Haven’t visited Wales for a mountain bike ride through the winter months. Just couldn’t summon any enthusiasm due to the pouring rain and dark nights (play the video to see an example of how the rampant global warming phenomenon impacts the Peaks in April). However, went and rode the Cli-machx trail on Sunday and was [...]
Archive for April, 2008
April 29, 2008
SPORT: The pursuit of perfect indoor football trainers
By benfrain in PersonalBack in this post I talked about the need for indoor football trainers that provided a decent level of cushioning from the hard impacts of indoor surfaces. Since then I have tried a few different makes, more specifically Lotto, Uhlsport, Puma and Joma. The models I tried were all their indoor specific models. None of [...]
April 10, 2008
RANT: Ebay – the greediest company in the world?
By benfrain in Personal, RantWhat an absolute shower of bastards Ebay and Paypal are. I’m all for capitalism but their greed almost beggars belief ($7 billion in profits for 2007). When you look at their sellers fees it’s not hard to see how they are pocketing so much… For starters, take a look at their listing fees: If your [...]
