[Dolly]

Off to Italy a week tomorrow for 8 days of roadie heaven in the italian October sun. Staying here www.hoteldory.it
Very excited at the thought of Italian food ,riding on quiet roads without idiots in cars and coming back lighter and without finger tweaks in time for the real grit season.
Must be great to be you Nibs

[finbarrr]

don't know if this has been posted before, but it didn't come up in a quick search:

91 rules for racers

http://www.velominati.com/the-rules/

[Stubbs]

Anyone in Yorkshire who for some strange reason doesn't want to climb tomorrow:  The Rapha Supercross is on in Skipton http://www.rapha.cc/super-cross  I went to the Ally Pally one last year and it was a lot of fun.

[mark s]

skip to 2.33 rider #50  neil bentley

[fatkid2000]

According to bike radar Wiggo has been knocked off his bike in Chorley & may have broken ribs.

[Adam Lincoln]

& may have broken ribs.

He hasn't.

[fatdoc]

Fingers..

Not good.

[lukeh]

and a day later Shane Sutton has worse luck.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20262117

hopefully it'll get a positive debate going at least.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Need something warmer for rides in this chilly weather. Anyone got any recommendations or ones to avoid? Probably a softshell like this Mavic one maybe
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=87109

[webbo]

I've got a assos wind block top expensive but it must be 15 years old now and still works well.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

I'm guessing this may be the wrong Asos...
http://m.asos.com/mt/www.asos.com/Etudes/Etudes-Vertige-Jacket/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=2371860&cid=3606&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=12&sort=-1&clr=Multi

[webbo]

Not at all works really well with a newspaper shoved down the front.
I did look on chain reaction at the other Assos and the modern equivilent seems to be the Airjack 851. If you need to look at how much it costs you can't afford it. Scarey prices.

[Stubbs]

At the risk of this sounding like a climbing shoe thread, fit is quite important with these jackets, and it can vary quite drastically from company to company.  If you can get to a bike shop and try some on you'll be better off.  As with all bike stuff you seem to able to spend just about as little or as much as you want to!

[Dutch]

Gore bike wear stuff is pretty good. The bro got me a windstopper softshell through work. Really toastie and the sleeves zip off for milder days- pretty handy.

[BB]

Campagnolo clothing is 50% off pretty much everywhere at the moment as they're phasing the clothing line. You could do a lot worse.

[lukeh]

On Sunday 21st of April, ITV have coverage of Liege-Bastogne-Liege if anyone is up for getting an early season cycling fix!

[Duma]

Tony Martin - 

[fatkid2000]

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/sheffield-dad-killed-on-his-bike-was-one-of-a-kind-1-6226678

I'm sure some of the regular sheffield roadies are aware of this.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Second hand road bike being auctioned for charity, one careful owner...
http://www.tchc.org.uk/pages/603

Tempted to have a punt, he's the same height as me...