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Is the Langster frame still available?

Same here: Spacers.

Bridge of Spies: 8.5/10

Cycle to work daily, about 25 mile round trip depending which route I take. The go out with local road club on Sunday for a quickish 50 - 60 miler. All on a single speed I might add, much to the disgust, amusement, bemusement, and disbelief of my club mates.
So probably mostly aerobic with short bursts of anaerobic.

Not sure I would classify if as any plan really, I just had a think and a bit of research about the chemists involved and it seemed obvious. It's practically impossible, and it seems quite dangerous to cut out all carbohydrates. So I probably end up eating about 25 -35 g a day in with the other stuff.
The way I worked it out was that if my lady bod ran low on carbs over a long period it would switch over to fat as a fuel.
I might be completely off my rocker, but for the time I have been on this I have eaten whatever I wanted whenever I wanted, so long as it's not carbs. I have paid no attention to how many calories I have taken in, just eaten whenever I was hungry.
I'm no expert, it just looked logical when I researched the effects of sugar, carbs etc on insulin resistance and fat.
Being doing this for over a month now and still feel like I have bundles of energy and haven't died, yet.

No real "plan" my bio chem friend explained how insulin turns off the fat burning side of your metabolism, it's a bit more complex than that, but that's the basics. So your body is set up to burn carbs only.
Drop the carbs (no more than 25g a day) stay aerobic on the exercise and in a week I had gone from no ketones to 3.8. Stayed there for a further three weeks and presto.
Weight loss and mucho energy, no sugar crashes. I suppose it's different for everyone, but worked for me. I especially don't miss the mid afternoon crash.

Urine strips.

Tried everything to lose love handles, all kind of fasting, 5:2, and loads of other crap.
Given that I pedal 150 miles a week and am not a pie predator this was somewhat irksome. Then I had a chat with a biochemist. Stopped eating all carbohydrates and did a month on fat and protein only. Monitored ketones to make sure I maintained ketosis
Lost 20lb feel full of energy, don't get " hangry" don't want a mid day nap. Seems that insulin was the problem all along. Now back to normalish diet with emphasis on fats and protein.

And a merry Christmas to you Mr Johnson

Much of my commute is on unlit A and B roads with a particularly dodgy 3 mile section of dead straight Roman road. Consequently I need front lights to actually see where I am going and rear lights with enough clout to show up at range. I use a Lezyne mega Drive up front, now 2 years old and going strong, and a combination of Knog Blinder R and Exposure Flare R at the rear. I find that the brighter the rear lights get, the wider the cars pass.

Lezyne Super drive 575 lumen: I have one and its spot on for dark lanes, or set it to flash for traffic.
Cheap on SportPursuit:
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Being the flatulent sort I treat "wheel suckers" to some methane sucking.
Seems to do the trick, though care must be taken not to follow through.

Close, but a win.

http://road.cc/content/news/161071-video-russian-cyclists-very-lucky-escape-lorries-collide

Overtake BMW in traffic (deafened by the beats), passed by same BMW, overtake same BMW in traffic, passed by same BMW (tyre squealing and redlining), overtake same BMW in traffic (stereo now off), passed by same BMW (even more squealing and revving).
Go to pass same BMW in traffic and driver shouts "Get out of the fucking way you cunt, you’re holding me up", as I pass him, yet again in traffic.

Is C really absolute?

Langster: Cheap, tough, comfy.
Fixed.

Simples:
If its red, its going to go to green.
If its green its going to go to red.
Accelerate at red lights, brake at green.

Now where is my tin foil hat?

Point accepted about possible damage coming to light later, but the only legal obligation for a driver to give details comes from S172 which states "damage", not suspicion of damage. As previously stated this fine distinction has been argued over at crown court on many occasions. The courts seem to think that unless the damage would be obvious to an ordinary driver then it is reasonable for that driver to assume no damage.
Crap decision I know, but that's how it appears. Good manners are not a legal obligation.
As for being forced to give details: the 1988 act States that a driver of a mechanically propelled vehicle must give details. Cycles are not mechanically propelled vehicles. Now I know it's difficult to argue with the 5-O but that's what it says in the act.
Depends how far you want to stick to a point.

I accept the point about not knowing whether damage is caused. However, the act does not state "suspect damage caused". So, again, we are back to whether a court would think her actions were reasonable given the circumstances. Which is tantamount to saying that it would never get to court as there was no obvious damage for her to see at the time, so she has no obligation to stop.
There are numerous stated cases on this and the majority seem to revolve around reason ability.

I agree that good manners dictate the woman should have given her details, but unless there is damage she is not obliged by law to do so irrespective of the wishes of the other party. Indeed had ExTra attempted to detain her in these circumstance then ExTra would be open to some very serious allegations.
As cyclist we are all aware that many car drivers (and cyclists) leave much to be desired in the manners department; that's just a fact of life.
As for reporting her, again, I agree, but without any damage or independent witnesses I doubt it would go even that far.
The minor tail end has happened to me on a couple of occasions. Once it was a wizened old lady once a yoot in a bangin' hatchback. The first time I took it with stoic good humour the second time I judged to be deliberate and so went ballistic and ended up being warned for public order when said yoot locked himself in his car and dialed 999.
Life.

An adjustment, as in straightening a wheel, is not damage. It is an adjustment this has been held on many occasions in relation to criminal damage, however, the principle applies.
Ok, you don't know if there was any damage, fair point, but whether she should have given you her details is for a court to decide in these circumstances. We are getting into the realms of reasonably help belief.
"I honestly believed there was no damage", would a court accept that?
I don't know.
I suspect that the previous case you allude to was significantly more serious as I really cannot see the CPS going ahead in the circumstances you describe.
As for your allegation that the contact was deliberate.
Very difficult to prove, but if it were the case then you are into assault rather than RTC.

Morning.

I believe s172 RTA 1988 applies.
Though I'm sure the legal eagles will correct me if I'm wrong, but:

If there is no injury or damage then the driver is not obliged to give details.
Incidentally, this section refers to a mechanically propelled vehicle, so it would seem that cyclists have no obligation to give details at all.

Or am I reading it wrong?

Can ride scooter on car license.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specialized-langster-street-2014-/191594862737?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2c9bf19891

Looks suss to me. Anyone lost one?

This afternoon, warm and sunny. Car on other side of the lane runs over dead rabbit spraying bike and my legs with putrid rabbit juice.
Nice.