July, 2008
July 30th, 2008
While some people may proclaim the post-ride powers of the mojito it has to be said that in this household we’re favouring the good old middle-class G & T right now.
A comprehensive taste test has indicated that like 60% of professional tasters we prefer Blackwoods Shetland Gin. That’s right, Shetland.
It’s not all whisky north of […]
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July 30th, 2008
If you’re looking for something cycling related on the web you might want to try looking at Bike Node.
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July 28th, 2008
More Shoes Than In Her Wardrobe
I intend to test the old adage that you can’t live with them, and you can’t shoot them.
We set out yesterday intending to do the Tour de Coniston - a roadie bimble around the lake stopping for ice cream in Coniston itself. Kirsty’s old Giro E2 has started leaving strange […]
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July 23rd, 2008
It’s not likely - especially since I gave up paying to join British Cycling due to their lack of support for mountain biking - that I’ll ever be drug tested. However following a long discussion at the doctors yesterday about the long term prospects for my asthma if I don’t take action now I am […]
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July 22nd, 2008
This was nice, very very nice, at the time
Yeti C-26
I don’t like this replica.
Tomac DB-10
If you’re going to the effort of painting some Manitou R7s to resemble the old pencil eraser front forks and using a single bar end shifter for the front mech they could at least have done a one piece rear triangle, […]
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July 21st, 2008
For Montano Velo
in the raw…
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July 18th, 2008
Commuting Panda
Now I know how the lone breakaway feels when they are caught by the bunch with metres to go.
Normally my wife and I car share the journey to work. This week, inspired by the need to get slim enough to fit into a new surfing wetsuit, I have been trying to cycle to work […]
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July 15th, 2008
Penyghent, 1997
2008 is full.
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July 14th, 2008
Hope #1
The last ride out on my Turner Burner showed up my chronic lack of maintenance. It is many years since the brakes were bled, and even then by Tim rather than by me. In the meantime the DOT had absorbed a fair amount of moisture. So much so that halfway down the three mile […]
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July 11th, 2008
Arctic Beard
Shaggy has been invited to race the Idatarod in 2009.
To celebrate he’s started a new website to allow us mere mortals to gape in awe at his preparation and the race itself.
And let’s not forget Mel without whom, etc etc
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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