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That would explain everything!

Thank you Jeanette - you could be very popular in the middle of the night! Maybe you are already!?!?!?

Not real leather shoes but real good shoes. 8000 miles. All weathers. Sole pads replaced twice. Total cost Inc pads £170. Per mile? 2p. And another 4000 miles to come. Giro Republics. I'm happy.

Not sure if this shouldn't be in the I Hate thread. I hate the silly cow and others who approach red lights and then nip the wrong way around the ped island to go on green and take the road - especially as I'm turning right. Serious fucking wobble this morning with bus and cars approaching. We had words - a mistake she said. Oh yeh. At birth perhaps. Where's the respect for others FFS? Otherwise uneventful and pleasant - maybe feeling the 2 pints of Wandle and half a bottle of Sauv Blanc last night. I just can't do that drinking thing anymore. Anyway taking all into account - 8/10

Bargain of the season...TK Maxx - down to £149.99.

My size too! :-)

Sunny, dry, cool, fast....10/10

Avoid those trunk roads.................

Well I haven't been off the road - I have been using a full suss mtb with slicks - suss switched off - I think I'm going to miss those hydraulic disc brakes! But not in the wet. With the Kojaks a scary combo !

Yeh...got my single speed back on the road after scraping tarmac in Tottenham via the bonnet of a BMW 5 series. New forks n front wheel courtesy of Clever Mike in Hornsey who represent the best LBS service I know. Thanks guys. Funny how you can climb back on a bike unridden for a couple of months and feel your body making adjustments to the geometry - like a memory returning. A good feeling. Roll on more morning's like today's. 10/10

One day I'm really gonna catch a pigeon.............really............

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Once I decided to go for it I thought about issues with fading and rather than set out to prevent the fading/blurring effect (if it exists? I was a newcomer) why not have a tattoo that is supposed to look faded and blurred. I wanted flowers so chose an antique French wallpaper print. Seems to have worked.

Join the growing band of bionic bikers! Get photos of your x-rays to show off to friends at the bar. I has something similar - I was riding again in 5 months - seems like a long time but actually it went quickly. So - enjoy the time out of the saddle and make sure you follow all advice from medics etc. Your cycling fitness pre-accident will pay massive dividends in recovery. Cheers.

'Send me your feedback and I will do my best to metricise it.' Interim head of marketing....very interim if I have anything to do with it. Which I don't.

Choughed no doubt..........

I was knocked off in Feb -worried that I was hurt I called police and ambulance - the guy who knocked me off in his BMW didn't. The police arrived - and after an hour and no ambulance the police took me to Whittington in the cop car - bike in the back with policeman 1 and me in the front with policeman 2! Even bought me a coffee....top guys. But no chance of an ambulance. Their words not mine.

Hi - eat well and heal fast.

Ha ha!!!! Clarty! Haven't heard that for a while! You'll be from the NE then pet? Why aye man...Alan Shearer...stotty...corned beef pie.....Ant n Dec....Newcy Broon....Tuxedo Princess....Greggs - oh what a legacy we have donated to Great Britain. All reason to get out of Europe to protect wor culture!

Thanks Pete4eyes - will check again.

Just found this thread and the timing is good! I changed the pads on my Formula R1 pads yesterday and despite the pistons pushing right back and the pads sliding in easily they are rubbing up against the disk. At the lever there is no play before the 'bite'. The result is a wheel that doesn't want to go round or gets very VERY hot if it does. Do I need to bleed the brakes - have I got too much fluid in my system (a problem I generally have anyway!!! :-) :-)

Knob passenger in white van...his driver U turns v fast and brakes hard to avoid hitting me. I brake....stay on the pedals and cruise very slowly around to the front of the van - shaking my head and the conversation with said passenger goes....
Him..What's your problem mate?
Me - from about 5 metres away - Wha?
Him....What's your fucking problem.
Me turning my head thru almost 180 to respond...Wha?
Him - shaking his pointy fist at me...What's your problem you prick?
Me...pushing back to the open window and holding a cupped hand to my ear (we are at red lights now)...Wha?
Him...What the fuck is your problem?
Me..I'm a bit deaf mate.
He is now the colour of the lights! His driver mate is pissing himself. I swear if the lights hadn't gone to green he would have jumped out....but I was off and away and put many cars between me and him.
Ah - so satisfying to stay calm and watch rage emerge!

I've stopped drinking too - off the beer for a week - maybe I see the world differently - it's a scary place!

Thanks WjP. I'm glad it's a recognised syndrome and can be overcome.

Maybe its age - maybe its the list of knocks I've clocked up over the years of riding in London - but today - even though no one got close to knocking me off - I worried about it all the way in. Every junction, side road, slowing car, pedestrian.....was a source of anxiety. I even shouted NO!!! at someone who had no intention of stepping out because in my head I thought he just might. Is that anticipation? Or paranoia? 10/10 for arriving in 1 piece. 2/10 for enjoyment. Dammit this is not good.

Smug I am....brolly unfolded automatically in advance of the heavy rain now falling on the silly city sods who thought the sun would last for more than 48 hours!