Clubber – yep usually a Shimano 43. Can’t say I’ve noticed them being particulary more/less ventilated than anything else I’ve used. The toe area appears quite reinforced compared to some others – the side effect of which is that there is less mesh around the toe than some.

Got last years model – look functionally identical to the pic. Had them for about six months and still seem to clean up as good as new after each ride, no noticiable wear or falling-apart-issues. Only things I can think of to comment on:

– typical Shimano, they are stout and ‘boot like’ compared to, say, Sidi disco slippers, but seem light enough
– not tried them in true winter kack – they are quite airy, esp around the toe box
– try before you buy. Went for my usual 43, but would prob have gone one size smaller as I am near the limit of the ratchet even using the ‘other’ bolt position for the ratchet mechanism which causes the tongue to bunch up a touch as it’s trying to close so much. To be fair though, this doesnt seem to have introduced any pressure points. Oh, and if you do the ratchet right up to the limit while wearing them, it is the devils work to try and get the damn thing to release…. you have been warned! 😉

Castle Coombe on a Thursday night through the summer…

If possible when it’s bottled, store it somewhere dark/out of sunlight, if not you’ll find it can loose a bit of colour, doesn’t impact on the taste though.

You have seen the threads about ‘The Shed’ (TM), haven’t you?? 😉

Alfine 11/Versa-11 user here.

If you don’t have the instructions, you’re not missing much – they’re p!ss poor! Better off following the cabling instructions with the hub (IIRC – been several months since I set mine up…)

If the shifter is in 6th and the yellow dots are lining up, either..

– You have a cabling issue, per Al’s comment (most likely – smooth cabling is an absolute must)
– There is something wrong with the hub (mine ran like a bag of nails for a few hundred miles, but has been rock-solid since…. unlike some on here unfortunately)
– There is something wrong with the cassette joint

EDIT: Also check that cable is following the groove in the cassette joint as you go through the gears and is not outside the slot – it will not index as the cable pull between gears will change (….done this…..), also if it’s in a Pompetamine frame and the hub is right forward in the slot, the cassette joint may catch the weld on the end of the chainstay in certain gears (….and this….) just cut a bit of a lump off the cassette joint that you put your thumb on to detension the system, and also make sure you’ve put the cable stop nut into the cassette joint the right way round, so the cable isn’t wrapped over the top (hard to explain, but I did this as well the first time….. 😳

HtS – Triple chainset fail, but red is the fastest colour (FACT), so it probably balances out…..

Sorted now – Reboot machine, re-share folder with ‘everyone’, check permissions, all good. 30 seconds after the reboot its working as intended using the procedure I thought I should use and have been using all this morning to try and set it up. Random.

Thanks all

My next post will be entitled something along the lines of ‘…Spoofing MAC addresses on Vista for a ligitimate purpose – what am I doing wrong….’ as this is next on my list 😉

Cougar – not a system folder. It’s a new folder off the primary drive containing some software documentation – nothing particularly special. A sub dir off of Users sounds like a neat way to go…. the thing that’s bugging me is that I’ve successfully shared another folder before on this system without this hastle…. but can’t remember what was different/I did differently then 😐

Will have another play in a bit – keep the ideas coming…..

The road bike surely (unless the weather is biblical)?!?! You’ll be broken by the end of it with the LHT, esp if there is signficant climbing/draggy roads.

You will need to set permisions on the sharing tab and on the security tab of the folder properties

Pretty sure I tried that and it was still locked – will have another look.

What I don’t get is why it’s showing a locked symbol/what it actually means? If I knew what it was locking then it might make things easier to diagnose. Google hasn’t revealed much, other than links tot he Win7 Homegroup sharing walk-through…… though I accept my google poers may be weak on this one…..

Nope – currently all turned off……

Summer riots…. winter discontent…. typically British 😉

He ^^^ was on the (non wind-up, definitely digital) radio the other day – not quite the ‘mad-bloke-in-a-shed’ I thought he was. Very shrewd, good communicator – getting on a bit yes, but he still seemed to have a sound head on his shoulders.

I have nothing of use to add here….. move along…….

I am a born cynic but its best to be on your guard – it could be a case of the car was mobility- bought by someone and ran as a taxi then wound back

I will check/ask the questions when I go back for a second look and do the haggling. How hard is it to clock an electronic milometer (actaully pretty easy I guess with the right kit)? The inside and interior trim was immaculate….

Trader seems to be as-ok-as-any-used-car-salesman-I’ve-ever-met, but point taken 😉

If the log book still shows it’s classed as ‘disabled use’, but it still carries a valid tax disc for a number of months, I assume I/he should change the tax class and pay for/get a new tax disc before I can legally drive it on the road (this would seem abundantly sensible, but you never know…. 😉

All good stuff – thanks. I do vaguely recall the tax issue as I nearly bought another ex-motability car several years ago. It is currently taxed, so will be interesting to see what the log book says.

No petrol – 08 plate…..less than 8000 miles on the clock

Good points – certainly no evidence of anything being added and then removed in the cabin. May enquire with insurance co though.

Well out of interest I did look at my policy and I have public liability – does that really cover me for 3rd party claims on my bike?

Believe so. Example – many moon ago, while I was at Uni, my parents house insurance happily paid up when I was in collision with a car (all my own fault – still have the scars) without any quibble. Had similar’good’ experiences on my own policy more recently.

As aracer says – standard house insurance has covered me for 3rd party loses for collisions while on my bike in the past. No better or worse than the basic CTC/BC package (AFAIK).

Looks like a network problem…… a peaceful afternoon for me…..

My money is on the NDS cup coming slightly loose. Unless I ‘flay’ the things in all three of my road BB’s work themselves slightly loose on the NDS.

Mavic SpeedCity for off-the-shelf-disc-and-rim-700c-and-29er win 🙂 Perhaps not the lightest, but they seem buttery smooth and have been bomb-proof for me so far.

EDIT: does have a braking surface. Halo Aerotrak are light, stiff, strong (non-eyeletted mind) – these have been equally solid as my ‘other’ set of 700c disc wheels

I have always had Flites before, so it didn’t feel like a big change

Actually, that’s a good point – I also went for SLRs after using Flites before as it seemed the logical choice. Thankfully, it was a happy ending.

If you want ‘comfort’, go for the SLR XP…. have one on my nice road bike, fits me fine.

Get a basic 1.0 Yaris and enter the 21st centuary – yes it has engine electronics, but that means it doesn’t drink juice like a Landy, but pretty much everything else is mechanical and can be taken apart/put back together with a metric combination spanner set. My wife had one, and despite us joking that is seemed to powered by an elastic band it cost ****-all to run, sailed though MOT year-after-year, was easy to work on when consumables needed replacing and is mechanically very well thought out. Sold it to a friend when we had kinds and it’s still trundling along.

BUSA DH race on the IoW (circa 200?) was the spectactularly inappropriate location I’ve ever seen (the thing preventing you seeing the finish from the start would have simply been the curvature of the earth it was so flat, rather than vertical drop in altitude….. if it had actually been long enough…. which it wasn’t)

Same situation as you – bought a 321 a couple of years ago for logging up at home and it’s been brilliant. Light, reliable, quiet – I use petrol down the woods, yes, but the 321 is the weapon of choice for logging up at home.

EDIT: Got mine from here http://chainsawspecialists.co.uk/acatalog/Husqvarna_321el_chainsaw.html

Right turn rule…. check
Speeding ticket at 7am in a camper van in the middle of nowhere…. check
Single lane rail bridges on the highways…. check

Nothing more to add – it’s all good 🙂

11-spd user here – first ~200 miles, bag-of-nails…. since then, rock solid. Using it as a road commuter in a Pompetamine. Makes a lot of sense in this application. It does ride/heavy/a bit draggy compared to my ‘nice’ geared road bike, but this is offset by zero faffage.

Should have had it’s first oil change last week – despite explaining on the phone when booking it in and at the time I dropped it off that it was 11 SPEED and that the maintenance procedure was utterly different to an 8 speed, the lbs still took it and then gave me a sheepish phone call a couple of hours later admitting they didn’t have the service kit or oil/ would need to order it/would I like to book it after they get it from Madison (in nearly two months time…..)

So, for any Bristol-dwellers, Bike UK will have the 11-speed service kit and oil after Sept 14th and will have practised on mine first! 😉

….so its not even worth all the hassle of sharpening them

You are kidding aren’t you?? 😯 The sharpening kit is less than the cost of the chain and will keep a chain sharp for aaaaaagggggggeeeeeeesssssss

I’ve got a 321 for logging up at home, several years use now and no issues. Brilliant little saw. Yes the cable is ridiculously short – single-socket extension lead sorts it out.

Breakeryard does seem to top the google list – might give’um a whirl.

It’s a driveshaft for a 84 or 85 MkII Granada…..it’s a long story 😉

Give it nine months and find out for sure…..

Alright then, option 4)…. but find something you can bear to look at everyday and not think ‘….I wish I’d done it differently…’

Took me nearly 6 years to save enough to completely gut downstairs/move walls around/replace electrics/replaster every surface/new kitchen/move gas and electricity meters/fit wood burner and redecorate the lot in one hit. Lot of money and effort, but very satisfied now its done.

If it was me, it’d be option 1)….. do it once, do it right.

…..but a complete nightmare trying to get a seat in his restaurant

I was thinking the same thing! 😉

Are you on commission for posting thread resurection links?

A couple of others as well – I call SSPPPPPAAAAAMMMMMMMMM!!!! 🙂

Sounds good – ta.

HOLY <must not avoid the swear filter>?!?!?!?! THAT’S HUUUUGGGEEEE 😯