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Posted 1 year ago

Dayum, that Kirk is amazing!

Posted 1 year ago

Every time a Singletrack staffer outlives pair or extra soft grips once again, we like to do a special offer

Really?!

Posted 1 year ago

I remember selling those Kirks. I won’t tell you what tests we put them through to see how tough they really were.

Posted 1 year ago

Charlie says: “Here’s a tasteless joke about a dead person designed to make you buy stuff”

Posted 1 year ago

Every time a Singletrack staffer outlives pair or extra soft grips, we like to do a special offer, and this time it’s a whole tenner off our awesome 1,000 piece 20th Birthday Jigsaw puzzle.

I’ve cancelled my subscription

Posted 1 year ago

Sorry, I got that wrong. I will go and edit that out for you now.

Posted 1 year ago

Further apologies from me for editorial failure on this one. No excuses.

Posted 1 year ago

maybe do a special offer every time Nigel Farage gets hit by a van.

Posted 1 year ago

No need to apologise. If a nameless alcoholic dies and we make a joke (and people do) nobody bats an eyelid.

Posted 1 year ago

maybe do a special offer every time Nigel Farage gets hit by a van

I look forward to that special.

And I don’t intend to buy owt.

Posted 1 year ago

I’m surprised osprey haven’t added a special ebike battery pocket to the bag given that most of the ebike racing Tracey does needs multiple batteries to get round

Posted 1 year ago

I used to work for the company that did the forming and machining of those Kirks. Sadly before my time, but they had a few quality failures kicking around.

Posted 1 year ago

That Kirk is in amazing condition for it’s age….

Posted 1 year ago

I finished a jigsaw puzzle in 2 weeks which I thought was great as it said 2-3yrs on the box

Posted 1 year ago

that is a great joke…. I imagine its an oldie… but would be great coming from Milton Jones.

Posted 1 year ago

The Lemmy clip reminds me of…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrJlyapt6OY

Posted 1 year ago

Now have I understood this correctly?
The Klean Kanteen is the most expensive flask I have ever bought, and now you want me to spend a tenner on a new lid. What’s wrong with the original one?

Posted 1 year ago

That Kirk was my first MTB. I loved it. I live in Edinburgh now 🤔

Posted 1 year ago

Does the STW flask fit a std bottle cage?

Posted 1 year ago

That Kirk looks great but from what I remember from riding one the were very ‘horizontally compliant’. Used to flex from side to side every time I pushed on the cranks.

Posted 1 year ago

Am I missing something? What makes those Premax Creams women specific? I know I failed my biology o’level, but surely skin is skin no matter what gender or race you are. So the only difference I can see is marketing bullsh*t and the target audience. I think they are missing a trick, if it says “chamois cream” anyone might buy it, if is says “women specific chamois cream” that probably excludes the majority of the male half of the world’s population.

Posted 1 year ago

Scott – yes, you very much are missing something. For example:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6116811/

If you consider the perineal area specifically, then innervation, sebum secretion distribution and rates, pH levels and infection types and rates are just a few of the substantial skin differences between men and women.

There are substantial differences between races too, FWIW (apart from the rather obvious differences in melanin concentration, there are differences in trans-epidermal water loss, blood vessel reactivity and elasticity among others) but we’ll not get into those 🙂

Posted 1 year ago

@dave bisset. I added some new caps to our latest order, so you have the option of more insulation if using it for food, or non sipping duties. Nowt wrong with the original.

Posted 1 year ago

@1961Bikie
The flask is almost exactly the same diameter as a water bottle, but does not have the recessed bit that water bottle have. It might fit some bendy cages… you know the nylon ones with a rubber band.

Posted 1 year ago

Well, you know that I can’t resist even gentle temptation, and I have ordered one of the new lids.

Posted 1 year ago