Kitchen Sink

Simon Brooke said:

Credit card, 6 grammes.

AUSHTA
http://sheldonbrown.com/fastercard/index.html

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Tony

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right."
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Simon Bennett said:

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Chief Inspector, Kent Constabulary (Fashion Division)

Prescriptivist or Descriptivist force ?

-adrian

In article <[email hidden]>, Mark McNeill
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

A goatse.cx for our times - http://www.sandalandsoxer.co.uk

99 per cent of the culprits appear to be dads - whereas their wives can
wear strappy sandals without socks (the bingo wings let them down,
though).

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citizen142 said:

I like to read the of the adventures and cycling tours of the people
on:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/

Excellent site; thanks for the link.

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citizen142 said:

Assuming staying in reasonable hotels or accommodation of some sort
every night what is the minimum weight you think you could get away
with?

Twenty years ago I could get away for a week's hostelling tour with a
decent sized saddlebag. Nowadays I find I need a pair of panniers for
the same period, especially touring in the UK. As well as the panniers I
use a saddlebag for things needed during the day (food, tools,
waterproofs, spare clothing etc). I think it's because nowadays we stay
in tidy B&Bs or small hotels rather than hostels, and we don't want to
end up with smelly clothes by the end of the week.

There is a picture of my bike in touring rig at
http://www.ileach.co.uk/post/ardbeg/ardbeg.html (second picture down).

I don't really subscribe to the minimal approach of washing clothes
every evening and drying them overnight. In B&Bs in the UK you can't
really depend on having the drying facilities. Warm dry days and
evenings have been a rare treat on our UK tours. I might think
differently if I toured somewhere nearer to the Med.

We carry enough gear to last us 3 or 4 days and have a launderette stop
midweek if we can find one. It is nice to schedule a day off the bike
for sightseeing and relaxing. Touring in this way we don't really need
any more for longer trips. We went away for five weeks in 1999 with no
more gear than you can see in the picture.