Yeah, maybe it should be in SS

Can't think of a single thing that could go wrong here, make sure you've attached yourself to the rest grab handle and don't try filtering.

For a good chunk of lockdown I was more than happy WFH, I actually good so much work done even I was impressed. But as time went on my mentals started going a bit wobbly and I just needed a change of culture (that job was a bit of a shitshow) and I needed people to talk shit with. So I got a new job...

I've worked with guys that have gone on creatine while we've been on deployment and they've generally turned into right arseoles. Are you confusing creatine with steroids? 'Roids are known to have all sorts of side effects, hence their restrictions. Creatine you buy in most health food shops and fr...

As has already been said, I don't think that special supplements are needed until you're really pushing hard and training for several hours a day. I have recently upped the amount of protein that I'm eating and I feel a lot better for it and usually less hungry. If I'm planning on riding for 4 or 5 ...

weeksy wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 6:57 pm Giz a go mister. 30th FoD?

I'll explain more in pm.

Yeah, of course.

A quick little update on this bike. Since April I've done some 650 miles on it, mostly xc type stuff but plenty of trails in the FOD and Cwmcarn. I've still got those Nobby Nic/Wicked Will tyres fitted and in the dry & hard pack they are ace, in today's conditions they are god awful and will be ...

And then of course there's the creepy Apple glasses and countless other things that promised to change the world but ended up being quietly killed off or left languishing in the bottom of a cupboard somewhere. Do you mean the Google Lens things? The idea isn't dead - Meta (Facebook) are currently s...

Dog agility. I competed up to the highest level of UK agility known as champ class, and found that I was just making up the numbers competing against people that make their living from dog training. I also judged for quite a few years and took appointments at most of the biggest competitions (and st...

I've just read that Pidcocks have called in the administrators as well.

Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 10:47 am Off for a weekend in San Sebastián.
Behave you lot

pfft, amateur.
Or weekend away started yesterday, spent the day in Florida today....Strata Florida with typical wish weather

Digging, hand tools? Nope. I'm still out. Like I say, it's like hammering permanent pitons into a rock face to make it easier to climb for you - and everyone who comes after you. If you can't ride down it, go and find something you can instead of making it easier. I'm not sure that you're quite see...

I notice as many bikes on the road as I ever have, and it's noticeable that there are many youngsters on small capacity bikes hooning around as well as older GS types touring.

The Staverton shop had well over 100 used bikes (6 rows of about 20 bikes) , plus the separate Kawasaki, Yamaha, MV and Honda dealership shops on the same site

Another odd thing about the rating, i read recently, is that each garment is only tested to the standard that the manufacturer applies for. So, if a manufacturer won't send a jacket to be tested at AAA, AA, and A, because if it fails at AAA then that's recorded. But if it passes at A it's not then ...

Not knocking you or your decision, but I suppose I look at something like the abrasion resistance being the only reason to buy a bike specific jacket over say a far cheaper walking/military goretex that'll do the waterproofing bit just as well for a fraction of the cost. I've been thinking AAA base...

EN 17092 includes requirements for fit, sizing and ergonomics it's odd then that every jacket that I put on sized differently, with the Alpinestars not fitting me at all. So the common denominator for 'everything else' not fitting is ... you? Hmmm ... 8-) I didn't say 'everything else', you did. I ...

Horse wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:28 pm

Taff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:20 pm I'm a bit sceptical about the testing because I spend most of my working days working with Certification Standards for Aeroplanes and Equipment, and errrr, to put it mildly, it can be interesting.

Boeing?

fuck no, but feeling their influence

I'm a bit sceptical about the testing because I spend most of my working days working with Certification Standards for Aeroplanes and Equipment, and errrr, to put it mildly, it can be interesting.

MrLongbeard wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 8:59 pm

Taff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2024 8:28 pm That test says nothing about the fit and comfort of the jacket that I will feel on my commute 8 times a week

EN 17092 includes requirements for fit, sizing and ergonomics

it's odd then that every jacket that I put on sized differently, with the Alpinestars not fitting me at all.

So I bought the Rukka Nivala, a lowly A rating. Bonkers, isn't it? You pay a small fortune for A rated, when companies like Weise can sell an AA rated jacket for £140 - and even AAA denim jeans. Yes, but I think that says more about the testing. As far as I could understand, the test rating doesn't...