Edition 507

So glad that you concede veganism is a completely unnatural and is really only a personal ideology. Essentially plants don't like being eaten just as much as animals don't like being eaten, but unfortunately plants are at the bottom of the food chain while humans are essentially at the top of the food chain. Funnily enough, at the top of the food chain are your predators and meat eaters. Oh wait, there is nothing funny about this, humans are actually predators and meat eaters. We are not herbivores, we are supposed to eat meat, in fact plants are a largely toxic and a completely inadequate food source for humans. So, as a natural meat eater you may feel you stand on a higher ground morally and ethically by being a vegan and that is your choice, I have nothing against it, every person has their own personal level of morality, but what I can say is that veganism has absolutely zero health benefits and is actually a very unhealthy, nutrient deficient and largely poor diet. I kinda also feel that veganism is pretty much like a religion/cult where the ‘converts’ to veganism fall into this ethical belief system, where they are morally and ethically ‘right’ and everyone else is therefore ‘wrong’ and need to be enlightened on our evil and immoral ways. Have you ever noticed that when you meet a vegan, what’s the first thing they tell you? “I’m a vegan”. It's not a dietary statement, it is a moral statement. There is nothing healthy about veganism like there is nothing healthy about the Kenneth Copeland or the Ku Klux Klan.

Absolutely, I agree with you 100%. The problem with a vegan diet is that it is advocated and adopted from a moral and ethical perspective.

Reader's Digest version is #MeatHeals

Plants don't like being eaten part 2:

Plants actually don't like being eaten

As an fervent Jordan Peterson fan, I found this video very interesting. This might cause some controversy with regards to the health aspect of veganism.

I've been thinking about you and that you haven't posted in a while. Sorry to hear about what you have been through the past couple of months. Wishing you all the strength to get through this tough time.

Placbeo once again, but performing live with the man himself!

Placebo again, better than the Pixies?

I think you will have to be a Placebo fan to enjoy this cover, although it does not quite eclipse the original.

Here is an interesting video on carbon wheels. Worth watching.

Hard shell doesn't help. Flew Emirates with my bike in a hard shell box and at some stage they must have chucked my box out of the plane as my derailleur was broken, the hanger serverly bent and my one shifter was knocked skew, which I can only assume was the result of a huge impact, but I am happy to say that the hard shell was not damaged at all.

Nice one bra! Now you should aim for a triple loop. There are only 14 people on Strava that have done a triple, so get in before the rush

Been to SBR a few times recently and was surprised at the amount of riders and cars going in the opposite direction. From what I could see it was not due to a disregard of the rules, but rather due to a rescue mission for riders that hopelessly under estimated their fitness,or how tough SBR really is, or maybe both. Was there this Saturday and saw at least 3 ladies that were considerably larger than the recommended BMI, and they were broken, and I was thinking "What were they thinking coming to SBR to ride?". Someone lied to them about something!

I took a KOM from Malcolm Lange today

Dunno how to delete this post!

My wife has had to have similar warnings printed on her negligees, some say "Careful Hot!" and others say "Slippery when wet"

Was this poor chap a double amputee?

Nice bikes, just don't sit on the f*cking top tube OK!

They certainly disrupted the OP's life, good luck to him

This guy is facing a totally different crack problem!

All you hubbers are heartless cracking jokes about the poor OP's misfortune.

Let's just sit on this a bit and we might reach Friday

Where were you sitting on it at the time? Fork? Seat stay?