Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Buddy's Song - Fleetwood Mac

To help this when you put the tyres on line up a recognisable point on the tyre with the valve. I line up the C in Continental with the valve. When you find the hole in the inner tube you can then closely match this to the same point on the tyre which makes it easier to discover if there is something in the tyre. On the question of inner tubes. My LBS (local bike shop!) says a tube is just a tube. It's the tyre which does the work.

I'm not sure what normal is - I went over 7 years without a puncture and then had three in ten days!!! For my 50th birthday I bought a new bike and never had a puncture on that machine, a few months short of my 58th I changed to a new bike and this is the one on which I had three punctures in ten days. For years I've ridden on Continental tyres of various types. I switched to Schwalbe (very good I know) and had these punctures immediately. The bike shop say I was unlucky, I bought some more Continentals!!!! My top five tips for avoiding punctures: Inflate tyres correctly and to at least the upper limit of the manufacturer's recommended pressure. You can safely go higher as the upper limit is usually conservative. I run my tyres at 7.5 to 9.0 bar (110-130psi). Generally I'm around 8 as good compromise between puncture resistance and comfort. Hard tyres deflect most sharp things! Buy a track pump with pressure gauge to achieve the above and ideally inflate before every ride but at least once a week. Expensive hands pumps will achieve the above but it's hard work. A track pump will take a minute or so per tyre. Buy the very best tyres you can afford. I would put correct pressure ahead of the tyres if you can't afford pump and tyres in one go Check tyres frequently for sharp stuff stuck on surface. Just rub your hand over the tyre. Takes 30 seconds. Fanatics do this very carefully every week. I don't. Do NOT ride in the gutter. This is where all the crap collects. Ride three or four feet feet from the kerb - this improves your personal safety, asserts your right to be on the road and avoids broken glass etc. etc. If you are an urban cyclist, I'm not, I think punctures are likely to be more frequent but one a month suggests you need to consider some or all of the above.

Street Life - Roxy Music

Plastic Fantastic Lover - Jefferson Airplane

Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck

In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett

If you want to borrow the map Colin let me know. I took a quick spin over to Preston this afternoon to ride the Guild Wheel and what a fantastic amenity this is for Prestonians. We've heard a lot of talk about legacy this summer, most of which will never happen, but here we have a real legacy of the Preston Guild 2012, a truely excellent example of how to create safe, quality and enjoyable urban cycle ways which link to both outlying populations and the countryside. I have to say this type of cycling is not for me and my road bike - too many stops and starts - but will most definetely be back on the tandem with Tom. In conjunction with Sustrans and National Cycle Network Preston has built a circular 20 mile route which provides great cycling, walking, running and jogging facilities for all and, it appears from the many spurs leading of The Wheel, a now fully connected commuter route from places such as Cottam, Broughton, Freckleton,Kirkham etc. This is real joined up thinking. The route was busy today with people simply popping in to town, families out for a ride and groups clearly cycling round the entire route. Little things make a big difference, like making the barriers wide enough to get your handle bars through without stopping!! I've been on so many cyce patths with badly deigned barriers it's untrue!!! I hadn't seen this design before. The surfaces are generally good, much is recently laid tarmac. Only one dodgy stretch in Bolton Woods where a steep - 20% or more - wet and muddy track drops down for about 250 metres. Riding down woud be suicidal and walking is difficult enough. I hope this is addressed as it's pretty grim and someone will try to ride down it!! I found two junctions where the signage could be improved and I'm sure this will be fixed. Some of the surface is so new there is still a lot of loose gravel on top of the tarmac. Most of that will disappear this winter, tricky right now for someone on a road bike but no problem for the majority. If you haven't ridden it yet, do so. If you live and work in Preston dump the car this is a great commute.

Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison

You are the first, the last, my everything - Barry White!!

The Look of Love - Dusty Springfield

Apologies David for not replying sooner, I've been trying to get time to map the route. I think the link below will work. It was a great ride, harder than expected in places and easier in others. Weather was beautiful only felt any wind when I got within about 10 miles of the east coast by which time a cool breeze was welcome. Basically I rode to York on day one, Chorley to Blackburn, caught train to Whalley then made my way to York following most of the Way of the Roses. Day two followed the Way of the Roses from York to Bridlington, this was the best day as I went through the Yorkshire Wolds which are VERY quiet (no sounds at all in places) and beautiful. I had planned to overnight in Bridlington but wasn't struck by the place so got a train up to Scarborough, rode to Malton and took another train back to York. Spent the night in a wonderful pub! Day three rode York, Whetherby, Leeds and caught the train to Blackburn and then rode home. The straight lines are train trips. Actual ride distance was 261, with a lot of buggering about in York and other places. Obviously the train trips don't count! Total climb was just under 10,000 feet with most of that on day one. Slept well that night! It's slowish to load, be patient! http://www.mapmyride...reen/131032875/

Pink Cadillac - Springsteen

Baby Love - The Supremes

Santa Claus is Coming to Town -Springsteen (and many others I can't name!)

Nights in White Satin - The Moody Blues

White Room - Cream

Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets

A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan ......from the album which arguably contains some of his finest songs.

Breakin' Down the Walls of Heartache - Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon. Yeah wonderful!!

Be Good to Yourself - Journey

Joy to the World - Three Dog Night

Back on the Chain Gang - The Pretenders

Those Were the Days - Mary Hopkin!