside my flat for months. I think they’re mostly posh students playing at protesting. They were almost playing at hiding from the big, scary, angry Scotsman last night as they were revving the bloody engine and pumping out diesel fumes at 23:00…

ARRGGHH!!!

Crusty!!!

Get ‘im before he chucks a brick through Starbucks window…

Is anyone else now worried that they stocked up on tear gas for no reason?

I might have to see if that guy I bought it off down the Excel centre does returns…

Girls who do sport[/url]

That’s the rest of the day sorted out then…

*sings*
And it burns, burns, burns!
The ring of fire!
*sings*

hate to say it the beard, but measuring your thighs whilst sitting down might look a little odd as well. in the privacy of your desk space etc

disappearing off to the bathroom with a tape however…

Don’t tell me you have to measure standing up? I’ll get weird looks from the rest of the office…

Looks like 23″.

All perfectly honed muscle of course…

I think i might have to go for a bit of an odd choice and go for Rebbeka – the icelandic photographer made famous by flickr. Odd choice I know but I have a stinking hangover this morning and that was the first thought that popped into my head.

I think I might go crawl into a dark place and lie still for a while…

It doesn’t really get muddy at either of those trails IMO.

Roll on Sunday Morning… I can’t wait!!!! (and saturday morning for quali, and perhaps this morning coming for first practice) [:roll:]

Got a group of friends getting together, going out for a ‘quiet drink’ on Friday night before getting up for quali on Saturday. Well. That’s the plan… Might end up watching the rerun at lunchtime…

Well i hope the toys have all been put back in the prams and we can get down to some racing… It’s just jealousy from the other teams.

So excited about Sunday’s race! Off to Spa this year, going to be awesome!

Imagine if your osteopath was a rather attractive lady… :wink:

My mate told me the story of a friend who went to the osteopath who did indeed turn out to be a rather attractive young lady. She got him to strip down to his underwear and the poor bloke found himself no longer in control of certain faculties. The osteopath turned round to be presented with this chap standing to attention and trying desperately to hide it. She promptly went over to a set of drawers in the corner of the room, pulled out a spoon and without even blinking cracked it off his manhood. Cue instant deflation.

Poor sod…

I have just started a course of treatment with my local psychopath, sorry, osteopath. First session hurt. For several days after… But I felt really good once the pain wore off. I could become a fan if he can sort my lower back out.

I was quite proud to be told I had proper cyclists hamstrings and a cyclists neck too. Yeah, bikes have f***ed me up…

Please, let him pull out a gun and shoot the loser…