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If Jonny does it on 70" then a mere mortal would be looking at about 65" :-)

Do not underestimate the Jonny!

If Tori is workign that day (possible) than I'd be very up for a medium paced 40 miler on the geared bike. It'll be a good re-introduction ride for me.

Yeah, let's stick at the Lamb for tonighyt. I will be a bit late but will be there from 7:30 ish.

Any early door attendees?

mashton on the ghayest bike eva! Russel square. Good to see ya, glad you're healing up. Nice to see the bling bike.

Yeah, my first day back on the bike and I got a Mouse spot in the mornign and a Tommy spot in the evening. Surely an omen, I think?

BTW, Tommy - The slack chain is why your track stand was so rubbish :-)

Friend of mine pulled an Aussie bird in a club and wangled her back to his place.

After some sofa based snogging she announced: "I'm up on bricks at the moment, but you can take a rip on my shitter if you want."

Speechless.

OK, cool, ride to drinks. YEAH!

OK, Chris Crash is trying to hijack this, so let's make sure we all come along tomorrow night and combine forces.

Same place?

Chris, are you stealing my drinks night?

Maybe we should combine the threads?

The tip that got me skidding was to lock straight your left leg at the bottom of roation whilst subsequently pulling up with the right leg. This shifts your bum up a bit as the pedals rotate, moving weight forward onto your arms, hence easier to skid. It's less scaery than doing the balls to stem thing.

Also, find some nice level grass to practice on, the lower friction makes learning easier. Ditto wet, smooth tarmac. Just make sure to do it ina straight line, otherwise you can fall over and be in PAIN.

Good to see you back on the bike Matt. Nice Willier BTW!

Thanks mate, let's take it to Kent, sooooon.

Yeah, it feels amazing to be back onit. Need to sort out my fitness now :-)

Spotted Mouse on my way in to work today, sorry I didn't chat, was enjoying my first commute in 5 weeks far too much to stop :-)

Back on the bike, yeah!

that's by design if there are no new posts on the thread, since you last read it.

I think

That sounds like good advice ralph. Although I can't help thinking that the metal rods in the elbow may do a pretty good job of holding it all together. I'll make a call on the day, depending on how I feel.

Thanks :-)

Well don mashton eat loads of cheese over the next few days.

Fuckyeah.

That is the kind of instruction that I get on well with.

I presume the intended effect is to build up a bouncy, protective layer of body fat?

Uhhh, hippy, I actually prefer the term 'differently sexed up'. You bitch.

Right then, I am now going to apply some HTFU to myself.

Kind of against medical advice, but in the spirit of "let's find out how well I am really healing", I am going to embark upon this ride. It'll be 5.5 weeks since my accident, with the consultant telling me that the bone should be totally healed in 6 weeks. Round 5.5 up, hey presto.

I may bail after the first 4 miless or so, depending on how it feels.

Look after me in the bunch guys.

+1 Corny plan, camel bag full of goddies

On Sunday, in the stupid heat, my brother bumped into a couple of young lads mountain biking over some pretty exposed hillside in Cheltenham, right in the hottest part of the day.

He got chatting to them and noticed that they had bottles of Magners in their cages. he commented that they were wise to have camelbaks of water as well. Their response:

"Nah mate, they're full of homebrew scrumpy. GL, we calls it. Short for 'Gloucester Lager.'"

They had certainly hardened the fuck up and no mistake.

Well, I'm going for a pint at the Horseshoe Rolla.

HTFU Central!

Well said that man. I go away for one measly week and look at the fucking shambles.

Me and you next week, buddy. We'll show the world how to drink. (Weak earl gray tea, with a slice of lemon?)

Hell yeah, power tools versus metal is the kind of test I am intereted in. Who has got the right tool? (fnar fnar)

Also, @vinylvillain - I just put the mini in my back jeans pocket, works a treat and never gets in the way, which I was worried about...

Dear God, I think I preferred this thread when TC was still alive.

It's like being in a public prep school's playground here.

When did 'gay' start being an insult again you bunch of dago, girly, spastics?

As I said, if Sheldon if did it...

I think I am saying what Tommy said.

Pull it through what? Do you mean mash it so that it would fit out sideways through the rear triangle? Not with track / rear facing drops...

But surely the difference is that rims are a good deal cheaper than frames, so given time you could still steal the entire bike except for one wrecked rim.

Yes, that is true, my point was more about difficult it is to cut through rims - they are under compresion so trap a hacksaw blade. It's a power tool kind of job - enough for me to leave without worrying, but probably not overnight in secluded, scuzzy area.