June 30th, 2007
Russ Appeal Prints
Mountain Mayhem 10 Limited Edition PrintImage courtesy Joolze Dymond
A special print in aid of the Russ Appeal. Drawn by Jo Burt and available from Joolze Dymond.
Can you spot me?
Mountain Mayhem 10 Limited Edition PrintImage courtesy Joolze Dymond
A special print in aid of the Russ Appeal. Drawn by Jo Burt and available from Joolze Dymond.
Can you spot me?
Chris Savalas - Veteran of ten Mayhems
4 out of 6 riders who have completed all ten Mountain Mayhem did it singlespeed.
Draw your own conclusions.
“Ukrainian Serhiy Honchar has been sacked by his T-Mobile team for violating their code of conduct.
…
Honchar, 36, was suspended on 11 May following abnormal blood test results…”
Ooh, ooh, what for? The tensions killing me - what could he have done?…
“Honchar … has not failed a doping test”
Ah, that could be it.
Quotations from BBC.
Vintage Hope SS Hub - disc ready
I found my first singlespeed rear wheel yesterday. Like grandfathers spade - six new handles and two new heads - it isn’t exactly the wheel that carried me round Mayhem back in 1998. Three new freewheels and one new rim in this case, but hub and spokes original.
I’ve fitted […]
Specialized Overendz
I only use bar ends these days for 24 hour racing and my wife has stolen my venerable Control Stix. Two races are imminent. In the search for something to match my carbon bars I found these. They look even uglier on the bike than in the packet, but first impressions are that they […]
Just found out Rick Hunter is taking part in this years Great Divide Race.
Go Rick!
British Servicemen Killed in Iraq in 2007: 24
Cyclists Killed on Britains Roads in 2007: 74*
Pedestrians Killed on Britains Roads in 2007: 336*
Wonder how bad it’s going to look by the end of the year?
* based on 2005 accident figures.

Our random meanderings get stuffed into one - or more! - of the following categories.
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Actually we‚re lying about the Maverick since some low-life stole it.
A dogs dinner of links to stuff that we have arranged in an apparently random manner, though I assure you it made sense at the time.
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.
In the UK as we give away our civil liberties in the name of freedom it might be handy to be aware of Photographers Rights.
Don’t let The Man stop you shooting.
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