Because by the time you have bought the SLX chainset and a decent SS chainring you are within £20 of the price of a SS specific Middleburn, i like the look of SLX though so thats what i have.

You are thinking of a camion, a french lorry

North Face Redpoint Optimus, bargain if you are a large:

http://www.nevisport.com/storedetail-1-product_id-271002

Stop at shops and buy milk

blleuurrrghhh, I cant think of anything more vile to have in your stomach after 10 miles of riding never mind 100 !

Strategy for a 120 mile race – Yes, lots, including pain

Strategy for a 120 mile leisure ride – No, just ride, enjoy

Yes it does 😆

http://www.google.co.uk/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUK367&q=07510800538&btnG=Google+Search

Cove Hummer looks like a good option.

Sorry i dont really understand your need for sponsorship, especially riding the sort of events you are doing.

Just join a local club\team that offers subsidised\free kit (if free kit turns you on that is), enter the races and enjoy the racing, if you are good enough you will get picked up sooner or later.

It's a problem with the Giants, have a search, there was a thread a while back about this exact thing.

Not worth looking anywhare else than Vango IMHO, Outwell seem good for the money too.

I am 5"10" (11" at a push) and after speaking to Cy have gone for a medium too, going for a 90mm stem with straight seatpost and going to see what happens, they are quite long looking at the dimensions so the large would be a bit reach i think even for me, waiting for mine too…..

Are XT not around the same price, cant go far wrong with that ?

I asked the same question a while back and didnt get a single reply, hoping you do !

Came up massively short on a big (24') double on Saturday

I just really do not have time to be broken.

Perhaps in hindsight not exactly the right things to be doing then ? 😉

I went through all this last year and after doing a bit of research was inclined to think that ski boot fitting for the mere mortal is a bit of very clever sales and marketing to get you to spend even more money than you need to.

Unless you have very odd shaped feet just try on as many pairs as you can over a few days and go with what feels best.

As usual J this is a bot of IMHO, sure some people will have strong feelings about it……

^^^^ has that guy with the Scott never heard of, erm, what are the called, yes, thats it, pockets !!!

If they buggered it up they buggered it up, thats what feedback is for, i would leave it.

I use 18 but i ride in the Lakes, i would say start with 18 if its your first time SS and see how you go, can always stick a 16 on later.

Anything take your fancy here ?

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain-bike-disc-brakes/avid-disc-brakes/avid-disc-brake-sale.html

S'cool innit ?

Adam and the Ants were first on, Antmusic, classic !

No experience of them but bloody hell, half price at £400 on CRC, that is a deal, they look good too.

I went for 2009 revs for my soon to be arriving Soul, bit more of a know quantity i reckon

No, just deal with it and wear lycra………

B.A.Nana – Ditto UB40

Sorry, nothing to do with me really, i can understand why you are upset, but why post, could you not have picked the phone up ?

Will do, actually thinking about it its all 2005\6 stuff, still very nice though, will send a photo or 2 over too,

I suppose you should check if it will fit forst, its a 56cm, so if thats the wrong size its not worth emailing !

richie_boy, got a very nice Pinarello Dogma (one of the magnesium ones) for sale, Campag Record, Campag Eurus wheels, all 2007 kit but in excellent condition, was my race bike but now needs to go, reply if interested.

Looks like this (not mine but same colour):

http://www.light-bikes.de/files/pics/dogmafpblackhu7.jpg

All mumbo jumbo.

They employ very clever guesswork and are quite skilled at reading people, thats it.

off to see peter kay friday

Unlucky, just save yourself the trip:

Cheesecake?
Garlic bread?
'Ave it!
I'm not homophobic. I'm not scared of my house.
Put big light on.
You wanna gerron t'internet
Where you going on your holdays? T'Egypt.

Thats what i am thinking, might be more fun, not to mention a bit lighter and i ride with the Reba's locked out pretty much all the time anyway, just feels better that way.

Having a separate partition can be 'a good thing' – if the C: drive ever fails, storing your data on a separate partition means you stand a better chance of recovering the data.

Not if its the same physical drive it wont

This stuff is top notch, better than swarfega:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_274581_langId_-1_categoryId_165711

Fred Whitton this weekend anyone?

Yeti guy, i agree, i cant understand people coming up to the lakes and going to a trail centre, another analogy would be like a climber going to Yosemite and asking where the local climbing wall is !

I was talking to the guys in Biketreks and some guys had been up on holiday and asked them wher else there was to ride in the lakes as they had done Whinlatter and Grizedale !!

Alexxx – Just a hunch but are you late teens\early 20's and ride a 35lb 6" travel DH, bike ?

Wiki says:

By 2003 there were more than 300 restaurants in the UK, as well as outlets in Ireland, where it trades as Milano, and Spain and France where the brand name is Pizza Milano. In other countries the business is branded as Pizza Marzano.

Temperature range ?
Budget ?
Weight ?

Sssshhh let him buy synthetic, he has been reading ill informed bullcrap on the internet about down, keeps the price down for the rest of us !

Conor – be interested to hear what you reckon to them, i may be slightly tainted by the fact i was a big Jason Newsted fan an Bob Trujillo just annoys me, still thought they were tame compared to back in the day !

Can you not provide a receipt from local B&B that may or may not exist ?

Caveat: This may be highly illegal