ir-bandito – You can’t have a job with a comment like that.
scuzz – you can come for work experience.

StefMcDef – My van is blue.

Ok I’ll use Tesco Value Engineering

cheers for the help and advice.

Wordnumb – Your ideas have gone to the top of my list. Tesco is a personal favorite.

I had suggested Bear Engineering to a friend and he liked it

Our local competition all have names like ABC engineering or CDE solutions. I am not a fan of initials in the name.

We are not looking for much online presence as most of our work is returning customers.

Bearworx – I like it.

Looking forward to pics.

have you gone for carbon Niner forks Shep?

I nearly forgot about the awesome Fantazia tapes I used to have. Great days

How’s the build going Shep?

Any Ratpack or Dj SS fans here?

“This is the captain of your ship, call in’. We want to take you on a trip…”

Anyone got any news on this?

Nice one Gary. What rims are they? Canti brake and disc compatible?

Thanks Geoff. Any problem with 175mm cranks and toe overlap?

thesurfbus – What stem are you running?

We used Wicked campers twice in Oz. I think they are now in NZ. Good service. Good van if you are not looking for anything special. We just had it as a bed all the time.

I’m up in Newcastle, but folks live in Pickering, so I come down the A19 pretty often. Could pop in one day to check the size if that would be ok.

May take you up on that offer to check it for size. Are you down near Thirsk?

What size are you collecting? They have no xl demo for me

Got told cream is back in stock in mid sept

I’ve not claimed for a bike off it, but claimed for my guttering when the snow pulled it off, and they paid up no problem.

good customer service as well. they answer the phone quickly.

Miele if you can afford it.

Whirlpool or Bosch if you can’t.

According to Which? anyway

Any update on the RC129?

Pace have no cream XL in stock atm, but do have black or white.

Someone must have ridden one by now.

Had my Orange 5 stolen from Gosforth about a year ago. I feel for you. Will keep my eye out for them.

I take it you like it then?

Cheers Alex, not too worried about a bent seat post. But the small frame monkey looks ok

Thanks guys. Fingers crossed someone might have seen it.

I know of a nice 3 bed house that is for sale in Newcastle, and another in Hexham if your interested :-)

A mate lives in Hexham and there are a few groups that ride there I think

I’m just doing a project at work (engineering consultancy) reviewing different gearbox / drive systems for bikes. We have come to the conclusion that there is a reason that chains have been used for so long and will continue to be. They are cheap have good efficiency and allow for a lot of misalignment. Geared systems need comparativly high levels of accuracy in their machining and mounting. Plus you get issues with most of the load being taken by one tooth. This is why planetary gears are used, so the load is shared by more teeth. Yes you could make the gears from stronger material (and case harden it), but then it needs refinishing due to distortion. The cost of gears goes up and up, compared to bits of stamped out steel.

Systems like the Pinion may be very good for a few bespoke manufacturers, but until the big boys (i.e Giant) start making thousands of bikes that use systems like it, the humble BB and chain/deraileur system will continue to be used.

The Alfine system will start to be used more and more I think, and having it linked to a belt drive does make sense to me.

http://www.ecovelo.info/2010/09/07/schlumpf-advanced-belt-drive-system/

Gone and found it now

Maybe it is cheaper and easier to buy an old van and throw it in the back

solarider – Got 15mm QR on my Fox forks, so don’t think the Thule 561’s will fit. Cheers for the offer though

Was going to buy it all 2nd hand off fleabay (or on here if people have them to sell)

Thought it would be a good idea to get the genuine BMW bars, but would consider Thule carriers.

I called Greenbee – now John Lewis today and they would not cover any bike over £1000

Have a word with the guys at the Dale Bike Centre. They usually get all the people doing the C2C records going through there at silly o’clock. Are you looking to do it unsupported? I.E going for a record, or just as a steady ride out?

I have a friend who did C2C2C unsupported. He slept in hedges/rough, then raced the UK singlespeed champs at Dalby. He didn’t win that year!

Anyone in Newcastle lost a Santa Cruz? Police found one in a Blakelaw loft the other day. Shame my bike was not with it.

A week on I thought I'd pop this up again to jog peoples memory and to see if anyone has seen any 20" frames come up for sale.

Cheers

Frame is not chipped. Thanks for your help guys

I've emailed steels, cycological, ride and the bike place. Put info on midair crisis, retrobike, lfss and bike radar. Don't think I can do more. Mate tells me it will be split into bits. What an arse