Shortandcrisp
Über Member
Ok, so yesterday was a bad day.
Can't go into details about what I'm up to at the moment cos it's top secret. Anyhow, come in at 2pm they said. Arrived, hung about for 45 mins and then told I was no longer needed. I've had nearly two weeks of similar stuff. Blood's boiling!
Decided to buy a copy of Cycling Plus to appease my rising spleen on the train journey home. Wish I hadn't.
Some bloke reviewing 12 bikes for under a thousand quid and having the gall to say he could find no end of subtle and nuanced differences between each and everyone of them. Bet a pound to a penny that, if it were possible to ride a bike blindfolded, this bloke wouldn't be able to tell his Canyon from his Btwin. My review would read something like: ' Yep, they all seem ok to me. Can't really tell one from t'other. Just buy the one you find the prettiest, or the one that costs less.' Not sure that'd sell much copy though.
Then the price of stuff! Not just wheels but even fecking shoes and pumps for almost as much as I'd spend on a second hand bike.
To cap it all, near the back, some Doctor telling me to 'Visualise Success' ffs!
Rant over. Bad day. To old for all that nonsense. I'll retire gracefully from the field and carry on riding me bike.
Can't go into details about what I'm up to at the moment cos it's top secret. Anyhow, come in at 2pm they said. Arrived, hung about for 45 mins and then told I was no longer needed. I've had nearly two weeks of similar stuff. Blood's boiling!
Decided to buy a copy of Cycling Plus to appease my rising spleen on the train journey home. Wish I hadn't.
Some bloke reviewing 12 bikes for under a thousand quid and having the gall to say he could find no end of subtle and nuanced differences between each and everyone of them. Bet a pound to a penny that, if it were possible to ride a bike blindfolded, this bloke wouldn't be able to tell his Canyon from his Btwin. My review would read something like: ' Yep, they all seem ok to me. Can't really tell one from t'other. Just buy the one you find the prettiest, or the one that costs less.' Not sure that'd sell much copy though.
Then the price of stuff! Not just wheels but even fecking shoes and pumps for almost as much as I'd spend on a second hand bike.
To cap it all, near the back, some Doctor telling me to 'Visualise Success' ffs!
Rant over. Bad day. To old for all that nonsense. I'll retire gracefully from the field and carry on riding me bike.