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Sorry.
No, wait, FCN 2-4.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."0 -
As I get into work this afternoon I realise I've left my locker key in my other bag so go upstairs and see if a spare or master key is available, yes but the girl with access to it is on holiday
I can't work as my locker has my workboots etc inside it so I've lost a days pay then to top the day off I lost a light off the saddlebag on the way to work. I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
redvee wrote:As I get into work this afternoon I realise I've left my locker key in my other bag so go upstairs and see if a spare or master key is available, yes but the girl with access to it is on holiday I can't work as my locker has my workboots etc inside it so I've lost a days pay then to top the day off I lost a light off the saddlebag on the way to work.
That's bad, really bad.... but look on the bright side: at least a baby didn't sh*t in your lap. Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
The idiots were out in force today: got several stupid & pointless manoeuvres, barging through and beeping.
May your brains suffer massive dehydration tomorrow morning, giving you hangover so bad that every ray of sunshine will be like a nail through your eyeballs; so bad that your tongue will have grown hairs similar to the ones on your bottom; oh, and may you wake up next to a hippopotamus in bed.
And breathe...Computer geek, Manchester Wheelers' member since 20060 -
rear aksium is dead.
put on A319 rear wheel.
the fitted marathon + rubs on mudguard.
cant get marathon + off.
a pathetic visit to the LBS awaits...0 -
Some asshat did a very convincing job of burning down my apartment building last night with some firework based jiggery-pokery. Managed to send some poor guy to the quacks with smoke inhalation and caused a few 100k damage to the building.
Needless to say I was less than chuffed to turn up at 4.30 this morning after an almighty party expecting to be able to sleep to be greeted with firemen telling me I would have to sleep elsewhere because of the still-smouldering carnage where the main stairwell used to be. :evil:
Bloody flat stinks of smoke now - some were less lucky and the fire brigade smashed their doors and windows in.God made the Earth. The Dutch made The Netherlands
FCN 11/12 - Ocasional beardy0 -
Had a visit from PF on the way home, pumped up new tube and snapped the valve head off. A flat tube that is beyond repair I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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Oooh I did this the other day, so frustratingredvee wrote:Had a visit from PF on the way home, pumped up new tube and snapped the valve head off. A flat tube that is beyond repair. In future I'll only buy the short valve stem tubes (this was a 60mm and they were cheap). It was the only tube I had with me so I had to patch the old one to get home. Finding where to patch in the dark and rain wasn't easy... Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph
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Bloody male cyclists. Get a grip willya? Not all of you are top flight riders so lower the testosterone whilst on my commute or sod off and find other routes to work :roll:
Had a lovely quiet Christmas/early New Year commute and, today, of all days my route is heaving with racing/mustgettotthefrontatallcosts/TT/weightloss males.
Some schoolkids went back today too *sigh*.
I want my quiet commute back 0 -
Bumsmudge of a taxi driver overtaking me on a normal suburban road, with a bus coming the other way meaning he couldn't even put his wheels across the centre line. His wing mirror went under my elbow, also he went past suprisingly quickly considering it was a 30 zone and I was doing 20.0
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If you fancy a laugh, google Santorum and click the first link NSFW. Just reading the description is enough to get a flavour of the site.Cafewanda wrote:
If you're wondering, Rick Santorum is a former senator and is trying to become the Republican candidate for the presidental election and he is nuts!
edited for bad grammar.FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees
I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!0 -
EKE_38BPM wrote:
If you fancy a laugh, google Santorum and click the first link NSFW. Just reading the description is enough to get a flavour of the site.Cafewanda wrote:
If you're wondering, Rick Santorum is a former senator and is trying to become the Republican candidate for the presidental election and he is nuts!
edited for bad grammar. He made some anti-gay comments didn't he, it turns out that some of them are rather good at search engine optimisation! 0 -
Amusing, since the website in question was set up some time ago after a competition winner was announced& was suggested to be responsible for a voting defeat back in 2006. More here. Had thought it was a 4chan prank.
Warning - both sites contain NSFW vocabulary.Location: ciderspace0 -
I'll have to view that site at home.0
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Santorum was the Urban Dictionary word for the day on Wednesday.0
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Well that's the closest I've come to ending up a bloodstain.
Dozy bint in an Audi estate pulled out right in front of me at a roundabout. Hadn't a clue I was there until she looked out her side window and saw me a meter away from it. I gave my WTF gesture (not the finger or similar, just a hand extended in a "hello what are you doing" manner), she acknowledged she'd messed up.
Fortunately I always take it easy at that roundabout until I know any cars coming are stopping. It's quite a fast roundabout and it doesn't always look like motorists looking for cars, busses etc will be able to stop by the time they see a cyclist on the roundabout.
Also...I just can't seem to clip in when wearing overshoes. Without them it takes at most a few attempts. With them I can be a mile down the road before I get my foot clipped to the pedal 0 -
Been filing Self Assessment Tax forms online since 2001. Every year I use the same UserID and password that I was originally given when I first registered. Never had a problem. Now this year it doesnt work. Apparently I have to get a 'new format' User ID by going to the 'Manage Logins' page on the Government Gateway. Except to get to that page you have to log in...with a new User ID... so I register for a new User ID, go to manage Logins, but there's no option to link my old User ID to the new one. So I try to enrol for SA with my new UserID.... nope, i'm already enrolled under a different userID, please login with that ID.... what the f*** do you think I have been trying to do...
As an IT specialist it makes me weep to see the cr*p some organisations can generate... do they never test this stuff?Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph0 -
Cramp, not a lightweight attack that you can ride off, this bugger had me in agony and I had to walk for 1/2 till my calf was OK to ride. I can still feel the area now.
Any suggestions to speed up recovery?I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Cafewanda wrote:Bloody male cyclists. Get a grip willya? Not all of you are top flight riders so lower the testosterone whilst on my commute or sod off and find other routes to work :roll:
Had a lovely quiet Christmas/early New Year commute and, today, of all days my route is heaving with racing/mustgettotthefrontatallcosts/TT/weightloss males.
Some schoolkids went back today too *sigh*.
I want my quiet commute back
Ooops, sorry. It's just so much fun.I'd give my right hand to be ambi-dextrous0 -
Cafewanda wrote:Bloody male cyclists. Get a grip willya? Not all of you are top flight riders so lower the testosterone whilst on my commute or sod off and find other routes to work :roll:
Had a lovely quiet Christmas/early New Year commute and, today, of all days my route is heaving with racing/mustgettotthefrontatallcosts/TT/weightloss males.
Some schoolkids went back today too *sigh*.
I want my quiet commute back
In the interests of balance...
Bloody female cyclists! Riding two abreast at 12mph through the traffic islands on Regent's Park Outer Circle!
Ben
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0.001mph pootling through a peddy area (mixed use but lots of peds) getting off the canal path after my ride this morning behind one of those scooters for the disabled and the terminally obese and he stops smack dead in front of me to take a forkfull from the takeout curry and chips balanced on his lap. Very nearly a clipless moment!
Had another one on Friday doing the CX dismount too when I unzipped left and right and swung the right twixt frame and left ready to drop into the casual walk-off. It was at dead stop when I heard the little 'snick' as my left foot clipped back in......
I know it's a learning curve but I am showing a lot of 'old dog' symptoms! :oops:FCN 5 belt driven fixie for city bits
CAADX 105 beastie for bumpy bits
Litespeed L3 for Strava bits
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.0 -
Women drivers at roundabouts & junctions. Can they not see a bright flashing light and bright reflective bits coming towards them?! Also, dogs - as soon as they see a bike, they go mad! :evil:Cannondale Trail 6 - crap brakes!
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byke68 wrote:Also, dogs - as soon as they see a bike, they go mad! :evil:
& horses... scares the crap out of them when you have three sets of lights, two flashing and hi vis jacket.
Also has anyone noticed the bad ass dogs who start walking slowly towards you? Almost like they are sizing you up for nom noms.
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The idiot who thought that seeing if a glass bottle would survive being dropped onto the cyclepath was a good idea. It didn't, luckily I'm running Conti Gatorskin tyres.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
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Doubling parking outside a small Post Office/Newsagents in Hulme... only the layby bit to park in was empty so the f*ckwit had actually parked outside the bay and on the busy road leading to the traffic lights, thus constricting the road width and causing congestion... Why, for f*cks sake, WHY?????Hairy-legged roadie ( FCN 4 )
Occasional fixed ( FCN 6 )0 -
God damn Voiceflex (VoIP company) why do you have shoddy hardware that fails? why do you use your own voice server for your support lines so when you servers fall over no one in the world can get hold of you?
if i lived/ worked in London i would knock on your door an throttle you til i got some answers
grrKeeping it classy since '830 -
Puncture as I arrive home, last night.
Can't get the nut off to change wheel.
PT this morning.
*rage*0
