Pashley26

I know, but I prefer a slightly more "touring" approach to road riding. I go nice and slow, a steady 15/16MPH over 5/6 hours suits me better than going at 20+ for an hour or so. When I go into work I average just over 22MPH, about .1 or .2 which is pretty good for a fat lad I guess. But then again it is only 3 miles.....

I did... Guildford to London to Brighton to London then back home to Guildford in 2007 on my S works Roubaix. It was f**king good. Bentworth to Paris soon

Halfords ? Just run it into me and we'll sort it for you Mike ! Hows that 24/7 coming on ?

Haha, London to Brighton goes through Crawley. I was making a funny on the usual "fixed" thing when people edit posts to how they should be, getting at the fact he will only make it to Crawley if he takes a fixed. It wasn't funny at all....

Fixed. *double irony joke.

I'd rather die.

How the f**k did you get through the validation safety net ?

No, but I will be able to transport yours !

I love you Mike. Not long till raver time!

Clearly BOTI.

Looks like an inch and a half chain on an inch and an eighth sprocket...

No problems, good luck

Nahhhh, it's easy. To set the low (the biggest cogs) you need to put it in the top cog then just wind it down a little bit until you can't push it (with your hand) past the cog. And to set the high (smallest cog) limit just wind it in until you can't drop it down past 6 and it should still drop in fine.

Theres a REALLY amazing cleaner called "luster lace", it comes like a fat shoe lace and is the bollocks for polishing up rusty metal. I've done a set of chrome wire wheels on an S type jag with it and it was the nuts... http://www.lusterlace.com/

No. You set the limit screws so you cannot shift past 6.

Good point, I know how I would want to die. In my sleep nice and quietly, or in some alcohol fueled car and cliff sky dive.

I'm sure lots of people are afraid of death, maybe due to uncertainty or simply because there afraid of loosing what mortal life has to offer them. If I die tomorrow I'd be happy that I had the best life I could have wished for, and I made the most of everything I've done. So I've got nothing to be afraid of, I'm sure I'll make myself nice and comfortable in the after life.

Don't get me wrong Mark, I live every day to the max and have no desire to die. But I'd rather accept death with my philosophy when it comes than be scared of "nothing-ness" I have made an edit for you Dave. - Ciders finished, and I'm off to bed.

Yeah, I understand. I was originally getting at one persons actions helping others, for example if one man finds a cure for cancer his actions research and dedication could help to save others long after he's dead and buried. I like the idea of being buried with my possessions, my grandpa' is being burried in his Volvo because it's his baby (after he's been cremated). We all joke about him moving abnormal loads in his volvo for the little baby jesus when he dies.... f**king weird. Yeah, it's what I believe in. Probably seems a bit weird to you, but for me it's something quizzical to ponder until such a time as I do die, and then it'll be to late to tell anybody else anyway. I understand it contradicts anything factual (apart from the fact that your body just decomposes and rots into the ground, which is quite nice in it's own right) but it's something to look forwards to. - Dave, you'll probably find one family of Giraffes were on holiday in Mumbai at the time and heard of the news and returned with snorkels and flippers to clean up the mess. Seeing what happened to the unprepared Giraffes they then spent 200 million years passing down instructions on how to mutate giraffes using wire to make wings, flippers and gills. This information was passed down from generation to generation until one day you ended up with this... A Girrafamafly - I hope the Giraffes don't all die out.....

Clearly not.

But, when the Giraffes do evolve in 200 million years time and find some fossils they'll work out why they have flippers, wings and gills...

A Lidls sausage.

My late edit I think makes up for my initial point missing ?

I think money is closely linked to the power of human life, money is one of the only things that can top faith ! Money is surely the number one desire of the majority of people in the world ? What wouldn't you do for money ? Am I missing the point of evolution if I think that people learning how to overcome natural disasters to preserve there own life is a small step in evolution ? I do understand your point though Mark, a human on it's own is nothing in comparison to "other" forces. But the tools and ways we use them make us powerful, kind of like a super space suit like Dr Robotnik' used to wear... I understand the human body dies and decomposes, and "my" body will just rot into the ground. But I think the soul, or what ever makes me and your "us" lives on into a new life. Like, I could wake up tomorrow morning as a new born baby and thats it a new life. I don't know I used to be Jarrod Mardell, I don't even know I've been reborn. I might not even believe in being reborn when I am reborn, but I believe in it now.

Well, if one man (IE that nut from Virgin) decided he was going to spend his billions on making sure africa had fresh water and spent the rest of his life devoted to it he could save millions of lives.... Those 300,000 will be reborn and the area where the Tsunami hit is being rebuilt stronger, and better prepared. Unfortunately it's natural selection and evolution, the weak or vulnerable will die and be replaced with something stronger, more prepared and "better" than before. Sorry if I'm being a bit blunt with the whole Tsunami thing, but I'm right ? - Damn your good Mark ! Everything that humans use to protect from the elements, or to aid themselves day to day was created by a human. If I was going out in the cold I'd be wearing a man made jacket trousers gloves and hat. Or if I was going out in burning sun I'd wear man made clothes which shade from the sun and man made sun cream to protect my skin... Humans have a lot of control over resources they have made, and by using the resources made my mankind we've evolved into one of the most powerful forces on this planet (as far as i know?)