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I've possibly blagged a ticket to the archery on Wednesday but the weather is forecast to rain - do they still let rip (maybe not the correct term) in the drizzle?

Saw this the other day, not quite as cheap as reflectors but could be good for visibility/budget-tron-cycle shenanigans

The Nite Ize Spokelit multicolored lights - YouTube

[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nite-Ize-Spokelit-Bicycle-Light/dp/B001SN8IUM

](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nite-Ize-Spokelit-Bicycle-Light/dp/B001SN8IUM)And something similar but less jazzy from Cateye;
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=64511

I've got one of these on my front wheel so cars poking out of junctions see it early (as well as a cateye on the bars and a cherry bomb on me helmet). Only problem so far is drunk people seem to get very lary if they see you, some twat threw a bottle at me last night...

I like the Ledus one but doesn't look very waterproof, can't see any mention of it on the website?

I can really recommend Rebecca's classes, I did the course maybe 5-6 months ago and am now hooked. I'd resided to the fact I was inflexible and would never touch my toes, not so!

Get well soon fella.

Thank you dfp and rpm for your considered posts. From that Phelps article I would say his body is akin to my aspirations, he's 6'3" and roughly 90kg, any heavier i struggle to imagine. I'm wary of the deadlift as I have a re-occurring lower back strain from poor technique with this exercise, maybe when my lower back is stronger I will attempt. I have a good friend who has donated his freestanding dip machine to my expanding gym (set of selectech dumbells, adjustable incline bench, rowing machine and maize punch bag) and he swears this changed his body shape within a year.

I've just realised this thread is probably not the right one for my workout ramblings, apologies for the hijack.

They are most useful post workout, especially in conjuction with some carbs. This will get the protein where it needs to be ASAP. Avoid protein powders which include bulking agents (fat and sugar usually) as they are a waste of money. Instead just have something with simple carbs and no fat with you PWO protein. Say, a couple bananas. Then have a proper meal when you get home from training.

You should not be relying on protein shakes for "calories" for those, go enjoy the wonderful plethora of foods out there. T

If you are struggling to fit enough protein in your food intake (about 200g) then using protein supplement can be useful everyday.

Thanks for the reply. I struggle to get anywhere near that amount of protein in a day which is why I'm a bit on the thin side plus i enjoy cardio (sports/cycling/skipping etc) but it doesn't help my cause. 8 years ago I got really gym obsessed, protein shakes + l-glutamine + a whole chicken a day and it took a year to put on a stone and robbed me of the pleasure of eating, it was a chore eating every 2.5 hours (not to mention the constipation). I then got salmonella poisoning and lost 1.5 stone in two weeks, quit the gym and took up boozing and smoking again.
This time my approach is more balanced with long term goals but at 6'2" and only 11.5 stone it's going to require serious dedication, bonus is I get to eat free at work so I stuff my face at every opportunity!

Do you feel I should be taking protein shakes on my days off from weight training to keep my calories up/ aid recovery or just stick to gulping them post workout?

Congrats mate

Not so much spotted as 'well-spotted', thanks to whoever took the light off my bike and stashed it subtlety on the d-lock when I forgot to remove it today in a rush. Blue and white Cougar, fag-mini which I locked just off Old Bethnal Green rd in a pile of rubbish bags...

NOTHING could stop me mid-yentz.

I know, it's a short window of opportunity right? It was about to drip off the end of my nose and no amount of disguised sniffing could save the situation. Thank you for the pill pushing.

I'm going to bring back 10 boxes of this stuff when I go next month - anyone for any?

Yes please, enough for a month for me... Funds beforehand?

How many antihistamines is too many, I'm taking two a day and still no good? I may do a whole packet in a fit of rage soon.

I had to stop mid-coitus to blow my nose the other day, this is getting serious.

In that case it must be personal, maybe they don't like sissy scooterboys.

BikeTeam, that was it thanks, my jump was from £220ish to £320ish with no changes to the policy (claims, license points etc). I work in a casino and accept that is the main contributing factor but i went to Bennetts and it was £156 so also got the RAC cover thrown in and I'm back to where i started at £210ish. Ballache.

Oh and the European cover is a bit shit (it is free i guess), I snapped a crank in my scooter in France once, all the cover entitles you to is a tow to the nearest garage, any garage whether they deal with bikes or not. If the garage is closed they will leave your bike outside. Luckily i bribed the tow-man to take me to the ferry port where i pushed the scooter onboard and then organised a pal in a van to meet me when i docked.

Thanks! List is:

Braced frame, powder coated

3 spoke wheels, powder coated

Stainless hoses throughout

Stainless fasteners throughout

Nissin calipers 4pot, upgraded discs

Upgraded forks, Hagon progressive springs

Quantum piggy-back rear shocks

Mikuni flat-slide RS34 carbs

K&N filters

Braced one-off swinging arm

One-off front mudguard (looks standard but has been 'shrunk' to hug a 17inch wheel, the old front wheels on these were 19inch!)

Power booster (Japanese tuning 'black box')

Stainless exhaust, one-off link pipe to stainless GP cans

Yoshimura rear-sets with pillion pegs (rare as hen's teeth)

Seat recovered

Ally under-tray, back-end tidy

Electrex reg/rec (standard ones are know for being moody)

Earl's oil cooler, stainless lines

One-off ally sprocket cover overflow catch-tank

One-off 'Lucky 7' crank cover

Think that's it! And no it doesn't really get wet, although saying that I am determined to ride down to the Euro Kat meet in Bordeaux on it so if it rains it rains!

Interesting that you got it through Footman James, I've had two policies with them for the last three years (one for the Motorbike and another which has four classic scooters ). Recently they sent me a letter saying it transferring the policies to another company BikeInsure (or something like that) which included a nice hike in premiums. Upshot is that i've now changed all my policies, scooters are with Allstyles (underwritten by Equity Red Star) and the Bandit is with Bennetts. Big savings but going through all the paperwork again is a chore.

Although you have insured your suzuki with an agreed value this is only if the whole bike is pinched, if any of the aftermarket parts get robbed they will only replace with a standard stock item... One of my scooters has about £3.5K of trick engine, gas shocks, disc brakes etc so my choice is either insure it with every individual part insured which bumps the premium another £100 ish or just never let the bike out of my sight. This is not the same as declaring what modifications have been done to the bike btw, that just has to be done to stop the feckers wriggling out of a claim!

Just did a quick 1000 mile loop on my faithful bandit around Northern Spain, best roads I've ever ridden and scenery to die for, seriously recommended!

An another note, if your not all jubillee'd out, it's the 60th year in existence of the Vespa Club of GB this weekend, it's a four day event at the O2 (thur-sun), tickets are a tenner on the door. Probably the biggest Vespa gathering that has/will ever be.

Had no problems for the last 3 years, after suffering about 15 years of hayfever hell. Smugly thought "that's it, no more for me".

Went to the south of France a couple of weeks ago and the summer symptoms returned, put it down to lack of immunity to some local pollen. It disappeared on return to London, but now I'm back into a full-on, sore-eyes, sneezing-fit abyss. Bugger.

Same story for me, symptoms had been much better the last few summers then a fortnight ago I went to Spain and now it's back with a vengeance. I try to alternate years with either Loratardine or Citrozine Dihydrochloride although Citrozine makes me very groggy I feel it alleviates better... I also take the tablet before going to bed so I sleep off most of the drowsiness with the trade off that come the following evening I can feel the itchs and leaky nose start.
No nasel sprays anymore, I tried Beconase (sp?) and I used to get nose bleeds in the middle of the night, very disorientating waking up covered in blood!

PS. Loving the travelogue around the US, me and my brother did the slightly less hardcore and very much abridged version of hiring a car in San Fran and driving down the coast to LA, San Diego, Tijuana, Las Vegas, Death Valley, the Sierra Nevadas and Yosemite, utterly mindblowing terrain, gagging to get back over there.

Yeah it was a blast, love it out there, I actually have a small frame vespa in permanent residence in San Francisco but don't get to play with it often enough. The throttle cable's not too bad, tape the new one to the old one and pull it straight through the frame, run a well oiled inner through, attach via an adjustable nipple to the throttle pulley but don't tighten, attach at the carb end and then tighten at the pulley end and trim to length. I actually share a big workshop with a vespa mechanic in East London, he's not cheap mind... Doing it for money damn near put me off scooters so now I work a night job and work on my own projects during the day, you're welcome to pop round, we've got the best part of twenty small frames on the go...

http://www.project-13.co.uk/

Got it, going to take her out this weekend for a big run, clear the cobwebs away. Pretty decent nick, not perfect but you wouldn't think it was 36 year old without getting close up.

Stiff clutch and the throttle doesn't spring back on it's own but I think (hope!) new cables inners and outers will sort that, I know all too well from my bikes how much difference a new and greased cable can make.

Nice primmy mate, standard engine? I'm 'sugarlump' on the small frame forum btw. Another thing to help the throttle return is to remove the throttle bar and clean the old grease out, replace with lots of oil. You'll need to remove the front brake cable and light switch but its not too much of a ball ache, problem is the only spring pulling the throttle closed is at the carb and it's piss weak.

Stella, let me know ASAP please as I have another person interested...

Jools, sorry id rather not post, if the current interest falls flat I'll let you know and maybe we can sort something.

Thanks

£100 and a firm handshake.... anyone?

Congrats sparky. I bought a '96 Bandit GSFs 600 three years ago, it was mint with 17k miles on the clock. I've put another 25k and apart from the usual replacement parts it's still going strong. And it only cost a grand from eBay.

'Pedestrian Guardrail' was the term eluding me...

Why are numerous crash barrier/ road partitioning/ crossing fences being removed all around town? The intersection of Queensgate and Cromwell Road (A4) by the Natural History Museum is a prime example.