Pedro

My first thought was to post “there is no WAY IN HELL”, but someone bit the hook and I thought he’s got one. To top it up she’s refuged inside avoiding the christians so this could have gone for days.

That was obvious. But you Couldn’t just watch the show, Slowly was about to get him a house and set him up with her competent landlord, and tell him all about dangerous gravel traps. Thanks for ruining my fun!

YES

Spanish "pigs" are well travelled animals, they are born in Spain, then if they want the "black pig" seal on the pork they have to graze on acorns for a certain amount of time, so they sometimes get driven to Portugal where they rent a farm for the grazing, then drive back to Spain to die and then sometimes back to Portugal in ham form or other dried meats, or in that case fly to the UK for the sausage factory, to then fly back to Spain. What's wrong with us? If it's not black pig, then they might as well be factory bred.

So on your time away from England you shop at a brit shop, and end up buying british sausages made with spanish pork, in Spain?

He went through so much pain and suffering over the last couple of years, and showed such persistence to overcome that and still ride like a lunatic. That kind of season surely must change a person, at minimum, in his mind he's no longer immortal. Still a fabulous racer, though.

I carry a nice little thing with all the things one (probably not me) would need to tighten stuff or work on my bike. But truth be told, if it conks out I'm fucked and stranded.

I carry two with me on my jacket, a tiny tiny leatherman for it´s mini pliers to fish out earplus when they get too pushed in. And a standard victorinox because you always need a blade and a corkscrew.

And a penknife with corkscrew...

Zipties, tape, a leatherman kind of thing with pliers, and a couple of whatever your bike uses spanners or torx or whatever. France is not really a desert and you'll be in a group. You own many bikes in very different locations, so two toolkits isn't that crazy if it's a source of concern.

Look similar, maybe, with that paddle style of pattern? It should be taken on nice fast dirtroads!

Those karoos are suposedly really good both on road and off.

Cleared my email inbox. 28000 emails since early 2018 I was going to keep any important stuff and bin the rest but screw going through that lot, all straight to a filed away from sight folder, that’ll do for another 4 years

I like the looks of it. It's ugly in a nice way, like my bike. Can't see it being better than a Transalp out there on the real world, though. Good thing it's got a 270º too! journalist twats

I won't say it out loud in the street, but I was actually rooting for Marquez. Not really because I like him but there is nothing cooler in any sport than seeing a champion come back from bad times and showing people why he was a champion in the first place.

Whatched "SlingShot", about Dean Kamen. Dean Kamen became famous for inventing the Segway even though most of his work has been in the medical field, and is dedicating part of his life to water purifying systems to solve the worldwide drinking water problem. A great inventor and an amazing guy, it's worth a watch.

You're trying to make it look chinese, aren't you?

I'm sorry I campaigned for you to be a moderator.

Is that rugby herpes?

No I´m not. Haven´t had alcohol in days.

You really go the extra mile to take a shit picture. Lovely place to drop a stolen car though.

That's a nice picture of a sidewalk

What is it with taking pictures of the ground. Here's a tip, horizon at least in the middle of the picture. Like the barn, though!

I see where Pete got the idea for his topbox frame.

Won't comment on the tow bar, but do you not feel tempted to replace those ugly brown/bronze exhaust tips with something chromed?