Archive for April, 2007
Friday, April 27th, 2007
Sickest man in the country
Not only does he show photos of a decapitated biker – eyes still open – he does so without even talking to the vitims family. Full story over at MCN.
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
What is it with smoking and bikers?
There has always been a connection between smoking and bikers. I can’t put my finger on why, but it’s something that still persists today. It particularly came to mind last year when my bike club londonbikers.com, went over to France and we had to stop every 1/2 hour to facilitate various smoking habits. This was [...]
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
I like to think I’m brave
This weekend saw the second annual St George’s Day ride out to Dragon Hill up by the White Horse in Oxfordshire. We had a stunning ride around some of the most beautiful places in England… sometimes I can even go as far as saying that some places were as pretty as Wales is… but only [...]
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Thursday, April 19th, 2007
Hack Day 2007
I don’t normally talk about work here – but this is really really cool. For the last few months I’ve been bursting at the seems to talk about this – Hack Day 2007 – it’s going to be held at the amazing Alexandra Palace – known to us biker sorts as the home of the [...]
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
Never, ever, ever, let me work on your bike
The last couple of days have seem me desparately trying to do the very simple job of replacing my chain and sprockets. I say simple because it is at most a couple of hours work. For me, it’s turned into a nightmare. 1 – Couldn’t get the bolts off the sprocket. 2 – Couldn’t get [...]
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
One should never start a job…
…that you can’t finish. Blast. I have had the most frustrating afternoon. I started what I thought was a pretty straight-forward job. Replace my chain and sprockets. Nice and simple, just get the back wheel off, break the old chain, take off the sprockets and then put it all back together. What I didn’t learn [...]
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
Coffee Maker
Strange but true here’s my new camping coffee maker it’s going to be very nice in Russia!
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
A rather strange photo – a coffee machine?
If you’re wondering what that last post was all about then allow me to explain – it’s a Mini Outdoors Espresso Maker. This fantastic little machine makes a perfect espresso just about anywhere my Trangia or a fire will go. It’s smaller than a standard mug so I should be able to squeeze it in [...]
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
Coffee Maker
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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
Back in the saddle
After five weeks of riding only for the JTR training run, and to hotels with work. All of course with full panniers and stuff strapped to the back, I’m back in the saddle, properly Yesterday I got to take all the luggage off and blast into work. What a stunning ride, the sun coming up [...]