ive never read a book in my life so far, what do people get from reading a book,does it give you a better life just seems a waste of time to me,there are other things more important to do does it help with your mental health to read a book matt I guess some people think the same about cycling to so...

Alpinum wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:08 pm

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:12 pm Hope that heals up quick.

Pun intended?

Sadly not!

Spacemaker sale now on at Alpkit. Annoying that a lot of the women's stuff 50% off but the equivalent men's stuff is 25% off or thereabouts. I don't think it's going to do much to tip the balance of historical gender inequality, but it's mildly irritating. Maybe it's deliberate ploy to encourage fe...

Yikes!

They're vicious bastards pedals aren't they. Ban 'em I say

Hope that heals up quick.

...and looking rather cheerful he was too - probably because he's spent two weeks doing something more fun than delivering my parcels But he brought me some books from a certain Mr. D Fucking Barter Looking forward to reading these, thanks Dave!

I think I've spent more time on here since the lockdowns began. But perhaps that's not surprising.

It's definitely helped, and is helping, me not go mad, so cheers Stu, and everyone else

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:23 am Yep, seems like it's finally cr-oaked it....

Very good. Take a bough.

Got a delivery of beer from the pub I usually go to, who had to stop doing click and collect, but have started doing free delivery to my postcode A little micropub in our town is have also delivering ale. A quick text in the morning and then it turns up in the afternoon. I'm getting used to this se...

I drilled one in my Longitude after pulling an orange BB out So yeah, leave it

(**) Sorry to female Boners, I had to fit the joke to the narrative :wink: . Perhaps we should ask the female Boners if they'd rather have a more fetching collective noun? Thanks for asking, but personally I am quite happy being an honorary/metaphorical boner with balls :-bd As you wish. Perhaps it...

...finally, with a pair of Deore 2x10 shifters to replace the ones on my Longitude which have indicators, with these that don't, so I can move them further inboard on my loop bars. Posted second class last Monday. Just glad they weren't lost, and hope other things I'm waiting for are just delayed t...

RIP wrote: ↑Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:06 am (**) Sorry to female Boners, I had to fit the joke to the narrative .

Perhaps we should ask the female Boners if they'd rather have a more fetching collective noun?

james you could do it now. Just apply the same long distance ethos. Start real slow, feed and never go near the red. This is a good summary. Like everything training is utter bollocks it’s is your mind In terms of achieving your goal, I agree. In terms of avoiding injury... not so sure: injuries ar...

Recovery and impact on cycling, is that about muscle or joint toughness needed? Running feels equivalent to a much hillier or harder ride than HR alone suggests. Good question. Both I guess, but joints are probably the tricky one. One thing I read years ago about running that's stuck with me: your ...

james you could do it now. Just apply the same long distance ethos. Start real slow, feed and never go near the red. This is a good summary. Like everything training is utter bollocks it’s is your mind In terms of achieving your goal, I agree. In terms of avoiding injury... not so sure: injuries ar...

But, hey, it's Cheery Friday and we can't be down for long!! I've just started reading 'McCarthy's Bar' for the umpteenth time and it makes me glad to be alive :-bd . Must be 15 years since I read that! Probably time to revisit it, great book. I've had a pretty damn cheery Friday. Unexpectedly brig...

gorgeous!

Hope she settles in quickly.

...finally, with a pair of Deore 2x10 shifters to replace the ones on my Longitude which have indicators, with these that don't, so I can move them further inboard on my loop bars. Posted second class last Monday. Just glad they weren't lost, and hope other things I'm waiting for are just delayed too.

I'm not a runner, but going to weigh in anyway, because that's how the internet works :wink: Anyway, it might be useful... Conventional wisdom would tell you "no". I think the answer is probably "yes, but", with the buts being a) how quickly do you want to do it: hopefully not ve...

That's the one, thanks!

I'm sure someone on here mentioned a UK rail map plotted as a physical map rather than a Tube style diagram - possibly as an overlay on Google Maps or similar - but I'm buggered if I can find it. Thought it was on the "where would you live?" thread. Someone help me out?

I should add: bonus points for not calling it the The Aire Divide, even though that would be quite accurate :wink: Honestly didn't even cross my mind Dave! Geographically it is a watershed not a divide since the water falling to the east also ends up in the same sea. Fair point, hadn't considered t...

I should add: bonus points for not calling it the The Aire Divide, even though that would be quite accurate

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:24 pm Don't worry, she'll soon be 29"

In a couple of weeks at this rate!

A Diabolous imperial stout from Durham Brewery. Except this batch, brewed in 2016, was matured in whisky casks for 14 months (and boy can you taste it). It's been in the garage (maturing, don't you know) for at least 6 months, and the label says there were only 750 bottles, so the chance of getting ...