December, 2006
December 21st, 2006
Apropos of my claims that vinyl can’t carry DRM the fucktards at Apple have shafted me up the arse.
I installed a new software version (1.3) for the old iPod the other night which now righteously refuses to play any of the .mp3s I have created from my vinyl collection. Ironically the last step of creating […]
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December 19th, 2006
3, count ‘em, plays
Whatever happened to mountain biking pop star Mike Edwards?
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December 18th, 2006
Photo courtesy Vale of Lune
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December 15th, 2006
Photo by dr chopper
As the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands War approaches dr Chopper - on board the RRS Ernest Shackleton on his way to Hallery Research Station in the Antarctic - stopped off and took this photo of paradise lost.
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December 13th, 2006
What would Stamstad do?
Strathpuffer 2007 is looming, only a month away now.
I won’t have ridden a bike for weeks, apart from Skull & Crossbikes, so I can’t help wondering whether singlespeed is a good idea. Then I look back at the state of my Spot after last years mud and I know that it is […]
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December 10th, 2006
Free races. No insurance. No pits. Any bike. Anybody.
Rules are flexible and at the organiser’s whim.
skull and crossbikes rules
The only rule: There are no rules
Just let yourself tune in
Another Man’s Rhubarb Pop Will Eat Itself
Steve’s photos
Steve and Simon have captured the event. I _may_ have taken a shortcut on a lap or two and taken […]
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December 9th, 2006
Last week the car was in for some repairs after it was hit by a dog. Yes, you did read that right. Not hit a dog. Hit by a dog.
Anyway, back to the point. In lieu of car I commuted to work on two wheels instead, risking life and limb on autumn leaf mulch on […]
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December 8th, 2006
SteveR has interviewed Samuri for 63xc about being the first man to ride the Three Peaks on fixed.
JW: I rode a fixed wheel bike around what is generally considered to be the hardest cyclocross course in Britain, if not the world. I didn’t come last and my knees don’t hurt.
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December 7th, 2006
All I want for Xmas?
Memories brought back by Matt & Rich.
Thanks Guys.
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December 7th, 2006
www.sswc2007.comIt’s coming…
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The things we listen to are occasionally logged on Last.fm

New! iPod updating courtesy of iScrobbler.
It doesn't update from the wheels of steel though :-)
Remember kids, vinyl can't carry Digital Rights Management.

in no particular order...

For all that we like the up-to-the minute offerings of the web there‚s nothing like a proper badly photocopied A5 fanzine or a glossily printed proper magazine to keep you occupied on the throne. Here, in no particular order, is our material of choice.

Singletrack

The Outcast

Dirt Rag

Bike
If anyone has a full set of NEMBA results (that‚s North of England for you colonial types) then please forward them.
sometimes you just gotta take action, or at least be able to get our hands on the FACTS