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don't worry tommy. i know you're right. i believe in you.

tubs? i'd rather file for bankruptcy.

in the current economic climate? ten pounds? richster.

a pile of runny dogshit makes wales look attractive.

as if any of your spods would even notice. get a rear brake if you're too damn weak.

He's probably oppressing the downtrodden poor as I type.

that's the downtrodden rural poor.

oh and the answer is not to change the system.

it's fucking social fucking justice, as in real life, redistributive capitalism, not unregulated money making and ass-raping the poor with cheap, oleaginous promises, before taking their houses and telling them to go shop at Lidl, whilst those who 'can' complain about the lack of varieties of alfalfa at waitrose, 'credit crunch' or no 'credit crunch'.

and while we're on the subject, 'credit crunch' - what a crock of shit, what a spurious, shitty way to avoid saying the word 'recession', let alone 'depression'.

that's the only problem.

I always thought lateral stiffness would have a affect on skidding....

that's 'an', because of the vowel
'effect', because it's a noun

and lateral stiffness? what? effect on skidding? eh?

I'm sure they love you too PJ

they sure do.

But when your high streets are rammed with people buying HD TV's for 3mbit SD content and £40 skin cream that makes you look younger and upgrading their houses over their personalities then... Nay fooking pity!

you should have pity.

the insidious effects of poverty and deprivation have been subverted by the seductive wiles of monopoly capitalism and easy credit. people are actively encouraged to measure their affluence in terms of the size of the TV, this means that they are not as concerned about the failure of the education system, and so on.

in its own small way, the poor bringing down the rich is a form of justice, lehman exploited the mortgage market, viewing it as a cash cow. it's a shame that everyone now has so much to lose as a result of this sorry, vile mess.

The system we have now is a weird mix of capitalism and socialism. We try to approximate the capitalist ideal as best as we can, while protecting the less privileged and less able.

there is nothing, whatsoever remotely socialist about the current system. it might pretend to be socially just, but it doesn't do that either. it pretends to be meritocratic, too, when it really just rewards those with vested interests.

this phrase 'approximate the capitalist ideal the best we can', doesn't make a lot of sense to me. capitalism is rapacious, all consuming, and by its very nature concerned with the production of capital. social well-being comes second (or last), no matter how many panaceas or sticking plasters are hurled at the suppurating, gangrenous wound that is the poor folks.

add this to the 'threads that are vital' sub-forum, alongside those other indispensible posts: 'mad skilz u bin bustin' and 'how do i hold onto my handlebars?'.

geared bikes are where it's at.

don't convert.

i knew about the pension funds, but forgot - a good point that goes to show that reductive arguments have their limits. and also, i sympathise ant, redundancy and the ensuing anxiety is a shitter.

nevertheless, wealth creation is a shit idea.

you need to join a recession proof industry, or better still, one that thrives in adverse circumstances.

i can think of - undertakers, police force, bailiffs, any of the robber baron energy companies, tescos, those sorts. people always got to eat, steal, put the heating on and die.

but seriously - why the fuss, none of you Capital-ists have any manners. you just think you do, but mistake arrogance for politeness. it's an easy mistake to make.

work for lehmans?

i think it's called hypercapitalism.

and i think we (as in, the majority, the median income, non-spooner, hard-working populace) are reaping the whirlwind of an under-regulated, financially gluttonous, elitist ten year bunfight.

funny how those "the city makes shitloads of money and it's good for the UK because of that" arguments looker weaker than an anorexic biafran in the cold light of day, now some poor americans pissed their mortgage payments up the wall and managed to bring down merril lynch and lehmans.

wealth creation - the sole raison d'etre of the city - is so utterly, sinfully specious. it's just a shame that everyone else cops it. some city boy crying into his empty bonus packet? fuck it, get a conscience, then a real job.

i'm staggered by abomination that is the 'path-meets-langster' bowery.

it reaches a new low in bike depravity.

fricken troggs.

but if you'd bid on it, it wouldn't have gone for £77, probably more like £140.

Maybe use a flip flop with 76" freewheel for the flat bits around Bourg.

i might be missing something here, but with the right gear fixed, i.e a 41" or so, wouldn't a 76" freewheel probably require another chain?

i ride a lot round bristol, the hills down towards the mendips are good training for the alps, simply becuase it is so rarely flat. riding out of bristol towards the airport isn't as steep, but there's around 5-6 miles of climbing out of 7. then there are hills everywhere else.

the brecon beacons beckon.

i wore a rapha jersey to work today, 16 miles there, 16 miles back.

felt very comfy indeed. mixed it with decathlon though. no-one down here even knows who the fuck they are. i wore my new BFF cap.

i mean, WTF?

glad it's turned out less serious, even though very serious, than it could have been.

it's these young 'uns you see, they think they're invulnerable. riding like hoons.