Any question answered...

Yeah buy one of these WellHippy tablets we advertise on the back of the bus. They're good for your health*.

*Health benefit not proven.

Presumably degree of tan is an evolutionary trade off between cancer, rickets, and anything else skin colour effects which I can't think right now.

Cheers for the tips.

I'm guessing Spa is also a good place to look.

There's issues with pregnancy if there's not enough vit d, I believe. Don't know why I know that. I had some blood tests for something entirely unrelated and apparently have rather low vit d. Have bought some kind of supplement but have mostly forgotten to take it. Rickets here I come.

I'd like to see hippy hold onto his title while pregnant, I must say.

Rickets is a developmental disease, you're probably ok for that. Do take the supplements though they make you feel better and don't really have any side effects.

#LFGSSmedicine

I'd like to see hippy hold onto his title while pregnant, I must say.

The reason he hates the tube so much is because people often offer him their seat.

I'd like to see hippy hold onto his title while pregnant, I must say.

As opposed to just looking pregnant?

The reason he hates the tube so much is because people often offer him their seat.

#sickburn

I wish, really. I was on the Tube yesterday. Fucking sardine tin transport.

have a look at rosebikes?

Just looking at these ones.

· Rims: Xtreme Sari M-17, 36 hole
· front wheel hub: Shimano HB-T610 black, 36 hole
· rear wheel hub: Shimano FH-T610 black, 36 hole
· spokes: DT Swiss Champion, silver
· nipples: DT Swiss brass, silver

Are they going to take some one around 17-20st?

But, like multivitamins, that's essentially unscientific codswallop.

The national advice is primarily based on if you can include 5 proper sized portions of fruit and veg (ideally veg but they included fruit cos people like it) it's actually quite hard to find room/recipe for much "unhealthy" - fats, excess carbs etc. I know that for example if I do some courgettes with whatever main, I won't be able to eat chips.

That's essentially the public health logic. The human body is remarkably good at synthesis of most essential things from a staple and basically unvaried diet - if you mix it around within a week or month it's fine. No need to get every vitamin and amino acid, every meal. The most common vitamin deficiency in this country is due to people being darker skinned and stuck inside all day!

The whole 5 a day thing is codswallop because the public health folk cant be bothered to explain the detailed reality behind disease prevention, they cant even be bothered to understand it themselves. Statistically people who eat more fruit & vegetables do not die from heart disease & diabetes etc but the causality would be for a number of reasons such as these people statistically being more active, health concious, eating less processed food, consuming less calories overall etc.. so just throw a blanket statement out there that getting 5 a day will somehow safeguard the populace from something.. kinda BS really.

Most/all fatal modern chronic disease is related to inflammation. And to avoid inflammation is pretty easy, cut out simple sugar and do not consume poor quality omega-6 dominant vegetable oils, especially when frying - because it is not only extremely inflammatory but also carcinogenic.

Public health recommendations to eat wholegrains is total BS which is a simple continuation of the "eat lots of healthy pasta & bread carbs" propaganda derived from the american food pyramid which was developed by grain producing lobby. Grain fibre actually increases disease. And large carb intakes require a large quantity of physical activity or you are heading to both obesity and diabeetus - when combined with popular levels of sugary crap it is almost guaranteed.

Public health people never just say it like it is, and this trickles down to confusing info going from GP's or media to patients/populace.

In essence what you need to know;

Do not eat more calories than you need
Sugar fucks you up, if you are very active however you'll probably be ok.
Everyone should be active!
Eat natural foods where possible
Vegetable oil needs to be cold pressed and used cold - seed oils are dominant in n-6 though! Use fancy shit like macademia nut oil if you can afford it or just dont add veg oil to cooking.
Take steps to boost n-3 like eating grass fed meat & appropriate fish.
Fat used in higher temp cooking should be saturated because it is more stable and wont become toxic. Beef dripping, Coconut oil, Palm oil etc...
Being constipated is bad for you. Stay regular by eating vegetables. Not wholegrains.
Some vegetables, particularly brassicas have anti carcinogenic effects.
It is a myth that fruits are your one stop shop for Vitamins. Leafy greens or even potatoes contain as much Vitamin C as Oranges.
A lot of "superfoods" are almost nutritionally void, weird berries are ok when you are a hunter gatherer and something is better than nothing, but otherwise they are a waste of money & time.
Smoking, Alcholism & recreational drugs are bad...
but prescription drugs are sometimes worse.
The human body is robust and can take a lot of abuse and variety of bad stuff over a long time. It is actually hard to become diseased. But modern combination of processed semi-poisonous food and lack of activity are tipping us over the edge. But chronic disease like athersclerosis or diabeetus develops very slowly, so you have a long fucking time to sort yourself out.

Nothings going to extend your life significantly other than warding off chronic disease so do not concern yourself with the ultimate health concoction. If you eat predominantly natural unprocessed food, are not very fat and use your legs to get around, thats about as good as its going to get.
Exercise is the one true miracle medicine. Us humans just like every other piece of biology evolved to do stuff. It wont stop you getting cancer but it works for pretty much everything else. If you are a total glutton eating many magnitudes more of everything than we could have during our evolutionary development, you just get more awesome. Bigger, stronger & better looking - look at every athlete for example. If you gave the diet of an athlete to a sedentary person, they would become morbidly obese and die from either heart attack, kidney failure or metabolic disorder.

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I eat a rainbow everyday.

^^ Love this forum, come to learn about bikes then read everything I need to know about getting diet sorted..

So to elaborate: my every day bike, which is the only bike I own I'm happy locking up around town, is still fooked from an RTC. Where can I get an equivalent 'hire bike'? You know, drop bars, single speed, steel frame, full length mud-guards... It's my main mode of transport and not having it is now massively inconvenient now I can ride again.

Or shall I just buy a new one and bill the twit driver for it?

In that case which steel touring frame with track ends / bosses / long drops?

Howard Lunar cycles deal with a company that works for cyclists go through insurance claims and they sort you a loan bike which they bill to the insurance company - they might be able to help?
Can pm you their deets if you'd like.

Just looking at these ones.
Are they going to take some one around 17-20st?

I'm hoping the similar build I've put on the tandem will support about 27st, but it depends on how you ride.

Google "Chalo Colina" for true life tales of a 300lb cyclist and his search for strong enough bikes.

But the point is the inconvenience is recognised and there is some effort made to mimimise it. I feel - rightly or wrongly - that with a bike you should expect to be treated in the same way.

You will be treated the same way if you buy the same insurance products as motorists do, there's a fairly hefty premium on top of basic insurance for getting your own insurer to pay for stuff which they hope to recover later from the third party. If you don't, then civil law applies; the person causing the damage is liable to restore you to the position you would have been in had they not done the thing which caused the damage. You file a claim against them, and ask the courts to rule on the validity of the claim and then support enforcement.

Answer is no, you need one of these;
http://static.bike-components.de/cache/BBB-Extender-BHP-22-Adapter-Ahead-schwarz-1-1-8-2553142cc74e7a8a2a528cf3d18e4530.jpeg

Many thanks DFP.

Would it be possible to end an alloy steerer on a wound up fork?

Sure but I would hunt around for something a bit less bulky and utilitarian, you may struggle though as generally people only use these on touring bikes or situp & beg hybrids.

What recommendations for bike specific travel insurance?

I'm travelling to the US in a few days and planning on taking my bike. It's my training bike so (apart from the power meter) it's not worth a whole lot but i'd like it covered. Obviously it'll be transported in a proper box etc.

p.s. it'd possibly be useful (but not essential) if the policy covered me for all the routine travel insurance stuff as well.

cheapest place to buy sprinter gatorskins?

Would 25c tyres on 90s shamals be awful?

anyone know an easy way of fixing incorrectly formatted postcodes? Like, 40,000 of them.

anyone know an easy way of fixing incorrectly formatted postcodes? Like, 40,000 of them.

Custom excel cell formatting?

Well all the dslr video crowd swear by rode video mics. They are fancy and sort of industry standard. But affordable and a useful piece of kit to have;

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/rode-videomic-go-on-camera-microphone/514252-01/?currency=GBP&flt=1&gclid=CJbul5Lvvb0CFQKWtAod1WgAsw

Further to this, could I then plug it into a dictaphone or something similar for portability and being able to have it off camera?

Would the recorder bottleneck a good microphone or is a sound file just a sound file?

Would 25c tyres on 90s shamals be awful?

Yes. I think they were designed for 19c

I have 23's on Ventos which were an absolute bollock to fit.

Get folding tyres.