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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostYou considering going green or something?
8p a day is my daily commute budget.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostHey I'm not some £1000/day SAP admin.
8p a day is my daily commute budget.
Just kidding"Condoms should come with a free pack of earplugs."Comment
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Originally posted by n5gooner View Postok - so over the last few weeks / months I've started cycling to my current gig. I've managed to get the time down to 1 hour 11 minutes today. That's Leatherhead to Soho 22.5 miles.
Now the question is, I'm using my mountain bike, it cost me about £1700 last year, light as its every going to be for a hard tail. Now I'm considering a road racing bike for around the same cost......but then I'm thinking I only want to blow £1700 to get my time below the hour mark.....what do I do....can anyone recommend a decent road bike ?
or is it just the contractor mentality speaking by blowing £1700 on a bike to prove a point.......Comment
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Originally posted by Xenophon View PostHey goonster! Hope you are well.SA says;
Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!
I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!
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If you do get a road bike be prepared to repair or replace inner tubes on a regular basis. Road bike tubes cant take the abuse a MTB tube can. The key is to keep them well pumped up at around 100psi otherwise they'll be flat the first time you hit a pothole."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by xchaotic View PostJust get semi-slick or even slick tyres for your MTB, if you use it mostly on asphalt. I tried a road bike after 10+ years on a MTB and trashed it completely after a week or so - bent wheel, broken fork etc.SA says;
Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!
I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!
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Originally posted by DaveB View PostIf you do get a road bike be prepared to repair or replace inner tubes on a regular basis. Road bike tubes cant take the abuse a MTB tube can. The key is to keep them well pumped up at around 100psi otherwise they'll be flat the first time you hit a pothole.SA says;
Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!
I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!
n5gooner is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.(whatever these are)Comment
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Originally posted by n5gooner View Postello matie - yep all well.....just busy, busy, busy....on a very very good gig at the moment, I was thinking on the way in today I couldn't think of many jobs which what this one is paying where I can wear jeans, t-shirt and trainers. Come and go as I please. Bill whatever OT I need to, work from home when I want to......so I'm now in discussions about a contract renewal.......
I'm in a thinks-it-is-forward-thinking-and-cool-but-it-isn't big bank. Again.
Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.Comment
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Originally posted by Xenophon View PostNice. Very nice.
I'm in a thinks-it-is-forward-thinking-and-cool-but-it-isn't big bank. Again.
SA says;
Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!
I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!
n5gooner is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.(whatever these are)Comment
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