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their fucking email address on the back of the ticket is wrong
have just been told its actually an 8o quid fine by the plod, not the 60 i was told or that it says on the back of my notice.
Surprised he didn't want to put points on your licence too.
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Those Glo-toob lights are an excellent find. Perfect for attaching to a bag.
Though I hope you take this in the right spirit, but you may have meant "albeit".
We are all influenced by *T*he Mighty Platini here.
Indeed. I'll consider myself corrected :)
I succumbed last night and ordered one anyway. It should be here on Tuesday. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Trackstanding practice not recommended at traffic lights, particularly if facing the 'other' way to which you usually face (wheel pointing left or right) and especially if there's any question of not being able to unclip in a hurry.
Unless of course you're some kind of street clown and pass a hat round afterwards.
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I was thinking of a secondary rear light of some sort. My brother in law has used these for camping, just wondered of anyone else has had any experience of em as a rear light?
Thought they might be useful being 360 degree visible, LED, fairly bright and just quite a neat little thing, all be it a bit expensive. -
Depends on how well it was hidden I suppose.
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Unlike Kyle, who like to sit on the stage beneath the fence and looks up to it like a perverse upskirt goblin who loves to stroke a bit of flesh at the family drama.
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Broke my left Scaphoid and fractured my right elbow after an emergency stop that went horribly wrong. Some cnut turned left in front of me as I was barrelling down the road up by Angel.
It was in plaster for about 4 weeks, during which I was still using my hand somewhat, just stopping if it was a bit sore. After the 4 weeks and further xrays the consultant declared that it hadn't knitted very well and back in plaster for another 4 weeks and if it was still not right it'd have to get pinned.
That caused a bit of a panic TBH and for the next 4 weeks I did NOTHING with it regardless. Luckily it did knit, so there was no pins required but I was still another month or so before I was back on a bike, and then carefully. And even after that it would still get sore if it got jarred on the road. That lasted for months after it was healed.
Not much in the way of sympathy I'm afraid. It just takes time to fix properly and that's just how it is.:(
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DFP, dead on.
Any more suggestions before I go out and buy a load of shitty toys?
Probably even cheaper ebay. Kids stuff sells for very little.
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In relation to the police cycle manual that is 'news', Boris was on the Today program (about 8.45 if you want to listen again) this morning.
However he did talk about the cyclist fatalities, left turning lorries and some other things like allowing cyclists to run lights at left junctions.
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Just the other week... crap camera phone but the large size has the Reg plate clear enough if anyone cares.
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+1 Ko Chang. Was quite a long time ago since I was there right enough so it'll all be very different by now. Ko Samet, pretty close to Bangkok isn't too bad an island and fast to get to if you don't want the hassle to travelling and just ant to sit on a beach.
Travelled top to bottom, side to side for a few months quite a few years ago.
The East was the least touristy bit, probably the north the nicest, south the most tourist hell.
Saying that, Ko Mook (Muk I think is the proper spelling) has a brilliant lagoon/cave thing that you can swim thru from a boat. pretty scary as you have to swim thru a cave which at one point you can't see shit. Get there early morning before the main trips arrive with the lights and canoes and all that crap. The island itself was tiny.Up north, heading into the mountains towards Burma is also pretty 'rustic'. just find out where everyone else is headed for and pick somewhere else from the lonely planet. By and large the people were really friendly. Dammed if I can recall the exact place name but it was out towards Mae Hong Son distric. Chaing rai way up north was pretty nice, much better than the larger Chang mai just south of it.
I can also suggest a mad north to south dash thru Laos.
Cross the border at Chiang Khong (I think it was ) across to Houei Xai in Laos then down the Meekong thru to Luang Prabang then overground to the capital Vientiane and back to Thailand.
Tho with only 10 days you might be pushing it. Although things have undoubtedly changed for the better transport and roads wise, it's still a couple of days on the river and a full day by road and thats just in Laos. -
During my years in retail I used to get sore feet/legs being stood about all day.
For me I found superfeet insoles worked wonders. Weird at first, expensive but very comfortable.
Sad to say I've been using them ever since and now footware feels strange and uncomfortable without them.
Yeah they are about £30 a pair but I usually get at least a couple of years wear out of them, so I reckon it's not bad value all in all -
Just on my way home tonight through there about 6.30 or thereabouts, High road (A10 one heading from Seven sisters tube up the hill) Just up from the lights at the junction with the town hall approach road and Tynemouth Road.
Road was shut, couple of police cars and an ambulance there. There was a MTB in the road 20 feet in front a white Transit van, bonnet quite badly dented and the windscreen smashed.
There was another ambulance arriving under lights and siren as I passed.Didn't see anything else.
Hope they're alright.
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Saw this today. Thought it might be of some interest.
Ok, not technically 'space' but still a pretty good effort.Can't help thinking it'd have been more interesting if the camera was pointing down instead.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/macgyver-students-send-170-camera-into-space-20090923-g1kn.html?autostart=1 -
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Anyone heading in from Walthamstow direction in the next wee while?
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Likewise looked in on them (station cycles) a couple of times but wasn't convinced.
Everything cycling on forest road, is that the one with the dodgy drum kits and things too? Only was in there once and TBH wasn't at all convinced of them either. I was only looking for MTB brake cartridges but that seemed to cause alot of confusion. Bike Hub/Hut sounds interesting.. they open on sundays?
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I don't have any relevant skills/contacts so I won't waste time and space by going to the meeting. I hope it goes well. These deaths are unnacceptable.
+1
Maybe have a locked topic Sticky and keep us all abreast of what is going on/minutes/decisions etc?
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Bit lively for a Goth.
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+1 on the Thermarest. A bit pricy but brilliant.
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I know some folk who take to the hills around Aboyne if thats not too far out of town for you?