Selling all your furniture to finance a build – now, that's commitment!

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Dining room, The table and chairs have all been pushed out of the way into the corner to give me room to work 😈

Ooh now that's what I'd like to see in my front room…

Hope you have something suitably tasty to drink as you build that!

ohh yeah I think a nice bottle of Ringwood Ale will do nicly

Will post pics once built up

Speed is your friend!

As long as the person your following's not just backed off

I was on there a week or so back myself, good fun

The cynic in may says "Looks way too good to be true!"

Ahh the impatience of youth…………….

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News just in from the LBS

Frame is in the country!
Should be here in a couple of days 8)

fingers crossed this is it this time

Apparently! they were going to fly some in from the States a few weeks back

fingers crossed it'll turn up soon
I've got a big pile of bits in my dinning room with the work stand all ready
just itching to get on with it and ride it

I've ordered a Large Air Niner in Kermit Green, apparently they had the Raw in stock but, I'm really not keen on it so thought I'd hold out for the one I really wanted, not spending that much on something I don't like the look of

I wouldn't have minded so much if they'd said it'll be 2 months from order and it actually happened.
But I keep getting dates via the LBS and they just keep changing
In mid September I was told 4-5 weeks which was fine, thats changed several times now with next week, next week, by the end of this week…
I'm sure the LBS is getting pissed of with me bugging him about all the time and chasing it up too

6 Months 😯 I could ride to asia and back and collect it my self in that time 😆

Disgusting all of them!
Torq's way nicer
SIS strawberry rego is yummy though

Mike try one of these

I did it once along the south of the Isle of wight
it was a great experiance

expensive sport to get into, even more so than MTBing even at the beginnner level ££££'s on basic kit + ££££'s on training + Lots of time
Very location and weather dependant which massivly cuts down how often you can do it in the UK!

I also know somebody who broke his back doing it 😯
He fully recovered after a year or so but needless to say no longer partakes in the sport, but he certainly wouldn't put anybody off it though
He does WW Kayaking now

Nice!
I like the new Green

Just waiting for a Kermit Green Niner to arrive fingers crossed in the next few days

Stugerons good, saved me on this years three peaks yacht race

Search for a UK based proxy anonamiser
I can't remember the address and am at work so can't look
I've got a mate in China who uses one to catch up on TV

The Girl in the Blue top wasn't that good 😉
Neither was the show unfortunately 👿

26inch slimes will stretch and work fine, as long as they're not the thin Slime Lites but it is better as anotherdeadhero said, schwalbe tubes with either latex or Slime, you can just buy it in bottles

but yes on occasions (rare to be fair) you will get a puncture that slime/latex can'd deal with
at that point it's a messy job and a new tube, patching 'em train side with goop everywhere is more trouble than its worth

+ves outweight the -ves for me especially during winter rides

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tapered-steerer-fork-options

little wheels 😆

Lockable cycle storage 1

Bike washing facilities 4

Basic bike spares (tubes etc) 6

Easy Access to Pub/local amenities 3

Drying room 2

Locally sourced food for evening meal and breakfast 5

Just make sure you get a sprung tensioner what ever one you go for
else you end up fiddling with them all the time as you chain stretches
a lot of the cheap kits dmr gusset etc are fixed

Surly's is the best imho
but probably the most expensive too
just go for whatever cheap sprocket and rear spacers you can get
not worth spending any extra there really

Nope you’re not the only one

I needed one and had some suitable metal hanging around the garage so welded a few bits together

It's not got a clamp at all, but has got 2 parallel bits of metal clad in a bit of old roll matt so as to be frame friendly. I can either stick the bike on there so it's sitting on the cross bar in the groove or hang the bike on there on the front of the saddle when doing anything with the gears (cables routed under crossbar) always done the job for me.

Mind you I might have a new stand on my Christmas list 8)

21 inch in Black (it is black honest!)

The Government advice IS! to use the road when exceeding 18mph

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/archive/2004/ltnwc/annexdcodeofconductnoticefor1688

+1 brooess
BB=Cock +1

My brothers had endless problems with them
and as I work in IT and he's a computer illiterate I get the pleasure of trying to get it sorted 👿

Net connection goes up and down randomly all the time, and their telephone support has been bloody useless every time I've had to call them,
half the time their systems are down and they can't help and ask you to call back in a hour as they can't do anything, this is after spending 15 mins in a queue on the phone which isn't free phone number

I sent them a Warranty request via the website and didn't get a response either
apparently they had send one same day but it didn't get through somehow!?!?!
their sebsiquent emails did though

Just found the Poplockconversion.pdf

cheers peter
makes sense on the travel front just looked short compared to my previous 100's

do you know if they can be bought with the poploc from factory?
If so I may as well send 'em back and get the right ones

else I'll live with it for a bit an see about swapping the MC unit if I really feel the need

thanks again

Try sweatshop

http://running.sweatshop.co.uk/nav/cat2/highvisibility/cat1/accessories/0?format=cat2

Reflective arm bands and RonHill LED armbands too

+1
http://eletewater.co.uk/index.php?aff=davidicke

or Nuun's good too

Kapersky's free if you bank with Barclays

I think one or two of the other banks offer some free too, check with your bank

Niner bikes = 29ers only

No prizes for guessing my surname
Now I really do have good reason to hate that duck!

Not Me either

Just bought 3 pairs 😀

mainly 'cos i seem to loose the buggers all the time

I joined BC (Silver) yesterday after reading monkeyfiend's other thread

I commute everyday and your thread just made me think what if!
£36 seems worth it, fingers crossed the only thing I need to use is the 10% wiggle discount

monkeyfiend best of luck with your claim

bin em
oh and cut ya finger nails 🙂

Recent order took about a week
It was handled by TNT this side so shouldn't be effected by the strikes

Bill for Tax and Duty turned up a few weeks after that 👿

I do it too, every 4-5 weeks

I don't think blood type makes any difference at all with platelets

Work are really good about it too, good cause and all (I do make my hours up though still) it does take about 2 hours ish each time including the paperwork

Everybody has a different program on the machines so time does vary they also vary it per person each time depending on current levels. I'm usually 'plugged in' for about 75 mins each time. You can get tingly and lips fingers from the anti-coagulant that ends up back in your system, which feels odd, but goes very quickly, I tend to get the odd sneezing fit from it tickling my nose too which is weird

The platelets regenerate very very quickly they could take them more often but you do loose some red blood cells etc in the process in the machine
iirc about 10% of what you'd donate if it were donating whole blood
4 weeks is about right for me though any more frequent could be a pain
You can do it less frequently too if you want, they’re very accommodating, appointments do get booked up though especially the one early and late in the day I usually take a long lunch as I work close to the hospital (10 min ride)

If you can do it and it fits in with your life get tested

I couldn't see it explicitly on the NoTubes site, cheers

I'm not building 'em thankfully my wheel building skills aren't great so getting a mate to do 'em
I'm sure he'll enjoy the challenge 😈

anybody?

SAS in Boats

leelovesbikestoo could be 'Payment Shield' I used to be with them but never claimed

Currently with Higos who I claimed with just recently when my Mobile was knicked while in a bunk house in Wales.
First ever insurance claim quick and simple a great service.
got bikes covered with them (have to declare anything over £1000)

scaredypants, nope I'm slightly less balanced Keith 😕
I've been riding with 'em for a few years now. The other Keith, Ash and few of the others have been at it much longer

We're usually doing 20-30 miles on a Thursday night depending on route and conditions, leaning more on 20 during the winter as it the forest gets boggy
doing our best to keep the rides interesting and varied
always good fun with a few beers/ciders along the way