The good, the bad and me

With a title stolen from my brother this is one of the few, about 5 currently in existence, good pics of me. Vain I know but with a forehead like mine you gotta take the chances when they come, cheers Tommy

Ride it like you bought it from Halfords

Had loads of fun on Friday at Tress. Sure Chris showed me a clean set of heels on the steep climb and we both sat down more than we should have but hell it was fun. The trail really needs some TLC but that only served to make it more fun, especially when some fairly grumpy looking guy came past while we lounged at the top of a descent and we proceeded to chase him on our one speeded steeds. Never did catch him but in our defence, well we were tired and he had gears and everything. Anyway it was so good to get out during the day (even unpacked the car at home during daylight! How bizarre.) Still not sure whether to wait on the Ferrous but prob will as its steel, has an EBB AND can be geared and is (relatively) cheap.

Chris built up his King front wheel and I have to say Im not sure what to do now-I had decided to go with a 340 hub (ahem except i bid on an old overpriced 240 on ebay when i got home pissed on saturday night annnyyway) However having seen the glory that is a full King complement then hell i may have to sell my soul and get one. They are fucking expensive though so we'll see how finances hold up, so pretty though, so pretty. Fraz would love the opportunity for renewed (has it ever stopped?) criticism of expensive (some would say overpriced) bike kit- this from the man who buys and sells cars quicker than fucking Clarkson!

And finally, a great rant that anyone that's ridden on the road will empathise with, G and Jam especially, take it away Samuri:

rant

got milk? got rythmn?

ok so it was on the bummer life but its well worthy of another look (merci G for makin me go back and watch it)

beat lightly

you pleb, no wait tube

one, two, three, four, five


6, 7, 8 , 9 , 10


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12!




I make you laugh? I'm here to fucking amuse you?
What the fuck is so funny about me?

pure nice

Ah finally the second hand dura ace cranks i bought off someone arrived. Slightly scuffed but still lovely.

one more for luck

G, sorry Mishta Cobra, is worried my blog is getting a bit EMO kid so I've to lighten it up a bit. Hmm, he probably has a point. Before any lightening of the mood occurs, however, check this guy out:

Brave guy


P.S. In Monty Python fashion i want swearing at my funeral and 'Bright Side of Life' playing very loudly

sun is shining (sort of)

Feeling better today the sun was out but seems to have popped home for a late lunch now. I should point out that in my previous post i wasn't gutted based solely on Monday's ride it was just the icing on the cake. It's more that uni is almost over and aside from that final year panic about money/jobs/life in general I'm getting really frustrating marks. Due to the nature of my course almost everything we hand in to be assessed contributes to our degree which is good because it means less exams at the end but also hard as there is no way to gauge your performance until you get your work back. Last week i found out that i have got yet another 17 for a module, the third module i have at 17 now, which is a good result but only one mark off a first. So if i had managed to get one more mark in each of those modules i would have a quarter of my degree sitting at a first, which would be needless to say fucking a-mazing. However, as it stands I've come close but no cigar, damned frustrating.