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normally i make a big effort because im a bit of a soppy bastard. i dont really buy stuff, just organise somthing special/fun, but i always end up well out of pocket by the end of it all. last year was a joke becuase i played a double valentines for 2 girls, which not only was problematic, but e£pensive.

this year however, i have become painfully bitter and sour, and dont want anything to do with those snakes with tits. i have no motivation to seek romance, and to make it worse all my mates are fucking off for the weekend, so im gonna be fucking bored.

think im gonna buy a bunch of new stuff as a present for myself and the bikes, and go for a long ride and get really baked.

hippy- by elephant larger do you happen to mean delerium tremens? not really tramp, but definatly loony juice. one of my favourites but you have to be fucking careful how many you drink as it can easily catch you by suprise.

in my younger days my cheap poison was merrydown cider. i swear that stuff has some kind of undetectable drug in it, 4 bottles and anything can happen. i once pulled a mates mum (divorced) as a result of being mad drunk. many "why are we on a boat" situations.

yeah, i have a tache and a beard, but i dont think i go with just the tache and live my life as dick dastardly.

i have 23c on the front, and 25 rear. been thinking about getting a 28 on the rear as i think it might smooth the ride but not comprimise speed. not really sure what tires though.

dont really want to ride my road bikes at the moment with ice everywhere.

im going to make one of these tommorow.

tristoo- how did you attach the nut to the tug? is it just held in dry with the two tabs? i guess it doesnt really matter as the nut will be held on once the screw is in.

oh i love that colonago, i would buy it in a second. i like the frame geometry, and the forward slowing top tube, and i think the diameter of all the tubing makes the frame look really ridgid and balanced.

not keen on the stem/bar combo, but i love everything else. not a quintessential colnago design, but i dont know if thats neccessarily a bad thing, somtimes they look cheesy as fuck.

i also really like the bike with the bent seat tube connected to the seat stays. really aggressive/unique looking.

probably not porn but holy shit do i want to ride it.

i fucking hate snow. i like it when it falls, but it gets on my tits after a day or so. i dont like riding my road bikes with 23c slicks when theres any hint of black ice. i fell twice in the last bit of snow withing 5 minutes of each other to hurt both sides of my hips. really irritating!

i have a back-up ss mtb with some gnarly tires and fat mud guards but i hate riding slow assed mtb bikes when i used to bombing it.

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Doom has to be my favourite drink of all time, i cant buy it anywhere here in kent so i get 4 boxes delivered from the brewary every month. its nice but its not the same as drinking from a glass overlooking the sea, pretending your not cold. doom was my bike ride fuel, and too many times i got stuck in the middle of fucking nowhere because i ended up getting pissed.

also worth mention is the other cornish ale: skinners. alough i only like certain recipes from thier range, becuase some of them are rank.

completely naff designs

yeah, i did wonder if it really made a significant diffrence. i thought the load on each bearing would be less therefore with lower friction. but with that said its only one extra ball out of 10, so i cant imagine it making an awful lot of diffrence.

ive just got a nice new cup +cone BB to replace my old ratty rusting one.

just wondering if there is any advantage to taking my bearings out of thier collar and running them loose within the cup. ive placed them in and found i needed an extra bearing, but the extra one fitted in perfectly to keep it snug.

any advice? bad idea?

theres a bunch of new road sighns that have had this effect on me this week. the first couple of times i didnt realise what it was and thought there was somthing seriously wrong with my back wheel.

i have a mate who lives facing it with a view of it from his balcony. much like the attic in a new house i absolutly had to go and have myself an explore. spent 5 hours getting soaked, with much hiding.

the scale of the thing is hard to appreciate until you are within its bowls, it made me feel incredably insignificant. the whole time i was wondering what i would do if i was to be seen.

1.8 times larger power attained by SDV bike than those by conventional ones at low heart rate condition
According to the data obtained at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1.8 times larger power is obtained at low heart rate condition and 1.15 times larger at higher heart rate condition.

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ive just come into possesion of a GT 2007 Avalanche for £50 off a mate who doesnt ride it. dont know much about MTBs and disk brakes but it seems pretty decent. im thinking about single speeding it for a summer in cornwall.

P!MP- wheres your kernow home to?

last time i flew on virgin i had a really strong hash cookie and spent most of the flight nurturing a semi. when your stuck on a plane for hours and hours its hard not to let your mind slip into all the terrible things youd do to that filthy polish hostess. i had the same thing on singapore airlines, they have really hot air hostesses.

i keep it all inside my head, but my dad has no shame. hel go up to the kitchen bit and just stand there for most of the flight eating and flirting with them.

ignoring the actual technical factors and going on feel, what makes you choose your gear? i run 52-18/20.

i live in an area with long flats and big hills. i dont like the feeling of spinning out when im trying to keep up with traffic. with my gearing i can comfortably keep up and overtake traffic with enough gear left for me to put in a full sprint.

on hills i dont mind having a big gear as i kind of enjoy the challenge, and having having some resistance to push against feels good. i wouldnt want this if i was riding 100~miles or up a 20mi climb, but for bashing about its great.

so i try to ride a gear that is as close to spinning out on the flat as i can, without actually spinning out.

i recently went out on a 50mi ride with a 22t, and while i could definatly ride longer with it, i missed the top end speed for sprints and the resitance up hills.

i used to love playing with fire. when i was about 10 me and some mates "accidently" set fire to a massive field of dry grass, it was porno for pyros. we used to modify fireworks as well, which was fine under the innocence of childhood, but scares the life out of me now. these days im just an admirer of combustion and dont partake in making it happen, but fairly recently i saw a massive warehouse fire near my house that captivated me like i was a child again.

i also spent alot of time taking things apart to see how they worked. however these days its really boring becuase everything contains a few boards and thats it.

i dont know about running, but i got shin paint when i switched to riding slim track style pedals, as oposed to MTB flats.

went away though and isnt a problem.

i went out in a pair of my brothers addidas shoes today for a bit of a run, holy jesus do my heels hurt.

ive been looking around and it seems you can get a ferry from Harwich in essex to holland. 9:00 english- 16:40 holland. the distances to essex and from the otherside of the ferry journey seem reasonable.

i think with gold theres a fine line between it looking really dope and really untasteful. i quite like gold things, but most bikes i see with gold componants look crap and tacky.

the chrome-laquer way seems to be the best option, but i dont have a chrome frame :\ from what i gather its pretty expensive to get a frame chromed. any experience?

whats the metal bracket between the downtube and forks on that bob jackson?

thats not far off my life, except i dont go to work.

ive been cooing over this bike scince i saw it posted here and was wondering the same thing myself. i think i would have to taint it with STI's.

i would rather have a good classic, but im finding somthing quality that doesnt cost mad money difficult. someone on here has a lovely navy blue pinerello, id love somthing of that nature.

anyone know the cost of the fuji?

yeah thats the stuff, alough there are quite a few diffrent types. the hostest one is in a black and red bottle. im one of those people that enjoys testing myself with really hot chilli, death source is the hottest thing ive tried.

yeah salt is meant to work, theyre big on having finger bowls with salt in mexico for this purpose. i never got on with it though, putting a quantity of plain salt in my mouth makes me want to wretch.