My boy and girl have the Carrera blast/luna, wife didn’t want to pay that much until I could show her the differences, at their ages /lvl of riding its hard to justify anything better as the same in adult bikes the gains per £ get less, but these bikes are light nicely specced and just work and thats what counts for me

pigs in blankets……

wiggo’s line constantly engaged, can a true result be achieved?

It is our ‘quiet’ time of year however a big pile of work arrived for me this morning so currently glazing my 20+ pair of glasses today oh the joy!

looking further round the cuff that stitching looks very shoddy, if you get no joy I would be going down the TS route

Hugh Jackman was in papers this week saying he would love to have a go

Had sky broadband for years with no issues (other than the crappy conection everyone in our village gets) good news their version of infinity has just opened up to us and being fitted monday so all should be rigght with the world soon 🙂

Dar2b

Should fit the bill

Look for a dare2b vented scooped and v waterproof

Have a new shape navara 55 plate 112k miles and been great

To put smeg into perspective years ago I worked at mfi, two fridges on the showroom, 1 smeg the other mfi own brand 800 notes price difference on the tickets, the internals were identical 800 is a lot for a look…… Bosch neff Siemens used to be well ahead of the game,

So any local news of cats being shot in longridge, and we tell plod to begin enquiries with local graphic designers and point them to this thread, hypothetically of course

Only if owners of these cats are then allowed to turn said rifle on yourself…….

down and top tubes on a stiffee normally go from square to round (and always have as far as i am aware) should mods know to pull/block the advert?

PS ‘trade price’ can also cvary by business depending on ‘through put’ of stock, more sales more purchases from supplier can mean larger dicounts

why would a retailer tell you their cost? its not only that of the bike it has to account for utilities premesis staff costs etc too, do you want to know these figures too?

Can’t remember which but lidl or aldi are selling them sometime in the next week or so

Fantasy, a dragon

real but extinct this…..

Sabre toothed tiger anyone?

Looks like a female specific jump bike

22 weeks old, and she’s not actually allowed on the furniture…….

some routers can also have wifi affected by video sender receivers as they seem to work on a similar wave length, might be in your flat or a neighbours

Tell him to start it as a franchise using your name, for the franchise he pays you 20% of all transactions (note i didn’t say profit as there wont be much) that way when you fall out at least one of you will have got something good out of it

I knew you’d say that……..

“Take me down to the paradise city where the grass is green and the girls are pretty, oh wont you please take me home!!”

misting is your own breath/ persperation condensing on the lens, there are hydrophobic coatings and vented frames that can help clear the misting faster but unfortunately the perfect demistede lens just hasn’t been invented yet

3 prescriptions for near, intermediate and distance work would be pretty standars as a single vision lens has a specific focal range, multi focal lenses (bifocals,varifocals and many other types not really relavent here) can correct the vision for two or more of the prescriptions.

As T666DOM above says if the difference between your reading and distance values isn’t great (probably+1.50 or less between the two) you could find that the inter/reading glasses could be used for both purposes, this difference will probably increase as you age (afraid this applies to everyone, not just you) a more specific single vision lense or a decent multifocal lense will be needed, if you intend using a multi focal its worth biting the bullet and doing it sooner rather than later asa your brain has to adjust to the varying prescription in the lens and the lesser progression will be more easily adapted to

decathlons own

Had one of these for a while, the current incarnation of their own bladders is pretty good too

you know, the garage will have ‘public liabilities insurance’ for this make them use it, the issue with the other car is theirs not yours to deal with…….

not sure what it is about the second one 🙂

Interesting discussion between a couple of non cycling but v good athleates (track) friends of mine on FB about doping, if what they are saying is true, it makes you wonder how much of the whole doping scandal is politically motivated

Nick Andrews
I don’t know much about drugs in cycling , however what I do know about blood doping is that at high performance it may not necessarily improve performance, there are many considerations and factors to assertain this . Also , on a broader note , it seems that great performance is the result of some kind of ergogenic aid nowadays with people forgetting the obvious ! . Well let’s state the obvious then . There is absolute no substitute for Intense training and mental agility and the desire to win . Lance Armstrong is what he is because of those two biggest factors . Any other intervention would ‘perhaps’ and its a big ‘perhaps’ would serve to give him an edge, that’s all , however with everyone else on doping methods, if convicted it would just mean its nice to know that he was not at a disadvantage and so he was in a fair position from the start. I can’t see a reason why they would strip his titles over this ??? And if not convicted perhaps blood doping actually gives athletes a disadvantage ! Karma for you 😉
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Mark Rogers Exactly right mate. He was the best at the time they were all doping. That is why he is suffering more than the dopers he was up against. He was one of the greatest cyclists and athletes that has ever lived- physically and mentally- anyone that argues that is talking rubbish. If he, and everyone was clean, he’d have still dominated. It’s just a shame that doping went on (and still does). If people feel that strongly about doping in cycling, they should turn their anger and critisism to the UCI- not so much Lance Armstrong, as he was just a small part of the promoted doping culture.
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Nick Andrews Hey man Yeh , I know bud . Just seems crazy that people just don’t understand that he’s the best because of all the important attributes . Plus doping actually has a lot of negative effects and not everyone tolerates its effects on the body in the same way . An improved oxygen carrying capacity comes at the cost of increased plasma volume , high blood pressure and increased strain on the cv system , plus the blood is more viscous and the bodys cooling system doesn’t operate effectively . This is probably the most limiting factor as if you start to overheat then your performance declines rapidly .
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Mark Rogers It’s the way everything is explained in the media mate. They thrive off disgracing people, when the ignorant journalists don’t present any of those points you’ve made- they make it sound as if doping could turn a couch potato into a world champion. People believe this crap too. The people that argue with me about this, are generally people that don’t know the first thing about cycling and sport and what it takes to be at the top. It was the very top athletes that doped- and it wasn’t a case of doping to get to that level. One theory is that the UCI promoted doping to get more spectacular one-off performances in the Tours to make cycling a more appealing sport to the masses. Thats all doping could do- it inconsistantly improves recovery, meaning that some performances would be ‘a bit better than usual’.
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Nick Andrews Man ! It doesn’t suprise me mark . After all sport like most things in a capitalist society is just as much as a business as everything else . Your right , they make it sound as though drugs are a magic potion that will give you superhuman powers . It’s just not the case and its an art to get the extra edge . I wonder whether the action of such things merely act as a placebo effect . And the media … well they got to sell the papers ! Crazy world

this only makes the original even better tbh

have an old grey gshock and a protrek in drawers, but always liked this metal G

Not sure of the details of the find, but its a friend of my sister’s dog and she posted on FB of the find so thought I’d update the thread

Good news on this one dog and owner have now been reunited

Jfrey hybrid sports/opthalmic frame with custom sized essilor transition extra active lenses………..this would be a VERY expensive option if I didn’t own the opticians……….I also use a pair of maui jim’s for bright days no one even comes close to their lens tech for sunnies atm, again a ridiculous amount of money but they are the best and you only get 1 set of eyes

found it lol

lol I remember this when it happened, anyone have the passenger jet photo too

did the tourride today, most was great if a bit cold but the last 30 miles were shite

Can I ask is the red an annodised kind of pink/red, and were the barsd of a similar/lighter colour as saw a guy on an on one in Stafford this morning that looked far too small for him

OP will give you a better answer next monday, as doing the Stoke on trent tourride on Sunday which is 105 miles,

Went out on Sun gone and did 70miles in just over 4 hrs (to see how the legs were feeling) and think it should be fine…….last section of our ride is v hilly though (killed Cav’s ToB,and wiggo gave in the race….is what I’m telling my self for when it gets hard)