I find the title of this thread quite off-putting. It reminds me to much of 80’s box office hit ‘Pretty Woman’….
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- Thu Jul 22, 2021 6:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The minimum you would take for 1 night out?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1355
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 6:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Rich People in Space
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2287
Re: OT: Rich People in Space
It’s a shameful waste of money and resources. Quite frankly I think space tourism should be banned before it starts. It’s bad enough that people feel entitled to fly wherever and whenever they like, now the 1% want to piss about in low earth orbit. The whole thing is f’ing awful
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 1:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Giving up booze
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3876
Re: Giving up booze
Perhaps you will get balance but you might not- at least alcohol is not 100% addictive like nicotine is. I think you’re mistaking chemical dependency for addiction. Anything can be addictive. Addiction is a state of being, not a physical thing. Anyone addicted to nicotine is past the physical,chemi...
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 4:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It's hard enough to walk down.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1366
Re: It's hard enough to walk down.
Ouch!
That’s gotta hurt. Bet that’s not a bridleway though
That’s gotta hurt. Bet that’s not a bridleway though
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 3:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Giving up booze
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3876
Re: Giving up booze
Can I ask the folk who have given up because they were drinking too much 'why not treat beer like a normal daily drink like coffee or tea or water. Try to drink for the taste and not for the affects. You don't have to get hammered every time you have some beer. Some people can’t, it’s as simple as ...
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:32 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Giving up booze
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3876
Re: Giving up booze
I’m probably coming at this from a different angle than you. I gave up drinking because my drinking had become destructive. I was down to the level of necking 1/2 bottles of corner shop vodka in one swig and my life was crumbling around me. If your drinking is at all problematic - only you and those...
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Surly 'Corner Bar' - what do we think???
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3023
Re: Surly 'Corner Bar' - what do we think???
Ha.. I googled the phrase, was kinda interested. I mean, rather interested :) A Reddit entomology thread came up. I hope I’m not falling into a well baited pedant trap here but….. Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Etymology is the study of the history and origin of words. Sorry, I coul...
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Mixing brakes - is it acceptable?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1799
Re: Mixing brakes - is it acceptable?
Had a CX with a disk front and rear v-brake for years. No bother
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 9:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thoughts on waist bags
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3328
Re: Thoughts on waist bags
it catches on the saddle Ah yes that was another problem I had with these things. Oh, AND it pulled on one's tum like a Victorian corset - if I wanted to enjoy the pleasures of wearing a Victorian corset I'd wear a Victorian corset. And indeed have done of course. You could use that one as a (flatt...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Soooooo far OT - non / low alcohol beers
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4072
Re: Soooooo far OT - non / low alcohol beers
The best non-alcoholic beers are tea and water. Since getting sober 7 years ago that’s pretty much all the liquid I consume with the exception of hot chocolate on bikepacking trips. If you drink because you ‘like the taste’ and are concerned about how much you are drinking just drink the stuff you l...
- Fri Jul 09, 2021 8:55 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Saddle for all day comfort
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3459
Re: Saddle for all day comfort
FWIW my most comfy saddles are/have been. Brooks B17 - upright touring bike Brooks Swift - MTB Selle Italia Flite 1990 - Fargo Selle Italia SLR - proper road bike. I recently switched to a Brooks C17 on my upright bikepacking MTB and find the comfort way less than that of either of the two Brooks le...
- Thu Jul 08, 2021 11:47 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: WOHO bag stabilizer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 930
Re: WTD: WOHO bag stabilizer
I'm keen to try one of these, primarily to carry water on my fatbike in the winter and thus avoid taking a backpack. As far as I can see, they're just not available (other than the Brooks version). Maybe someone has one and no longer uses it? I have one I don’t use that I could get in the post next...
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 10:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Crankset for a single speed - help needed
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1727
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Crankset for a single speed - help needed
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1727
- Tue Jul 06, 2021 2:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Geoff Bars vs Jones H
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1657
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Geoff Bars vs Jones H
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1657
Re: Geoff Bars vs Jones H
I’ve always fancied one of these.
https://rockgeist.com/product/jones-bag/
I have a lot of Rockgeist bags and rate them highly.
With how I run my GPS and lights this type of bag wouldn’t suit me but I find them intriguing nonetheless.
https://rockgeist.com/product/jones-bag/
I have a lot of Rockgeist bags and rate them highly.
With how I run my GPS and lights this type of bag wouldn’t suit me but I find them intriguing nonetheless.
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Did you get in: Your BB200/300 entry story
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1873
Re: Did you get in: Your BB200/300 entry story
I’m in.
Plenty of cursing at 12 when nothing would load. Was pretty sure it was the virtually non-existent internet connection we have until I was able to see other sites loading.
Here we go again.
Now to decide if orange is the new black?
Plenty of cursing at 12 when nothing would load. Was pretty sure it was the virtually non-existent internet connection we have until I was able to see other sites loading.
Here we go again.
Now to decide if orange is the new black?
- Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB entry - technical issues
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1667
Re: BB entry - technical issues
It’s sloooow but works. Press the buttons once and breathe deeply.
I got as far as food choice twice but third third time worked.
I’m in.
I got as far as food choice twice but third third time worked.
I’m in.
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 6:45 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS Alpkit Kloke
- Replies: 1
- Views: 369
Re: FS Alpkit Kloke
Hi Shona.
I’ll take the Kloke if it’s still available.
YGM
I’ll take the Kloke if it’s still available.
YGM
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200/300 - 2021
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5302
Re: BB200/300 - 2021
Thanks Stu
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 12:18 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: ?FS: Strip/Sell Pinnacle Ramin 3+
- Replies: 7
- Views: 717
Re: ?FS: Strip/Sell Pinnacle Ramin 3+
Keep the Ramin - which is a whole and rideable bike (at least it was when you came to Dartmoor) and sell the Santa Cruz frame. As it’s brand new and unused and in short supply you will almost certainly be able to get all of your money back.
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200/300 - 2021
- Replies: 54
- Views: 5302
Re: BB200/300 - 2021
Stu, can you give a rough idea of the general location - south or north wales? Just trying to decide if I can drive down there in an evening before I commit (or try to commit....) Direction won't matter Phil as start / finish (and obviously parking) is mid-Wales. Our postcode will give you a idea -...
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Alpkit reaches B-corp status.
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3898
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:23 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Alpkit reaches B-corp status.
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3898
Re: Alpkit reaches B-corp status.
I think most of us are to some extent hypocrites in that we may bang the ethical purchasing drum but still end up buying stuff that may have some connection to unethical practices at times (possibly unknowingly) There was an excellent programme about hypocrisy on R4 yesterday. The conclusion was th...
- Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:19 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Alpkit reaches B-corp status.
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3898
Re: Alpkit reaches B-corp status.
I do see the irony in debating purchasing ethics on the internet. How many data centres spewing out carbon did your message traverse? Which carrier did you use? What are their values and ethics? Where were the electronics sourced from etc etc etc. Really you should be making your feelings known on ...