I confess...

Pics, or.......

No, never mind.

There were lots of people taking pics so I'm sure some will surface. I think 90%of Manchester's Chinese community came out to watch 200 nude cyclists. There were a bunch of pervy dudes with odd grins taking photos at the end too.

sometimes I sleep with a bike beside the bed and lie staring at it smiling with my back to my girlfriend, so it's the last thing I see before I go to sleep.

[whispers] I do this too.........

The other day, a friend not from the UK asked me how roundabouts worked and when I stopped to think about it, I couldn't actually figure it out. I've had my driving licence for nearly 10 years now.

Give way to stuff coming from the right?

The other day, a friend not from the UK asked me how roundabouts worked and when I stopped to think about it, I couldn't actually figure it out. I've had my driving licence for nearly 10 years now.

You don't need a driving license to know how a roundabout works. Do you drive or ride a bike regularly?

Russian rouleur ?

I've never had a problem using a roundabout in many years of cycling and driving, but when I was asked to explain it I couldn't. I think I was overthinking it and thought it was more complicated than it is (give way to the right) as I figured otherwise it wouldn't be such a problem for non-UK road users.

It's a circular one-way road

Why aren't they found more widely around the world? Seems like such a simple solution (if you're not being thick and trying to make it more complicated, like me).

http://www.treehugger.com/cars/mythbusters-roundabouts-vs-4-way-stop-intersection-which-more-efficient-video.html

The other day, a friend not from the UK asked me how roundabouts worked and when I stopped to think about it, I couldn't actually figure it out. I've had my driving licence for nearly 10 years now.

Tell your friend to ask a pigeon:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1453494/How-do-homing-pigeons-navigate-They-follow-roads.html

^ gps enabled pigeon hitches a ride on the back of a lorry, causing scientists to report that they go round roundabouts ?

Firstly I confess to feeling rather smug that I managed to totally strip down, install replacement parts and rebuild my Campag 10 speed shifters, and they actually work! I'm a bit of a ham fisted mechanic, so succeeding at this, which was more fiddly than trying to remove the wishbone from Operation after an evening on the sauce, is actually an epic win for me.

Second confession is that as a result of the above, yesterday I rode a geared bike for the first time since October and I did'nt realise how much I'd missed it, I bloody love that bike. wells up

I treat shifters like babies,
be very gentle,
feed them regularly,
keep them clean.

Wouldn't dream of opening one, amazed.

I confess I actually dislike the way low trail 650b wheel bikes handle and regret getting my custom oak and elephant. I only did it because it seemed the like trendy thing to do and thought it might get me hipster cred

i should've bought a ridgeback hybrid instead i would be much happier

Hoser thread >>>

I like to replace the words "Heart" and "Eyes" in pop songs with the word "Arse. always cheers me up

eg 'Total Eclipse of the Arse'
'Set the Controls to the Arse of the Sun'
'Brown arsed girl'
'Dancing with Tears in my Arse'
etc

Surely 'Set the controls to the heart of the Arse'? Actually, I'm sure I've heard that one on a Floyd bootleg.

Unbreak my arse
Sergeant peppers lonely arse club band
Last Xmas I gave you my arse
Where do broken arses go ...

I think I mentioned this game on here a few years ago

There's something stickin' in my arse.

.

Radiohead has a song called The eyes of a woman. The first line, with replacement is hilarious.

Just discovered my chain ring was 3/32, and after not having the 1/8 16t sprocket i wanted when I built up the bike I compromised and got 3/32 16t... so now the really loud rattly chain makes a lot more sense... facepalm.jpg I was sure I checked when i replaced the stack bolts

I confess I actually dislike the way low trail 650b wheel bikes handle and regret getting my custom oak and elephant. I only did it because it seemed the like trendy thing to do and thought it might get me hipster cred

i should've bought a ridgeback hybrid instead i would be much happier

Fucking 44/17...