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Also worth mentioning that this was only the fourth stage of the race. The riders will have been under a completely different set of stresses before the TT than they would have in previous years. Makes it far harder to call the winning order and still leaves riders capable of just "having a good day".

n00b question.

I'm currently riding on 42/18 and found that I'm spinning out far to easily on the flat.
If I move up to 52/18 by using the other chainring, will my braking become easier or harder than my current set up? i.e. will the larger gear increase the counter-momentive force or dissipate it?

2nd place and no yellow jersey. He won't be happy but there's another one to come.

I really want the DVD now. Perfect after pub telly.

T-Shirt

This is what you gte when you combine boredom with incompetence.

A friend of mine has an I POKE BADGERS WITH SPOONS. Not sure he tried it on the Hin

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I been through Dalston to a night with no name
It felt good to get out of the rain

Millar's bike
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/tech/index.php?id=/photos/2008/tech/features/tour_personalisation_tdf08/millar_tt_bike

Through OTP and out the other side, running screaming over the horizon.

Which is what I expect Millar to be doing.

You might want to rethink cutting out Wales as that'll send you right down the Welsh Marches. The coastal region will be less brutal.

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Happy birfday dad

I'm guessing neither of you did anything useful like leave a message.

4 places left or 4 places max per train?

The train from Darsham will be a local hopper of 2-3 coaches, 4 if you're lucky. Depending on what type of stock they have, there will be a fixed number of allocated bike spaces, almost always in one carriage only. You can usually get away with sticking 4 bikes in that space. However, it may be specifically be designed for 2 only with some kind of rack configuration that makes it close to impossible to stack more in.

IIRC in 2005 it was a 4 carriage train and the guard just booted people out of one of them and chivvied 30+ of us into stacking them in fast. I gave him a totally unfounded assurance he wouldn't be liable for any damage to the bikes.

Ipswich had a big fat guards van and we loaded with almost no problems (might have lost a mudgaurd...). However, the stock has probably changed since then and they tend to have racked places that you might have difficulty putting more than 10 bikes in. I can't say how things will lie for certain, but be prepared for slow if you're planning the train and haven't booked anything. If you have booked, don't expect any respect out of your fellow DDers

Gotta be the one that means most to you really.

LCC - with all it's borough groups.
CTC
Roadpeace
Sustrans
LifeCycle

They all accept volunteers in some fashion and are active in London to a degree. There's also the Cyclists Defence Fund but I'm not sure if they're a charity yet.

The theoretical limit is 4 but it depends on whether there is a jobsworth on hand on the day. I would imagine that booking will be impossible now, even from Ipswich. Be aware that the train from Darsham terminates at Ipswich so even if you get there, there's no guarantee of being allowed on until much later in the day.

TSK's tip of the day, if you're going to try and wing it on the trains, head up through Wenhaston to Halesworth. It's one stop up the line and will mean you aren't part of the cat herding at Darsham. The only risk is a jobsworth making it Failsworth. If I didn't have a gf with a campervan, I would like those odds.

Hippy - Ipswich is about 30mi.

town - There's a six hour gap in that forecast. That's when headwind storm will kick in.

I'll be in on this. Geared with the possibility of some company (gf is as yet undecided).

Good point Killer. but that still Leave bike reflectors and bell?

Nope, if the pedals aren't attached then it's not considered a bike for TDA purposes and therefore the seller doen't legally have to attach reflectors and bell. It is considered the responsibility of the buyer to "complete the build".

Mainly this is done to avoid the hassle and liability involved of having roadies and the like asking for all the reflectors etc being taken off pre-delivery. Legally bike shops can't do this, even if they know full well you'll do this yourself. The legal loophole is that you can buy the "not quite a bike" and the pedals and ask the shop to put them on for you before you take it out of the shop without either party incurring any liability against the other.

Greasy - I believe the offical term under the Trade Descriptions Act is SCUM

I got dragged into one where my burger got served with 12 chips stacked up like a game of jenga.

Cheeky grabbing bustards the lot of them.

EDIT - but skull head is right, the laws only apply to those selling bikes... there fore the hip hop slaves flying out of BLB are..... ILLEGAL... ;)

Am I right in thinking that BLB sell bikes without pedals (i.e. you have to buy them seperately (doesn't matter if they attach them for you)). If so then the bikes are not deemed complete under trading laws and therefore BLB will be exempt from any requirement to attach reflectors. Fairly standard practice for bike shops who sell anything above shoppers and garage ornaments.

If you go to http://www.nationalrail.co.uk you will be able to check the cycle policy for any given route at any given time. (note that policy changes on some routes depending on the amount of traffic that they expect at certain times and what kind of stock they are intending to use) Policies tend to be "no unbagged non-folding bikes" at commute times, "local service - no reservations available - first come first serve only" where the train manager reserves the right to refuse carriage of bikes above the specified capacity, and reservations available and prefered.

I would also strongly recommend checking the site if you are planning to travel distance at the weekends as the route may be interrupted by bus service due to engineering works. When that happens, carriage of bikes is solely at the discretion of the coach driver as they are effectively liable for any damage to either your bike, other luggage and the bus itself caused by the bike being in the luggage compartment. Good luck if you get caught by that because armed with a right to refuse, almost all of them will.

My fluid intake is ok, and my diet is alright.

As per hippy, it's not the intake, it's the contents. I used to ride Audax in Canada with a paramedic who said that, based on his own medical expertise and some research, chocolate milk was an ideal way to prevent cramps. I think he was trying to justify his love of chocolate milk but the theory stood up pretty well.

If it hepls, he used to ride fixed up to 400k and easy 600k rides.

http://www.unicycle.uk.com/ sell them for £100 less. Alternatively, they also sell the Qu-ax Monster Bike with 36" wheels. That could make for an entertaining project.

400km? hope you're riding fixed

Like hell. I only put my first fixed together last week and have so far spent a grand total of an hour and twenty minutes careening around Tesco's carpark like and idiot. I'll be hitting the gears all the way and oh yes, there will be chevrons.

I'm suffering from poor timing and am going to miss the first two stages on account of being out on a 400k tomorrow and Sunday. Should get a punt on Cav winning the first and and Thomas on the second just for that.

As an aside, should get quite interesting when the Olympic thinning kicks in.