Imagine weightless MTBing on the moon after a few pints and a round of crispy duck .
The only question is which type of bike to use?

Bit of chicken chow moon.

This is better than the Edinburgh fringe ,keep em coming. 😀

Think of the moonosodium glutamate.

Like it quality humor. 😆

If you were the person remotely controlling the buggy and you happen to get that American flag in your sight’s how tempting to would it be to just knock it down .

Sorry meant to turn right but my hand slipped.

Perhaps they could open a takeaway then Richard Branson’s space tourists could have a stop off point.

Have you seen the film Sleeping with the enemy.

Just above rear mech in last photo ,fractured house brick I’d phone a structural engineer immediately could result in death or serious injury!

Even worse the bike is at risk of falling house.

I don’t suppose she has anything to do with Simon Barnes?

I don’t understand this thread at all who,how,where,when,what,why?

Endurokid what on earth happened to your swimming pool ?

Damn only 6% , i know ill watch Silence of the lambs followed by Bates Motel see if i can pick up some tips.

Many apologies to anyone offended by any of the mistakes i have made whilst posting.
It is not one of my strong points but i am good at other things in life
so i try not to worry about it too much, i hope you understand.

Just checked it appears they are now sharing space on shirts and UNICEF is done for free.

Any opinions UNICEF sponsoring Barcelona.
Lets be fair if anyone needs more money it has to be football players.

The question though is why investments should be particularly low risk when higher risk investments get much better returns

High risk means a higher possibility of large downside falls.

I’m guessing You aren’t responsible for running a charity.

Which is a good thing

because maximising the potential of the donations seems pretty important.

No not what i’m saying at all some types of investment carry much greater risk than others , so therefore donated money should be in low risk investments not high risk . When you rely on the good will of people who have faith in what you are doing it seems the sensible thing to do.

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I am not against low risk short term sensible investing while money is waiting to be deployed , and professional advice should be taken ,my personal belief is that shares on their own or in share only funds are high risk and the FSA disclaimer is their for a very good reason.I think you will find that problems don’t behave like that – if they were static and constant it would be a lot easier though. However, they (charities) will have a fair idea what would be a useful way to deploy resources, and when they plan that, and identify that some of the required funding doesn’t need to be released for a while yet, what would be the best thing for them to do with that money in the meantime?

Any fund manager will tell you that when buying shares the strategy is long term buy and hold. In order to get a return you must be prepared to be in it for the long term , money that may need to be released in the short to medium could have lost a fair whack in the stock market.
I would have thought that the needs of recipients would be on a short to medium term basis not in ten years time.

Do you really think any charity could take your money, have the opportunity use it to raise even more money, and go “nah, we’ll just spend it all immediately instead”? Moreover, do you think they should? Which is the most responsible, effective use of donations

Just because you have money and opportunity does not mean that any investment will go up .
Before anyone gets on their high horse i know this is an extreme example but decades of donations and billions of charities cash was lost by one Bernie Madhoff.

My belief is that charities should not be trying to behave like corporations constantly striving to maximize the bottom line , the impression given by charities is that the money is needed now ,Geldoff thumping the table springs to mind .
If it is going to be spent anywhere in the short to medium term then stocks and funds are not very wise.If it is to be kept for the long term then the worlds problems are not that great or can simply wait.
I also get the impression that the problems in Africa for example have been ongoing for decades surely the charities know where money need’s to be spent after all they have been doing it for a very long time.

People generally don’t give to charity in the belief that the charity should maximize returns they do it to help others that are in need .
so if their need is not so great and they can wait for ten years for investments to come good then i can assume that the charity concerned is not in need of many donations.

I think you will find nothing in the stock market is guaranteed,in fact the most you can loose is 100% not likely but possible.
The point is that the charity is the middle man between the donor ,who has given money because they went to help which ever person , child or animal is suffering and any investment be it a fund or holding individual shares is at risk and must be held for a long time to see any benefit , not what the donor intended , meanwhile the person, child or animal dies, but hey you made a few quid.
It is a question of morals.

They could just hold cash and use it as and when.
When i give my 5 ,10or20 pounds i don’t expect it to be used at the casino first to try and make more money ( if you do not think the stock market is a casino then you need to wake up and smell the coffee).
If charity’s are struggling to find where the money needs to be spent with all the problems we have in the world then i can only assume those problems are not as great as we are lead to believe.

I tried with silicone spray for many weeks and found that the post frequently stuck with WD the difference was night and day it suddenly worked all the time.
But i do take your point WD is a strong cleaner as well as lubricant i take the view that if used frequently and the post always runs smoothly without any issues then it should be ok but you could always try GT85 as well.

After cleaning mine i spray some WD40 on the stanchion then cycle it a few times , seems to work well .
Also as everyone else has said not over tightening the seat clamp is very important as you would be crushing the internals.

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The bone shaker , with canti brakes lovely.

I have a nearly new rocket V ti that i d’ont get on with, chucked it on the spare bike but if anyone want’s to make an offer i’d be happy to sell.
simonsterritt@yahoo.co.uk

Lakeland vintage cheddar.

+1 for roquefort, one that’s able to leave the house on its own!

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Last one , hope i can still do it next time.

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Having found out how to do the picture thing i am having a bit of practice.

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Here it is bigger ,one day i will know how these damn computers work but it is not this day.

Finished with my mulling and did the buying thing , not 29 for me if this is anything to go by the 29 will be an excellent bike.
Happy shopping.

OK so i have re watched the vid following the handle bars all the way down to see how bad the drug addled ferret is and apart from one split second incident it all looked very good to me.
But i’ll still buy the sticker if i’ts made!

Hook onto the pedals ,probably i think.

I think specialized have not gone into 650B because the difference
between the two sizes is insignificant , they can hardly be described
as a niche outfit.

D’ont take the mountain to Mohamed ,take Mohamed to the mountain!

I have a soul in the UK , which i am very pleased with and was waiting for a Rocket to use in the south of France , the delay became too long so i switched to a SB 66 c, having never ridden the Rocket i can not comment on how it rides but i am delighted with the 66c which has a fairly similar geometry .
their are many great bikes available but we can only buy the ones in stock.

Thanks philconsequence i’ts interesting to learn what rules and codes of practice exist.
Their are clubs which exist and i’m sure behave in a responsible way but also we have many individual’s behaving how they want.

I am afraid to say that it’s evident that a large percentage of French hunters behave in an irresponsible way, many signs in the forest are shot to bits and accidents are frequent in fact this year one hunter took his young son out hunting , accidentally shot and killed him and said afterwards i saw something move and thought it was a boar.
On the odd occasion i have spoken to hunters some of them have been under the influence which can be smelt at close range.
I suppose it gives MTBing a little more of an edge for the winter!

Thanks for that count zero , i do find it disconcerting over here and tend to stay on the wider more visible tracks during the season our forest is very close to large populated areas and hence popular with many people.
Some of the best routes to ride were probably made by hunters in the first place and early this season sections were blocked with homemade obstacles , i personally left well alone but other riders have moved them.
I would much prefer the UK system where designated areas are closed then reopened.
All the animals are farm reared, then released the day before the season starts is this the practice in the UK or is what you shoot genuinely wild?