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Keep going with them, they might come up yet. Almost everything I planted this year germinated with a couple of days, but the tomatoes took 2+ weeks to shown (plastic greenhouse), and the aubergines and peppers only appeared after 3+ weeks in the airing cupboard. This year's current title holder though is a solitary passion fruit seedling which has finally appeared after 5 weeks under heat.

I used a grated organic apple, water, and flour in my starter (from the Paul Hollywood book). It got bubbly really fast so I ran it through a sieve on day 2 to remove the apple pieces and cracked on with feeding it.

http://paulhollywood.com/recipes/sourdough-starter/

I knead mine in a cheapy stand mixer with dough hooks, couldn't deal with it by hand. Sacrilege I know. A little bit of olive oil then goes a long way for dealing with the knocking back.

I'd add more water maybe? The dough I make is really wet but proves nicely because its so loose. It looks dauntingly sticky in the tin on the second rise, but has baked into a really decent loaf each time so far.

I do this one before running, I feel like for me it makes a difference to how quickly my legs become cooperative, compared to just heading straight out the door. YMMV.

Dynamic Stretching and Warm Up for Runners - YouTube

Oh no, heal up soon eyebrows. I saw you at the start and was going to DAS you at some point but didn't see you come around again by the time I'd finished packing the car. Well done for persevering for a few laps anyway, the course today was pretty tough, I had a little strop on the warm-up when I discovered the banks/run ups, scary as fuck for the first couple of goes.

Selling my beloved T-Level Challenger backpack. Its black/black with a 3m reflective strip near the base.

Used but not abused, a couple of 1-2mm scuffs in the outer fabric on the bottom corners, but waterproof liner underneath is 100% intact. Rest of the bag is in great condition.

£75 posted (or collect from Oxford).

• £625 ono
  
• 51cm ST/53.5cm TT Kinesis Evo4 (geometry) and carbon bladed fork
  
• 10spd campag groupset (mostly veloce)
  
• Pro-lite Bracciano wheelset (1500g/pair) with Vittoria XM pro tyres
  
• Tektro mini Vs (swissstop green pads), Deda bars and stem, Ritchey WCS steapost, Charge spoon saddle
  
  
  

Frame and groupset have covered less than 150 miles from new, and its cleaned/serviced ready to commute or race.

Collection from Abingdon (OX14), could bring to most Central or Wessex League 2013/14 races.

(will consider splitting/parting out if enough interest)

Time has come to sell my race bike:

• 51cm Kinesis Evo4 (geometry)
  
• 10spd campag groupset (mostly veloce)
  
• Pro-lite bracciano wheelset with Vittoria XM pro tyres
  
• Tektro miniVs, Deda bars and stem, Ritchey WCS steapost, Charge spoon saddle
  
• Collection from Abingdon (OX14), or could bring to most Central or Wessex League 2013/14 races. PM for more details.
  
  
  

Was it lean locked or in a stand?

http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/

This is still for sale, would take £140 ono. Its in Abingdon.
http://www.lfgss.com/thread46170-6.html#post3071880

I've got tektro mini Vs on my cross bike, exactly like Howard says they're good on the road, sometimes even better than the dual pivots on my other bike depending on conditions, but they're not ideal for racing on since they clog up easily and you have to keep the rims super true all season because tolerances are mm perfect.

I don't think its been mentioned in this thread yet, but PX are doing a Pro Carbon XLS. Its supposedly got slightly racier geometry than the disco and is BB30, tapered and £200 cheaper:
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/FRPXXLS/planet_x_pro_carbon_xls_cyclo_cross_frameset

http://crossjunkie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/planet-x-pro-carbon-xls-cyclo-cross-new.html

Yep, PM'd.

Better photos of what was above now added. Prices include basic UK 2nd class postage, or collect from Oxford.**

Ritchey WCS Seatpost**

• 31.6mm x 400mm
  
• Wet white
  
• Structurally its 100%, but couple of superficial paint chips which have flaked (majority unseen when in the frame)
  
• £17 posted (rrp £89!)
  
  

Ritchey WCS 4-Axis Stem

• 70mm x 31.8mm clamp
  
• Wet black
  
• Couple of very minor marks (not seen when bars are fitted)
  
• £18 posted
  
  

Planet X Ultralight CNC Stem

• 80mm x 31.8mm clamp
  
• Couple of very minor storage rubs
  
• £15 posted
  
  

~~Flouro Pink Bartape

• Brand new
  
• £3 posted~~ SOLD
  
  

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Ritchey Integrated Headset**

• Brand new
  
• For 1 1/8th headtubes
  
• **£10 posted
  
  

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Campagnolo Front Mech Clamp**

• 32mm (for 31.9 tubes)
  
• Black, couple of marks
  - £8 posted
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Campagnolo Lever Shims (I think?)
**- Brand new

• **£2 posted
  
  

****Campagnolo BB cable guide
**- Brand new

• £2 posted
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Campagnolo 10 speed Chainring**

• 53 tooth, 135 BCD
  
• Good condition
  
• £8 posted
  
  

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Campagnolo 10 speed Chainring**

• 50 tooth, 110 BCD
  
• Great condition
  
• £10 posted
  
  

~~TA 9/10 speed Chainring

• 46 tooth, 130 BCD
  
• Good condition
  
• £5 posted~~ SOLD
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Clearing out my unused CX bits here:
https://www.lfgss.com/thread92213.html

^ Includes brakes, pads, hangers and tyres.

Prices include basic postage within UK, or collect from Oxford.

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Brakes:***

Tektro mini-V (926AL) (single)~~

• Brand new
  
• Works as a front or back
  
• Includes arms, springs, noodle, bolts and mtb style pads
  
• £13.50 posted~~ SOLD
  
  

~~Frogglegs Cantis (set #1, single)

• As new (spotless)
  
• Works as a front or back
  
• Includes arms, springs, straddle and road style pads (no bolts)
  
• £12 posted
  
  

Frogglegs Cantis (set #2, single)

• As new (spotless)
  
• Works as a front or back
  
• Includes arms, springs, straddle, road style pads (swissstop green) and bolts
  
• £22 posted
  
  

or, set #1 and set #3 together for £30 posted.~~ SOLD

Pads:

Halt 'Gooey' MTB Pads~~

• Barely used
  
• 4 x pads (2 pairs)
  
• Purple
  
• £10 posted~~ SOLD
  
  

Tektro MTB Pads

• Mixture of barely used and brand new
  
• 4 x pads (2 pairs)
  
• Black
  
• £5 posted
  
  

Hangers**:

**Fork-mounted Cable Hanger

• Brand new
  
  • £5 posted
    
    

Tektro Front Cable Hanger

• Brand new
  
• For 1 1/8" steerers
  
• £5 posted
  
  

Tyres:

Maxxis Larsen Mimi CX (pair)

• Used once, so as new
  
• 700c x 32mm (wired)
  
• £14 posted
  
  

~~Continental CycloCross Speed (pair)

• Used but great condition
  
• 700c x 32mm (folding)
  
  • £20 posted~~ SOLD
    
    

The First Nations people of British Columbia (BC), Canada, have for centuries revered the spirit bear, or Kermode bear, to be found in the Great Bear Rainforest a vast, old-growth temperate rainforest that runs up from southern BC to Alaska. The spirit bear is a rarity a black bear with recessive genes that give it a creamy white coat. Its other name, ghost bear, reflects its elusiveness. Paul encountered this individual in September, at the height of the salmon run, when the bears are feasting on the fish bonanza and fattening up in preparation for hibernation. "Spirit bears seem to prefer to escape the busy bear-fishing areas and wander into the forest to savour their meals in peace. I followed this bear until it settled down to eat. I was crouched less than a metre away", says Paul, "but he was very chilled and acted as though I wasn't there. It was really a dream come true, a dream I'd had since a kid, to walk through the forest with a bear". The Great Bear Rainforest is one of the largest unspoilt temperate rainforests left, and it's the only place where spirit bears can be found. First Nations people are using the spirit bear as an ambassador animal in their campaign against a pipeline that will carry oil from Canada's tar sands in Alberta down to the BC coast. The pipeline and associated infrastructure will destroy forest, but the greatest concern is the risk of an oil spill from a tanker entering the hazardous coastal channel to collect the oil one spill could wipe out an entire coastal ecosystem.

Paul Nicklen/Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012

Tiger Temple is the colloquial name for Wat Pa Luang Ta Bua Yannasampanno, a Buddhist monastery at Kanchanaburi in Thailand. Its relationship with tigers started in 1999, when the abbot took in a number of injured and orphaned cubs. The monastery then started to breed its tigers. Now it receives hundreds of paying visitors a day wanting to stroke and be photographed with them. Over the years, there has been both positive press for Tiger Temple, including tourism awards and a film, and negative reports that animals are mistreated behind the scenes. Lee's picture shows a male tiger leading tourists back from the tiger-petting arena to the monastery, followed by his two-month-old cubs (an unusual sight, since cubs would normally stay with their mother until at least a year old)

Melisa Lee/Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012

Dog fang and bash guard.

NDCXL tends to get massive fields, supposedly there were more than 170 S/V/W in the race I did, getting gridded is a huge help otherwise it can be a long wait standing around at each bottleneck. Bramcote Park (round #8) has loads of grass banks and singletrack if you need somewhere to train.

Central and Wessex for me. Looking forward to 30 min drives to races instead of 10 hour round trips on the train.

Provisionally sold pending collection, cheers all.

Also selling my 54cm commuter (here):

Ha, fair enough. Spare-parts commuter it is.