Stanton Slackline – a little spendier, but very lovely.

https://www.stantonbikes.com/product/slackline-853-next-gen-standard-complete/%5B/url%5D

Take a look at the BikeYoke Revive – the 160 version has a lower stack height than a 150 Reverb.

This chart is missing some of the newer models, but still useful.

Use ours loads, favourites are :

Lots of spinach + pear + grape + chia seeds + water.

Banana + milk + peanut butter + cacao nibs / powder. Freeze the bananas for extra luxury.

Intense Spider 275A fits the bill.

I like my Wileyfox Swift 2 Plus, although I’ve not got much to compare it to. For £149 though it seems like a lot of phone.

They’ve just pushed an Android 7 update as well and dropped Cyanogen which is a big improvement.

Check out Hollywood racks, simple but strong and secure.

Check your booking options carefully kids..

BikeYoke Triggy?

https://www.bikeyoke.de/en/triggy-front.html

PP do their own headsets (had one in my OKA frame), pretty sure that they also do reducer crowns for them to allow you to run a straight steerer.

Useful (and potentially expensive..) information on 1x boost setups and crank compatibility here :

http://int.oneupcomponents.com/pages/understanding-chainline-for-optimal-1x-conversions-boost-and-non-boost

neilforrow – Member

Loved my hustler – a really forward thinking bike when it was first released.

Good luck to them!

Agreed, my Hustler was a fab little bike, and I’ve still got my 2002 Hummer – mainly used for child towing duties these days, but still a lovely bike.

Stanton Switchback or Switchback Ti would fit the bill.

Another vote for the Yepp Mini, really quick and easy to attach / detach. The adapters are inexpensive as well, we have them on multiple bikes.

+1 for Robert Fisk, and also Patrick Cockburn. They both still write for the online version, but it’s pretty thin gruel otherwise.

New Commencal Meta Trail (v4.2) is worth a look.

Last time I tried, couldn’t squeeze past the fencing as they’ve dumped loads of rocks and trees along it.

If you drop a bit lower down into the woods, there are a couple of trails which lead to the main trail up through the chase – after that it’s just a short climb up to the firepit area.

Going up the road and in the top is easier, but I like the traversing trail through the cow fields – it’s just a nice ride. When it’s dry, at any rate..

http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/readers-say-samways-cycles-closure-is-terrible-shame-for-derby/story-29717044-detail/story.html

Interesting that the directors say they don’t think they were doing anything wrong – pretty much says it all unfortunately. They’ve always been quite conservative though, and even when they tried out more boutique items, it always seemed a bit half-hearted and never worked out. I remember they had a Mk1 Intense Tracer in there for a few years which they had to sell cheap eventually. Happened with various other brands as well (Cove, Transition and not forgetting that Sanderson frame which was part of the furniture) – they never seemed to be able to diversify. I was told that bike to work had been keeping them going for the past few years, but that’s dropped off considerably. As has been said above, other players have taken big chunks of their business (and done it better too). The shop has been noticeably sparse recently as well, and I did wonder which direction they were going in.

Think I prefer the inverted method, but I’ve only had mine a couple of weeks and still experimenting. Water temperature makes a big difference whichever method I use.

Not noticed any plasticky taste, although a chap at work said his made plastic tasting coffee when it was new.

It’s a real shame. Always had good service from them, and they went out of their way to help me out on several occasions.

I think her 2014 best was due to a bad year for Rachel.

True up to a point, but there was more competition in 2014 – both Nicole and Ragot were racing. Competitiveness in the Women’s has dropped right off this season – at least Nicole was back for the Worlds.

“many extra parts”

Yepp Mini owner here, and really happy with it. Slight knees out riding position required, but don’t notice after a while. Very quick and easy to attach / detach.

Yeah, it’s the BW from Hollins Cross to Castleton.

Bike discount sell the adapters :

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/cyclus-plunger-1-1-2-for-press-in-tool-451157/wg_id-1344

Stanton switchback steel all the way

Loved my MK I steel. Bloody great bike. I’m now on the Ti version…[/quote]

My mk1 steel Switchback is ace. Please tell me the Ti is rubbish, so I don’t have to buy one.

I’ve got Crohns, never had a problem getting insurance for the Alps. Have always used DogTag, and each time they did some extra (and pretty rudimentary) screening but that was it.

We got ours from http://www.followmetandem.co.uk

That’s where we got ours too – think that’s CycleSense. Anyway, they were really helpful following my initial enquiry, and were a pleasure to deal with all round.

Order a spare metal strip when you do (the one that goes round the down tube with the holes in) I very nearly cut mine in the wrong place and the second will be handy when they go up a wheel size as they have to be cut pretty precisely to the tube size. Take your time getting it just right.

All very good advice.

Also ensure you have have a comprehensive dictionary of profanity to hand, and consider growing a few extra arms to assist with fitting the bloody thing.

That said, once it’s all setup the FollowMe is really quick and easy to use.

FollowMe is a bit of a contraption and initial setup is a pain, but once that’s done it’s great. Attaching and detaching the kids bike is quick and easy, and towing with it attached feels fine – having it attached at the dropouts makes a real difference. They’re pricy, but I like ours a lot and would happily recommend.

I’ve had mixed results with Gripit fixings on drylined walls – one pair went in fine, but when installing another pair I had to drill into the dab for one of the fixings. In theory this is not a problem – just undercut the dab, but in doing so some broke away leaving nothing for the gripit wings to hold on to. End result? A fairly useless hole in the wall :o\

(edit) A neighbour has had good results with these, not tried them myself : http://www.drylinepro.com/%5B/url%5D

Ouch. Get well soon!

Logical negation, apparently

!in any of the languages I use.

Another vote for a Pinnacle Lithium, spot on for what you describe.

I’ve got a similar commute and ride a Tripster ACE which is great, but think I would go for a Lithium if I didn’t have it.

My commute sounds very similar to yours, mixture of road, dirt track, bit of singletrack, 5-6 miles depending on route choice. Had a Sirrus for a while, perfectly adequate but never really did it for me.

In true ‘recommend what you own’ style, I’ll say get one of these :

http://www.kinesisbikes.co.uk/Catalogue/Models/Adventure/Tripster-ACE

I’ve had it for a year now and it’s great. Light, fast, and fun – an excellent commuter and good for a spot of messing around on the way.

Never really been a fan of Sasha’s original productions, although as a DJ (epsecially in the early to mid 90’s) he was peerless. He is a superb remixer though, Creative Thieves, Jomanda and Hysterix spring to mind among many others.

Was listening to this at work this week, still stands up (in the main).

We had a similar situation, 30’s semi, extension on hill, proximity to storm drain (3m deep).

We were advised by a structural engineer to go with piling and commissioned foundation designs accordingly – Severn Trent said no, they are very wary when it comes to unconventional foundations.

After working with building control, a different engineer, and our builder we specced deep trench foundations which were acceptable to Severn Trent, and much cheaper than the piles. Still bloody expensive, mind.

ransos – Member

Again, the risk of a wonky cut is eliminated by cutting between two old stems

He’s right you know.

Of course, if you’re a complete idiot you may well end up sawing halfway through one of the stems whilst wondering why sawing through a steerer is such hard work.

Not that I’ve done that you understand, but as you can never be too careful I use an old stem to fix, then old spacers as the cutting guides.

It gives a much better result than a pipe cutter, largely because it doesn’t flare the steerer.

Sounds like the Monsal Trail.

Yeah, definitely worth switching to VS2015.

Microsoft have just bought Xamarin as well, which means iOS / Android dev in C# which is so easy it’s almost cheating.

Dunne – Espiral please :

And for the Italo connoisseurs – a bit of L.A.N.D.R.O. would be nice :