http://singletrackworld.com/forum/forum/bike-chat en-US Tue, 29 May 2012 09:54:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bored-in-the-office-on-a-hot-day-celebrity-thread#post-3836143 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:54:07 +0000 muppetWrangler 3836143@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>Phil oakey shops in my local sainsburys</blockquote></p> <p>I'll see your Phil Oakey and raise you a Linford Christie in Marks &amp; Spencers </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rockshox-advice#post-3836142 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:53:43 +0000 slinkybike 3836142@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>You will need a mission control wrench to pull out the mo-co unless you pull the x-loc attachment apart to use a 24mm socket. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/guide-recommendatons-in-morzine-please-mtb-lift-assisted-frivolity-july-2012#post-3836141 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:53:34 +0000 flyingmonkeycorps 3836141@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Don't know of any guides to recommend, but every time we've been out there we've just followed our noses and been fine... And I'm not the type to do huge jumps by any means <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-many-of-your-bikes-are-actually-ridable-at-any-one-time#post-3836140 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:53:22 +0000 wwaswas 3836140@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I've got 6 bikes all of which are currently rideable.</p> <p>Only time they're not is if I have to send forks or shocks away for servicing, really.</p> <p>I used to always have at least one in a semi-built state but I seem to have arrived at a set of bikes that, as they are currently built, suit me so no need to change. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/perished-continental-sidewalls-after-only-5-months-light-use#post-3836136 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:51:27 +0000 crashtestmonkey 3836136@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>no, just bad batches. Low end models are usually made in India, Thailand etc rather than Japan, Germany and most likely use lower grade starting materials and worse QC. </p> <p>the only cycle tyres ive had issues with were Conti XCs many years ago, it looked for all the world like theyd stopped putting rubber on the sidewalls and they frayed badly. Never used conti again. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-many-of-your-bikes-are-actually-ridable-at-any-one-time#post-3836133 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:51:02 +0000 njee20 3836133@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>All steeds in my fleet remain fully functional. Can't imagine having any in the stable that I can't use, what point in having a reasonable quiver if they're not useable!? <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>My winter road bike has been minus an STI for a couple of months, I CBA to fit it again because I now have an excuse to just ride the Madone, even when the weather's awful. That's pretty unusual though, generally they all work at any one point. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-in-the-newsoops#post-3836130 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:49:48 +0000 wwaswas 3836130@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>[whispers]</p> <p>Michael Vandeman posted on that story.</p> <p>[/whispers] </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ramblers-shared-use-policy/page/2#post-3836128 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:49:24 +0000 unklehomered 3836128@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Unk stupidly wrote<br /> <blockquote>Ramblers have their own publication, Walk Magazine which i get at work. In 2 yrs not seen one single complaint letter about bikes...</p> <p></blockquote></p> <p>And summer's edition just fell into the letter box</p> <p>TWO letters, one from someone who had a walk spoiled by quad bikes, 4X4s and scramble bikes and decided to shove mountain bikes in with those. Another letter asking legal advice after their walk was "caught up in a cross-country cycle race" and the "had to keep stepping aside for competitors" what are our rights etc... </p> <p>The responce was the usual cyclists shall yield for anyone but made no reference to the circumstances (race), I thought in order to hold a race on a public bridleway you had to apply for some form of licence and that would override the usual policy (not saying run people over, but, you know, its a race! why not just cheer for people etc.) <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_rolleyes.gif" title=":roll:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>Both letters very short on detail and supporting info so came off as "other people spoiled our day with their fun" but that could just have been the editor cutting them down for space... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bored-in-the-office-on-a-hot-day-celebrity-thread#post-3836125 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:48:49 +0000 Pook 3836125@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Phil oakey shops in my local sainsburys </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-many-of-your-bikes-are-actually-ridable-at-any-one-time#post-3836121 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:48:16 +0000 cookeaa 3836121@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I finished bolting together and twiddling my "Summer HT" last night, propped it up next to my other MTBs and realised that all three were in a rideable state for the first time in ages. </p> <p>I actually have four whole bikes available (including my BMX) out of five and in a functional state, and I'm tempted to attack the Road bike next week and go from 80 to the full 100% availability... </p> <p>That this state of affairs is the exception rather than the rule for me all seems a touch tragic if I'm honest, but it got me wondering how many Multiple bike owners, like myself, actually have all of their bikes working and available to use all the time? And how many <em>Prioritize</em> maintance activities meaning that 100% availability is never quite within reach? </p> <p>*Please nobody use the following terms;<br /> <em>Steed, Stable, Fleet</em> or <em>Quiver</em>... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/guide-recommendatons-in-morzine-please-mtb-lift-assisted-frivolity-july-2012#post-3836118 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:47:20 +0000 hillsplease 3836118@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Gents </p> <p>To my delight we're off to the Alps for a few days in early July and have accomodation etc sorted. Does anyone have some guide recommendations please? Looking at chairlift assisted 'free riding' rather than 'death defying 40 ft gap jumps,' on the basis that we're all over 40 and generally a bit hopeless. I suspect we'll wind up with a split group of boozers v riders and there'as 8 of us. </p> <p>Many thanks </p> <p>Paul </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/gisburn-forest-in-the-newsoops#post-3836115 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:46:05 +0000 philfive 3836115@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9731313.Gisburn_Forest_fast_becoming_accident_blackspot/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/9731313.Gisburn_Forest_fast_becoming_accident_blackspot/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/beyond-all-doubt-26-hts-are-fastest#post-3836114 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:46:04 +0000 votchy 3836114@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Cx and road bikes have no place on an mtb forum<br /> Ss rider did have a silly beard <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_biggrin.gif" title=":D" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> <br /> I thought the 26" full suss rider was a fatty too <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/how-much-vintage-bmx-ebay-madness-content#post-3836111 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:45:53 +0000 chipsngravy 3836111@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I'd say that's in very good nick, when you consider how old it is. Price seems reasonable.</p> <p>xcgb - old school bmx is very collectable. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/riding-land-and-legal-stuff#post-3836109 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:45:42 +0000 Pook 3836109@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>they won't have permission in there surely?! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/quantocks-exmoor-routes-guiding-pretty-please#post-3836108 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:45:31 +0000 nbt 3836108@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>thanks folks. I've spent a weekend in the Quantocks on Seb Roger's photo course so I've a little knowledge - Smiths Combe, Weacombe etc - but it's nice to have a guide so you know how to link things in a pleasing manner <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> <p>any more guidance is more than welcome</p> <p>14 miles loop of Wimbleball sounds very pleasing <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> Will mail you later! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ultrasonic-cleaners-any-good-for-bike-bits#post-3836106 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:45:04 +0000 crashtestmonkey 3836106@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>when I was a lab monkey I used ours to clean bike bits. Chains etc come out new but its a bath, you still need a solvent to fill it with to clean the component. I used acetone or ethanol which we had in the lab for that very purpose.</p> <p>If you don't like solvents/degreasers just get a biodegradeable one? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/bored-in-the-office-on-a-hot-day-celebrity-thread#post-3836103 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:44:34 +0000 muppetWrangler 3836103@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I live next door to Desmond Tutu. He's forever popping round to watch the football on sky since he switched to BT Vision. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/show-me-your-green-bikes-2/page/2#post-3836087 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:39:00 +0000 rocketman 3836087@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><img src="http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9273/p1030042s.jpg"><br /> green bike white forks &amp; white wheels</p> <p>woot! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/the-empire-strikes-back/page/2#post-3836086 Tue, 29 May 2012 10:38:38 +0000 PJM1974 3836086@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I want to like it, I really do...</p> <p>...but what does it do that an Orange Five doesn't - I read that Empire slavishly copied the Five's geometry? It's more expensive than a Five, much more difficult to clean, is heavier than a Five and is a product of an untried manufacturing process. </p>