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Frog 62 in red anyone? Latest in my series of “buy new, use twice, sell secondhand x years later”

Pretty much immaculate. You can see it’s been used outside as the tyres and pedals have some marks, but the frame and parts are in superb condition (sadly, as this is all because it’s been used for maybe 10 miles in two and a half years). Comes with mudguards too.

Maybe £270 and I’m in NW6 (South Hampstead/ Swiss Cottage). Could possibly deliver within a few miles if needed.

Photos below (sorry I havent got all the dust off…) and I can send/ post more if needed.

I’ll check out the Aonijie. And yep agree about the trailblazer. I find it works well with effort - flexi water bottles in the shoulder pockets, bars and stuff in the hip pockets, etc. but it’s all just a lot of effort and just too small for more than running.

Thanks

Everyone = wife and kid 😀 so limited negotiation.

I’ll have a think - I can get a Montane trailblazer 30 for half the price, but it’s likely (if anything like the 18) zero water resistance and 15l in the main bag and a zillion pockets and stuff to make up the next 15l. There’s also the rab aeron 30 which is probably more like an “off the shelf” atom 30

Decisions

Anyway Langdale today

So first outing with the la sportiva ultra raptor boots yesterday in the lakes. They’re grippy, comfy, light and the right foot boot leaks like a sieve. Left foot totally dry, right foot I was pouring water out at the end.

It was hammering down all day so there’s a chance that it was water running down trousers. We’re out again today and tomorrow, so will see what’s what, and do the “fill the boot with water” test if needed

On another note - I need a bigger pack as I end up carrying everyone’s stuff. Anyone come across Atom packs? Keswick based outfit?

As it says, after a Rotor 3d24 - with 110 spider, or no spider

Long shot I know

Def used to be the case but I'm pretty sure that changed quite recently.

Edit - seems I’m mistaken and they’re still single passport!

Yeah, fair enough. I’d extrapolated from this comment

There are wider things to note here, how #workingclass kids are never exposed to successful people

So working class is unsuccessful. Nice.

I guess something about the article annoyed me. Instead of focusing on “how can we inspire kids to take part in sports and generally achieve” it was inferring that parents of fee-paying school kids are the problem because they want their kids to go to schools that do this kind of thing. Or something.

But if you expand that to “successful sportspeople” which includes say all premier league footballers? I’m guessing at that point you’re more likely to get a visit if you’re at a state school.

Think every sport requires specialist coaching at the top level, but many, maybe most, of these can be done with little outlay. Sure shooting, sailing and horses are a different thing.

Not sure how it related to “only fee paying schools are able to get success sports people in to talk to pupils though”!

I mentioned swimming as Camden is one of the top clubs in the country and runs out of the Swiss Cottage leisure centre. It’s not school based, but it’s definitely not elitist

Assuming that it’s the case that “successful sports people are more likely to visit fee-paying schools than state schools” (and I don’t see any data supporting this), then why is that the case?

It’s not like, dunno, football, fishing or swimming are the preserve of the ultra wealthy. Horsey stuff, maybe rowing, some racquet sports, then yes.

But in general terms the barrier wouldn’t seem to be “successful sports people are too posh to visit state schools”.

You need to (I assume) “unlock” it. Cycling the door locks probably works

Fair enough - I was being sloppy with my language.

Conservative and reform took 40% of the popular vote. My point was that IMO is a high percentage of people voting against green policies, and while yes there’s technically a majority voting for parties with progressive green policies I don’t think that margin is sufficient for any government to start enacting “radical” change.

Persistent, methodical progress would be sensible where margins are thin. Unless you absolutely know that the results of step change will be quickly positive.

The people of Britain don't want radical ideas
Have they?

I think all the evidence is that they want the government to be more radical; to address climate change by moving to renewables, to focus on nature and the environment to stop it being trashed and to level set the economy so that everyone can benefit from it, not just a rich elite.

Firstly - the evidence is half the country voted for parties that have limited support for these outcomes.

Second, these can be tackled in methodical, evidence based, idealogically-neutral manner. You don’t need to be radical.

Radical works both ways - trump, brexit, etc are all radical step changes. Being radical doesn’t necessarily give a positive outcome. And, given the incredible complexity of improving health, schooling, poverty and so on, there is a very high possibility that radical change results in unintended consequences.

It seems that at both ends of the political spectrum “radical” is becoming a populist ideology- persistence, focus, and very hard but boring management aren’t sufficient to improve matters. We just need some simple radical ideas and all will be well.

I didnt know - i'll check it out, thanks

if its really cold (realise this very relative) and very wet, then I wear tight fitting long sleeve top which doesnt get heavy and flappy when wet, and then a lightweight "wind" gilet over the top (think its this one in fact - decathlon ). I'll also wear a waterproof running cap.

Yeah, that was.

I wished he’d talked more about his life after though - but he was pretty clear that the book was therapy for him, rather than a story for others

I really liked the children of time and the war dog series, but I don’t think Tchaikovsky is a great writer. Great ideas, occasionally well written, but often clunky

One of the top books that give a real impression of the insanity of war. The Vietnam helicopter pilot one mentioned upthread, and the junior officers reading club are two that sit alongside it

Reynolds will be quite happy to sell me a set of their pads for £60, which were no different to the £10 lifeline ones!

pads for carbon rims now that the wiggle lifeline ones are available?

Campag calipers (from the 10-speed days)

Condor sell some blue carbon pads that look the same as the lifelines (and I'm guessing that Condor dont have a secret brake pad manufacturing facility round the back of the shop), otherwise the Campag's own or various SwissStop options.

I dont care about pad wear - so soft material that stops me wet or dry, and dont wear down the rim, is the priority

Anyone have experience of Cyclonic on the Finchley Road?

That’d be the end of LFGSS

Thanks both - I think something with a softer upper to get more of fit round my foot is what I need. I’ll have a look at the website again, maybe see if I can someone that’ll do them with free returns