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Thread derailments are pointless. I imagine all those who have such a strong opinion on it regularly act upon their morals and campaign appropriately (bike forums not included).

The rapid development of all technologies in the last hundred years is predominantly down to the defense industry so everyone sat in front of their computers or responding via their iphones owes it to WW2 codebreaker Alun Turing. Travelling abroad this summer? Frank Whittle of the RAF deserves some thanks. Phone in your pocket?Motorola developed the first Walkie Talkie and mobile telephone for the U.S. Military.
Equal opportunities? Post WW2 was massively improved on a variety of fronts due to responsibilities gained through war.

Do not confuse my argument. I am not condoning war or genocide or anything else. The defense industry will always exist and always receive more money than it deserves in comparison to health, education and pretty much everything else. Whilst it does this, the innovation of this industry allows for is invaluable. Furthermore, it is often the case that the industry is the platform for the development of technology that is simply too expensive for private investment.

I think that these are incredible (it is an aircraft)
http://www.chinook-helicopter.com/Vertical.jpg

Personally, I don't like the fashion thread. Or the one about trainers. That industry arguably does a lot a damage to the world too.

My younger brother is a member of ShUOC. pm if you need a contact.

Sprint orienteering is great fun. I've never done the London race but I've run in Sheffield and Warwick. You do get a lot of funny looks though.

I'm training atm for the Welsh One Day Ultra Running Series (see www.mightcontainnuts.com) Managed 30miles yesterday on the Gower Peninsula without loosing any toe nails.

Never the less I think its still all impressive, especially considering gear ratios, geometry, tyres etc. Also, as Bike Destroyer says, its obviously a piss take.

Tour de France next year perhaps - Prologue for the first stage then a Slope Style event on the road bike s in the afternoon.

When he rides along the railing? That not impressive? Unless you can better it the I'd zip it with the 'shit' comments. If you can then post videos. We'd love to see.

How come he's wearing a t-shirt at the start of the hour and a hoodie at the end? Just saying.

That is a custom 63cm Kona frame for the 6ft 5in Ryan Trebon. There's roughly 30cm of saddle-bar drop there too. It's a 130mm stem and he uses 177.5mm crank arms. It's a big bike.

Reached 73mph on a long straight bit with a tailwind in the Beacons once. Scary stuff

My garage has been condemned. I now have eight bikes in my house and no room to move.

I watched 'let the right one in' on monday and it is awesome - I thoroughly recommend it.

Its in the Title. oh and its in matt black. New but unboxed... Never worn

whatever you think is fair price wise

I got in 18 laps overall. The first 11 hours I was flying and did 11 laps including a meal stop. This was followed by a 2 hour epic night lap where I fell asleep whilst peddling up the climb.I restarted in the morning at 6am and managed 6 fast-ish laps before bonking completely with two hours to go and making it to the top of the final descent with 5mins left, needless to say the descent took me 5 and a half minutes at that was me done.

Was cool to meet emmeff - pity not to see you on course, would have been cool to have ridden a lap together (or together ish considering my incredbly slow speed at some points)

I'm not that foolish - I'd only riding a double chainset though. No granny gear

I'm in the Solo category. How sensible an idea that is I do not know.

I was out on my road bike last week on the Gower and a woman was coming the other way down a really narrow lane towards me, though there was plenty of room she still decided to swerve into the roadside to 'avoid' me. The car smashed all over the road and I stopped to see if she was ok for my trouble I recieved an earfull of verbal and a 'citizens arrest' for dangerous driving. She started screaming and telling the gathering crowd that I had forced her off the road (absurd given that I weigh 170lbs on a carbon roadbike and she was in vauxhall zafira). Luckily the police arrived before the crowd of locals could tie me to the stake and light the fuse.

Needless to say the policeman told the woman she was a knob and I was allowed on my way.

I once drank water from a river whilst rock climbing in Spain - Oh I was ill

I once, when young, looked after a tiny birds egg hoping it would hatch only to discover some days later it was actually as mishaped ping pong ball :(

Those tyres will last for about a minute and half of skidding too...

I was once riding down the Black Mountain, Brecon Beacons, at bout 60kph and noticed my bar end cap was loose - Cue me trying whack it back into my drop causing me to hurtle sideways across the road and off down the verge - huge stack - middle of no where - no phone - cracked ribs

I think I hit a sheep

They did ask nicely several times.
Still may have been best to have just cuffed him and removed him though.
I think the tazer came out cos he was resisting arrest - last thing you want is a scuffle with a naked dude

1 how?

Apparently lost control on a road somewhere up the hillside and went over the edge falling 30m into the stairwell of this villa. No one was hurt miraculously. It was a hire car with an elderly couple in it and the gent pushed the accelerator instead of the brake.

A man in a suit stepped out in front of me without looking when I was walking to the shops today so I punched him in the head. Stuck it to the man. He probably was wearing his father's suit but it was definately new and expensive. I coul have avoided it but chose to make a point. I contemplated killing him but decided against it. Can you love me now?

want a list of reasons why its not porn, it's just not everyone's porn but still porn none the less

1. Saddle angle - Wrong
   
2. Stem angle. Wrong
   
3. Stem - Ugly
   
4. Headset spacers - too many
   
5. Wheel clearance fail between the rear wheel and the frame
   
6. Seatpost looks cheap and nasty
   
7. What the flying fuck is up with the bars - Wrong
   
8. Pink plastic stars on your spokes are yucky, fact!
   
9. It has a pink aerospoke
   
   

done!

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Recently changed the crankset of my cross bike to a single ring affair removing the deraillier, big ring and shifter etc. replacing it with standard brake lever and bashgaurd and was after a Deda Dog's Fang or something similar for the inside - the shop I went into tried convincing me that I needed a Downhill Bashguard/chain keep device. When I (re)stated it was a cross bike they looked blank and replied "oh, we have carbon ones".