I drunkenly fell off my bike twice in the space of five minutes, in front of the same police car. They just pointed and laughed. And so did my mates.

i've never put myself at risk of being knocked off or even come close to it in my 14 years of riding bikes on and off road.

What are other peoples opinions on this?

I'm a very, very defensive cyclist – I ride as if I'm invisible and like TJ, regularly have to take evasive action to avoid death or serious injury. I'm amazed that you have never had a problem. Also, I'm equally amazed that you've never hurt yourself offroad – you're obviously not trying hard enough :P

Not the first time I've uploaded these pics on this forum….

Only just in the required date range….

Bike Radar – it's in Forums > Mountain biking > Buying Guides

There's a fair few sample vids on BR showing pretty good quality vids – but only once a top-notch card is used. Lots of folk saying that the cheapy cards are too slow to cope, thus cr@ppy, stop-start vids.

EDIT;this looks like a pretty good card for the cash – under a tenner for the 8 GB version

my memory

I got my Samsung 4GB one here – good bunch. Having read the review linked to earlier, I wonder if I need a faster card though? There don't seem to be many non-SDHC cards available…. And those I can find don't often quote a 'level' which the SDHC ones mostly do..

EDIT; just done a spot of googling and it seems likely that any device supporting up to 8 GB will use SDHC cards….. I think….

Sorry – re-read the listing and yes, it is a micro SD – up to 8GB. Well, I took the leap and bought one. Thanks to monkeychild for helping me spend money :o

I then got an email telling me it'll be 25 days before I receive it. Bah!

Off to buy a card now….

That looks pretty good for the tiny amount of cash – might have to give it a whirl. Does anyone know what kind of memory cards it takes? I notice in the listing that, "TF card no included" (sic).

Pretty sure there's no such thing as a TF card….

I had a similar problem with outlook express. Disabled the 'Outgoing mail scan' on Kaspersky, and straight back to business as usual.

Did you get it sorted OP?

First one looks good to me – loving the windswept look!

If he's not an outdoorsy type, how about a posh Mulberry passport cover?

Guilty. I chuck my home-rolled tab ends out the window but absolutely detest littering of any kind – really boils me blood so it does. My little anachronism which I've learned to live with….

Driving through Glen Sheil a while back, I spotted the car driver in front of me chucking stuff out of his window – crisp packets and sweet wrappers. I had just been contemplating the beauty of the place and got a bit riled – I just could not (and still can not) comprehend how anyone could mess up such an amazing place. I flashed my lights at him and gave him a good tooting.

Still behind him a few minutes later, I finished my rolly and went to chuck it out the window…. Paused for thought and rather shamefacedly put it out in the ashtray… :oops:

Aha! I knew there'd be a SIG type forum for peeved recipients of tickets, so cheers for that Bob! Cheers also to all who have chipped in.

Downgrade your radio to one with a tape player, buy one of those tape to input jack thingies and plug in. I did this (new car had old radio) and it solved all my probs. My Belkin transmitter is collecting dust somewhere now…..

Cheers chaps – letter written. Quite mild given the circs, but will let loose if they don't drop it…….

Boardman Pro HT
Front – some sort of old, fat Tioga
Rear – No idea – maybe a Scott? Do they even make tyres? Can you tell I don't care? :-)

I'm watching it whilst wondering if this is what a Bogtrotters day out is like?!

Kinavit – Member
Lhasa to Kathmandu

+1 – or at least some other route through the Big Mountains.

When me and a few other pals were 22ish, we all saved for six months for a meticulously planned tour in the Himalayas. We'd done the Pyrenees the Summer before and thought we were ready 8O

Perhaps fortunately, it was called off as one of them got a job in Sotheby's, London, and the other broke his collar bone.

Anyway, that route is most definitely on my list.

Leaving a concert at the Sage, Gateshead a few months back – Mrs was driving. The car park is woefully tiny with no clear rights of way so leaving along with 400 others can get a bit tense.

After waiting for about five minutes to get out of our space it became apparent that no-one was ever going to let us out so I say to Mrs Removed that it's getting daft and she's just going to have to barge out.

She does and we get a bit of a dirty look from the occupants of the car who's had to let us out – four women inside.

They pull alongside us (a dangerous and somewhat aggressive manouver) and the passenger starts making gestures at us. I smile a lot and wave like the queen. She carries on, and it's clear she wants me to wind down the window – I blow her a kiss. Eventually I do wind down the window and she says, "Excuse me, but your lights aren't on".

Ah, ahem, yes, thankyou… :oops:

DrRSwank – really?

36. Self employed photographer – mostly weddings.

Perhaps a Windows update then?

Just me then? I must say, I do feel a bit left out.

The article mentions that a fair chunk of money has been thrown at York to "boost bike travel". I'd be interested to know how the money was spent but would guess that some was on educating cyclists at a young age.

When I was in York earlier this year, picking up my new bike from Halfrauds, I was amazed, A) by the number of bikes on the roads, and B) by the fact that even the BMX kids with their trousers hanging round their thighs all wore fluo bibs and had LIGHTS!!

In Sunderland (my nearest city) kids would be laughed off the skate park for either of these fashion offences. So I think that education of young riders is a key issue – making lights 'acceptable', if not cool is a very good idea.

It only took ten minutes of driving round York at dusk to get into a whole new mindset – no point in overtaking the cyclists as they'll be passing you at the lights 30 seconds later…..

I've always used Vistaprint too – the print quality is fine and they are seriously cheap. Just go for the extra thick card and glossy finish or they're a bit cr@p, and don't sign up with any of their 'associates' at the end of the transaction.

Having said all that, I recently had a good look at a friend's Moo cards and was very impressed – thicker, better print quality and just looked the mutt's – I'll be giving them a go next time.

Wonder if I could set up a scheme for my own business (self employed). Oh, wait, I work from home dammit.

My mate reckons he's got an interview / group ride on the 5th December at GT (or actually, maybe it was Inners) with ticket to ride.

Just finished. That was possibly the worst DIY job ever!!!11! and thought about calling a plumber and crying more than once.

We have the worst toilet ever too. You just can't get at anything. All the fittings are located INSIDE hollow sections of the plinth with tiny little round access holes. The nuts are all a good three inches away from the holes so normal tools are useless.

The first attempt ended with a nearly flooded bathroom but by sticking two drivers into two tiny holes and fiddling blindly for half an hour, I managed to get the nut tight enough to not p1ss water everywhere.

Oh well, live and learn….

Hi MM and thanks. Yes, that's what I'm trying to do. Unfortunately, the only way to get at the nut at the top of the braided water pipe seems to be to remove the whole cistern. Unfortunately, this is proving to be impossible, as there appear to be a couple of holding nuts INSIDE a hollow bit of the plinth.

I guess it's made in such a way as you end up saying Oh F0K IT!! And buying a whole new toilet (I'm getting close – the outlet (waste) pipe has just come undone too, which has made the job a whole lotta fun).

Saw it last night and rather enjoyed it. Wouldn't want to see it again though………

Sorry – gotta run MR James story on BBC4. I'll ask Mrs Removed tomorrow. Where are you based Luke?

That's crazy. My wife is a speech therapist – she works in fairly deprived areas and travels between three towns, often in the same day. You should most definitely be able to get regular treatment wherever you are in the country, even in these under-funded times. Was the original referral through a GP?

Going private may be an option if you really are struggling, but be aware that often private practitioners have far less training. The private practices won't pay to keep their therapists up to date with the latest thinking and training, and the practitioners are unlikely to pay for it out of their own pockets.

Have a look here at this thread. I asked the same question not so long ago….

Ended up at Evans.

I use the 7dayshop ones for my flashgun – cheaper than the competition and IMO, longer lasting.

My dog is nice.

I just get a blank page with a little red cross :-(

Drinking coffee as we speak – is my life over?

My happy hazy days were spent camping and hiking, surfing in the sun, biking in the rain.

The two lifestyles aren't incompatible – in fact, they mix rather well. There was a point in my life where a ride / camping ride wasn't complete without a smoke, or occasionally a bit of dodgy powder!

We had many a happy night way up in the Cairngorms enjoying a couple of acid tabs in a bottle of red. Nom nom nom. Ruined the wine but we just didn't care :-)

It Hurt me too by Savoy Brown. The most overblown but heartfelt guitar solo in the world. Ever. It WILL make you screw your face up and getcha air guitar out, I promise.

Oh, and The Audience is Listening by Steve Vai if you really want to RAAAAAWK out.

Pretty much everything, for quite a long time. Seemed to just grow out of it, and now don't even have a toke. Drink too much though probably….

Hope he doesn't mind that I stole his text to start my website….

http://rad2thepowerofsick.foliopic.com/

If I was him, I'd be flattered! Maybe I can get him to link to me?!