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Best quality kids racing bikes ive ever seen;

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/FBBATJUNIOR/battaglin-junior-alloy-road-bike

Very good value in my opinion, would destroy ISLA etc..

Nice big set of allen keys literally for the price of peanuts.

http://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d02240/hex-key-set-ball-point-s-dard-9pc/dp/TL1503528?Ntt=tl1503528

I know someone with a chubbed up mash, actually the best one ive seen. They suit each other.

running attire on their holy day. No wonder Mo

Holy Day = Holiday

T shirt weather even now at night! Seems we skipped to summer.

real world sporting provenance>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Also readers wives!

Ttazz repped, I would too.

Dicki doesn't really seem in the game anymore, so for the time being Im going to offer my services.

Pretty much nationwide dependent of dependent on feasibility.

That's BRB Scott's, certainly a strong look.

im pretty sure ive had a go on the same bike or at least same build, at a bike show where BMW had a stall.

not too tight tights = tracksters

have you thought about using knee warmers till it gets warmer.

Bloody early! how are us non brightoners supposed to get there?

Any way to embed a video from a friend of a friends Facebook?

Download it and upload to youtube?

Not even into the ends, but directly into that visible coil.

Seatbolt snapping is pretty common in your basic average seatpost, you usually get a clue before it happens in the form of creaking.

Just get a new bolt.

I finally finished the build for my girlfriend, we went on a little ride from Liverpool st to Greenwich and back and apart from the brooks being uncomfortable as its brand new, she loved it. Success.

On mixte's the rear brake is often mounted on the middle stays, I cant see if yours has a place to mount there. But even where it is, you should sort out your cable routing, it should come from the underside of the brake not the top. You'll be getting a whole lot of friction how it is, which will probably jam the brake as the cable gets older.

Also, unless your GF is into speedway, you may want to adjust bar angle.

forget the chain.

Chains are extremely heavy and easily cut. On a skinny framed road bike a mini-d lock easily gets round a wheel, some frame and a bike stand. Two mini D's will be as good as you need to go.

If you care about your bike you should never leave it anywhere for too long. The BEST locks, even the NY Fahgettaboutit can be cut easily with the right equipment. Leaving it anywhere for long temps the pro thieves to come and give it a go, they may just cut the bike stand. They can steal your parts easily too.

So two Mini-D's is what I suggest. Anything more is just unnecessary weight.

Wow!

bike behind is jokes

amazing, except the belt.

Whats this front rack? Does it combine porteur & low rider functions or am I imagining it?

Then lat pull down machine for you boy!

I'm going to get knee surgery so I won't be getting on my bike for at least a year, if at all.

I am doing upperbody fitness but that's not cardio. kettlebell is impossible, so is rowing and pushups

Ok, part of my post was in jest and a bit lazy as I didn't know your situation.

The first recommendation of swimming seems to fit your criteria perfectly. But lets strip this query down with two questions;

Why is knee surgery going to stop you using a bike? Cycling is suitable almost immediately after all kinds of knee surgery, if not immediately then shortly after. It is non weight bearing and low impact. I cannot think of any kind of knee surgery, even a full replacement that will put you off the bike for such a long period.

Why do you want to do 'cardio' specifically?

Upper body stuff can be cardio, anything that gets your heart rate up is cardio. If you cannot manage to get your heart rate up using only upper body, it shows that you are limited by local muscular strength/endurance NOT cardio-respiratory capacity. So your overall "Fitness" / work capacity would be better aided by improving strength & muscular endurance NOT aiming and failing to do cardio with upper body. Also remember that cardio type fitness is not only lost fast, but also gained fast and strength is built slow but more persistent.

You can, in a way have your cake and eat it . Good old fashioned circuit training lets you do both at the same time. Choose a bunch of exercises, could be dips, situps, plank, back extensions, curls, lateral raises, pull ups etc.

Stick to a manageable rep range/difficulty level for each. If you can do 10 pullups only do 2-3 per set. If you can do 30 do 10. Blast through them in a circuit. Done right it will get your heart rate up & you will be out of breath.

What I would do is different however;
pure strength work with occasional swimming. Closer to when you are going to be bike-mobile, ramp up the swimming and then ease into cycling.

Final note; Doing Strength work for your legs prior surgery will shorten recovery period post surgery.

Any tips for doing cardio that does not involve using my legs?

How removed do you need your legs to be? Swimming is a good one but some other stuff;

Handbike
Pushups/Chinups (if you are strong enough to do 30+)
Rowing
Situps
Kettlebell Swings/Snatches
Light weighted bodybuilding exercises

Put stuff like situps in a circuit with other things, even if they are bodybuilding exercises for particular muscle groups. In a circuit done at fast tempo it will get you blowing.

If you cant be bothered with all that, you can try wheelchair basketball or dancing furiously sans leg movement.

When I was at the cytech HQ they told me that the Hope tool is better than the park one and cheaper.

And that facing disc tabs is useful and should always be done.

I have no idea on the quality of this information.

trispoke shopper is rad as fuck

Anybody in Birmingham,
or within cycling distance for 9th March?

http://www.thsh.co.uk/event/entertaining-ideas-jonathan-meades-on-birmingham

I am, coming? I could give a little tour of the cities horrors marvels.