I’ve stayed there – it a good place 🙂

not self catering but http://www.bryntyrchinn.co.uk/index.htm
is a great place

I have a new subscription but no mag has arrived yet 🙁 🙁 🙁

silly to say “avoid” in this case. Merlin are good in my experience

Speak as I find. Over the years I’ve had two sets of quality wheels from Hinde with no problem.
Pretty happy tbh !

maybe we could have incremental clip on wheel size increasing rings!

with the appropriate dropout extender widgits:-)

25″ wheels

listed at

http://www.madison.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?&tier1=Transmission+Components&tier2=Chainrings&catref=1ML%209802

so you “ought” to be able to get your LBS to order one

good luck – let us know if you get one – I have the same chainset

I had a car painted with blue Hammerite too – lovely!

I have valve caps to match tyre sidewall colour, makes me smile not sad 🙂

No it doesn’t seem to. I just checked that in my profile the visibility was public . When I hit the Facebook button it turns to a green tick temporarily, but then nothing appears on facebook

I hadn’t heard of them before this thread, but I will look now to see what that have

Funny how warm 3 C feels int it

We are :-). Between 2 and 6 inches here

Yes, there are much bigger injustices in the world that people just have to bear ( eg the other poor guy on the forum who lost his son) – suggest the OP takes a big deep breath and calls it a day

interesting isn’t it. we have some trails on local FC land and have asked to help maintain them, but while they say they’re not totally against it – they arn’t exactly doing anything in a hurry to let us help

I liked it too (the video not just the snowman)

well that’s true but I didn’t know which number might be wrong. My 14 and a half year old son (who is nearly 6′ and will also ride 25 miles – actually a little more) and I just had a conversation wondering if your son was 4 and a half but had ridden 2.5 miles 😆

we were lucky enough to borrow a small bianchi tri bike when he was 12

but anyway well done to you – it sounds as though he is very advanced

do you really mean 4 and a half or 14 and a half years old?

if he’s only 4 and a half is he really safe on the road? or are you off roading?

its great he’s so keen either way, but don’t push him too hard

it’s oh so easy to put you son off

if you can, try borrowing a bike – he will grow so fast you will be hard pressed to keep buying new bikes each year or two

2013 Bianchi blue

I think viewranger (free iphone app) might do what you want

Also 5’8″ here. Tried a few 29er – havent found one yet that feel right for me. Still on rigid 26er but with XT 2 x 10 which is great

+1 andyrm 😆

that vid looks good enought to make even me want / think about a new bike

nice to see a company still offering good choice in 26er (because I’m not 6 foot plus and dont need a 29er)

And I remember when a Marin Team Ti was the superbike to lust after.

yes, I remember that – I went and test rode one once, even though there wasn’t a cat in hell’s chance of affording one:-)

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Not saying there arnt some positives, but the idea that the industry has been selling on those points is pretty laughable

oh geometry! Guys, guys…. hang on a minute weve all missed the point – 29ers arnt to do with wheel size

However, the wheel size isn’t where the real benefit lies with the 29″.

Say what?

But rigid forks are much lighter, so they don’t hit the bumps so hard

Nothing wrong with rigid forks, they are much lighter so don’t hit the bumps so hard;-)

No they are slower to accelerate but also slower to decelerate which makes them faster when carrying speed is more critical – but slower when changing speed is more critical.

but on virtually all courses, accelerating (to speed up, slow down or turn corners) is important. You need to think about what is the result of having heavier, larger diameter wheels in practical terms. Maybe if you want to achieve a speed record down a straight hill then OK, but back in the real world, the physics says bigger wheels slower / need more power

Yes, bigger diameter wheels are heavier and require more force to accelerate , so unless you have unlimited power they are slower .

He lied all the time for years. He lied explicitly on camera

Mine is working fine 🙂

Welland Valley Viaduct

Just stay clipped in from. The start

think a scumbag with a big screwdriver might be more worth worrying about

Fully aware of why I used that word

check out the second definition
that’s ununravelable to me 😆