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Came a cropper this morning again. Waiting for a red light to turn green and a delivery van cut the corner and hit me square on. I was completely stationary. Absolutely terrifying but no damage to the bike, but some bruises. He said it was my fault, suppose I was quite far forward but I don't think...

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Came a cropper this morning again. Waiting for a red light to turn green and a delivery van cut the corner and hit me square on. I was completely stationary. Absolutely terrifying but no damage to the bike, but some bruises. He said it was my fault, suppose I was quite far forward but I don't think...

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happyhooker wrote:
Spyglass wrote:I visited Guildford last month and went to the March Hare, it scored a zero on the perving scale, but the food and beer (if you like real ale) were excellent.

I guess I could be being wooshed here....but what's wrong with real ale?

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I visited Guildford last month and went to the March Hare, it scored a zero on the perving scale, but the food and beer (if you like real ale) were excellent.

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Estimates vary, but Sky are thought to have a budget of about $40mil in U.S. money, ore about twice their nearest other competitors. https://www.velonews.com/2018/07/tour-de-france/rival-tour-de-france-teams-resigned-to-skys-budget-advantage_473476 These are 2016 estimates, but illustrate the diffe...

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iarmhiman wrote:Seems McLaren (Yes F1 McLaren)are going to partner with the Bahrain cycling team to form a UCI pro team.

The Bahrain royal family's Mumtalakat investment company owns 56% of McLaren Group

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How's the winter going for everyone (in the NH)? Had the day off today so went up the mountains. Got perfect conditions; not too cold, no wind, bright and no rain. But my condition was the most questionable, amazing g how a few weeks really affects you. Still getting some decent winter KMs in on th...

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Our company policy allows you to use a personal CC for travel so I get air miles from the airline and the CC. It's a very convenient way of paying, offers certain purchase protections and like most others on here, I pay the balance each month. Couldn't manage without it.

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There was no queue, so I now own a little square of yellow paper with some printing on it. I've also been sucked in by the hype and purchased a ticket at lunchtime today, so I'll spend the afternoon planning how I'm going to spend the $900M+, less tax obviously. I think you get about a quarter afte...

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Fangle wrote:There was no queue, so I now own a little square of yellow paper with some printing on it.

I've also been sucked in by the hype and purchased a ticket at lunchtime today, so I'll spend the afternoon planning how I'm going to spend the $900M+, less tax obviously.

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I was in BA for 3 days last year and just used my credit card, didn’t take/need any cash

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Nipper is die n Springbok eier wat jy saam die ribs braai? https://georgiaspacompany.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/640x400-big-green-egg-mobile.jpg I have a Primo, which is an oval ceramic Komodo grill, it’s incredibly flexible and can literally cook any way you want from low and slow smoking to s...

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Good luck OMBTS - the alcohol ban is not such a bad idea, these are very changeable situations, keep you wits about you, monitor developments, have a plan and stick to it. Things can change or go wrong very quickly. You can do plenty of drinking when it's over.

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In the Houston office watching it on TV in utter disbelief. That afternoon I was supposed to be going to the airport to collect my parents who were coming out from the UK for a visit. US airspace was immediately shutdown, so their flight, together with several dozen other transatlantic flights were ...

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Let’s be realistic here for a moment I’m 56 and my core is probably as strong as it’s going to get. Unless you currently do some regular core specific exercise I doubt it. A strong core has multiple benefit in day-to-day life, not just cycling. I highly recommend it. I'm 56 as well and it's a impor...

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Sards wrote:

Looks epic, I like the counter-flow smoke path for even cooking temps. Did you consider putting counter weights on the doors to make them easier to open and close?

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A bit of advice please. When applying pressure going uphill I’m starting to get a groaning/creaking sound from the right hand side of the bottom bracket on the down stroke of the pedal. Ease up on the pressure and it goes away. Lots of stray dogs that like to chase around here so I’m having to use ...

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Not the place for it - apologies. But, my mates back in Llanelli were posting pics of the star tof the Tour of Britain. Started off in Pembrey just west of Llanelli. They said Froome and Geraint were very open to meeting the fans. Two of my pals are big cyclists and there was an opportunity to trai...

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I think Quintana has been biding his time, provided he doesn't blow himself up I think he'll take red by the end of the weekend. I think Valverde is looking decent too, not sure he still has it for red though but making a decent fist of the green jersey race. Could be a good race for Movistar (whic...

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Mick Mannock wrote:Nice bit of work by Yates today.

Yep, he has to keep doing this to give himself a time buffer for likely losses on the stage 16 TT, but his spectacular blow up in the third week of the Giro must be at the back of his mind.

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Sandstorm wrote:
Saint wrote:
Monday
Probably the driver's least favorite track each year.

Closely followed by Tuesday after a Bank Holiday weekend

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ukjim wrote:fudge the car i want more pics of the bike.

Here you go

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[quote="Kiwias"]Please tell me this is just a wind-up.

Maybe they should spend sometime in Russia at their equivalent Russian income level

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You got the 427. f**king right on. Well yes and no, it's a 427S/C car with a 428 engine, which may of the originals were actually fitted with to keep the costs down. Engine build specs are: • 428 - Believed to be a 1968 block based on some of the numbers • Scat 4.250 forged crank and rods giving 46...

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Thanks guys, after getting flooded in Harvey last year and having to rebuild the house, I decided life was too short to wait any longer. It’s a very visceral experience to drive, definately have to recalibrate the brain after driving my regular car.

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This has been on my wish list for around 15 years, I started looking seriously 2 years ago and finally found what I was looking for. It's a turnkey factory built car from a company called ERA based in Connecticut, they are one of the premier companies in this business with a reputation for a very we...

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My best man has a property in Naples. You go down "Alligator Alley" unless you fly via Jet Blue into Fort Myers. Not much to do there except shop and eat. (There are some very decent restaurants.) The beach is a bit spartan. Probably not an option but you can go from there to the Florida Keys and s...

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Went to a nice sportive over the weekend on Ireland's west coast. 160km and not too much climbing, very hilly though which was draining. Typically for the west coast of Ireland we got the entire 4 seasons, it hailed and I got sunburn. Go figure. Sadly after only 6 months of use my Garmin Edge 520 h...

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We should spare some time for the awesome achievement of Lawson Craddock, who made it to the finish line as Lantern Rouge after his heavy crash on the first stage left him with a cracked shoulder blade... he rode 3500km with a cracked shoulder blade and after pledging $100 for every day he managed ...

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if you like you can do mine as well but you will only get photos of the home counties. I'll happily trade kids with you, my boys are 16 and 18 and going through their teenage "issues", so they can be very challenging at times.....a good hammerfest with the club is an excellent form of stress relief...

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I don’t get to ride enough to make homemade rice cakes worth the effort. Even the clif bars are sitting in a container in the pantry. Taunting me. “We’ll be dust the next time you ride a full day” they’re saying to me. DOB you should give yourself an uppercut for not riding more in the beautiful co...

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I used to use Hammer HEED, Cliff Bars and gels but they get me bad gas and I got sick of the sugar after a while. I now make my own rice cakes (well mostly my wife does these days), there are plenty of recipes online and I use NUUN tablets during the summer. I'll still carry a couple of gels for eme...

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argus wrote:Spyglass

Is there SYG in Texas?

Yep

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I live in Florida and stay out of all public confrontation s in case someone is carrying a gun Not worth getting shot over a traffic issue of similar What a terrifying way to live. I wouldn't say terrifying, you just need to be aware that guns are a fact of life over here and not everyone is a gun ...

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Bought this Zyxel wifi mesh system a couple of weeks ago... https://www.zyxel.com/uk/en/products_services/AC3000-Tri-Band-WiFi-System-Multy-X/ https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f2/ef/7c/f2ef7cd1906229858a48ef7947a3568e.jpg ..its the dogs bollocks so far! We have a pretty old, listed house and although I wo...

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Epic stage, smart riding by G at the end.

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Instead of going for the sensible London Road bike I hovered over the buy button for a while and then bought the Planet X Pro Carbon in Matt black with full Ultegra 8000 with a few upgrades inc seat post, stem and bars all for a few pence short of £1300 which I thought wasn’t to bad. Never had a ne...

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Absolutely delighted for Degenkolb. What a horrendous, edge of the seat, day of racing. Aye. There was a bit of dust in the room when he was giving his interview. Absolutely delighted for the guy. The stage was a bit of a crap shoot for the GC contenders. Awful for Porte, again. I couldn't believe ...

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Hell of a last km by Dan Martin. What a tremendous effort. Good ride by G to steal a couple of seconds back. Agreed. He definitely used the experience from his second place last time to great effect. Went full gas early on the steeper section and used the easing of gradient with 400m to go for the ...

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