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Cunobelin wrote:*****RUDE******

Think of it this way


The recommended clearance is 3' or 36"

The average "willy" is 6"

One assumes that therefore the "size of the driver" is 1/6 of the clearance they gave - that explains a lot.....

Wow, I'm gonna have to remember that one.

JohnW wrote:I keep my new Mercian frame on the mantlepiece - well, you do, don't you? - and I went downstairs to check that it hadn't been shaken down onto the cruel hard carpet, and hurt itself.

Don't worry, it was ok.

Have you not built that up yet? Or are you keeping it purely to display it's aesthetic qualities.

My Dad was in the middle of a nightshift at Royces, they thought something untoward had happened on one of the testbeds until they realized what it was.
My Mum says she was just nodding off when it happened, if it managed to wake her out of her alcohol induced stupor it really was something out of the ordinary, when she got up this morning several small ornaments had fallen from a shelf part way up the stairs, I told her she probably did that on her way to bed.

thirdcrank wrote:

Achilles wrote: Or would I be better upgrading to another 11-32 or even 11-34 cassette and perhaps get a longer life out of it?

I am sure I have read somewhere recently that a spokesman was asked if better quality sprockets resisted wear longer and the answer was no. It seems the better finish looks nicer and may be more resistant to corrosion. (I am sorry that I cannot quote the source - must have been a cycling mag.)

Yep TC, I read the same article some time ago,I think it was CJ who wrote it or commented to that effect.

aesmith
As TC has said I've just built up a Thorn Audax Mk3 frame(with parts from my dead Raleigh) and give a full account in Goods and Services section.
If you build one up I think you should, with an Ultegra groupset and decent other bits have change out of £900 and if you should buy the frame only option you get 100days to send it back but only 14 for complete bike!

PS I really like mine

Thanks for your prompt response.

I need to buy the bike in the UK as I am going on a tour. I am researching second hand at the moment so VAT will not be a consideration.

If you turn the beetroot towards the sun it will shield its eyes as opposed to a potato which will tan evenly. However, Campagnolo and similar Italian vegetables are seasonal only. Shimanos just melt. "Jeremy Clarkson" said the magistrate, "you have been quoted as breaking wind, you must die!' Hamster paid attention,a bike pump was carefully inserted into the small orifice behind the offending television presenter. "Stand back!" said Gertrude as she produced her aerosol from under her aged Brooks saddle. "This willl make third chins double and Clarkson fly! thruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuump and up, up and away".

"Bother!" muttered Hamster. "Arrrrrrrrgh" went Clarkson. And that was nearly all there was left of life on Earth. David Attenborough stated that Shimano ate Suntour for breakfast, but Sugino, Tange and Crepe Susette begged to disagree, arguing that beetroot and Edward Gerbil were one and two in the running but Jeremy Clarkson exploded into space.

Underwater goats died out suddenly. "Am I bovvered?", "Can I spell?", "Do I care?","Do beetroot exist?" Douglas Adams enquired through a medium sized telephone. "No, no regrets. I, I, have no bananas? So they locked their chastity belts with a D-Lock which they found stuffed up Jeremy Clarkson however unlikely that may appear.

Aqualungs deflate if stuffed up.

And they all ate hot crispy tripe for tea. With onions. Yuk. Washed down with a newt (not Greatcrested) and Marmite sandwiches. Jeremy Clarkson landed four large salmon using a Shimano Ultegra golf club weeble extractor and a large hammer. Potato-eating long-winded brain-addled Clarkson, described his thingamybob as being indexed, but slightly knackered, due to severe wind damage. "No more curried goat for me!"

"That was hamster, not goat" exclaimed Monty Don. Archimedes took a bath from the store. "You reek! Aarrrgh! Wash under your bottom bracket and behind your levers,or your screwed!

Sorry,the earth didn't move for me

I have followed up this complaint with the leader that day who confirms that Bristol CTC arrived at Slimbridge at 12.55 p.m. and left at 2.05 p.m. The majority of the group went to the pub but at least 3 went to the cafe. Those who went to the pub sat outside in the conservatory and the bikes should have been visible.

Our rides programme (paper and web version) states that the destination of the ride is Slimbridge and that there will be three stops, namely cafe, pub, and pub. The Wetland and Wildfowl Trust is not mentioned and it is unlikely that the group would go there as I believe there is an entry charge for non-members.

I appreciate that some members may not be able to meet the group at the start of the ride, but if not there is always the risk that they may miss them at the lunch stop, especially if the leader is unaware that they are planning on joining us.

Sue Hawkins
Rides Programme Secretary
Bristol CTC

Mick F wrote:Never felt a thing.

Daughter2 in Bedford did though!

I quote from her email to us today:
Did you feel the earthquake last night? We did. We were sat in bed and the whole room started moving and I could feel the bed shaking! I knew that the only possible explanation was that it had to be an earthquake. It was very spooky that it was totally silent.

Was far from silent here, was like a lorry crashing into the house.

andrewhe wrote: My kids are now too big and if you do buy one watch out for the material in the footwell, which seems to be the weakest point. Mine's ripped because the kids stand up on it (and, I'm afraid to say, JUMP UP AND DOWN, on it) when they're getting in and out. So try to ensure they just get straight in and out and ban chocolate for three weeks if they stand up while waiting for you to get ready.

Yes I thought this was a potential weak spot and to avoid any damage, I've lined mine with part of a cut up camping mat. Works a treat.

It woke me up, the wardrobes were shaking so much I thought they might fall over and it felt as though someone had picked up the bed and was shaking it. My other half had nodded off in his armchair and it even woke him up and he could sleep through WW3! Our 11 year old son slept right through.

People came out of their houses up and down the street and lights were going on everywhere.
I realized right away what it was though, having felt a few smaller tremors over the years. I don't do hysterics.

Half cup of oats, one cup of semi skimmed milk, stir together 5 mins, add honey and powdered cinnamon (good for lowering cholestrol) and sliced banana.

Absolutely LUSH

I've been a Sustran's Supporter now for nearly 10 years and have donated on & off in this time. I've recently started to donate again. I like to think I'm donating to a good cause and find the cycling network very good and use my local NCN for going to work and back. You do get a Newsletter and a NCN poster and updates on the NCN from time to time.
I would email/phone them regarding the freebies. There are very helpful.

Go onto http://www.af3v.org/ (where you will see a pic of the Piste Cyclable du lac d'Annecy that you mentioned).

Click on the Union Jack to get the site in English and do a search on VVVs by activity.

There appear to be 111 off-road routes suitable, for example, for inline skating, from 4km to over 160 km.

The Voie Vert du lac Du Der http://240plan.ovh.net/~afv/FicheVoieAng.php?voie=114
in the French Ardennes sounds nice for rollerblading ... and has links to the Vélovoie des lacs de la Forêt d’Oreient.

But there again there are lots of temptiations on the site for relaxed traffic-free pootling with kids ...