look above the steward. look at the attitude on ALL of their faces.

what a lovely sport.

oh yeh i did the crap thing – that works.

he is less of a digger than yours, tends to just go for specific spots.

i just moved a fresh nugget onto his favourite spot – no more digging.

win!

could you try that? or is location random?

good luck. was hard enough getting on before the olympics!

(all good i suppose – but hard work to get on)

i have that there santini one.

what are you looking for from a gilet?

it isnt waterproof. and has a lighter weight back. its great for summer evenings when the sun goes down a bit, but isnt a warm thing particularly.

also if that’s your mrs she seems happy enough. just let him go mad!

dog is a legend and enjoying itself. give up on lawn. accept doggie loves to dig.

thinking i did the wrong phd.

all 360s must now be done at this angle, otherwise sufficient style has not been achieved.

IMO etc.

(still not me)

mid way through a table 3.

(not me)

good luck to all involved. our club are sending a few who might get top ten. give them a holla for me!

if you want to sell then give us a nod!

mine is a touch scratchy. and a touch tight. but it is a small and i am not. (was in a bargain bucket at LBS)

wore it for the first time proper last night and it was toasty and snug.

well worth £10.

i have a howies similar baselayer, which was not £10. So far I’d say the baabaa was warmer. (unscientific, IMO etc etc.)

Penderyn. Lovely stuff. Smooth as you like.

OUT!

nice folks, nice idea. but even our tour guide said he didn’t like it. claiming to prefer their vodka because it’s really smooth and he couldn’t taste it with coke.

a whisky distillery that makes vodka and gin is not a whisky distillery.

nice folks. shit whisky.

gin was nice though.

ha ha ‘kin hipsters in their boat shoes!

bit small. honestly go to fagans. you get the whole pie (from a pie that size) rather than a slice.

instagram gets everywhere.

* guy is a legend though.

thats a pastie in a mug?

“only to watch it fall to near obsolescence Tuesday.”

epic hysteria

the blake? nags? fagans? loads of pubs in sheffield have pork pies.

fagans is the ultimate food place though.

a lass i work with ordered a meatless pie there.

when it arrived it was the size of a house, and had noticeable large pieces of beef on top of it…

beef?… we asked… isn’t this a meatless pie?

hell yes,… says big man… that meat is in our gravy.

Fagans gravy is like a hearty casserole. their pies are the size of most pub’s plates.

ergo…

Fagans, Broad Lane in Sheffield

proper pub pies.

looks familiar.

mental innit? the way the light makes it come out! AAAARGGGHHHHHHH

this wins them all.

fact.

its like a pretentiousness competition.

very hard to win as there’s always someone willing to push it just that little bit further.

that is epically sad.

puppy time!

thanks mrben. top response. just what i was looking for.

since they have wifi i might see if work will let me do some working from (not my) home and spend a longer weekend up there.

could do with getting out for a bit.

ha ha ha. but that study shows that it DOES work. even if the performance increase is due to psychological effects…

at least for altitude training you are TRAINING at altitude.

what about hypoxic tents?

but surely that is pretty much cheating. good job it’s only dirty foreigners doing it…

oh hang on…

Bradley Wiggins @bradwiggins

Sleeping in my tent tonight after nearly a kilo of wife’s beetroot soup, you know what comes next

we don’t have a fire sadly. (hence the cottage hunting)

/bit of a hijack

i’ve emailed the people who said their dog was in a north wales rented cottage!

looking for dog friendly/fireplaced cottages to rent in north wales for biking weekends!

please recommend if you can!

/end of a hijack

Yeh Pook!

New Cod on the Block for the win. (Sheffield)

There’s a coal fired chippy near my folks which must be pretty damn old school. but ive never been. (Lincs)

howdens. all good lads in sheffield.

but wondering about investing in a gilet and a set of arm-warmers?

ah ha ha ha

you in the uk mate?

you’ll have to do a lot better than that!

proper winter jacket (windproof is MOST important) makes a world of difference. amazing how cold you can get, mine is pretty much as thick as a wetsuit jacket…

Vuelta is being lead by two brilliant riders who are known cheats but you prefer those to see that than honesty.

this is my fundamental point.

berty and valverde are ‘known cheats’

millar is a fully repentant lad doing his best, and no doubt cheered all the way to his TdF win.

didn’t hear all you lads giving it the big ‘i’m gonna turn my TV off, i just can’t believe what i’m watching’ on that day..

Speaking out on doping/ex dopers.

David Millar ?@millarmind

Holy shit @albertocontador is one hell of a bike racer.

Sorry, couldn’t resist that one!

Berty for the win though. what a madman.

steephill.tv

at least 3 eurosport feeds in english.

no doping on his record. just pure manliness.

gilbert is my pick for today*

*maybe partially influenced by a slight man crush.

think today might be quiet with the favourites. 5% or so at the end will feel like downhill compared to the last few days!

Perhaps [ not a dig] as you would not object to fully doped races, you care less about whether they admit it and what they do afterwards.
Most do care how the cheat reacts.

no that’s cool, i don’t take that as a dig, and probably agree with you.

i think for me that its so rife, and the line between ‘doping’ and ‘keeping the athletes in tip top shape’ is SO fine that i have general distrust for them all in some respects.

that said. i have massive respect for even the most smacked-off-his-tits of cyclists. as no matter how much EPO you are banging, doing 5 or 6 cols in a day, at an average of 25-30mph is **** badass!