Cheers

Stu, what bars are you riding with?

up to approx 45 miles on a sunday now, hope to have in the 60-70 miles by July

Will this be good enough? 8O

Chopped my Flux in last year for a Ti456, not missing the rear boing whatsoever, ride a rigid SS too!!!

Moto 2 looks amazing, should this be the way forward for motogp?

Had a squirt sample, binned the remainder of it due to having a squeeky chain after a couple of hours on mendip, never happened with pedros Ice wax 2.0 so will stick with what i'm used to.

out for a good 50 mile off/on roader tomorrow on SS

Cheaneys in Desborough

That's where i'm from….coooool

My dad used to wear leather soled shoes and reckons they are absolute death in snow and ice….. ABSOLUTELY.

Wouldn't wear leather shoes in snow and ice as soon salt stains will become apparent, and the soles would be soaked before you know it and feet will get cold.

Snnow and Ice = Wellies or walking boots

Loakes are very good shoes across all kind of budgets, when looked after they will always repair nicely being a better quality shoe.

I would always recommend when repairing them to have a long sole rather than a half sole, a stronger repair rather than a join across the 'waist' of the shoe (half sole)

Would always recommend if going for welted footwear, check the shoe is a full leather shoe including the insole, not with a fibreboard lining.
These will take a little bit longer to break in but will hold their shape better.

Try to not wear the same pair of shoes day after day, this will give the shoes time to recover and dry out from being worn and then last you longer.

If you do use shoe trees, only leave on for the first 24 hours from when last worn, this is the time when the fibres in the leather are still warm and will help put the shoes back in natural shape, any longer and the shoe is liable to be gradually moved into distorted shape.

Oliver Sweeney imo of having to repair do not come anywhere close in quality and manufacture to a pair of Churchs, Trickers or Alfred Sargents.

But nowhere near as bad as Samuel Windsor

Possibly the poorest quality handmade shoes I have ever had the displeasure of repairing in 25 years

Yeti, why not have the sole fully replaced with a long sole which goes the full length of the shoe under the heel block.

Send me some pictures and I can give you an honest response regarding repairing of them.

My dream bike was bought for me by Mrs C a little over a year ago, mainly used before anything else.

Custom Curtis 853

Time is a precious thing both for family and biking, I ride twice a week off road minimum, this mainly involves a very late finish on a thursday, normally from 7pm till 11pm and then out by 6am on a sunday to be home between 12 and 1pm, Mrs C is very understanding and we share the household chores to ease pressure.
Take junior C out now and then on short rides in the evening during the summer to keep his biking interest too.

using pedros ice wax for years now gone on to ice wax 2.0, works for me all year round in Mendip sh1te

Mate is waiting for a Ti….seems to have taken forever with very little/poor communications

Going through the same train of thought with my hope ProII SS hub, worn two sets of bearings out in little over a year, looking at skf from Simply bearings ….£71 for stainless set or 23 for CRC hope kit, tuff call

Better team won in the end….

Kwakker green???

Giordana is a good substitute, use the Giordana Tenax Laser Bib Shorts A413 , well comfy and a good price from CRC

Back in the day, didn't keep it long as it was **** awful, sold it on for a merlin ti hardtail

Thanks

age of vehicles concerned please??

No riding for me as Mrs C home from hospital so i'll be doing the nurse thing :wink:

Had my L200 3 years now, just ordered a new one after lots of looking about, even looked at going back to estate, T5 or other Pick-ups.
Yes they are a bit cumbersome in town but for shuffling sh1t3 to the dump, transporting dogs, bikes, kids and all other general crap I just couldn't want for anything else.
Currently get 32 mpg

LBS has their supply but no subs copy for me yet

I'm looking after the boy due to Mrs C in Hospital, no ride but plenty of chores instead

I had one of those^^^ Clio Williams series 1, the bestest handling car I ever had, regulary getting into all kinds of mischief in it, baby came and the car was no longer the star :?

>>>over there

would recommend some Jones bars, just to finish it off

Colin, think of the weight you are losing in total….. :twisted:

Mate's getting the Pipedream sirius Ti with sliders too

Selling a 24" wheel kona Hula if your interested, looking for £180 + carriage

3hrs on a Thursday
6 hours on a Sunday
Commuting again 3 times a week for 3 hours per day

Based in Wells, also have some wheel bags too.

Have a planet X stored at work….you can borrow for a deposit if local in somerset??

local engineers..free or coffee money

Crikey ..which is bigger 5 bar gate or the Dekerf???

Pace has mech hanger….look closer

pipedream sirius???