I have a Brandit M65 jacket I got from Military 1st for around £85.
It’s great, I love it.
It’s excellent quality, the fit is a bit ‘unusual’ but it’s fine. I would usually have a Medium but ended up with a Small as the Medium drowned me.
It’s very warm, and quite heavy which adds to the quality feel.
The front zip doesn’t go particularly low, and the two halves of the jacket at the front have a slight fishtail appearance which is slightly odd, but the buttons go lower and mean that it can be done up further down than with the zip alone.
The quilted/fleecy liner is removable and whereas you could happily wear the outer jacket on it’s own, you wouldn’t want to wear the liner on it’s own, which I think was the original idea in the military for tank crews etc etc, it looks ridiculous.

Anything else you need to know, in particular ?

https://www.military1st.co.uk/3101-1-brandit-m-65-giant-jacket-olive.html

What on earth were they thinking ???

Reasonably regularly, unfortunately, the HSBC
WHY IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY IN THE 21ST CENTURY CAN I NOT PAY CASH IN THROUGH AN ATM !?!?!?!?!?!

How about the Christmas Special from the end of Series 2, anyone know eher to find that ?

The end of my teather …

most toothpaste has Sodium lauryl sulfate in it which is a cheap detergent that foams.
In some people( me )it can cause moth ulcers . so i avoid those

I used to get lots of very painful mouth ulcers, several at once, that would last for a week or more. Changed to toothpaste to one without SLS and now get very few. And when I do they are much smaller and last a far shorter time. Sensodyne Gentle Whitening is about the only paste I can find without SLS.

I came home early from work yesterday and found the wife climbing out of the wardrobe.
“What are you doing in there ?” I asked
“It’s Narnia business”

Someone stole Southampton ??

@doubleu

Just this cheap one from amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01CIE270Q withan extra bungee round it. Does the job ok.

Stupid question : do you leave the cover on while you’re driving ? It doesn’t get shredded or flap about too much ?

Yes, there still a campsite at Glyncorrwg at Afan. Cafe, showers, hook-up etc. etc.

I’ve heard that the NC500 is very busy, queues on singletrack roads, parking spaces, laybys etc. etc.
It’s sad, but I suspect that if you want a bit of solitude you might be better staying away from the ‘official’ route.

This stuff is excellent :

https://www.evanscycles.com/muc-off-urban-chain-and-gears-degreaser-EV148124

Aldi do it in their cheapy cycle range

How about a lack of electrolytes, not just salt ? I find one or two of those electrolyte replacement tablets dropped in a litre of water really helps with the recovery.

Also, try alternating the days where you commute with a strength session in the gym or a session in the pool ? Again, this helps me hugely with the fatigue of riding on consecutive days and aleviating the ‘boredom’ (for want of a better word) of riding the same route day in, day out. Particularly in the winter.
I find weight training (for strength) and swimming for the aches and pains and just reaxation, or an interval session are absolutely complimentary to the cycling.

Series 1, Episode 2. Where Guy is telling Martin that he did/didn’t kill someone because he emailed a massive file with a picture of his missing youghurt and the email about the heart transplant couldn’t gt through

Check this guy out :

https://www.facebook.com/JamesSmithPT/

http://www.jamessmithacademy.com

CFR !

https://www.barriersdirect.co.uk/secure-bike-parking-c1017/bike-racks-c1195/vertical-bike-rack-for-restricted-places-architects-favourite-autopa-p9241?shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwgezoBRDNARIsAGzEfe5WqRm8-Nx7366WPqvvBC-SxFmIxwARr9ovE0H46ByHYSwGi9fB1R8aAq_sEALw_wcB#product-info

Only when I need to pay in cash and have it credited immediately, rather than waiting til sometime next day via the ATM.
HSBC are completely in the dark ages, can’t pay cash in at all via their ATM.

P.s. I’m not that old :-)

With the camo scheme one it’s difficult to see the poo tent

Can you guys enlighten a curious person (me !) please….
What are the benefits / point of a singlespeed or fixie road bike ?
Don’t get me wrong, I like them and am tempted, but I’m struggling to answer people who say “why ?”
(of course, I do really have some understanding, but just looking for different views)
Thanks !

What exercises Wrong Trousers?

Specifically, single leg raises with toes lent out to the side. In my case I had kneecap tracking problems and this is to strengthen the lower part of the quad, on the inside above, rather than outside or directly above my knee.
Also double leg-raises but with light weight, calf raises and some very light seated leg presses but definately without a deep squat. Also lunges were a big no-no for me.

You could possibly do those single-leg raises using one of those big rubber band things, sitting in a chair with the band tied around the chair leg perhaps, if your gym doesn’t have a leg extension machine.

The bike fit suggestion was to get your knee to move vertically in a straight line, this was done using specially made orthotic insoles in my shoes. It’s very common to see cyclists, when viewed from behind, with their knees kicking out to the side on each stroke becuase their feet aren’t supported properly leading to over-pronation, much like the problem runners often have.

You may benefit from having a proper bike-fit setup session. They can make sure your set-up is ideal so as to minimise stress on your knees, making sure that your knee is tracking vertically rather than kicking out to the side on each pedal stroke. I had / have knee issues from years of running, but they’re generally fine and as good as they’ve been for a long time on the bike now. That combined with knee exercises in the gym (definately NOT squats) and glucosamine supplements have all helped I think.
Definately keep away from the squats, a Bodypump class a few years ago spelled about six months off the bike and endless physio visits for me !

In case it’s of interest, I think I read somewhere that Mallards Pike was closed today/tomorrow. Not sure whether that meant just the cafe or the car park too, due to the wind presumably

Having said that, by the time you’ve used camping mat, split tube and the fluid there’s possibly not muhg difference in weight if you’re using the spli-tube method. Although I probably did use a bit too much fluid ……

One thing you could try in the meantime, as a stop-gap as it were, is to put some Stans fluid in your inner tubes. I did that while I was trying to decide what to do with my sloppy wheel/tyre combo (i.e. buy BR710s) and it seemed to work quite well. Not so great for the weight though !

It’s a bit like those competitions with supercars you see at airports, buy a £20 ‘ticket’ and have the chance of winning the whole thing in the raffle-type thing at the end. Effectively they keep it running until enough punters have signed up / bought enough shares to buy the whole car, then they raffle it and one of the punters gets the car. Often wondered how much the organisers make out of the deal. In this case, probably a different number of punters every week, rather than an ever-increasing number. Maybe.

It gets flagged up on Facey all the time :

Features

The Americans have several, based at Mildenhall

Don’t worry, breakdancing’s going to become an Olympic sport.

The Dutch army hooped bivvy bags you see on eBay are great

Yes of course, but a lot of people seem to buy them. Interested to know how they fare in reality, maybe they’re actually ok ?

I find myself suddenly available. At the risk of a sudden and painful death I’m very interested, please include me.
Thanks !

For me, I bought a fairly cheap road bike a few years ago on the Cycle To Work scheme so that I could use it on my commute, on the road rather than my more usual canal towpath.
I quite liked it.
Roll on a few years, decided I would quite like a posher bike, spent a few more quid on nice carbon framed, carbon wheeled, disk braked machine.
Had become quite attached to the old one however and couldn’t bear to sell it for the couple of hundred quids that it would now be worth, would rather keep it.
So, why wouldn’t I use that in the winter rather than the nicer bike ?
It doesn’t have eyelets for mudguards, but those SKS Raceblades fit just fine.
So right now, the old Bianchi is in the conservatory covered in crap from my last few commutes.
The nice Cannondale is in the garage looking pristine.

Why wouldn’t you ?
It’s not like I went out and bought a second bike just to use in the winter. I already had it.

Oh, I have though ended up in the slightly strange situation that my nice posh ‘summer’ bike has the disk brakes and the crappy winter hack has the cantis still.
Haven’t quite justified that one to myself yet, but I’m working on it.
And I’m looking at some cheap carbon forks for the Bianchi becasue the join between the carbon bits and the alu bits on my old forks is looking a bit corroded. I wonder why ?

Thanks eveybody, some good info there !

Cheers

Why would anybody do that ? Seriously WTFFFFF

I bought a pair of wavy 140mm Centrelock Discs from Fibrax at the Bike Show last year. Reasonable price, work well and look good.

What about Birmingham ? train direct to there ?

There was a Southern Railway service from MK to Gatwick until fairly recently.

I have a feeling it stopped going as far as Gatwick, only to to East Croydon perhaps but you could connect from there ?

Does that still run ?

Can he not just lie about his date of birth on the dating site, like every other bugger ?

Yep, mobile handbag. WTF is that all about, it drives me nuts !

Why not ? What’s the difference if I get in after having had a haircut ?

Or showering after a particularly mucky ride in to work ?