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When I first started riding in the 90's I made the mistake of sourcing a lot of kit from Halfords. I bought a cheap pair of 700c tyres and went home to fit them. Sure enough, gave myself quite a surprise when the first one blew off the rim.

Took them back and complained and the head of the cycle department said something along the lines of me being an idiot so I asked him to fit them. He put the tube and tyre on and got it to about 30PSI and said 'there you go'.

I suggested that it was too low to ride at that pressure and so he kept pumping. When the tyre eventually let go it went with an almighty bang that sounded like a gunshot and echoed around and about the large, aluminium warehouse unit that was (and still is) Halfords Epsom branch with the whole shop diving for cover.

He refunded me.

contact a landscape gardener. If they can get the whole thing out, root and all they can transplant it/sell it to someone with a larger garden.

In my mind's eye this was a picture of you in sandals riding a gravel loop of Lake Annecy. Was I thinking of another thread/picture and can you share a gpx of the above loop plus the Annecy loop purleaze?

For those of you in salaried employment Happy 'Working for Nothing' day today.

Classic...

We have even emptied out the built in cupboard and are repainting this which shows how long it is since we last painted here. Currently deciding whether to keep this or paint over it.

I forgot to take any pictures of the before situation but the sealant around the edge of the window frame was black with mould so I scraped that out, filled the gap and then resealed and it looks a lot better now.

I replaced an old double socket with a new socket with USB ports in to make the room a bit more 21st C friendly

Empty nester syndrome has lead us to focus on redecorating the eldest son's bedroom which was painted satin effect Chelsea royal blue when he was a teenager.

He's now 32 and left home over four years ago and we have decided to cover this over with something a bit more neutral.

There were various holes and cracks in the plaster which required filling and sanding first especially around the window. But a bit of patience with multiple layers of filler and sanding lead to a smooth finish. I also covered over a socket blank plate which had no wires behind it with filler. It now matches the rest of the wall as if nothing was there.

Next the satin paint was a pain as the whole wall had to be sanded to allow the next coat to go on.

Also the royal blue required three coats of white undercoat before we finished with two coats of polished pebble (light grey).

A new bed to complete the effect and overall I'm pretty pleased with the outcome and more importantly so is Mrs Idle.

Proper wet out on the trails today @ Swinley forest

Saw this erroneous apostrophe on a Café menu last week

The concrete looks fairly old and cracked. If that was me I would use a sledgehammer or perhaps a club hammer for closer control and break the concrete up and also lever it out with a crowbar or prybar.

Nice work, well done. Great pics

Thanks, the linked socket looks good

I'm changing two double wall sockets in a bedroom that we have recently decorated.

First one was a cinch with only three wires on the existing socket and aside from adding an earth from the socket to the metal backing plate took less than ten minutes.

However the second one has nine wires going into three terminals (3 x L, N & E).

As if this wasn't painful enough i.e squeezing three wires into each terminal, the wires are quite short and the new socket has terminals in different places to the existing socket meaning that they are unlikely to reach far enough once I try to fix the socket in the backplate.

Any suggestions, for example is there a recommended, safe way of extending the wires or should I just give it up as a bad job and leave the old socket in place?

Mine was similar; concrete screed floor in a 1960's built house. I filled in the worst holes and cracks with filler and then two coats of garage floor paint, circa £40 from Screwfix.

The first coat is painful and seems to take forever as it is filling holes and soaking into the concrete but after a few days to allow it to dry out thoroughly the second coat just flows on.

Admittedly it's not got a car in or on it but it's lasted over 12 months so far with reasonably heavy traffic i.e. I'm in there most days in work boots.

Before and after two coats pic below. For me it's worth a go at that price.

If only there was some way to stop it happening

I got my Diverge from there too. It’s my go to bike now, I mainly ride gravel.

Dunno if you do Facebook but always plenty of Diverge E5 or A1 on there. Just make reasonable consideration as to whether it might have been stolen.

That’s great info thanks. Will check out the link.

Thanks 👍🏻

Grav-grav makes BBC news. Anyone tried it and is it worth a visit?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68204044

Haha, this came up on my FB reminder just a few days ago. 29th Jan 2008, that's me on the log plop like 16 years ago. Fuck me I'm old.

Riding my old Spesh SX trail.

(RPM, that rings a bell. Weren't you one of the original Chocolate Foot gang?)

This is for sale within walking distance of my house.

So tempted

ha ha, I was really struggling with Dive No Fucks. Took me a while to work it out.