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And the whole front brake on the left thing is a euro/us (mainly) thing. Generally countries where you drive on the right will have the front brake on the left and back brake on the right, and vice versa for counties where you drive on the left.

Found this today at the back of the latest house renovation project. It's a Raleigh RSW Mk2


https://ibb.co/RGH3TCLB

John wrote: Fri Jul 31, 2026 9:40 am The Little Chef would be rolling in his grave if he could see what his fine eating establishments have become

I worked in a Little Chef when I was at college, and I'm not sure he would!

Agree with all of that. I think Pog will wat the win, and Montmarte probably ok to launch an attack like last year, but MVDP will be looking at it as well as Pederson I think. Or if teams can control it a bit someone like Michael Matthews is capable of getting over and he's got a fast finish

We rode through, and then stopped one bend up from these guys when we watched in 2019. It's a full on party atmosphere for the days leading up to it.

Alpe d'Huez will have been rocking in the days leading up to it, and a lot of the fans will be shit faced long before the race comes through

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I feel today might be a GC day. It's all pretty close in the places behind Pogacar, that they'll be battling it out to take time from each other. Pogacar will probably just follow them for the most part, and maybe attack at the end if he fancies it. It's a rest day tomorrow, so an extra recovery day ...

All yellow helmets are often worn by teams leading the team classification.

He's by no means a bad rider, he's even won the Vuelta, but I always feel he's got a bad day in him and ends up losing a chunk of time.

I'd agree with that, especially the Remco bit. Three week races often seem too much for him when there's top level competition. I think Pogacar is probably favourite, but Vingegaard has had a much better build up this year.

Yeah it's in Welsh, and I thought they only had selected stages?

Those final stages do look epic, whether they go over the Col de Sarenne remains to be seen as it's recently suffered some landslides

Sadly full coverage is no longer free in the UK, you need to watch via TNT or HBO @£30 a month. For free viewing channel 5 have a highlights show each evening.

Not sure about outside of the rest of the EU, I guess it depends on whether local broadcasters have done a deal to show it, failing that a ...

If you haven't already electrolytes before and after are also really good, especially if you sweat a lot: even more so in this heat

Gavster I'm similar to you, and whilst I don't run I do cycle a lot and have found that regular fuelling and hydration during the longer rides helps massively at the end, especially reducing the desire to eat everything in the kitchen when I get home.

Appreciate it's harder to do when running as ...

Seems poignant that Lewis got his first win for Ferrari at Barcelona 30 years after Schumacher got his first win there.

So Alonso's back in a car with a dodgy Honda engine. It'll be a repeat of his second stint with McLaren.

Nefarious wrote: Sat Jan 24, 2026 7:43 am So was the whole Greenland thing just another insider trading scam like the first round of tariffs?

Look for his links to Ronald Lauder.....

In a similarly "unbelievably cheap" vein, I watched a program over Christmas about the Oslo to Bergen Train. You can stay in a Hotel up in the Hardanger Plateau (For military historians, that Hardanger Plateau from Operation Grouse / Heavy Water Operation) for Christmas - 7 days, all meals ...

That's not far from me, and cheaper than some in the area.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/ ... el=RES_BUY

That'd also work well as an AirBnB type place.

Although 2nd bedroom doesn't need a window it won't get signed off as a bedroom without one, so couldn't be marketed as a 2 bed flat in the future