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Oh, Mapdroid for offline maps - really important when abroad, no data connection, just need a gps fix on a map etc.

Here in Sri Lanka, the maps are a bit ropey outside of Colombo - but the app is great.

and FYI - GPS works in flight mode. Which is cool.

A no-platform-policy for JC, perhaps? Could be a good idea - but the beeb will never agree.

Simon - currently in Sri Lanka, biking at weekends, but will look you up when I'm back!

Given that his is a cycling site I'm confident that others apart from myself would be interested in what that reference was. (Although not interested enough to read 75 pages myself to find it!)

Yes - free choice on this one, it's not like they're shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre. People can wear whatever kit they like.

And everyone else is free to judge them for it. I'm sure my 90's kit gets some unfavourable judgements!

I am holier than thou.

So there!

Talking of frames, I still want a handmade Reynolds 953 - please, please, please, let it be me to win the lottery tonight ! Oh, and if anybody has an old Frank Herety frame in Columbus SL, painted Rosso Red, serial number SL20, approx 20.5" ... I'd like it back after it was stolen in 1985 . Well, you never know how many owners there have been since then.

Ordered one too... Hope it goes to help..

Etape Caledonia is a no go...

Went on the bike for a couple of hours yesterday and today my spine feels like it has been dismantled and re-assembled by a 2 year old using sellotape and blu-tak. Passed my place on to someone better able to enjoy it.

Not a happy chappy. Still, going up to Scotland for a few days and although I don't think I'll get much riding done it'll be a welcome break from the city.

yep, sandwich bag here too.

yeah I think he just ran out of gas rather than it being anything more sinister. It would be really interesting though to get more of a rider's eye view of the finishing straight cos I wonder whether with all the stuff painted on the road whether in the heat of battle they don't sometimes get momentarily confused about where the line actually is?

In the USA broadcast, Universal Sports had Matt Goss in the broadcasting booth for part of today's stage. He commented that sometimes, as a sprinter, you find yourself up in the front at the very end even though you didn't really plan on being there, and it's a bit of an awkward position. You are pretty much just compelled to go for it regardless of how much you have left in the tank.

I think that's what happened with Petacchi, and unfortunately he reached his absolute breaking point just a few cranks from the finish. I don't know whether he thought he had already lost it, or already won it, or whether the pain was so intense he didn't really care which. Talk about thoroughly using up your legs!

I think his teammate Hondo was even a bit confused for a while there, as they must have hastily thrown together the surge to get in position and then another rider or two managed to wedge themselves between the two Lampre boys. It sure was exciting to watch, though, and I was on the edge of my seat all the way up until they posted the results, as it was practically impossible to know who was in the top 20 on the stage with all that commotion over the last couple hundred meters.

Saw these on eBay a little while back. Certainly a good looking range of bikes.