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Flip : random nice bits from the @cycleshow

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:54:46 -0700

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nice_bits.m4v (17667 KB)

Monochrome £200 BMX from Ruption

Lugs and lushness ahoy from Demon

Capo wisely back in raw finish

Monochrome Evil scribblings

Kinesis and Cannondale forks

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Flip : Demon knurled knob adjuster

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:56:59 -0700

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DemonAdjust.M4V (1272 KB)

Sweet captive axle position adjuster:

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Flip : a rip off of Niall's 2002 Soul logo?

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:41:48 -0700

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UrbanSOUL.M4V (519 KB)

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Lewis has a puncture.

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:20:56 -0700

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Government response to petition 'turing'

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:42:59 -0700

>From: "10 Downing Street"
>To: "e-petition signatories"
>Date: 11 September, 2009 10:38:01 AM BST
>Subject: Government response to petition 'turing'
>
>Thank you for signing this petition. The Prime Minister has written a
>response. Please read below.
>
>Prime Minister: 2009 has been a year of deep reflection �� a chance for
>Britain, as a nation, to commemorate the profound debts we owe to those who
>came before. A unique combination of anniversaries and events have stirred
>in us that sense of pride and gratitude which characterise the British
>experience. Earlier this year I stood with Presidents Sarkozy and Obama to
>honour the service and the sacrifice of the heroes who stormed the beaches
>of Normandy 65 years ago. And just last week, we marked the 70 years which
>have passed since the British government declared its willingness to take
>up arms against Fascism and declared the outbreak of World War Two. So I am
>both pleased and proud that, thanks to a coalition of computer scientists,
>historians and LGBT activists, we have this year a chance to mark and
>celebrate another contribution to Britain��s fight against the darkness of
>dictatorship; that of code-breaker Alan Turing.
>
>Turing was a quite brilliant mathematician, most famous for his work on
>breaking the German Enigma codes. It is no exaggeration to say that,
>without his outstanding contribution, the history of World War Two could
>well have been very different. He truly was one of those individuals we can
>point to whose unique contribution helped to turn the tide of war. The debt
>of gratitude he is owed makes it all the more horrifying, therefore, that
>he was treated so inhumanely. In 1952, he was convicted of ��gross
>indecency�� in effect, tried for being gay. His sentence �� and he
>was faced with the miserable choice of this or prison - was chemical
>castration by a series of injections of female hormones. He took his own
>life just two years later.
>
>Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan Turing
>and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While Turing was dealt
>with under the law of the time and we can't put the clock back, his
>treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance
>to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him. Alan and
>the many thousands of other gay men who were convicted as he was convicted
>under homophobic laws were treated terribly. Over the years millions more
>lived in fear of conviction.
>
>I am proud that those days are gone and that in the last 12 years this
>government has done so much to make life fairer and more equal for our LGBT
>community. This recognition of Alan��s status as one of Britain��s most
>famous victims of homophobia is another step towards equality and long
>overdue.
>
>But even more than that, Alan deserves recognition for his contribution to
>humankind. For those of us born after 1945, into a Europe which is united,
>democratic and at peace, it is hard to imagine that our continent was once
>the theatre of mankind��s darkest hour. It is difficult to believe that in
>living memory, people could become so consumed by hate �� by
>anti-Semitism, by homophobia, by xenophobia and other murderous prejudices
>�� that the gas chambers and crematoria became a piece of the European
>landscape as surely as the galleries and universities and concert halls
>which had marked out the European civilisation for hundreds of years. It is
>thanks to men and women who were totally committed to fighting fascism,
>people like Alan Turing, that the horrors of the Holocaust and of total war
>are part of Europe��s history and not Europe��s present.
>
>So on behalf of the British government, and all those who live freely
>thanks to Alan��s work I am very proud to say: we��re sorry, you deserved
>so much better.
>
>Gordon Brown
>
>If you would like to help preserve Alan Turing's memory for future
>generations, please donate here: http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
>
>Petition information - http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
>
>If you would like to opt out of receiving further mail on this or any other
>petitions you signed, please email optout@petitions.pm.gov.uk
>
>

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Treatment of Alan Turing was “appalling” - PM | Number10.gov.uk

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:44:26 -0700

http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20571

Everyone should read this and reflect.

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"Red Red Rose" #musicmonday Help make the video

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:12:30 -0700

The Track:

Red Red Rose by Hope And Social
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08 Red Red Rose.mp3 (13904 KB)

Help make the Video:

http://www.hopeandsocial.com/redRedRose_video

The lyrics:

At ten past eight,
I'm leaving home,
We'll drive along the bypass 'til we find that road.
The coastal road,
To somewhere new,
Where they don't treat the drink they drink as something they should cling on to.

At ten past nine,
I'll take that flight,
And yes we're looking older now but you live this way you're bound to.
We'll wave goodbye,
To all that grey,
But at least a climate where the seasons mark out with distinctive change.

And tomorrow am,
We'll start anew,
In a village where the people there can talk about religious views,
Without the need,
Of laws in reams.
Or the worry that the words you use will light some all engulfing fuse.

The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...
The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...
The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...
The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...

And tomorrow am,
In somewhere new,
In a different place you feel the weight of everything you've been through.
So I've got to change,
I need to change,
Cos I don't talk to you no more without the need of fear or rage.

The speeches, the anthem, the law with no momentum; I cannot give myself to you.
We're so much older now we need a new home town, a place that we can call our own.
And doll you're proof enough that people are some good they just need space where they can grow.
With speeches and anthems the shape and size of this one, they just need space where they can grow.

The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...
The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...
The blue skies the green fields i keep them all in here...
The blue skies the green fields I'm tired of keeping them in here..

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Bristol BikeFest 2009: AQR 3rd in mixed open

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:15:24 -0700

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Medium Cotic BFe geometry :

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:33:52 -0700

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med-bfe.pdf (8 KB)

Check out the BFe at :

http://cotic.co.uk/BFe

http://robbierickman.blogspot.com

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Hope and Social : Glastonbury : New Album

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:14:50 -0700

http://hopeandsocial.com

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It's a Monday : think of your kids, it'll get you through the day :

Mon, 18 May 2009 03:56:35 -0700

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Colour name help please, "Rich Espresso?" :

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:42:21 -0700

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kelvin@spittingcat.com

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Apostrophe help please : Builders' Tea?

Thu, 14 May 2009 05:11:06 -0700

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XCracer report : World Cup rd2 : Kate Potter

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:58:06 -0700

Begin forwarded message:

From: Kate Potter <kate@aquickrelease.com>
Date: 30 April 2009 16:01:54 BST
To: Cy Turner - Cotic <cy@cotic.co.uk>
Cc: Kelvin Owers <kelvin@spittingcat.com>, "Griffin, Andrew" <andrew_griffin@trekbikes.com>
Subject: media

Hi Guys,

Check me out on a world class drop http://www.xcracer.com/content.php?pid=2572 :)

Cheerios

KPxo

A Quick Release Holidays
Tel: 0845 1304824

http://www.aquickrelease.com

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World Cup 2 in Offenburg, Germany

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:36:15 -0700

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Cotic Soda World Cup - race bike spec

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:07:00 -0700

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Cy Turner <cy@cotic.co.uk> wrote:

* Custom Cotic Soda World Cup titanium hardtail
* Bontrager XXX-Lite carbon rimmed wheels and carbon cranks
* Bontrager XXX-Lite Seatpost, FIT saddle
* Race X-Lite stem, XXX-Lite flat handlebars
* Bontrager XXX-Lite Cranks
* Bontrager Tubeless Ready tyres appropriate for the conditions
with Superjuice tubeless system.
* Bontrager Race X-Lite Shoes
* Magura Durin 100SL fork
* Magura Marta SL Magnesium
* KMC Chains
* KCNC Bottom Bracket, Cassette and detail kit
* Crank Bros Eggbeater 4Ti pedals, Cobalt SL Directset and multi-tool
* Purple Extreme chain lube

Cy
www.cotic.co.uk

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Cotic Soda World Cup

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:47:40 -0700

Begin forwarded message:

From: Kate Potter <kate@aquickrelease.com>
Date: 24 April 2009 17:57:49 BDT
To: Cy Turner - Cotic <cy@cotic.co.uk>
Cc: Kelvin Owers <kelvin@spittingcat.com>
Subject: photos of soda

Hi Guys,

Photos of new bike.......Let's call it AWESOME!!!!!!!

Neil has also changed my position big time, and there is more gap between seat height and bars, so I feel like I'm in more of a racier position.

There have been plenty of 'oohs and ahhhhs' as it looks very nice.

I have had loads of people already come up and take photos of it and look closely at it.

It is much quicker through the single track, and around the bends, and I lost control a few times, as I'm not used to how agile it is. I was tired yesterday and kept going off line because it was taking me by surprise. I rode it again today and had to do two laps at race pace.....I love it!!!!

Anyway will get more pics to you soon.

Cheerios

KPxo

A Quick Release Holidays
Tel: 0845 1304824

http://www.aquickrelease.com

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2005 - playing with the Baby Taylor

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:34:54 -0700

Going Nowhere by Kelvin Owers
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Going Nowhere.mp3 (2215 KB)

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2004 - playing with the Bass

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:32:32 -0700

Drone (Bass Only) by Kelvin Owers
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drone(bass only).mp3 (2488 KB)

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I wonder how complex the posterous interpreter is?

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:10:00 -0700

In general, the less strict the syntax, the more complex the interpreter. So if Posterous can understand freeform emails, with rich media content, and make sense of it, it must be quite some beast.

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