This thread is useless without pics I’m afraid

2nd from the right, and I’m on the left 😆

Thank you for all the replies, I know the real basics and have some common sense 😉 but the whole mechanics of it is a little confusing.

Firstly I live in Sweden so it makes it a little more complicated as tax breaks are different etc. I guess I could move some money over to my UK account but as it costs every time money is transferred and depends on the exchange rate then maybe it isn’t so viable!? I guess I need an expert who knows English vs Swedish finance :?.

We have no loans and only a small mortgage, one of the lucky ones I guess through hard work and luck with the UK housing market, we bought low and sold at the peak. Lived in a flat for 3.5 years and now bought a house in Sweden during the low-ish period. Smart with money, no eating out or cocaine habit to support etc 😆

My wife already has some stock shares that her dad invested for her about 20years ago and that continues to grow nicely, so she already has a pension fund up and running. I don’t, I had to cash in my pension when I left the UK and I’m not currently putting anything away here.

Our bank here has offered their service of some sort of tracking fund, but I don’t want to jump in without knowing more about it. We’re currently saving £250 a month and I’m looking at an investment period of 18 years for a Uni type fund, and 27 years for my pension.

If I can do some more research first then I think it will help me go talk to the bank again or another adviser perhaps.

We just stick the bottles in a large pan every few days and boil for a few mins, haven’t bothered with a specific machine. In between they are simply washed in hot water with washing up liquid, then rinsed in cold water. That’s what was recommended to us over here by the midwives etc.

mumsnet lol, they seem to leak after being shaken, which you need to do to mix the powder/water etc. Always assembled correctly and tightened. I must admit though, Mrs Bream seems to have a much higher bottle leakage rate 😕

Like I said before, looking at the design it shouldn’t be possible, maybe we got a bad couple or somat 😐

Anyway, Nan jubblies all the way now 😆

Sorry to go all OT, but is it only us that thinks the Dr Brown’s bottle are crap, they seem to leak 75% of the time, god knows how mind as technically they shouldn’t 😥

Given up now and switching over to Nan jobbies as they don’t leak.

Pockets, all the room I need, even for all dayers 😀

Gone like a flash 😆

Switch-BacksDH rocks 8)

It is tempting, what are the weight differences from the lefty and say a Fox F100 29er RLC QR15?

Interesting, his TB is an XXL yet he’s only 6’4″!? I’m 6’2″ and was planning on a L as I ride a L Giant Anthem currently. No chance of a test ride based on my location. What size do you ride?

Interesting to see he runs ZTR hubs on 355 29er rims with DT Revolution spokes and Fox F100 29er RLC QR15 fork

Looks heavy to me, lots of internals, must be much heavier than a current XTR/X0 setup? But, at least someone is trying, leads to future innovation etc 8)

I live and ride/race in the Southern part of Sweden so the majority of my trails are natural single track, quite flat and very fast, with an amount of fire road type surfaces. No real downhill rocky/downhill stuff etc, and trails centres don’t exist over here yet 😉

So hence the lightweight build desire without neglecting some sort of normal reliability of course.

I race both short course and marathon, my choice of the TB really comes down to the type of trails and race courses we have here. I am now totally convinced the TB would be the perfect match for my local trails and the race scene.

How wide are the Reynolds carbon rims and are the tubs or clinchers, can seem to see them listed on their website?

willsimmons – Member
On-One have some carbon 29er wheels coming out if you really fancy splashing a load of cash.

Are they likely to arrive this year? any more info?

Hmm, 943g 29er wheels, I guess if you have to ask the price you can’t afford 😆

I have 24 hole XC3 hubs now and like them a lot, so thought about trying to keep them, but it seems that this isn’t really possible if there are no 24 holed 29er rims available.

Plus, my XC3 wheels were meant to be race only type wheels and yet in nearly 2 years of riding the have only needed 1 spoke replacing with a nipple tweak!

Do people really not use ZTR race for anything other than race days?

And if ZTR race are too fragile for normal use, what is the next step down? Flows?

cynic-al – Member

I was joking, sorry.
But were you 😕

Hmm, but can you buy a decent 24 hole 29er rim?

Sounds about right 😆

If I wanted the best highend rim only, what would they be? ZTR race?

Tempted to keep my XC3 hubs and just fit bigger rims, but that would mean no 20mm 🙁

Yep, I struggled though having recently becoming committed to a lifestyle that included copious amounts of booze and fast women. I think that was probably my last or one of my last races until I started riding seriously again in the 90’s.

😆 It was well before the booze took over for me, still all innocent etc, I did the schoolboy event and won, but then again there was only about 5 entrants lol, after the 1st 20m dropped the others and did the whole road on my tod with a bugger headwind, happy days 8)

1984 if my memory serves me right, aged 12, Derby to Matlock charity ride starting and finishing from Roller World. Completed on my record sprint, 40 miles felt like and all dayer 😆

Hey samuri, did you do that road race on the Chapel en le Frith bypass when it was built/opened in 1987, happy days 🙂

A 6 week old baby boy and a new house has meant I haven’t ridden properly for 7 wks! About on top of things now so hopefully will be out next weekend.

Top tip that uplink, have you used them? If so what did you ship and what was the cost/service like?

Can you actually buy a frameset only anywhere in the world just now?

Err, granted, my math was rather poor, it’s all this bike space blowing my mind, it’s 23m3 not m2 🙁

Anyway, the room has strip lighting so all good there, I think I need to draw it out on paper like said before. I think I’ll try and split the room if poss with a training/crash side and workshop the other. Then mount the projector on one wall side opposite the trainer so I don’t block the projected image, want to try and keep the picture size as large as poss. Will also keep and eye out for an old comfy sofa or similar, maybe I should get a sofa bed for when the wife kicks me out or a lock-in 😆

But first things first, recon I’ll get everything out and paint the floor next. What about the walls, should I leave them bare or would it help with a coat of paint?

Also, what temperature should I keep the room at, min as poss to keep the el costs down but high enough to keep the damp at bay?

Genesis Croix De Fer 2010 would meet your criteria, Evans are selling them for 899: Evans

The CX300s are an ok budget option, I personally have had Ultimate Ears for 3 years now after moving over from Shures and have been very impressed.

A good review HERE , also a good place to buy, I've been very impressed with their customer service 8)

They suggest the SoundMAGIC PL30 are the best budget option for 35 quid.

Beautiful, wish I could go 😥

Any more news on the Anthem 29er yet, last thing I heard was Giant has pulled their release date back due to a problem?

I don't think its apples for apples with the iphone though, different price class, would be iphone vs desire to be fair.

Get mine this week so fingers crossed, they read well in the reviews, I wanted the Desire but it was out of my work budget and the Wildfire seems to be a poor mans Desire so it should be good. Runs Android so all good there, the minus points are a slower processor, lowish battery life and smaller/lower quality screen.

But all in all, it should do me well 😀

Fair enough, I know how that goes, I have plenty of similar contacts for kit but nothing for SC 🙁

^^^ Maybe so, but in an ellesse sweatshirt, come on 😆

I like my TB but there is no getting away from the fact that it is expensive. I have a few connections and was able to get a very good deal on mine, not sure I'd want to be paying full price for one though.

Any chance you could help me get a similar deal 😉 Would be sure to make it worth your while with beer tokens or similar 8) No way I'm paying RRP!

I think the TB maybe what I'm after now moving away from the SF and I can't wait this spring 11 for the anthem!

Fantastic, I'm a total fan, I use to work next to a flying Spitfire here in southern Sweden, even got to sit in the cockpit, the owner owns the Swedish version of Halfords and is very rich. He also has a flying Mustang. Used to make my day watching it roar about the skies, stunning to watch and hear.

Unfortunately the Spitfire crashed a couple of weeks back killing the pilot, RIP, really unlucky as the plane is hardly damaged: Spitfire crash in Norway

And does anyone know anything about the Niner RIP 9, seems to be some good deals on the frames only in the US?

🙁

I was really hoping the Giant would be here sooner rather than later!

What do people think about the weight of the Anthem 29er in comparison to the carbon Superfly 100 and Tallboy?

The Tallboy is some 750 USD more than the Anthem and there seems to be no stock of the Superfly frames!

Bakes speaks the truth, when I hosted Top Gear mag the Stig arrived in the form of an outfit and I stuck my test driver into it for the photo shoot.

Much a fuss about nothing really 🙄

Chris is very passionate about his bikes; his bikes are extremely well made with fantastic personal customer service. I have a couple of friends who have been riding/racing their frames this year and they highly rate them.

Been toying with a custom Ti 29er myself, in fact, if the wife would let me have another bike then I would have already placed the order 8)