The Beard offered me a loan of one of his many vehicles to get gear onto District Camp this year. Being cheaper than renting I headed down the unit to lend a hand to sorting out various teething problems before the trip.
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Kona Dew Deluxe (Day 3)
After some first day teething problems the bike seems to be settling down nicely, arriving today was the icing on the cake. My new Shimano PD-M324 SPD Pedals, these are a bit of change as they have clips on one side and normal bear claw pedal on the other letting me just nip out to […]
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Kona Dew Deluxe
After thrashing my 8 year old Scott Apache Hardtail to death I finally got round to upgrading to something a little more suitable for my daily commute. Armed with my trusty debit card I took a trip to Pro Bike in Kings Heath and got my hands on a Kona Dew Deluxe and then in […]
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They Just Don’t Get It.
This post relates to this article on the BBC News site Green mini-car to beat congestion Although I found this quite interesting in a technology way, I have a few issues with people building small cars still based on the combustion engine principle for use in cities. Instead of focusing on improving public transport, cycle […]
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Rip, Rip, Rip
For the last couple of days I’ve been re ripping my entire CD collection after the loss of my iPod. The CD’s I don’t mind it’s the odd tracks collected over the last 5 years that I’m gonna miss. It’s strange but at work and with my documents I’m always backing up. But my music […]