What is this huge fireball over Matlock? #shouldIfearit?

A week old and our new little girl is still experimenting with being nocturnal #youarenottheSlowLorisyouthinkyouare!

Hello Nathan!

Hello Nathan! Didn't take you long to discover/log in here. Still, it isn't that complicated, especially if you have ever used, well, any of Googles services. Anyway...
Thanks on Lily's and Emily's behalf's. Emily loves books, full stop so the Bear Hunt is very well received and Lily is just starting to build her circle of little friends and a groovy monkey is always going to help. Thank you (and Sarah) again :-)

We just had a baby today :-) Lily May is 7lb 4 of pure, lovelyness :-)

We just had a baby today :-) Lily May is 7lb 4 of pure, lovelyness :-)
She is also rather peaceful at the moment as well, bonus!

Robert Llewellyn Have you seen this low carbon/renewable energy grid idea/plan?

Robert Llewellyn Have you seen this low carbon/renewable energy grid idea/plan? Seems like something actually worth doing! (been busy I my excuse if it has been done already)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/11/iceland-volcano-green-power

OK, so I have bent the lever on my seatpost QR, that'll teach me to drop my saddle.

OK, so I have bent the lever on my seatpost QR, that'll teach me to drop my saddle. Anyway, it was the original Bontrager one, any recommendations of something that will stand up to a bit more regular use? Not too much bling for budgetary preference :-)

Peanut butter sandwich and chocolate spread (with popping candy) on toast. Recovery breakfast of champions :-)

Today I rode my bike, my "good" bike' the Fuel EX 9. Cracking ride too!

Today I rode my bike, my "good" bike' the Fuel EX 9. Cracking ride too!

It's been a while since I rode offload with gears, and decent forks, and rear suspension, and you know what, I think I have missed it. More than once, generally after dropping the saddle for a bit, I proclaimed my love for it. After 7 months of singlespeed fun on my Carrera Fury (that's a bit to big) it was like putting on an old pair of gloves.
An old pair of gloves that needs a new set of chain rings if any of you have any suggestions by the way. XT Hollowtech II crankset.

Everything just worked, it went where I pointed it pretty much despite the substantial amount of filth to be embraced. It set off like a scalded cat when asked, and my legs would allow, and let me pick my way down or power my way up the filthiest, gloppy sections of trail you would ever want to meet. The Jones Big Earl Wet up front is a beast better suited to a tractor but the skinny, worn, semi-slick Jones XR at the back never ceases to impress. It somehow manages to be slippy, drifty fun and fast rolling on road sections, but also puts the power down in pretty much all conditions as well as the chunkier rubber my mates ride. A magic trick I am happy to not question :-)

In short I had a lovely (and statistically unimpressive, as proved by the Strava link) evening. I embraced the filth, and although riding bikes is pretty much always great, riding a great bike, my great bike, makes it even better.

http://app.strava.com/rides/6594533 (not sure how this will work as I am on the mobile site and it isn't offering me a description or anything).

Rick Horsfieldraw this thread and thought of you...

Rick Horsfieldraw this thread and thought of you...
http://www.stirlingbikeclub.org.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=33&topic=7963.0

Don't know if they have a place in the plan but still, a worthy idea.

Is it wrong to be thinking how handy it would be if a huge slab of wet snow tore off the guttering?

Is it wrong to be thinking how handy it would be if a huge slab of wet snow tore off the guttering? #evilinsurancethoughts...

Bit of work to do before #trackworlds 2013 I think, but only a bit ;-) #notthenewbike

Bit of work to do before #trackworlds 2013 I think, but only a bit ;-) #notthenewbike

0.001 seconds in it! #trackworlds just getting better, even if it was the French and Australia ;-)

#BenSwift!!! bloody hell track cycling can be exciting :-)

Just off to bed, way too late, and noticed the ground in Matlock has disappeared, under about an inch of snow so far.

Just off to bed, way too late, and noticed the ground in Matlock has disappeared, under about an inch of snow so far... :-)

You know when you are changing gear cables and don't fold away the spike on the cable cutters.

You know when you are changing gear cables and don't fold away the spike on the cable cutters... Yea, that... #thathurt

Been planting with Emily, sunflowers (x6) pumpkins (x12) and dwarf french beans (x12).

Been planting with Emily, sunflowers (x6) pumpkins (x12) and dwarf french beans (x12). If they all spring up in the propagator we are going to have to dig up the lawn...

#bed, now. #nightnight