Respect, you are really deep into the stuff! Haven't tried track cycling yet, but I might in the future.

I love cycling, too. The last three days I even got up at 6 o'clock in the morning to have a two hour ride to the beach and back. Despite the fact that I am more of a night owl I just love it in the morning. Sunrise, nobody around and the day will be a good one. It also helps to clear the mind from the usual stuff we face every day.

See it as a chance. You might get an even better supervisor. Of course the opposite is equally possible, but what can be certain in life? I wouldn't change universities, just wait and see what happens. A fresh view on your project might be beneficial in the long term. In fact, the new supervisor might be less friendly, but more rigorous, thus adding extra value to your project.

Excellent. Just one word of advice from my own experiences. Instead of reading literature before you start your PhD, a holiday of two weeks or more would be very beneficial for the whole thing. It will be a tough few years ahead and I wish I would have recharged my batteries before it started.

Hi, and welcome to the world of procrastination!

When are you starting the PhD?

For me? Taco Bell!

For those who missed it, you can watch it here. but only if you really want to procrastinate another 60 minutes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b009x1ly.shtml?src=ip_potpw

Who else thinks Claire and some others are playing an unfair game? I had the impression she did not really want her own team to win. When Sir Alan Sugar's associate announced the results she was even smiling!!

I did, thanks. Only fell down once in a 4-hour ride..

Hi

You probably don't want to hear this and other's on this forum have been too polite to mention it, so I'm going to mention it now: I assume that your paper got rejected because your English is not up to standard. So I would improve that first and then try again. Sometimes they don't reject because of subject related issues but only because of writing or language skills.

Mezzo bikes are really cool. They look good and are stylish. I'm sure they get a lot of attention.

I'm also wearing a helmet, mainly because the guy in the bike shop gave it for free when I bought the bike but also because of possible injuries which may occur when the parts of the own bike could possibly hit the head in the case of an accident. In particular on the trails with drops and rocks. And now, I'm off into the forest

Funny that you say that. In fact, I was originally thinking about buying a folding bike, after reading a newspaper article in a which was about this British company (Brompton)who make folding bikes which are so popular that some customers are willing to wait up to 12 months for their bike to arrive. In the end I ended up buying a mountainbike but folding bikes are great, I think.

Cool. Where do you store your bike over night? I get funny looks from other tenants when I'm entering the lift with the muddy bike.

I followed your advice and bought a raincoat this afternoon - £50. Then I bought an airpump (£12), bicycle gloves (£20), a ribcage for a bottle (£5), a plastic bottle (£4) and dehydration drink powder (£7) . Now I'm ready but it's raining like mad.

Tomorrow morning I'll hit the street again.

I just bought a bicycle recently. I think I have spent much more money than I originally intended but it's really worth it. What are your experiences with riding a bike in the UK? I understand it is against the law to ride on pavements, but is it not to dangerous (even with helmet, reflectors and bright colours) to ride on the roads? I find it even dangerous with a car so going on a bicycle sounds very dangerous. I will mostly do offroad on bridleways and trails, but also use it on workdays to get to the workplace.

I don't think there is any need for being personal or agressive and calling me names.

Besides, the problem is, I wanted to add his name because it is COMMON PRACTICE that supervisor's get credit, despite having no input. So, in fact, I wanted to play to the ridiculous rules of universities. Although I don't support them. If you read peer-reviewed articles, you will often see three names. The first one being the senior professor who perhaps gave no input at all. The second name, the PHD student, who did all the work. The third name, some random guy who perhaps commented on the work once. That's the reality. I don't like the reality but it exists. And as I said, later they wanted me to add the professor as the first author, I didn't get into trouble because of adding the name, but because of the fact that I tried extremely hard to publish and succeeded.

I would like to add that I don't like your tone, so modify it down, or f off.

One week later, I got criticised for not adding his name as first author, so that tells you another story. Basically, they were just a bunch of academics who wanted to show me my place in the hierarchy.