Yearly Archives: 2006

It’s landed

Posted at 11:50 am, Tuesday December 12, 2006 by rich

Apparently my new frame is in the country, well Doncaster actually, and should be with me tomorrow or Thursday. A small package from ChainReaction arrived earlier with a seatpost clamp and some gear cable gubbins. Oddly the gear cables themselves are black, not seen any like that before.

I bet I’ve forgotten to buy something vitally important, or they forget to put the seatpost and saddle in the box along with the frame.

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Housing Admin vs BARDS

Posted at 10:57 pm, Monday December 11, 2006 by rich

Tonight started off with Tony and myself playing a pairs match. Unfortunatley we lost 5-1, however the game was closer than the final score line would indicate. We were scoring about 11, they were getting 12 or 13.

A few pints later the proper match started. We swapped legs until it got to 4-3 to us, then we managed to buck the trend and win the 8th leg to take the match 5-3, however we lost the pins in the process.

Housing Admin took 7 points, BARDS took 4.

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Spot the difference

Posted at 3:41 pm, Sunday December 10, 2006 by rich

Can you spot the problem with one of these seatposts?

two seatposts
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Another breakage

Posted at 1:39 pm, Saturday December 9, 2006 by rich

I went to dig the Unit out for a quick spin this morning and decided something looked a bit odd. On closer inspection I discovered that the Planet-X Probe seatpost was bent backwards at a angle that shouldn’t be considered normal. Luckily I’d not got around to rebuilding the Inbred yet so the seatpost from that was sat on the side ready and waiting.

Once out on the ride my heart wasn’t really in it thanks to a combination of my cold and the cold weather. Even the sight of several fire engines racing up to a stranded coach didn’t lighten my mood. I rode across the top to the Uni then instead of taking the mud-clogged route onto the Downs decided to head back down into town via the roads. I nipped into the LBS and picked up an Easton Havoc seatpost as a replacement, then fought my way through the crowds back through town and home.

Time for a warm shower and a mug of tea.

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Rock and Roll Lifestyle

Posted at 1:18 pm, Friday December 8, 2006 by rich

It’s the first day of my holiday today so I’m celebrating my defrosting the freezer. Once that’s finished and it’s been restocked, I might play with my new massive tool, it should help me knock things out and ram them back in again.

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BARDS vs Housing Admin

Posted at 10:32 pm, Thursday December 7, 2006 by rich

Not the best of nights for us. BARDS managed to win the first two legs before all their team had even arrived. Somehow we managed to win the third leg, but that was as good as it got.

BARDS won 5-1 and took the full 8 points, Housing Admin went home with a solitary point.

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Housing Admin vs Bath Hospitals – Pins Cup 2nd round

Posted at 10:46 pm, Tuesday December 5, 2006 by rich

Consistency was the keyword for the start of the night as we threw 5 consecutive legs of 47 putting us 10 pins ahead. However we managed to lose all of our lead in the 6th leg leaving both teams tied heading into the penultimate leg. We showed a leg of 48 which was lower than we would have liked, but luckily Bath Hospitals only threw 43 to lose by 5 pins.

Housing Admin reached 315, Bath Hospitals reached 310 which means Housing Admin advance to the semi-final.

Yet again they forgot to cook any food for us until we reminded them, luckily they found a few sausages to go with some chips.

Our next match is a league game on Thursday night.

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Countdown to Christmas

Posted at 6:18 pm, Saturday December 2, 2006 by rich

Christmas must be on it’s way. My first card arrived this morning, and I’m off for my first christmas meal of the season in a short while. I’ve not heard Fairytale of New York yet though, so it’s not a real christmas.

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November Ride Totals

Posted at 5:58 pm, Thursday November 30, 2006 by rich

A crap month.

Bike Rides Miles
Ribble Audax 20 55.25
Kona Unit 3 36
Trek XO 2 32
Totals 25 123.25
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More new toys

Posted at 4:35 pm, Wednesday November 29, 2006 by rich

My new camera bag arrived today. It’s a Domke F-1X copy made by Safrotto. Apparently they are virtually identical to the old Domke bags, and supposedly better made than the newer ones although the dividers inside aren’t quite as good. The best bit though was the price, the Domke is £170 over here, this cost me £18 plus postage from the US. The postage actually cost more than the bag itself, I think it worked out at about £50 in the end for the bag, delivered to the UK.

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