Silly things...

These, almost, had me reaching for my credit card..

http://www.worldwidefred.com/home.htm

I especially like the milk jug, Titanic drink coolers and the 'Hacked' USB memory stick.....

New Commute

New Job = New Commute

My new job is to be based 6 miles from home vs. my round trip at the mo. at roughly 75 miles and 2.5 to 3.5 hours plus £2.80 fees..

Aside from the extra pay, promotion and FS pension, can you guess why I'm taking the new job??? ;-)

So patently for at least 3days a week I'll be going by bike. This isn't anything new to me, so I'm ready for staging my weeks shirts and smalls in a desk draw, dodging tunnel-visioned drivers, changing in the disabled toilets and arguing with security guards on where I can/can't lock my bike. The burning question for me is: Do I ride my full-sus mountain bike, convert my hardtail with flat bars, skinny slicks and a road block or go the whole hog and get a dedicated commuter bike???

My Mav is very beefy and comfy; loads of travel, fat tires, wide 'bars and very expensive - thus it might not be ideal.. My hardtail with slicks, flats and a small block would fly and I'd not get shaken to death, but would need ££ and time to resurrect. Commuters are either duller then ditch water or frighteningly expensive, but 700c rims, guards and a rack would be useful....

Could I actually get on with drop bars?

Ho hum....

Another little chunk...

Here we go again... :-(


Cycle commuting? Rig my old hardtail MTB with slicks and a flat bar or get a 'proper' commuter on the C2W scheme??


Your comments are most welcomed.