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  • Chain Reaction Powers The Singletrack Forum
  • althepal
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    Bleed your rads.. If that doesn’t cure it get the plumber that changed the valve back out to fix.. Air maybe needs bled out the pump..
    Basically try and sort the stuff you can do- then get a professional out.

    althepal
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    Revs of they suit your axle..

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    What Klein photo?

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    Ours used to have it but was removed many years ago.. (70s Barratt type semi) still have some ducts in place but we now have a couple of units and a large american fridge freezer in the kitchen in the space that the thing occupied.
    As far as I know all the houses on our estate, bar one or two mental, cat loving old lady-owned houses have got rid of it !

    althepal
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    Jeezo! That beam is nearly as substantial as your floor slab!

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    Indeed!

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    That eBay one looks very like the original smudge/mtbbatteries one..

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    Looked up the Japanese coal-mining island also- mental eh?

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    That is awesome.

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    Good to see the old mindless drivel threads still going eh?

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    Aw, I was gonna grab a perch and see how this went as well..

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    Cheers KCR!

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    An expansion of the old rather than a whole new build? Think I prefer that idea to GT’s Peelcentre..
    Mind you – haven’t seen the plans or any pics..

    althepal
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    Aye.. Guessing it needs wound up again to re-tension it before puttingbit back on.
    Don’t have a clue bout the make but it’s all good- sure I’ll figure it out after some tea and swearing..
    Ta anyways.

    althepal
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    Done the same as up there- much closer to the wheel and works very well. Took a while to
    Get it sitting just right so it doesn’t rub though.

    althepal
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    Slammed mine on a bit of wood today- fekked up the wires on one side. Fixed that but gubbed the other side. Both now tangled.. May have detached the big spring letting it unwind itself in the process- is it going to be a major pita to fix?
    Door closed and locked- still kinda useable thankfully!

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    So- next question- how long does their delivery usually take?

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    Wouldn’t take any combo of spaces- ended up using the in laws postcode which is just round the corner- phew!

    althepal
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    Can’t seem to order a seatpost- won’t accept my address?? Any help?

    althepal
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    No much on my doorstep so
    I’m usually looking at a half hour drive or cycle before I’m off-road but to be honest I dont get too hung up on it.
    Would love if we could all leave our houses snd be straight onto singletrack but the worlds not like that, guess I’m happy that we all just love bikes !

    althepal
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    V good shout.. Gonna have to wait til morning for approval though..sigh.

    althepal
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    Pretty sure they’re mostly 135.. Although the newer one with interchangeable dropouts might differ..
    What year/model?
    (not the best advice I know…)
    My 09 with the older carbon swingarm is deffo 135 though.

    althepal
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    Er, you were driving a Ford when you crashed ripping the nail off?
    Sounds like it could have been a lot worse?’

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    I fitted Pace RC40s (130mm) on my 575 frame when I first got it. Didn’t have the finances to buy a new fork at the time and 140 was the supposed minimum you would want on that frame.
    Got the bike shop to fIt an external cup headset which added about 10mm to the height as a stop gap seemed fine and climbed well!
    I did notice the difference when I stuck my new 150 revs on though..

    althepal
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    I remember wearing a headset and mostly hearing “YOURE A FAG!!!!” over and over..
    Guy I shared s flat with was well into it and got me hooked. Set up a wee LAN in the flat cos it had two wee broom cupboards!
    Happy times although the folk who knew the bugs and would climb up into walls, camp and then snipe.

    althepal
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    I had slightly used NNs go onto traverse EL rims with only a track pump.. Took a bit of shoogling to get them all sealed but went up ok. Was my first time on tubeless too!

    althepal
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    I remember a few years ago came across a guy on Spooky Woods that had come up short and done something similar but to both knees- one was all the way open, and the other was similar to yours- ended up helping carry him down on a scoop after I’d cleaned him up a bit and dressed them both..
    It was the yellow fatty tissue that I’ve always remembered!

    althepal
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    What he said^. As much as we have to drive in a progressive (and safe) manner I find myself driving a bit slower as conditions dictate. Ie, a bit faster at nights, slower during the day, much slower at around 15:00..
    It can be hard going though- especially if we have to go from one end of the city to another at rush hour for, say, an arrest. Always seem to go a wee bit faster for those!

    althepal
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    To be fair, red lights are supposed to be treated as give ways..
    Although where the crash occurred is a pretty big, open junction and visibility shouldn’t have been an issue- unless there was very heavy traffic.
    Three calls for officer in danger is about as bad as it gets for the police though- when that call comes through, anyone in that part of the city that can is gonna head for it- can only guess he had a fair bit of rest must going on.

    althepal
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    Pc gets off with a more severe charge, paramedic gets done for lesser charge even though person who walked/ ran in front of his response car was drunk, and up to his eyeballs on meds…
    Hmm.
    Edit- poss not up to his eyeballs, but still..
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19651054

    althepal
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    Just get a ride in man!
    Our no2 son is five weeks old and as busy as I am at work I still want to contribute when at home but it’s hard going..
    Think I got out 3 weeks ago for a coupla hours but that was it!!
    With regards to the other sort of riding- we’re both usually asleep before our heads hit the pillow!!

    althepal
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    Brilliant!

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    Yep. Know what you mean.. Saw her on a stand up to cancer ad and thought- you’re still a very good looking woman, but there’s only Soo much that can be nip or tucked..

    althepal
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    If you want a right laugh google roof bike theft.. Or something similar..
    Takes a score less than 30 secs to remove a very expensive looking bike from someone’s roof bars/carrier- even though it’s locked.
    Use the seat tube/post as a lever, a couple good waggled and it’s sheared off, wee bastards do it in front of a bye stander who does nothing.. Bonkers.

    althepal
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    Sharing is good. As hard as it is sometimes get it Off your chest- just talking to someone usually helps me..
    Even if there’s fek all theycsn do about it it’ll still help.
    Have used the bike and running to distract me but it’s not slways possible nowadays for me..

    althepal
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    Very good! Liked the stage layout.

    althepal
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    As above, depends on spec and level of finish you want..
    Interior walls look ok- maybe just windows and decoration once the wiring and plumbing has been done?
    Are you looking to change the layout? Cos that’s when it’ll prob get expensive.
    I bought a 100 year old tenement flat- still had the coal bunker in the kitchen!
    Reasonable handy so rewired it myself but got a spark I knew in to test it all, fit a new consumer unit and tie it in to the mains, fitted a new wickes kitchen which I got a good discount on, and ended up patching or plasterboarding and finishing a lot of the walls/ceilings where the lathe and plaster was too far gone.. Got a plumber mate in to fit a boiler and central heating.. Then flooring and redecoration.
    Took months of living, eating, and sleeping in the living room but got it done for about £8k. Still own the flat and rent it out now so can’t have been too badly done.
    It was a major pita though, and I did take a lot of time reading up on things, taking advice where I could and getting folk in to help when I wasn’t sure I could do a job myself.

    althepal
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    Have a pair of DX Fakelys, mate who has a couple of pairs of Oakleys can’t tell the difference, also says the optics are almost or as good as his originals.
    Would love to be able to spend Oakley amounts but for the foreseeable Fakleys are fine.

    althepal
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    We have this-

    Maxi cosi Lola-up/streety (not quite sure which one..
    Travel cot is light but sturdy, car seat goes on with adaptors and then in six months or so there’s a pushchair type thing that goes in either forward or back- facing.
    If there’s nothing attached can be folded and taken out with one hand.Fits fine in our focus boot but also in polo boot of in laws.. Has some storage space underneath which is hampered slightly by frame but have been happy with it. Currently being used for DS2 (as they say on mumsnet..).
    All in cost with adaptors for car seat was about £450 I think. Quite happy with it, plenty manoeuvrable and will prob be sold or passed on for someone else to use once we no longer need it.

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