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i like the Alan Carr attitude of not thinking of it as 'giving up smoking' - ie ; something long and drawn out that takes months, but rather as, the second you stop, you've done it. that's it. you've given up, so forget about it and get on with other things.

I swallowed all of Alan Carrs hype five years ago and havent looked back. I also tried to apply the same logic to attracting and seducing beautiful women but just kept getting slapped in the face, and my wife got really pissed off too.
I also started to get fit (I was 38) and ran everywhere, which seemed to help get all the shit out of my chest. when my knees started to breakdown from too much running I brought a bike....

I recall it was 'easy' now, but I dont think it was......stop counting the days and weeks and months though and STOP, dont quit or give-up.
Sort your head out Teenslain, the rest should follow. good luck.

bump.

Wow, this really has turned into a popular ride! 100+ on some of those bridges will be a rave. Shame its east to west and in the middle of the night and raining;o) Apart from that I'd maybe come and join in.......oh, and only if I could ride at the front! Or maybe I should go stock-up on spare tubes etc and cash in on those who havent taken MA3Ks very clear addvice to heart.

Have fun, stay safe.

Interesting thread. But 'slightly' hypercritical.......WARNING: RANT APPROACHING:-

Is LFGSS also going to support a programme to encourage cyclists to STOP at red lights?
The HGV's have to, and all the other road users do. Is it the same cyclists that undertake and RLJ? I don't think its that clear-cut. But I do believe a vast number of 'serious' cyclists believe that they're 'advanced' enough not to bother with RL's, less experienced riders follow suite. They all set a bad example for all of us and all other motorists judge us by their standards.

Ride responsibly. People will start to notice. Attitudes will change.

(I stop at RL mainly because I need the rest).

work interupts play.....

1. MA3K
   
2. Tomasito
   
3. hippy (pending dates)
   
4. Superprecise
   
5. Mini..Cooper (not 21st though it is track day #2)
   
6. Sam
   
7. Sammy Dodger
   
8. gabes
   
9. Brainflick
   
10. Shoot
    11.eyebrows
    
11. teddy
    
12. skully
    
13. livingasleep (75 miles?! fuck it, im in)
    
14. lucky7
    
15. hillbilly(its my sisters b-day but she'll have another one next year)
    
16. Dropout pending date
    
17. pajamas
    
18. harold
    
19. runtime
    21.Jacqui
    
20. 
    
21. tikastefano
    
22. mikec
    
23. dancing james
    
24. Danzel
    
25. guy_ho
    
26. Ved #
    
27. ehren_fried_chicken
    
28. Pilky
    
29. Diapo
    
30. Crispin Glover
    
31. Simon J
    
32. Madillness
    
33. Fluff (hopefully)
    
34. Dandy Horse ( Geared for definite )
    
35. johnny h + 1 geared
    
    
    

No. 22 is free.
have a safe fun ride all.

....As soon as you slam that into the back of a car say bye bye to the forks, and the frame won't be up to a lot either........

Looks and materials just don't cut it for me.

why on earth would you 'slam' it into the back of a car? Can a BJ / Mercian et al be 'slam'med into the back of a car with complete abandon...if so I'm definetely getting one.

my '06 Langster has just clocked 10k miles.....and like Triggers broom its still going strong! And I think I just look like a bloke riding a bike when I'm riding it. when I want to pose I take my Ferrari out for a spin.

We actually ran into these guys on Commercial Street!

....so what were the odds of our 2 groups of riders stumbling across each other in the middle of any given night in a city like London!

Glad your work is over, now have a break.

(Sarfend was fantastic...mainly because it didnt piss down with freezing rain all night......next month Whitstable, can you make it?)

thanks Mashton. I thought I might have had a 'funny' turn.
As you say, piss poor by any standards, even if theyre short on cameras its no excuse for the presenters not explaining the outcome clearly. Still, its better than no covergae at all I suppose.
Who'd have thought a few years ago that we'd be able to catch an hour of each ToB stage (and the ToI) but not see any international world football qualifying matches!!

The Gear Hunter

I was watching this on ITV4 last night, maybe not paying as much attention to running order as they approached the finish, I was sure a Rock rider has escaped and was in the lead, assured of a win....but young Noggins from Norway one it! Did I doze off or was the coverage just misleading?! Anyone else bothering to watch?

+1 Broker.....edit> and Corny.
bad. Get back out on yer bike tho Fluff.....just be careful and don't ride down the inside of anything.

Yesterday I rode to work in a lesser brand of shorts and today in Rapha.
It took the same time and I didn't get women throw themselves at me.

A FUCKIN WASTE OF MONEY IF YOU ASK ME!

funny that, 16 beautiful women fell under my wheels this morning, 4 unlucky ones made it onto my bars. And I wasn't wearing any shorts.

never fear, whoever stole it will undoubtedly return it soon.

(sincere apologies, I'm not cut out for the rough-forum-banter,......but someone else would have said it sooner or later, seriously - I hope the scum bag that nicked it falls off, lands on his face and then gets run over by a bendy bus.)

....edit> and me a cuntster rider, with my reputation...!

I may roll along and do it on the day.......geared though me thinks!

he probably had a rough night, let the man have a little kip!

I'm not little and I'm also taken.

I regularly getted waved at by friendly motorists on my way home down Priory Lane (the road to richmond park)......I always give a cheery wave and flash my pearly white teeth back at them.
Some especially friendly drivers even try to get close enough to me to talk to me about the lovely cycle lane across on the other side of the road. Sadly I never get to chat with them because they're going too fast for me. Still, it brightens up my day a little to know they care.

Regular nocturnal once a monthers head to various parts of the coast......slow paced and allsorts of bikes, usually a couple of fixed riders. I joined them back in May and am planning to go this Friday too. Hardest part is certainly getting to Hyde Park corner......not a problem for you though!

http://www.anothercyclingforum.com/index.php?board=32.0

revenge is sweet eh? that fucker must have cut me up down the Kings Road at least a dozen times. Good work Gabes! (its on my desktop too now).

I'd like to fit a track pump on my frame somewhere.......any suggestions?

...dropouts maybe vertical, but look at the two parallel horizontal 'adjustable' jobbies......quite complicated, how many ££££ I wonder?!. No greasy oily stuff though. I'm intrigued. Will be very impressed when it is turned into a fixed drive....which it undoubtedly will be sooner or later.

I agree about the drive-train noise Broker. But whenever I ride long on my fixed I do eventually reach a point where I'd welcome a freewheel, usually descending! The Freewheel was a marvellous invention (?)....should we have a poll?

pending really shit weather I'll dust down my creaky ole knees and jolly along with you......wheres the start gonna be? (I'm in a meeting at the mo and not paying full attention, to meeting, or forum!).

1. MA3K
   
2. Shinscar
   
3. Tomasito
   
4. hippy (pending dates)
   
5. Superprecise
   
6. Mini..Cooper (not 21st though it is track day #2)
   
7. Sam
   
8. Rik
   
9. gabes
   
10. Brainflick
    
11. Shoot
    12.eyebrows
    
12. teddy
    
13. skully
    
14. livingasleep (75 miles?! fuck it, im in)
    
15. lucky7
    
16. hillbilly(its my sisters b-day but she'll have another one next year)
    
17. Dropout pending date
    
18. pajamas
    
19. harold
    
20. runtime
    22.Jacqui
    
21. Kipsy
    

this has just gotta be the most list-tastic thread so far,
bravo VB I say.

Track standing is like making love to a beautiful woman. When the perfect opportunity arrives I usually fuck it up. Especially if she sees my shorts.

I've returned to lycra for my commute after my doctor told me that I shouldn't have 3 testicles.
Oddly, I wasn't particularly uncomfortable until he told me I should be. Who'd be a doctor eh?
So, a week off the saddle, some anti-biotics and I'm back to near normality.

A Message from kipsy to the citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties overall states, Commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated
next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules
are introduced with immediate effect:

You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut ' without skipping half of the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by
   the suffix -ise. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. There is no such thing as US
   English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize.
   You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.

4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing
   someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the
   benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) -roughly £6 per US gallon. Get used to it.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with “catsup” but with vinegar.

11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted
    provenance will be referred to as Lager.
    Australian beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer. They are also part of British Commonwealth – see what it did for them.

12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie McDowell
    attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).
    Don't try - the Australians and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly thrash us.

14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware
    that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the sting out of their deliveries.

15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

16 An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due (backdated to 1776).

1. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes;strawberries in season.
   
   

God save the Queen.

Only He can.