ooh my favourite thing to dig out of peoples feet is ingrowing hairs…I see a few come into clinic with this, mainly hairdressers and the odd dog owner…

splinters are fun too…

remove the tape, fit the yellow stuff as per stans video, put tyre on and remove core inflate hopefully with track pump to seal bead, delflate, squirt the fluid in through valve, inflate to 30 psi,put core back in shake it about and all good

that order is besterist.
edit: forgot soapy water

its called the “geek site” in our house.

i dislike the stans kits, the rubber strip sometimes unseats itself when you change tyres, tape is far better and cheaper too imo

never needed patience, just as easy as replacing a tube IME.

i had a thorn in my leg that looked like that for ages, poked squeezed etc nothing came out but it wouldnt heal up…went at it with a scalpel and some vicious squeezing and out popped the thorn, thought it was a bite at first.
yours looks identical, and a tad infected judging by the surrounding erythema.

aids +1

or a splinter..but most probably aids…pics?

gaffer tape is adequate/good, there is a decent article on it on pinkbike,
thorny punctures will become a thing of the past..

+1 for yogis, they a keen bunch with a good few routes to share, if you move to plympton then give me a shout, a fair few of us ride a few times a week.

oops…meant march! lol @ drac!

@shermer what buses are you thinking of?

there isnt a great deal serving dartmoor and princetown is about as big as it gets on’t moor…if you want transport links then look closer to ivybridge, tavistock, bovey tracy or oke…

afaik there is a bus to princetown.

you can walk from oke to princetown in a day, then carry on to ivybridge the next day completing the dartmoor north to south, Ive done it a few times, its a nice walk.

Plume of feathers pub in princetown has camping/bunkhouse beer etc
No idea north of that I’m afraid,

I’ve got sektors on my 5.
they are nice and (relatively) cheap, good damping upgrades available cheaply too from loco et al..

I run one on my 5, its good once you space it out properly, quiet and safe.
had major issues with it in the alps on my 224 though…which is where i learned to space it out proper like..

we had fireboard put behind ours then some kind of plaster skimmed over that resists cracking with heat(i think, it may be normal plaster for all i know!)? but, for all the precautions even when the stove has been on all day the plasterboard behind the stove (and to the sides)is cool to the touch.
during installation

front room inset

@ mosey, yup
let air out
unscrew can
pull down metal washer from up inside top cap
insert spacer and a little float fluid if needed
screw up can
inflate.

i had to gently file mine in order for them to fit in.

also had good service from loco, top guy….

@twin, surely you could have done the spacer yourself..it takes all of 3 mins to that job? you don’t even have to take the shock off the bike!

I’d get a dropper on that too….

also it appears you seem to be running one of those new ‘folding’ chainrings 😉

i have 2 dare 2b softshells, the £25 hoody one which does lovely for dh and some windstopper one i got in the 1/2price sale (when isn’t there a sale!) and its a fantastic bit of kit for £40…
montane dyno also excellent.

i had a 456, sold it for a PA thinking it would be ace…I rode that twice and went and bought another 456 as it felt much bettererer…

“he’s a nice guy”

not IME

@ captain carbon, a wee snip is £20, PNA’s around £175 per side…

save the nhs and go see a podiatrist, £20 later you have a pain free and ‘toe custard’ free toe.

I’ve done 3 today thus far…I also love digging them out (with the added bonus of being paid to do it!)

it collapsed ‘cos you called it a “steed” call it a bike an you’ll be reet….

schoolboy error, non drive side seal on wrong way….all sorted now for the next few months.

yes mate i have, all is good on that score, i think i’ll go back and tap the bearings a bit in case one hasn’t seated correctly…(using the correct tool of course.)

oh dear god where do we start…

Sh it thats awful bud, and too close to home for me (also Plympton).

Will keep my eyes peeled, and post this thread to a few rider friends.

thanks will go look at them.

we had an unofficial haldon dry trails enduro, doing all of the cheeky stuff we know of….it was fast and best ride in ages…..
not looking forward to the rain at all…

I can’t find any for £7 on ebay.. any links?

4.8 miles, ridden today around haldon blue route.

I’ve had a bad back through feb so that was my 1st ride

nice 2nd photo bud…props as that isnt a small gap…

bad back means im not enjoying the dry trails at the moment…cant wait to use the uplift.

@sss do you know the name?

i reckon my old man would have some of that in his garage…
edit just checked he has… 😀

strava app on your phone is all you need surely? tis free too

bollox to ‘the rules’ never read em never will..

what co2 inflators are best? I’ve looked at a few but have no experience of them at all…

who?

edit: found him cheers1 😀