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F*ck sake, fine Phil, you win. Tail well and truly between my legs.

Yeah, I can take £5 for it, send me a DM for details

Great meeting you too, hope you enjoy the light

Haha, this one is 112g. I'm just parroting their marketing rhetoric, if you can find a lighter mass-made saddle I will, tail between my legs, return and rewrite.

To the guy yesterday wearing Assos shorts, a replica world champs jersey, riding a red Merida. F*ck you.
He wasn't fast so I overtook him several times, but twice he overtook me as I was behind a slower rider and there were peds coming the other way, so he just rode AT THEM forcing them to jump out the way. Of course this was also punctuated by a couple of RLJ's for good measure. If this was some kid on a stolen mountain bike I would understand it, but this guy was wearing £200 shorts, riding a £2k+ bike riding like he was escaping the scene of a crime.

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Poxies

Lump Buzkut

Daves

Daft Pink

Broken Balls

Heck

I moved in with my veggie partner last year and was worried about what the impact would be. She works a 5 minute walk from our house and works 9-5, I work a 40 minute ride from home and work 8.30-5.30. Because she's normally home at least an hour before me, she does most of the cooking mon-fri, so it's all veggie.

It means that during the week I eat meat in a maximum of 3 meals, I've lost weight, saved a ton of money and it's meant that the meat I buy is of a much higher quality (because I don't need to buy in bulk). If anybody is thinking of going semi-veggie, my wallet, my receding belly, and my sense of moral superiority over the common man would thoroughly recommend it.

On the same subject, anybody checked out the things being done by Impossible Foods https://www.impossiblefoods.com/ and Beyond Meat - http://beyondmeat.com ? Veggie food that looks, tastes, and feels exactly like meat but without the killing that goes with it. I want to test it out, but as of yet I am yet to find a UK supplier.

Thanks guys, useful to throw it out there and get some reactions, I am probably blowing it out of proportion.

Cheers buddy, you seem like a friendly guy...

Yeah, always made a big deal of birthdays, they drove 3 hours each way to give my dad's best friend his 60th birthday present, for instance. It's pretty much the reason I'm upset and why it's about effort rather than money or what gift it was.

We have a good relationship, which again is why it's so confusing. Initially, I thought it was them being deliberately stand offish before doing something they normally would.

Probably should have said, my sister did say something to them about it (I wasn't aware she had and hadn't said anything to her) and they seemed to be offended at the suggestion.

Not really the same thing. I'm not upset because they didn't spend money, more that they 'didn't seem to care'.

This is a bit of a personal one, but wanted to throw it to the wisdom the crowd and see what the consensus is as I'm kind of flummoxed. Sorry if it's a bit of an agony aunt question:

It was a big birthday for me a few days ago, one of those decade ones that are celebrated more than others. Fianceé did loads and made it a great day, her parents made a real effort took us out for lunch etc, Sister made a big effort, same with my friends. My parents live abroad in the EU and all they did was send a small present ordered from the internet, no card, and didn't really act like it was an important day. It was my dad's 60th in June and we organized for 15 friends to fly over to them in secret to surprise him, loads of effort from the whole family, big party etc. I am kind of upset that there was little effort from my parents for my big day.

Now, I have no idea how to broach this subject with them or whether it's even worth doing so, whether I am being oversensitive, whether bringing it up will do more harm than good etc. I also don't want to seem ungrateful for what they got me, because even if it's not what I was expecting I appreciate any gift somebody gives me. Anybody have any advice or had a similar experience?

Had a weird one this morning. This guy in a sh**e 20 year old Ford Fiesta (R359 EWR for those who may be interested) between New Cross and Surrey Canal Road honestly the angriest driver I've ever experienced. Sat behind a van at a set of lights, he comes up behind me and starts mashing on his horn, revving and bumping towards my back wheel, I hadn't seen him before on the journey so just ignored him, cycled on and turned off down towards Q1. 2 Minutes later I'm waiting at the ped crossing from Fordham Park and who do I see waiting at that red light behind 5 cars? The same guy, leaning on his horn again. Then I go through Folkestone Gardens and guess who's waiting at the junction to Surrey Canal Road, leaning on his horn? When he turns onto the road he drives fairly normally then turns off into a Screwfix Direct. Not exactly a life/death situation where you need to be revving and gnashing to get there quickly, but so much aggression! Anybody had anything like this before, seen a driver consistently on the verge of bursting a vein for about 10 minutes in multiple different environments?

( rant ) I was riding down Tower Bridge Road last night, when some moron filtered through the stationary traffic without looking, pulling out inches in front of me. Cue emergency braking that nearly threw me over my bars, smashed my leg into the stem (must have missed the old man by mm) and narrowly avoiding wiping out into the side of a car. When I came up alongside him and said 'you could at least apologise' he started talking about how he'll apologise to avoid an argument, but he saw me, I had loads of space, he did nothing wrong. After promptly telling him what I thought about his cycling and attitude, I flipped the bird and rode off. Now, is that kind of apology 'I'll say sorry to avoid an argument, but...' worse that simply no apology at all? I would say yes. ( /rant )

Pink hair, catlike helmet, looked liked a custom steel disc frame in gold with Ultegra. Going over Tower Bridge at about 6, looked very on here. Would have complimented the frame but didn't have the chance.

Somebody riding a chrome frame with bullhorns (didn't catch the manufacturer), wearing Brixton shorts riding along Q1 past the Den at about 6ish last night. Thought you swung off for me to take a pull, but then put the hammer down and overtook leaving me in your dust, seemed on here.

Oh yeah, my parents live near Teramo, the number of times I haven't seen a rider until the last minute at night beggars belief, they seem especially light averse on the flat roads in the valleys.

Got a set of 55mm Cosine wheels that need to be sold to add to the wedding fund.

About 1 year old, never used in the wet, no marks or dinks, ridden for under 500 miles, come with skewers. They also have DNA paint on, so if they're nicked they can be returned if the police find them. Really good set of wheels, originally £600, I'm asking for £300.

You can find all the technical specs below:
Original listing - http://www.wiggle.co.uk/cosine-55mm-full-carbon-clincher-wheelset/
RCUK Review - https://roadcyclinguk.com/gear/cosine-55mm-full-carbon-clincher-wheelset-review.html

The only slight mark against them is some dents on the freehub which I've taken pictures of, doesn't impact performance, just needs a little more force to push a cassette on.

Can also include a 105 5800 cassette with less than 200 miles for an extra £15. Also a set of valve extenders for £5. £310 for the lot.

Pickup in SE4, naturally there will be a donation to the forum once sold.