Second that, a big thanks to all involved in sorting this out.

Count me in with 1 or 2 hangers on

Just did it myself with Amazon, spotted my mistake 30 seconds (and £4) later!

Sound from the docking stations varies with price. The BOSE (£300) is good but the Argos special at £10 is poor. As with everything, the benefits of paying more are not linear and there are some really good value systems out there for about £90

Its their way of saying "service me"

1.5m closer to 5'0" I think

You could always try Sheldon

On a similar vein what is to choose between a Lumix TZ7 (last years top of the range) and a TZ8, this year's no. 2? Both available for just over £200 and I'm finding it hard to make a sensible choice

Age is clearly not the key thing here, my 12 year old was riding a 17" Rockhopper ! Not a perfect fit, but its only going to get closer to the right size in the future.

Thanks for that, I don't feel so alone now. I can usually cope with new software, I can even use Office 2007 in preference to 2004, but Tracklogs V3 just gives me tarrets! (sp)

130mm of stanchion showing so guess its set to 120. Might try a bit less pressure then.

Came fitted to the bike, which was sold as having 120mm at the front – so I am guessing they were set to 120

D'oh forgot about having to be black

Ebay 719's with the extra 4 holes already filled for you, £30
719

They work fairly well, heavier than a tow-a-long but you get the option of detaching the kiddy bike. No idea about a MX16, but the frame does need to fit the clamp and some just don't. You need to get someone to measure the spacing on the clamp and then check against the bike.

Buy a complete set and have spares for years to come :-)

Only just spotted this, but as i'm a local it looks like an ideal first STW ride for me.
I'll go with the whippets, unless its wet – then I'll plod along with the slackers

Some seem more prone to wear and loosing grip than others. I had some panaracer trailblasters that gave almost no grip even though there were plenty on knobbles left – the issue seemed to be that the eading edge to these was chamfered off hence no grip.I got a few hundred extra miles by swopping front and rear.
I usually chnage them when the grip is lost

Yep, planning on a leisurely Winchester -> Eastbourne over two days. I know lots of folk who have done it in a day, but few that have enjoyed it! Not at the peak of fitness at the moment either, so going slow and having fun.

Which forks last the longest with the least maintenance?

Rigid?

This is a trick question – right?

Just in case the 11-34 will have a slightly lower lowest gear, and some slightly bigger gaps between some of the gears. Top gear will be the same

Just moving out of OR myself at the moment, but still managing to keep my hand in a bit at work, throughly recommend it as an interesting way to earn a crust. I am guessing you have already looked at the OR society pages http://www.theorsociety.org/ to give you an idea on the job market. If you are based close enough to Southampton to commute have a look and see if Dstl are recruiting, they used to be one of the biggest OR employers in the UK

Even if you succeed, the break-up could be extra messy!

Cheers
I'll stick to sintered and ignore it, sounds like a lot of faff.

South Hampshire was a ploughing match today. Hindhead is usually better as the sand drains well

Dried apricots – tasty and almost impossible to destroy

I hoped the grit would help remove limescale build up :-)

I think you might be right about it being the highest radiator (even though it appears to be the same as all the others on the top floor), still not sure why I need to bleed it so often though

Think they have to use iTunes, but no hassle putting existing stuff onto Tunes.
Agree about the 32GB minimum, I think *GB is small for just music, let alone video etc.
Ripping DVDs is a faff as iTunes wont do it, have to use a third party app. (Handbrake) but easy from there
Not much difference between the generations but latest (3rd) seems to be more fussy about charging from 3rd party speakers, chargers etc.

I find an old, blunt 'butter' knife works quite well to get it started

Like the idea of chilli flakes, perhaps start off with citronella then use the lakes for special occasions

Had a RS and loved it, nicely made and comfortable. Tried a Duke multistrada (?) and found it gutless by comparisson.

All down to the way you feel about it really

Amberly is your mid point. A lovely village that is sure to have a few nice places to stay.

As for the return… no good ideas unless you fancy cycling back

Tend not to use the online subscription much, having to adjust the way Safari works to open it is a bit of a put off, but really i think I just prefer magazines to be paper.

2nd open office

My local physio tried a combination of IR, ultrasound and acupuncture. Worked really well, all sorted in 2-3 weeks, personally I think it was the acupuncture

Like mine, nice picture tolerable sound lots of different ports

You might want to check the employment law on this, I think that your options are a little constrained

His expression says it all

DezB, that is the one – Brian's Jump

beardie, its around 816127