Snickers here, 3212 with the flappy pockets. I don’t bother with anything else. Massive range of sizes. The 9118 kneepads are like miniature beanbags for your knees too.

Keep an eye out at Arco, they have 50% off Snickers every few months.

My (company) 2013 Vivaro has just gone to Vauxhall for the 2nd time this year for injector issue. Currently on about 95,000 miles.

It’s been reasonably trouble free up to now, company I work for runs a lot of them. Front suspension problems seem to be fairly common with ours, the odd gearbox problem too. Mine isn’t the only one that’s had new injectors either, so I suspect the problem is still there in the newer ones. Still more reliable than the 2010 VW T5 I had before this, that thing was recovered to VW every 5-6 months for the 3 years/120,000 miles I had it.

2005 WRX wagon here. Can get road bike (wheels attached) in the back with seat down but have’t tried the mtb yet. Managed 32mpg on a 120 mile run sitting at 70mph most of the time, usually get around 25mpg. £290 a year tax. Insurance surprisingly reasonable (25 with 0 no claims). It’s a second car as I have a company van so not too concerned with running costs.

I think the wagons are a tad more subtle than the saloons, but it’s still got a bonnet scoop and bright red brake calipers. The standard factory exhaust is silent, I replaced mine with a Hayward and Scott resonated catback and it’s still very quiet when pootling around and not very loud when you boot it. Can’t say I’ve had any hassle with people trying to race me, never been pulled by the police (and I live 10 mile from Liverpool). I may look like a tit but I couldn’t really care.

I bought the 360 gilet last year for road night rides during winter. It isn’t breathable so I don’t think I’d be able to wear the jacket. The fit isn’t bike specific but does the job. I usually wear large normal clothes or XL bike wear and the medium proviz gilet fits me without being too baggy.

I think it’s brilliant, I get a lot more space at night wearing it than I ever get during day rides. People seem to pass slower too, even oncoming cars on narrow’ish roads slow down and give plenty of space.

If there is a leak and you’re leak testing with a vacuum, it’s just going to drag moisture into the system. There’s also no strength test with a vac, system could hold a vacuum perfectly fine but as soon as you pressure it up it might blow a weak joint apart, especially with 410a as it runs at a reasonably high pressure.

In the UK R410a lines and gauges are 5/16″. I haven’t a clue where the unit linked above is manufactured though so it could have 1/4″ or 5/16″. I don’t know how they can get away with saying ‘no vac pump req’ and then advise purging the pipework to push any air/moisture out, terrible practice.

I’ll be there, if the weather isn’t too bad. Was there for the 2013 one but missed it last year. Great seeing so many people out on bikes!

Think they shut the prom around 6ish until half 10.

Wasn’t going to reply to this as I rarely post on here and there’s been a lot of good stuff said already, but anyway…

I think you need to mtfu a tad. It’s easy to slip into a miserable routine and make excuses for things.

3 years ago when I was 22 I fell off my bike, smashed my teeth out and made a bit of a mess of my face, split up with a girl I’d been seeing since I was 18 and got hit head on in my van by someone doing 50mph on the wrong side of the road. Parents moved 200 miles away and my mates were either at uni or leaving uni and moving away. All within 6 months. Became very tempting to slip into a doom and gloom view of life but you have to make the effort to do stuff. Make time to ride and socialise with decent people. Since then I’ve never had such an active social life, made effort to talk to people, ridden my bike more than ever, go on rides with people you’ve never met before. I work some 100plus hour weeks and still find time to ride a few times a week.

You want to try telling women that you fix fridges for a living, then watch them drift off as you try and explain that it’s industrial stuff the size of warehouses and not just little domestics. Don’t be so down about being a mechanic, much better being hands on that sitting behind a desk all day, couldn’t stand that.

Personally, I was happier being single than being with someone who was shallow or attracted by money. You will meet the right person, just got to be comfortable and happy with yourself. If you go around with the kind of attitude you’ve got towards women I’m not surprised of the kind of girls you’re meeting. Chat to people out on bike or at the gym, at least there’s a common interest to start conversation. I met someone last year (she knows who Guy Martin is btw) when I least expected it, wasn’t looking for a relationship at the time as I was pretty happy on my own! But some self confidence and a decent attitude towards people and life goes a long way. If I can do it anyone can, I used to be Mr antisocial and massively shy.

I’ve bought Absolute Black cx chainrings direct off the Absolute Black website.

Stems are cheapest I can find by a tenner. Dangerously tempted!

£57.60 on Merlin. Their picture shows the older style but I got the newer type when I bought mine the other week.

robhughes
Just to bump this.
What’s the consensus on buying one of these frames.Has anyone got a good one or are all the linkages floored.

I wouldn’t bother buying one, not after building and stripping down 3 frames to return them under warranty within 4 weeks. First 2014 16x was knocking out of the box, replacement frame lasted 2 rides. My 2015 15x has been good so far after having the replacement bushes fitted but I’ve only managed to ride about 50 miles since, so still early days.

It sounds like it’s the same point on the linkage on all of them psycorp, that’s where ours went too.

Shame they have this problem as they ride brilliantly, I really enjoy the 15x and just hope it holds out on the new bushes. Bro spent his 16x refund on a 2nd hand Orange Alpine frame.

I’m running 100mm stem, seat post has 12mm layback, was just one of their cheap ones. Bars, again, are just some cheap PX ones, Strada compacts I think, they’re only a shallow drop which suits me. If it helps, I’m exactly 6ft with fairly long arms.

Yep, large.

The thread in forks might just need a tap running through to clear there’s paint or swarf stopping bolt?

No seat post or thread problems building mine up. Finally got out on a decent ride yesterday.

Built up 1×11 with Shimano 5800 levers, short cage mech and 11-32 cassette, have run a full length outer to rear mech. RS500 cranks with Hope 40t narrow/wide. PX post, bars and stem. Kinesis CX disc wheels and Conti Cyclocross speed tyres. TRP Spyres.

Still playing with bar and stem set up. And yes, I know the bar tape doesn’t match the logos…

I really like how it rides, did 25 miles with about 6 miles on gravel/hardpack. Don’t have many big climbs around here, so thought I’d try it 1×11. May change to a 42 or 44t front ring at some point, will get a few more rides in first.

Hope do 5 bolt 110 rings, 38t to 44t.

16x frame being returned for refund. Play in linkage again after a few rides. Joe at Freeborn excellent again, no hesitation and offered refund straight away without me even asking.

2015 15x frame ok after a couple of rides since coming back from Madison, but will be keeping a close eye on it.

Car aircon systems naturally loose 10% of the gas each year whether you use it or not.

That sounds like something a kwik-fit type place would tell people. It’s a sealed system, it shouldn’t lose any.

Chances are it’ll have a leak and be short of gas, about 80% of leaks I’ve found have been on the condensers (in front of radiator) due to stones etc flicking up off the road. I’ve only seen one seized compressor before and that made a hell of a noise when the ac was switched on. Otherwise it’ll probably be a faulty pressure switch. But my money would be on tiny leak somewhere.

I posted a large Cotic Solaris to someone on here using MyHermes.

Fairy nuff! Once packaged, the ones I sent exceeded their max parcel size.

I suspect it’ll be too big for Hermes. Parcel force? Had a couple of frames collected recently and it only cost about £20 for next day

I’ve been going through joe at freeborn was i bought it from them, he has been incredible, massive thumbs up to him

+1 on this. Freeborn has become my go to shop when ordering online now.

I’m not convinced the market for older parts is as bad as some people make out. Recently stripped and sold two 26″ bikes, worried stuff was going to sell for peanuts but it’s all gone fairly well. Heckler frame went for over £400 (26″ and antique 1 1/8″ headtube), 26″ Hope/Mavic wheelset went for what I paid 2nd hand when I bought them a few years ago. Even the forks didn’t do too bad.

A good listing with lots of good pictures seems to make a big difference on how well things go on eBay.

There’s a thread on here somewhere with a guide on complete disassembly of the trp spyres. Very useful.

This one?

My 2015 15x frame is on its way back from Freeborn after being with Madison, new bushes and bolts apparently. Will get it built up again next week and see how it goes.

It’s a band in Liverpool from what I’ve been told. Think they’re from Litherland.
“Pies, these roots are rotten” is also on the railway bridge at the end of the M58. Sure there’s one on the M57 too.

My 2015 15x is going back this week after 3 rides/51 miles for play in the linkage.

My brothers 2014 16x frame had linkage play straight out of the box before it was even built up. Replacement frame good so far, but it’s only been on a couple of rides.

Showing in stock for me. Ordered some, thanks.

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Discount code is actually 30% off. I’ve taken a chance on some, came out about £370 I think, so seems a similar price as buying direct from China. You can spec them with 11 speed hubs. If they turn out to be rubbish I’ll just sell them on.

Sorry you are incorrect. Just like your engine oil, the oil in the system breaks down over time. The system tends to absorb moisture as well – hence all AC systems have a receiver/drier fitted. As I’ve explained a re-gas will remove the moisture, clean the refrigerant (well filter the bits of crap out of it anyway)and refresh the oil.

So everyone should be getting their domestic fridge/freezers done on a regular basis? Same thing really. You’d never get all the oil out of a car a/c system anyway unless you took off the compressor and poured it out, recovering refrigerant doesn’t pull all the oil out that’s sitting in the bottom of the compressor.

If it still works, then it doesn’t need touching. The only time I ever see people have issues with car a/c is due to them never using it (compressor seized or o-rings going dry and leaking gas), stones punching holes in condensers or because some Kwikfit type outfit has been messing with it unnecessarily.

Snake oil. Tell them to do one.

This. It achieves absolutely nothing. You’re better off just running the a/c regularly through the year to keep abit of oil moving around.

Might be going off on the compressor klixon in that case. Is the compressor really hot after running for abit?

Sounds like a wiring fault, if moving it is causing it to run/cut out, just breaking/making loose connection as you move it.

The tray you speak of is for when the chiller/freezer goes on defrost, collects melt water, evaporates with the heat of the compressor when it kicks back in post defrost. Tray full of water just suggests the compressor hasn’t ran for a while and the water has just been collecting from the ice melting, with no heat to evaporate it off.

That’s my internet diagnosis anyway… I could be way off 🙂

I bought one mid February. It’s my first road bike so not really got much to compare it to apart from a couple of others I had short test rides on. I really like it, I only tend to do 25-50 mile rides but find it really comfortable. Other than a couple of small changes I’ve made it’s pretty standard and weighs a touch over 8kg without pedals (on my luggage scales). Don’t really know what else to say about it. Looks ace in matt black 🙂

Couldn’t find any online reviews when I was buying so went over to the Barnsley store to have a look before I bought it, staff and service were excellent, poor bloke ended up staying back for about an hour after closing while I hopped between various bikes set up on turbo trainers trying to decide whether to buy one or not. Glad I did. Was built and ready to collect in about 3-4 days.

I’ve just been given a new Vivaro in work and it’s limited to 75mph (actually 72mph on the satnav). Pulling away is quick enough and it does go when you get your foot down, right until you hit 75 and it’s like someone is easing the brakes on. I hated it at first, but done 6 weeks and 7k miles and I’ve just adjusted to it. The only time it gets annoying is when you pull out to overtake someone on the motorway who has been doing 60-65 for the last mile and as soon as you get alongside, their speed creeps up and you end up sitting next to them, both doing 72mph. But I just give up, back off and pull back in or they come up to a slower car/hgv and they have to slow down. No problems on single carriageway nsl roads so far, just have to time it and plan ahead abit more before overtaking. If I was buying for myself and had the choice… I probably wouldn’t have it limited, I do about 50k miles a year and it really doesn’t bother me just plodding along at 65 on the motorway.

I use event-tyres.co.uk and would recommend them. They’ve always been cheapest for me, fitter has always arrived at the house on time, never had any problems. I found them cheaper than Blackcircles etc. Used to use Camskill, but Event only came up about £10 a tyre more expensive, and I don’t have to leave the house to get them fitted.

@kevhl Either a bit of photoshopping going on, or whoever laid out that speedo can’t count: Look at the big numbers: 100…120…140…what comes next?Oh yeah, must be 180. Hmmm.

Looks like a vw dash in the picture, my transporter goes 60, 70, 80, 100

I ordered some bits from them last year that were listed as in stock on the website. Parts turned up nearly 4 weeks later, but only after several phone calls and emails. Won’t be using them again.

I’ve got a Samsung smart tv. You can browse the web on it but its abit of a pain. Good for stuff like YouTube/BBC iPlayer/Redbull tv. Mine has WiFi built in, some come ‘wifi ready’ but require a dongle type thing to connect. Or you can just plug it straight into the router with a cable if you wanted.

Elixir 5 on my Heckler and Elixir R on the hardtail. The 5’s are 18 months old and get used about once a week, had to bleed the rear once with a kit off eBay and been fine since. No problems with the R’s in 12 months of occasional use. Pads are easy to change. Really quick and easy to align. Once I centre them on the rotors, they don’t need doing again until the next pad change. Maybe I’ve been lucky.

Listings been pulled? Just comes up ‘Your search returned 0 items’

I paid about £6 or £7 for an eBay one that works perfectly well.