April 9th, 2008
History III - Risers
That’s what I call ape hangers
So here’s where my love of all things two-wheeled comes from.
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March 17th, 2008
The Power Of Names
Karrimor always used to name their stuff after places. Fleecy stuff was named after scottish islands. Outer layers after huge Himalayan mountains where they had no doubt kitted out some expedition of proper rugged wiry men with large beards.
Their top of the range stretch goretex mountain biking jacket was named after a 1990’s north-eastern race […]
October 19th, 2007
Sore Loser
Limp wristed player tennis Andy Murray has claimed that Tennis matches are fixed and some people are paid to deliberately lose.
He must be really pissed off that no-one is paying his opponents.
October 18th, 2007
Not so clean BMW
I see that BMW are being disingenious over their CO2 emissions, claiming that their new cars are cleaner than their old cars.
At an event put together by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders they wheeled out* an 18 year old BMW, an M635i that does 18mpg and a new BMW, a 635D that does […]
October 10th, 2007
of or relating to
A friend recently should have known better than to post this on a forum…
oh no - it’s the “of or relating to” thread
Posted by: [deleted]
Date: October 8, 2007 06:49PM
here’s my mental collection:
equine - horses
ovine - sheep
bovine - cattle
ranine - frogs (only learned from Jeeves and Wooster a few months ago)
vulpine - foxes
ursine - bears
porcine […]
July 14th, 2007
Hell Has Frozen Over
Photo © & courtesy Dr Chopper
No, I’ve not bought a 29er. Just a picture Dr Chopper has posted from his Antarctic underground lair to make me insanely jealous. Just a picture?
June 18th, 2007
No Liberties
Human Rights organisation Liberty doesn’t just work for the Human Rights of people in third world oppressed regimes, it increasingly has to worry about closer to home:
“Irreverent but revelatory, outrageous but true, ‘Taking Liberties’ combines real stories of liberty loss with never-seen-before footage, cheeky stunts and comment from leading politicians, celebrities, human rights organisations (including […]
June 5th, 2007
London 2012
Is it too late to reconsider?
Apparently committees were involved. Compare with the elegance of the work by Lance Wyman for Mexico 1968.
March 18th, 2007
To The Trails!
dRj0n is looking for a bike to cover long distances and handle some trail. “purpose: covering long distances with possibility to ride rougher trails.” A typical ride might cover 60 miles 30% rolling c road, 15% singletrack, rocky rooty and minorly technical, and the remainaing 55% rail grade cinder and gravel path.
My take on […]
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