A tale of good and bad luck ( Read more... )

Catsmeat is looking for new snowboard bindings at some point. My first-generation, K2 Cinches worn out, I think I've progressed past them and the design was always an annoyance in some ways. I'm hearing many, many good things about Salomon Relay, intermediate/advanced bindings and the nice chap at the local ski shop, hoping for a sale, has lent me ( Read more... )

Notes to self...

Buy the CD from the Short Bus Window Lickers, what the heck, it's only £6.

Read up on the Angevin Empire.

Yesterday, I rewired a dead desk-lamp that normally lights the workbench I use for bike stuff. The insulation of the cheap thin wires in it had cracked in the bulb's heat, shorting it out and taking out the fuse ( Read more... )

- Must be very bombproof ( Read more... )

I've gone vegetarian, at least to a limited extent.

I'll happily eat free-range meat. But no more pies, pasties, etc - I think it can safely be assumed that any processed product containing meat is going to contain the cheapest, crappiest, most hormone and antibiotic infused animal-product the manufacturer can possibly source. That originates in ( Read more... )

Screams with frustration!
From:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2002/reviews/Park_CN10

Now the US$23.99 price tag will be bit steep for some people, but if you consider that these really do save a lot of time, swearing and in some cases cables, then it's ( Read more... )

< sigh >

Isn't it great being into bikes in the UK?

Park lockring spanner - US$13.95 or UK£16.50

Only two and a quarter times more!

Ordering from CD Baby is worth it just for the "your order has been dispatched" email.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CDs and polished them to make ( Read more... )

So want one of these:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/86dd/

< evil grin >