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At long last my house sale is about to go through exchanging contracts tomorrow and out by Friday. I'll be giving Thorn a call during the week to ensure that their Sherpa frame will be able to carry the weight for a self supported tour as the smaller frames are made in smaller gauge tubing. I saw the attached picture in a Crazyguyonabike blog which one me over !!

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The commuting year has started poorly only 2 days out of 4, 50% compared to 221 from 226 last year 97.8%. Traveled by bus to work on two days and got a lift back, at least I feel vindicated in not riding having experienced the bus snaking all over the road and clipping the kerbs on numerous occasions, with the bus getting stranded this morning at the Haddenham and Thame Parkway station. A number of colleagues have had knocks in their cars with the repair bills to match.

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I've not been able to partake on this site for a while due to Flash/Javascript issues on my Ubuntu 9.04 PC. Fortunately since upgrading to 9.10 and after numerous searches on Ubuntu and Ning forums seems to be resolved for now anyway.

Cycling wise my Ankylosing Spondylitus is in remission again so I'm able to ride free of pain again, just in time for the winter months !! I've decided to go for a Bob Jackson 631 World Tour frame for my tourer and looking to set off for the Manli - Leh highway ei… Continue

For the past few weeks I've been having a bit of a rough time. I stopped cycling just over 20 years ago due to back problems which was diagnosed a few years later as a hereditary condition called Ankylosing Spondilitus (AS for short). I started getting blinding headaches a few weeks ago from pains in my neck when riding, originally I thought it might caused by my position on the bike, although unlikely as I had not had any problems over the previous few months. Then a couple of weekends ago I ha… Continue

Excellent day today,warm but not too hot, helped by a fair bit of cloud. Cycled out to watch the Benson Vintage Cycle Rally with a couple of colleagues from work covering 62 miles in total. Some of the vintage cycles on display were superb in particular a number of Penny Farthings, Bone Shakers and Dursley Pedersons, refer to photos.

Tim you would of been in your element.

Returned home to watch Cavendish sprint to glory in the 2nd stage of the Tour De France, what a finish !!