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  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Recorded the Halford Tour Series from Canary Wharf on ITV4 last night, sit down to watch it with my breakfast only to find an hour of w&nk French Open Tennis... seems they over-ran somewhat... :(

    i watched it and noticed that one of the riders cycles near me and runs a shop not far from me either :P
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Recorded the Halford Tour Series from Canary Wharf on ITV4 last night, sit down to watch it with my breakfast only to find an hour of w&nk French Open Tennis... seems they over-ran somewhat... :(

    i watched it and noticed that one of the riders cycles near me and runs a shop not far from me either :P

    Found I'm having the same problem with Eurosport and the Criterium de Dauphine... three times I have recorded it on different channels AND the following programme to find nothing related there... last night the whole evening's schedule bore no relationship to that published on their website or on the Virgin TV Guide...

    And.. FFS.. if you have 4 channels (British Eurosport, British Eurosport HD, British Eurosport 2 and :roll: British Eurosport 3D, wtf), why oh why does evey channel need to be showing French Open Tennis 'Live' when it clearly isn't 'Live'
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    My knee feels a bit borked. Hmmmm.....
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Recorded the Halford Tour Series from Canary Wharf on ITV4 last night, sit down to watch it with my breakfast only to find an hour of w&nk French Open Tennis... seems they over-ran somewhat... :(

    i watched it and noticed that one of the riders cycles near me and runs a shop not far from me either :P

    Found I'm having the same problem with Eurosport and the Criterium de Dauphine... three times I have recorded it on different channels AND the following programme to find nothing related there... last night the whole evening's schedule bore no relationship to that published on their website or on the Virgin TV Guide...

    And.. FFS.. if you have 4 channels (British Eurosport, British Eurosport HD, British Eurosport 2 and :roll: British Eurosport 3D, wtf), why oh why does evey channel need to be showing French Open Tennis 'Live' when it clearly isn't 'Live'
    I was sure they'd mentioned during the Giro they be showing the Dauphine. But as it hasn't been on I thought it was next week until I saw it on the Eurosport news last night.
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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    Recorded the Halford Tour Series from Canary Wharf on ITV4 last night, sit down to watch it with my breakfast only to find an hour of w&nk French Open Tennis... seems they over-ran somewhat... :(

    i watched it and noticed that one of the riders cycles near me and runs a shop not far from me either :P

    Found I'm having the same problem with Eurosport and the Criterium de Dauphine... three times I have recorded it on different channels AND the following programme to find nothing related there... last night the whole evening's schedule bore no relationship to that published on their website or on the Virgin TV Guide...

    And.. FFS.. if you have 4 channels (British Eurosport, British Eurosport HD, British Eurosport 2 and :roll: British Eurosport 3D, wtf), why oh why does evey channel need to be showing French Open Tennis 'Live' when it clearly isn't 'Live'

    Hmm....it's a tricky decision as to what's more worth watching, isn't it? A quality ride from Wiggins or yet another epic fail from Murray.... :roll:

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    lost my candence magnet last night on the way home, luckily strava has mapping, so i know where i lost it, will i find it though thats the question. Also to Gold Skips, when you overtake just before a roundabout, do not swing all the way round when i am already there, had to take evasive action and jump onto the kerb, and then you wondered why i caught you up and had a go :twisted: , and also to the idiot in the hire van that pulled out in front of me along embankment, the passenger mirror is for checking the inside DOH!!!!!, again you wonder why i had a go. :(
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    lost my candence magnet last night on the way home, luckily strava has mapping, so i know where i lost it, will i find it though thats the question[...]

    Aren't rare earth magnets as a replacement pretty cheap on eBay if you don't miraculously find it?
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Very. Gusty. Headwind...

    It days like today that the extra 6kg and lack of drops on the commuter really show it up... note to self: must stop procrastinating about a new commuter bike and get on and buy something...
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    DrLex wrote:
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    lost my candence magnet last night on the way home, luckily strava has mapping, so i know where i lost it, will i find it though thats the question[...]

    Aren't rare earth magnets as a replacement pretty cheap on eBay if you don't miraculously find it?

    Yep... I used these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 1030164526
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  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    cheers fellas, had a look last night and can get a garmin replacment for £7, but will have a look at the earth magents :D
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    A magnet's a magnet. Just get whatever's cheapest/lying around.
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  • DavidBelcher
    DavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    lost my candence magnet last night on the way home, luckily strava has mapping, so i know where i lost it, will i find it though thats the question. Also to Gold Skips, when you overtake just before a roundabout, do not swing all the way round when i am already there, had to take evasive action and jump onto the kerb, and then you wondered why i caught you up and had a go :twisted: , and also to the idiot in the hire van that pulled out in front of me along embankment, the passenger mirror is for checking the inside DOH!!!!!, again you wonder why i had a go. :(

    Pity you said cadence magnet; I've a spare spoke magnet off a Sigma BC800 at home that you could've had for nowt.

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    bails87 wrote:
    A magnet's a magnet. Just get whatever's cheapest/lying around.

    i'd of thought that as well, tried it with a spare one i got when i had a blackburn computer, garmin just wouldnt pick up the magnet at all. :?
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Sharkyssurfers wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    A magnet's a magnet. Just get whatever's cheapest/lying around.

    i'd of thought that as well, tried it with a spare one i got when i had a blackburn computer, garmin just wouldnt pick up the magnet at all. :?
    Ah right, maybe not then :?
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Bloody Firefox, and in fact most web browsers. Give me some privacy by default. FF has a new update that installed itself earlier today, and now I find that hitting Ctl+T to create a new empty tab to hide what I'm looking at (BR, Telegraph as often as not) doesn't create a neat anonymous blank screen, it sticks up an array of panels showing what all the other tabs are doing. Just like Chrome, Opera and probably any other browser currently available. FFS developers, I want private browsing by default, not by having to look for some new option to tick and hope that it sticks. And not because I'm looking at pr0n etc; at home it's no-one's business what I look at on the net and no-one should be able to pick up where I've left off to squaffle through what I've been doing on the internet, and at work it's just better not to make it plainly obvious even if we do all accept that someone somewhere is logging all activity for future reference.

    Web browser developers. Make privacy the default. I don't want a tab full of what's going on, or address bars that reveal to the world everything I've looked at to all & sundry. Gah.
  • joenobody
    joenobody Posts: 563
    CiB wrote:
    Web browser developers. Make privacy the default. I don't want a tab full of what's going on, or address bars that reveal to the world everything I've looked at to all & sundry. Gah.
    Your average web user though will probably appreciate this kind of functionality. I believe it's a configurable option though, so at least you can change the behaviour yourself...
  • Sharkyssurfers
    Sharkyssurfers Posts: 767
    CiB wrote:
    Bloody Firefox, and in fact most web browsers. Give me some privacy by default. FF has a new update that installed itself earlier today, and now I find that hitting Ctl+T to create a new empty tab to hide what I'm looking at (BR, Telegraph as often as not) doesn't create a neat anonymous blank screen, it sticks up an array of panels showing what all the other tabs are doing. Just like Chrome, Opera and probably any other browser currently available. FFS developers, I want private browsing by default, not by having to look for some new option to tick and hope that it sticks. And not because I'm looking at pr0n etc; at home it's no-one's business what I look at on the net and no-one should be able to pick up where I've left off to squaffle through what I've been doing on the internet, and at work it's just better not to make it plainly obvious even if we do all accept that someone somewhere is logging all activity for future reference.

    Web browser developers. Make privacy the default. I don't want a tab full of what's going on, or address bars that reveal to the world everything I've looked at to all & sundry. Gah.

    set you home page to blank, that way when you press ctrl t you can quickly hit the homescreen and get a blank page :wink:
    Sorry its not me it's the bike ;o)

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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Watching Nicole Kidman on a BMX and feeling old :(
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • roger_merriman
    roger_merriman Posts: 6,165
    CiB wrote:
    Bloody Firefox, and in fact most web browsers. Give me some privacy by default. FF has a new update that installed itself earlier today, and now I find that hitting Ctl+T to create a new empty tab to hide what I'm looking at (BR, Telegraph as often as not) doesn't create a neat anonymous blank screen, it sticks up an array of panels showing what all the other tabs are doing. Just like Chrome, Opera and probably any other browser currently available. FFS developers, I want private browsing by default, not by having to look for some new option to tick and hope that it sticks. And not because I'm looking at pr0n etc; at home it's no-one's business what I look at on the net and no-one should be able to pick up where I've left off to squaffle through what I've been doing on the internet, and at work it's just better not to make it plainly obvious even if we do all accept that someone somewhere is logging all activity for future reference.

    Web browser developers. Make privacy the default. I don't want a tab full of what's going on, or address bars that reveal to the world everything I've looked at to all & sundry. Gah.

    Ah the "wall of shame" I thought firefox already had that?

    Any way yes it's fairly irritating isn't it, though can be turned off on most/all browsers. My browser has visual tabs so anyone could see what I'm browsing clearly more tabs open the less easy.
  • suzyb
    suzyb Posts: 3,449
    Note to self, disable wall of shame on office PC's firefox.
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  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    redvee wrote:
    Watching Nicole Kidman on a BMX and feeling old :(

    Well as long as it was only 'old' you were feeling.

    PS. I saw BMX Bandits when it first came out in the cinema!
  • jonny_trousers
    jonny_trousers Posts: 3,588
    Argh, it's no good, N+1 needed. No sooner do I remove the mudguards to improve the looks of the Equilibrium than it returns to p*ssing it down. :evil:
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Bank fraud department blocked my credit card when I was buying my Canyon.

    For fear of the super deal going to someone else, I used my debit card instead.

    Y'day I unblocked my credit card.

    Today, I get an email from Canyon - err, your debit card was blocked by your bank....

    Had to unblock that one too.

    Not the first time either - every time I buy something expensive online I have to let them know.

    SO irritating.

    Sorted now, but still...
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  • bushu
    bushu Posts: 711
    Internet forum bitches when all you want is some farkin help fettling my bike....

    How dare they take this free speech we all deserve and make something so pathetic as name calling in every comment, good lord i'm glad they are anon as I do like to hand out the backhands to general twats.. detrimental to me having a career but someone has to do it ;)

    Not targeted at commuters as they are too clique to even respond to my fettling issues, but fark you lot too while I'm at it, might as well equally hate everyone otherwise its discrimination =)
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Where abouts bushu?
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    bushu wrote:
    Internet forum bitches when all you want is some farkin help fettling my bike....

    How dare they take this free speech we all deserve and make something so pathetic as name calling in every comment, good lord i'm glad they are anon as I do like to hand out the backhands to general twats.. detrimental to me having a career but someone has to do it ;)

    Not targeted at commuters as they are too clique to even respond to my fettling issues, but fark you lot too while I'm at it, might as well equally hate everyone otherwise its discrimination =)
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  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    bushu wrote:
    Internet forum bitches when all you want is some farkin help fettling my bike....

    How dare they take this free speech we all deserve and make something so pathetic as name calling in every comment, good lord i'm glad they are anon as I do like to hand out the backhands to general twats.. detrimental to me having a career but someone has to do it ;)

    Not targeted at commuters as they are too clique to even respond to my fettling issues, but fark you lot too while I'm at it, might as well equally hate everyone otherwise its discrimination =)

    Cliquey?

    Good grief, they even let me in!

    Whatcha need fella? Fettlin' gurus a-gogo around here!

    Ah, wait, did you post in General? Tumbleweed don't wield no spanner.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Bank fraud department blocked my credit card when I was buying my Canyon.

    For fear of the super deal going to someone else, I used my debit card instead.

    Y'day I unblocked my credit card.

    Today, I get an email from Canyon - err, your debit card was blocked by your bank....

    Had to unblock that one too.

    Not the first time either - every time I buy something expensive online I have to let them know.

    SO irritating.

    Sorted now, but still...

    It's because you're really a communist. You're not allowed your own money.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Think I might need a slightly longer stem on the weekender so I ordered a 110mm FSA OS150 to replace my 100mm FSA OS99. The stack height is different. Its about 5mm lower. Grrr.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,900
    bushu wrote:
    Internet forum bitches when all you want is some farkin help fettling my bike....

    How dare they take this free speech we all deserve and make something so pathetic as name calling in every comment, good lord i'm glad they are anon as I do like to hand out the backhands to general twats.. detrimental to me having a career but someone has to do it ;)

    Not targeted at commuters as they are too clique to even respond to my fettling issues, but fark you lot too while I'm at it, might as well equally hate everyone otherwise its discrimination =)
    Let me get this straight. You posted a badly worded question in the commuting workshop forum. You only got one answer so you went crying to the MTB crudcatcher slagging off the commuter section hoping they would join you in the slagging whilst answering your really badly phrased question. You got a few answers after eventually giving up some relevant information and they took the mickey out of you and called you an illiterate troll. Now you are back over here.
    Why? Do you want sympathy? Have you tried what Nicklouse suggested? He has half a clue about bike stuff.
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