I think keying seatposts would make aligning frames in the frame building phase much more costly to get right.

I’ve just realised. Although I’m right about the thread direction I’ve realised that having a left hand thread on the right hand cup will tighten it into the frame… which seems weird… however as you pedal the axle there is a bearing between the axle and the cup housing so as the crank turns forwards the bearing spins and pushes the opposite way on the other side of its face where it touches the cup.

So it does tighten in but it’s a left thread on the right hand cup.

Paul

No definitely not, that’s pedals. BB’s are the other way. I know that for definite. You screw the right hand cup in backwards thread and the left hand cup in normally.

Right is right for pedals and BB’s are the other way around. Been using that rhyme for a decade.

Edit. Just checked Sheldon and he agrees with me

http://sheldonbrown.com/brandt/left.html

I think it’s going the other way for a good reason. Press fit BB is a good thing in my opinion, no threads to get damaged/cross threaded. So headsets have it right already I reckon and BB’s are just starting to follow suit.

Also on a slightly pedantic note I’m pretty sure BB threads are actually being loosened by the turning motion of the cranks/axle. The right hand cup is a left hand thread and the left hand one is normal.

I’ve printed a picture of it and put it on the garage door saying “free to a good home”. Should stop potential thieves.

Yeh I can post tommorrow I live 5 mins walk from a post office.

can email me on

paulbennett76@(removethisbit)hotmail.com

Its like a cheap imitation of a Lahar

I’ve got a brand new one of those 44mm 1 1/8th fitment Nukeproof headsets sat in a box in my garage. Might be a bit dusty but its never been fitted to a bike.

You can have it for £27.50 posted if you like?

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Let me know

Paul

Ignore this post. My phone messed up.

It’s been said already… But you will have loads if time to ride (unlessnyou are doing medicine). Riding clubs at uni are massive, go seek them out in Freshers week and you will meet loads of like minded students. Uni is a blast for spare time compared to life afterwards, make the most of it and take both with you!

Noticed Virgin rate it as 4 star, not seen them rate any films 4 star before!

Sigourny Weaver was really pretty back in 1979!

Try a pint of water, it helps make you feel full.

I had this earlier…. it was terrible….I ended up having salt and vinegar and cheese and onion crisps. If in doubt do both :-)

Someone one here mentioned teaching..

I left Engineering and retrained as a Maths teacher 5 years ago. Absolutely love it. With your industrial experience you would be able to negotiate to start higher on the pay spine and with 18 months experience in Maths you can take a second in department role easily.. be back on decent money in no time.

It’s really hard work in school time but VERY rewarding, I only teach GCSE and A Level and the kids that age are a right laugh!

Can’t recommend it enough, and you get 13 weeks off a year paid :-) I’ve just spent two weeks riding all over and only worked 1 long day to get my marking done etc. My degree was in Engineering and with your qualifications you could teach Maths no problem (9 months PGCE qualification first). I keep saying Maths, Physics would also be a possibility for you, but Maths teachers are in the shortest supply. You can land a job anywhere in England or Wales that you want if you are a half decent Maths teacher.

Let me know if you want any info in more detail, but I got out of a similar rut by moving into teaching. I’m currently spending my Saturday night trying to write an application for a job that has come up locally (director of Maths).

Paul

I got faster by falling off lots. I still maintain of you aren’t falling off then you aren’t pushing your limits much. I now ride at a rate that I don’t push my limit much anymore as falling off hurts when you are riding quick (although I did brush my knee on the floor on a berm today and I’ve never done that before so am still improving)… but yeh go out and push your limits until you crash, if you don’t crash you just pushed the envelope of what your limits are.

Thanks guys, I’ll wait and see if it comes with one then. Really wanted a Lev but the current deal on wiggle was too hard to ignore!

Do they come with a bleed kit?

Only got the 4″ drop ones left.

I use 170mm as I find I clip 175mm pedals a lot. I tend to buy bikes with low BB’s though.

Used to ride DH a lot and remember Iron Horse Sunday owners nearly all ran 165mm cranks for this clearance reason due to the seriously low BB on those frames.

Sorry mate, so you did. I said I’d not read the whole thing, I got to the bit where you were saying you didn’t need to try flats a few times and then I skipped to the end and posted…

You won’t regret it. Also no footers are one of the easiest tricks to learn first when you start getting airborn.

I went into Teaching for the pension… then the Tories got in and started attacking it, it’s nowhere near the terms I signed up for now. Still decent though.

I intend on down sizing my house too when I retire.

Is it rubbing on the frame? Cheapy frames sometimes interfere with the bottom sprocket.

This thread is hilarious… I haven’t read the whole thing but you’ve asked for some advice on an area you are unfamiliar with. The best bit of advice has been flat pedals and you’ve rejected it.

Flat pedals and a shorter stem is good plan looking at your bike set up. Why flat pedals? Not so much technique as ability to bail, when jumping gaps it cam go wrong and landing from 10ft up in the air losing control and trying to unclip and eject the bike is not something that will happen naturally.

I’d also suggest rather than modding your xc set up buy yourself a cheap jump bike (can pick one up for about £200 on ride.io classifieds.

In the adapted words of Baz Lurman…. Trust me on the flat pedals.

I started off riding jumps and skate parks and trials as a teenager. Have ridden and raced DH and now ride mostly all mountain xc…. I’d never hit a set of dirt jumps on clips as it’s just dangerous… Really dangerous.

Paul

Surely the main point of them is you can’t cross thread your frame?

I’m not skint but would love these off of you for the wife’s bike as hers keep getting punctures due to little tread left.

I’d offer £8 posted?

Let me know and I’ll email you.

Paul

I’m quite the opposite. I love my garage, it’s a precision workshop and I regularly spend an evening in there with a beer or three maintaining kit. My bikes are always running like new.

My big bike needs a new tube in the front due to getting a slow puncture when I was out on it Monday which I’ve not sorted yet

I recently realised I’d got enough spare parts from regularly changing and fettling with kit that I bought an On-One 456 summer frame and built it up with my spare parts.

I now have two well oiled off road machines plus the road bike and an immaculate kept wife’s bike.

You could probably say I should spend more time riding and less time fettling… but I love it.

My road bike does however have a wobbly front hub and tyres that need wind due to not being used since last summer… does this count? :-)

As a regular wheelbuilder I’d like to re-phrase the original question…

I’ve built my first set of wheels and realised that I’ve gone to the wrong side ofset on the rim… Have I really got to unlace the whole thing and re-do it or will it be O.K?

It will be fine but marginally weaker and more resistant/difficult to true.

Next time, watch this as you go along as it will help you start so that you get the valve in the right place, (there’s also a second vid that follows it)

As a Maths teacher I have to reply to the person that said we live to 80 so half it and that’s 40 so anything over 40…. grrr that’s really bad maths, that would be the second half of the middle part of your group…the first part of the middle part would come equally before 40!

I personally reckon you have to take childhood out of this as in my opinion its the middle part of your adult years not necessarily your life span.

Childhood runs to 20 in my opinion (properly mature and ready to stand on your own two feet at 20).

So life span of 80 years- 20 = a nice 60 years to split up to

0-20- Childhood/adolescence
20-40 Young adult years
40-60 Middle aged
60-80 Old aged/pensioner
80+ borrowed timer

Although it’s more a state of mind… maybe when you leave bikes and start playing golf instead?

I replaced a 2011 5 spot with a Banshee Spitfire. It’s lighter and feels more nimble on the climbs and it’s also more confidence inspiring on the downs. I’ve come from a DH orientated background and on a Banshee Spitfire I can hit most descents near on as quick as I’d dare on an 8″ travel bike, it’s very stable and a touch longer than most bikes for their respective sizes due to the slack head angle. Might make up a bit for lack of skill on the downs.

Cannot recommend one enough and having been a serial bike changer over the years I can honestly say this is staying until it breaks or the whole world has moved to 29″ wheels and I take up golf due to not being able to get 26″ tyres. ;-)

Genuinely feels like it has made me a faster rider, proper rocket ship!

Oh and I would recommend you run 150mm forks if you get one as they are in my opinion the right length for the bike although some people go 10mm either way on that.

I thought Wiggle had them… might be mistaken. I’m going to go for one on payday if they are available so will report back on how it is then.

The two years without a service warranty shows me they are confident in their product…. decision made.

Sit bones measured?

Got this end of Notts covered for eyes peels too. Keep an eye on eBay mate. Sorry to hear the bad news.

“Nobody in the history of the world ever bought something new and shiney and declared it crap. “

Actually I did… it was a DW link 5 spot… (sorry 5 spot owners, I didn’t like mine at all).

Paul

I plan on running a square taper BB with an old chainset I’ve got knowcking around so a BB mounted chain guide isn’t really an option. I’m trying to do this with parts in my spares box and spend £00000

Thanks to those who replied to the original question, I’ll go get some m3 bolts jsut in case.

Paul

Brakes are really weird, there seems to be so much variation in peoples experiences.

I’ve had Hope’s, Shomano, Avid, Formula and Hayes in the last decade… In my experience Hope have been the least reliable and Avid the most. Just bought a set of Juicy’s to replace my current Formula’s as a pair of Juicy’s I had in 2006 were the best brakes I’ve ever owned. worst were a pair of Mono m4’s and Mono 6 ti’s.

Melon with feta and pumpkin seeds. No cooking just prep time

I have to say being fairly new to using this forum I’d seen a few 29ers and 650b’s but thought of them as fad novelty bikes for people who have bike stables that need filling up.

Having read a few threads on here over the last couple of weeks I’m now paranoid the 5k’s worth of bikes in my garage are all going to be obsolete and worthless in 12 months. I think a large proportion of the rumour mill is fairly localised to a number of people using this forum and a few local bike shops.

I don’t swear very often…. but that was **** hilarious!!!

I’ve recently moved to using STW because of how active the forum is, also the classifieds included.

Maxxis High roller? Shameless plug but I’ve got two brand new LUST high rollers for sale 60a max pro 2.35.

Yours for £50 posted ;-)