HONC 2009

medal time! Great weather a good day out, less off road than last year but also less mud.

Custom paint job

Dunc blue

Lovely pink cable

Last few stages of the build it has been a challenge doing the gear cable.

Head tube sticker

Not sure how long this will last may need to cover with some helicopter tape?

mock up Rock lobster head badge

now just need to find a vinyl printer.

Mock decals

using my wizard skills in photoshop have mocked up some replacement decals. After umming and arrhing decided white would look better than pink.

First decals

Reynolds 853

rock lobster re-spray

Cheers dunc :) now the end stage of the build can begin!

Happy christmas

and a happy new year

Rock lobster

New project :)

Closer view

lots of cable ties!

New helmet light

Adapting hope led 1 helmet mount yet to test but seems quite stable.

first clean

looking a lot better now. Clean tank = happy fish

Dirty fish tank

cheers pete :) new fish tank arrived wednesday or should i say second hand fish tank. Excellent size project cleaning to commence.

Bunny

Some more examples of sewing. This one was experiment that worked out for the better.

Burly the sock monster

looking back over old photos i found this photo of burly got me thinking i must get sewing soon!

R2D2

cool sticker art in Worcester

Dining room

Soon

Camp gears for beers

the night before the mud!

Gears for beers

New design team tops

Home grown

first carrot

Early harvest

first garlic crop :)

Mountain mayhem

1st lap

mountain mayhem lap times

more charts :)

Mountain mayhem lap speeds

charts :)

Mountain Mayhem 2008

Setting off for my first lap cruising just before the steep climb.

Elder flower champagne mix

25 litres fermenting nicely still a little worried about the storage of such a volatile liquid especially 25 litres!

mountain mayhem team logo

Team logo designed based on Ju's original idea, awaiting approval from the rest of the team.

jamie_hewlett_monkey.jpg

i personally prefer this art work.

Jamie hewlett at the olympics

damon albarn and jamie hewlett at it again. They have created the opening sequence for the Bbc's olympic coverage based on journey to the west. Monkey, Pigsy and Sandy stand by the birds nest stadium in beijing.

Wild flower.jpg

bored at work again! Pat kindly brought me some wild flowers to print :)

Cow parsley print

series of 10 blue prints

lino printing 1st prints

one o clock two o clock. First batch of lino cuts set of 8.

animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Val Thorens Snowboarding

Excellent views from the apartment .

Our trusty steeds

HONC 50k route

HONC 2008 Short Route

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Snowy sunday morning wyre forest

what a beautiful morning bit chilly but a great ride.

hayseed dixies

Great music especially the classic ace of spades!

Hairy moment

Shit crashed! Gnarly moment!

Squidy

bored at work!

Single speeding on a Sunday

Excellent bike ride to celebrate Isa's birthday. Surprised with how well I managed the climbs on the single speed must get out more often, great fun! Cycled about 30 miles hitting a max speed of 34.5mph.

Climbing @ the Foundry

Our dear friends Nick and Montse :)

Climbing @ the foundry

final climb of the day.

Climbing @ the Foundry

Nick belaying john

Vertical limit

mark farting around

Vertical limit

john rocks

vertical limit cont.

adam hanging around

Climbing vertical limit

john contemplating his next route

London

Celebrating australia day

Single speed gear ratios

I have justed ordered another front chain ring from Charlie the Bike Monger. I am replacing my 32 tooth with a 34. New ratio 34:16

According to the chart on his web site I will be going from 52 to 55? Comments to follow once fitted!

New Year - More blogs!

I haven't been too good with blogging over the last year! Zilch entries!
Start of a new year so hopefully Blogging starts now!



New year resolutions:-
More Blogging
More Biking
More Camping
More Climbing
More Art Work