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Hammocks arent made for european conditions i guess...

Hammocks don't work too well with sleeping bags in colder conditions, because you crush the lower insulation. Instead you would use an insulated underliner which goes under the hammock and an insulated blanket over the top - sort of like a giant sleeping bag which covers you and the hammock. They pack down quite small but...

http://www.ddhammocks.com/product/underblanket

A quick bit of advice from a watch forum creates some hope that the movement could be contemporary of the late 1890s or early 1900s.

Hallmarks are Swiss.

Those Hallmarks only started to be used around 1880 and by 1910 keywind only was pretty much dead technology, so that puts some very simple bounds on it. Whilst it's not impossible that someone recased the movement at a later date I can't see why anyone would have wanted to, so I'd go with it being the original case and movement. Given this design of cylinder escapement movement was out of fashion by 1880 I would suggest 1880 - 1900.

David Boettcher suggests that the three bears was typically reserved for cases intended for the UK, and if this was the case then the lack of UK hallmarks would certainly cut it off at 1907.

Thanks for all of this. Sounds like some of my morning commutes are going to become unpleasant.

Who?

Liam Maybank - Twickenham - he was a lot slower the week before, but then so was I. Maybe I need to start tracking peoples time, but HW are really slow in publishing the times so it's hard to relate times when the results are weeks old.

I'm coming to the conclusion that being a lot lighter is partly a result of a lot less muscle hence the lack of power and speed.

I wasn't any faster geared than I was fixed, so I think I'm going to stick to fixed so that at least I can lock that element of variation down.

OK so thanks. I'd almost convinced myself that I couldn't do it, so now to get stuck into some more serious training and then play with gearing.

Just so we know where you are and what sort of improvement is possible, could you tell us

Age: 49
Weight: 10' 9"
Height: 5' 10"
Best 10 mile 30' 29" on HCC083 (fastest man that day did 22' 52")
25 mile times - not entered, didn't think I'd meet any of the entry qualifications. I did the 18.2 on HCC137 in 55' 38"

Thanks Emyr, that is interesting and helpful. I've avoided the power meter route because of the cost and again it would seem to be more for someone attempting to perfect their training rather than simply someone who needs to get the basics right. Or maybe I'm already at my peak and I need to perfect?

I suspect that a coach might well be the answer at least for a kick start. How would you recommend that I find someone?

Make more power I think is the key, already lost the weight, and I'm not spinning out. I'm stretching out to a more aero position but I've minutes to lose off my 10 time before aero/ kit wins will become significant.

I have noticed that every roadie that blasts past me is spinning much faster than me, but the testers that did so during the season often seemed to have lower spin speeds. I'm running 75" so I don't think I'm ready for a bigger gear. Ended the season on a real downer at lack of improvement which I'm not yet over.

Really need to find out how to HTFU

I'd say a basic fixed wheel machine is ideal for a beginner. It's reasonably cheap, it's how most of the great riders started in the past and it gives you scope for improvement in the future.

One season in on my fixed gear (and geared road bike) and I was just as slow at the end of the season as I was at the start :-) Clearly I'm not going to be one of the great riders and I'm scratching my head over how to improve.

WSTTA?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1931-silver-925-pocket-watch-spares-repair-parts-locket-jewellery-necklace-scrap-/141127878943?pt=UK_Jewellery_Watches_Pocket_Watches_Accessories_ET&hash=item20dbe0891f

Putting this out there...

Does anyone know anything about Vertex watches? I was given a Vertex Allproof that my Grandfather was given in 1954. It is kind of like this but with a slightly different face (and it has a modern strap) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-mens-9ct-gold-vertex-allproof-revue-77-movement-fantastic-condition-/390566833959?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item5aef98ef27

I'd like to learn more about the history if possible - they seem to be well regarded but there is very little info about them that I can find on the net.

Cheers

I'm not sure if the history of the company is that clear to be honest. They were UK based but I suspect it was a UK office of a Swiss firm. They had close ties with Revue, they may even have been part of the same group of companies. Vertex in themselves are to a degree neither here nor there as they didn't make the calibres. Revue calibres are indeed quite well regarded, probably mostly because of the WWW connection Vertex fetch fair values. Post war you nearly always see Vertex watches co-branded with Revue.

But WWW oddities aside, vintage watch prices are primarily driven by modern marketing - if either Vertex or Revue were currently being marketed with Omega or Rolex then the vintage models would probably be similar values. As it is they aren't and prices reflect it.

Sigh.

I find 5 - 10m in front of the bike is not dipped. Experiments in real darkness as opposed to Hounslow darkness show 2 - 5m works for me without blinding drivers.

Out of curiosity, have you checked yourself what it's like to be the oncoming driver with your settings? I ask because it does of course depend on beam spread etc and my magicshines aren't that tight beam and scatter a lot round the edges - but by the sound of your lumen count, so do yours.

It's a shame lots of car drivers can't/won't think. I'm sick of having main beam headlights in my eyes on the dark roads.

If your lights are bright but not shining in their eyes then my experience on dark roads is that most car drivers will dip when they see you. Some drivers never dip for anyone, not even other car drivers.

My ex used to live in that house.

I want to get a new set of lights; flasher on front I'll be cycling on A roads in the countryside from the end of the month onwards
A flasher on the front isn't going to be much use on unlit country roads.

But yet people still feel a personal benefit, for focusing their exercise, or mitigating risks, or motivating themselves, such that they are prepared to measure and apply learning from the outcome of such measurements. Which is what the thread is about.

I had a very interesting chat with one of our business partners today. They are a large supplier of equipment and services into the NHS in the UK and other hospitals etc across Europe.

The CEO is very interested in getting into the marketplace of home supplied equipment - scales and other fitness/ wellness measurement devices. He can see a market for a complete service where they (via specialist partners) can record various different metrics over time.

The basic position is that they need people to tell them what they need and they will make it happen. He mentioned a couple of suppliers already in the market such as iHealth, which I haven't seen mentioned above.

I noted some the comments about existing suppliers all trying to own the market and all being a bit shit. This might the the right time and place for someone who is much more clued up on this than me to have a chat.

You'll be too busy putting on your makeup or texting to see the lights change so my money is still on ben.

Busted :(

Not really, bikes move off the line faster than cars, so better to have them at the front.

This is bollocks. If you want to prove it, come sit in front of my car and see just how far off the line you get before two tonnes of steel goes into your back wheel.

I would also seriously recommend that you angle those down a bit as that is likely to blind oncoming drivers. I don't know about you but the idea of a vehicle coming towards me at speed where the driver can't see properly doesn't fill me with joy.

Turns out its a 1940's Cortebert with 18ct case. They took it apart and its all running extremely well, very clean inside and over the past week it has kept its time impeccably.

Very happy with it as its exactly what I was after. Simple and understated.

The face is the only thing that is a bit grubby. not sure what to do about it

The dial on the 1920's Cortebert I'm wearing today is also a bit grubby but I will be leaving it well along.

2014 Club shirts?

When you look at your account (not the emails) does it all match out or is the deposit still shown as unpaid? If it is (and one of mine is) then you'll get an automated email telling you that they will cancel your share purchase.

Has anyone had another email from seedrs chasing for a deposit? I paid them during the week and have the confirmation email and last night got another email requesting payment.

Yes - because I paid both rounds in one payment but listed them seperately on my account. All postings to your account and matching of cash to your telling them that you are going to deposit appear to be manual - while the email chasing for deposit appears to be automated.

If Seedrs cancel my shares because they are using another automated process and they don't think I've paid then I'll be pissed - but I would hope that would be subject to manual control. I suspect that Seedrs just aren't set up for such a high volume blip in their processes.

Ah I see. Sounds to me about the same as motorists whinging about getting speeding fines. Can you prove that the car had entered the ASL illegally?

He did not stop behind the line (i.e. in the cycle box) because a car was illegally positioned in the box. For his own safety he positioned himself ahead of the car, past the white line.

The Highway Code encourages cyclists to 'use cycle routes, advanced stop lines, cycle boxes and toucan crossings unless at the time is it unsafe to do so'. Alex's adoption of a safer position is therefore entirely justified. [URL="http://www.justgiving.com/CDF-unfairfines"][/URL]

So the car was already waiting at the junction. He overtook it, crossing the stop line. Did I miss something?

On this thread just me (perhaps, considering I only posted 1 hour ago) and thousands of others worldwide. How many Swiss mechanical movements (not knocking them as I have plenty) run at 36000 BPH?

Whilst I would grant that most Swiss movements run slower, they certainly made some, not all of which were restricted to the top of the range models.

I think this one found it's way into a Cyma because of the Synchron grouping which included Girard-Perragaux - who had been part of the collective which added an auto module onto the AS1687. More details about that can be found here.