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Unfortunate surname.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25261578

Daredevils vs Rubik Pube

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36707747@N07/sets/72157638317721193/

^^ Yeah. The "cycle training" thing to do would be to hang back but not everyone can ride 100% ideal 100% of the time .

Unfortunately, and I'm not saying you are doing this, but cycle training is often portrayed on here as nothing more than a dogma. Ed is well intentioned, and has the right idea, but, as many of us have pointed out to him before, he doesn't know when to shut up. He's not the only one, and this is not a personal dig at Ed, who I think is often unfairly maligned.
It's not a tenet of cycle training that every fucking incident has to be responded to with an explanation of what the rider could have done better. Cycle training does not exclude the possibility that people are just people and people sometimes get it wrong or that some police officers are just jumped-up little wankers who like to throw their weight around.

Ah, I was thinking more about Michonne who decided that one little stab was enough.
On the bright side I suspect that baby Judith made it out alive. I have some sympathy with The Governor killing Hershel. I might have done the same myself just to stop Rick continuing with his speech. The man only has two voices - unconvincingly earnest or unconvincingly angry.

Nothing is accidental though. The only reason he didn't die there and then must be to leave open his return. After all, she finally had the chance to finish him off and she didn't. Makes about as much sense as the rest of it really.

'Full complement' is a bit of a tired phrase. You never hear of anything *less *than a full complement. A bit like the government offering a 'full enquiry'.

The Governor is not dead. At least, nobody saw him die.

Great to see dt playing again tonight. More to follow.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36707747@N07/sets/72157638192028903/

Good game tonight at Downs. A few more pics tomorrow.

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Friday double-up actually: Nik, Sean and Spikes v. Haymakers at Downs tomorrow too.

Never been there with the lights on - what time is this?

No, I am Paramounted's adopted father. You think it's easy? It's not.

Is THAT what they're doing?! Sorry if I'm being thick here, I always wondered what blokes were doing on the moped's with little mapped areas in front of them.
Wow, that's actually quite interesting despite the fact that the end result is next to useless for me.

Oh for pity's sake. What did you think they were doing? Checking the accuracy of the Ordnance Survey? Retracing the steps of celebrity prostitutes? Lamp post spotting?
And you can see me in my office tomorrow to explain that apostrophe too.

^ I agree with that. There's a lot of overkill and a lot of lumen-envy going on.
I worked an event recently where the number of cyclists with no lights on was far outweighed by the number whose front lights were so bright as to dazzle anyone unlucky enough to be in front of them. Beyond a certain point you don't get any more usefully visible and you just make life more difficult for other people.

Thanks. I assume that is at Mitch, Cam?

Are there any league games being played North this weekend?

The funny thing is, last time I went to the dentist he started ranting about hairdressers, calling them all poofs and queers. Obviously I would have argued with him but my mouth was full of his fingers and you know, I have met a gay hairdresser so maybe he had a point.
The dentist's hair, by the way, was down to his waist so at least you have to admire him for sticking to his principles.

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I remember a few people on the forum saying they would vote for Boris at the last Mayoral election. They've been a bit quiet in the last couple of weeks.
Still, in the not too distant future they will possibly get to help him to fulfil his ambition to be Prime Minister. They might want to do an IQ test first though.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/27/boris-johnson-thatcher-greed-good

IQ under 85? Reign in your expectations. You are officially the underclass. Not to worry though, this time the ultra rich (some of who, just possibly, are not all that bright themselves and haven't actually earned their money) will look after you. They will be nice this time. It will be different. And you, you will be grateful.

Like the result of a competition to come up with the worst possible name for a team.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kazakhstan-to-launch-new-uci-continental-team

Our council offers free training but the trainer we spoke to didn't seem geared up for more advanced training - it was more like an hour on using gears, next hour on two road junctions etc

I guess what I want is the cycling equivalent of advanced driving lessons. Is this actually available?

Perhaps the trainer was just not very good at explaining how a session might work. Bikeability is an odd thing in that the syllabus is the same for 10 yr olds as it is for adults - Level 1, Level 2, Level 3. But clearly a skilled trainer would not go through it in the same way. Although all training would start off road, checking your basic bike handling. This is not always, for experienced riders, the formality you might think it would be. But it can also take just 10 or 15 minutes.
With very experienced. and confident, riders I have had the on road bit last 45 minutes, because they really do not have many improvements to make or bad habits to break, or 2 hours because they may be confident but they are not actually competent. Or there are specific situations, such as large junctions or busy roundabouts, that they wish to concentrate on and really crack.
Every session is, and should be, different. Part of the instructors skill is to figure out, very quickly, how to pace the lesson and where the trainees real anxieties or concerns lie.
If the instructor you spoke to sounded like he/she would not be up to it, try again until you do find one.

A few snaps from today

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36707747@N07/sets/72157637982505434/

Now also available on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/willmelling.bikepolophotography

I agree, it's like Where's Wally? How could anyone being paid to write about this stuff expect to find it? It must take literally seconds.
The big advert for free lights when you join the LCC only makes their position even weaker.