ha i tried to miss the result
but was on autotrader looking for cars and
guess what was on there front page Jenson wins,
Brilliant 🙁

anyway the BBC has the rights to show it on the iplayer!
so you can re-watch the whole race via that!

absolutely free free freecycle,
did put the bars on and some new wheel (ie replaced steel/cheese wheels)

edit tinsy another raleigh pursuit!

yeah you should be fine, it aint technical!
going via crib goch (the ridge) might be a bit sketchy in the dark.

be a man and do it face to face 😀
or as you say hide behind the sofa and press send 😉

mudshark – Member
I’m gonna do some more harder ones for tomorrow
Debbie does Dallas?

hahaha 😀

alright here’s a suggestion
wheels, forks, brakes,
in that order

or mess around with stems, bars, seatposts, and saddle for the cheap quick fix

dare i say it
leave it until something needs replacing 😀

brilliant capture of the stig

pk-ripper – Member
……. and you’re chatting to the cousin you actually fancy and would take the risk of social condemnation and genetically disadvantaged kids…..

haha
blimey that’s a big risk assessment you’ve already taken there
😀

here’s a nice photoshop tutorial[/url]

wow brilliant
was gonna post up a tilt shift pic on rudeboys photoshop thread,
but I didnt have a good one to show.

been waiting to see a tiltshift vid
cheers WTF for posting that 1 up

i think my fav has to:
Rabies

very nasty,
very under-rated in this country
ebola is pretty cool aswell I’ll let you have that

piedi di formaggio – Member
colande – you could’ve made them look a bit happier!

ha 😀
it gets worse here’s the photo expanded, (sorry nothing to do with photoshop)

here is one where a box got in the way.
clone tool special!

edit; the left pic is the orginal 🙂

apparently if you ride in traffic it’ll make you a better smoother rider,
as you’ll concentrate on the road more, and thus able to read the road better

dunno if that’s true! but that’s what one cycling instructor said when justifying riding fixed.

well I would prefer not having the weight on the shoulders to be honest,
did a recent touring trip to Scandinavia and there would be no way i would carry heavy weight on my back and shoulders,

having a pannier means the bike is bearing the weight and not you,
so making it easier,

dont have a problem with rucksacs 🙂
just long trips doing a lot of miles would take its toll on the body!

Tricky at the Vic rooms in bristol,
I think was my first ever gig,
either that or Portishead at Colston Hall (bristol).
would have been around 1999 and I was 17/18
relatively recent compared to all the other old timers

brilliant have been thinking of ideas for a trip that me and a friend could do,

did you only just have a rucksac?
must have been a fair weight to carry on the shoulders,

sorry i’m such a numpty 😳
just looked at my email from the seller of the SS conversion
and the cog is for 3/32 chain,

hangs head in shame, what a numpty

single

album suppose it was my first album, free (but I picked it) with my first radio/tape player

shortbread_fanylion – Member
My first single was ‘informer’ by Snow……..lol

brilliant a musical genius

not sure what u mean
something like these bullhorn handle bars
mavic tt’s i think

yeah something will crop up on the classified,
managed to get a GT frame that was ready to SS,
everything except wheels, sprocket and handle bars for £85

i already had some spare wheels, chain and bars,
bought some different forks for it (via classifieds 4 £35)
so will definitely come in under the £150 budget.

if your in no rush then wait it out and something nice will pop up

well i took it into a lbs
after a lot of ringing around to see what the best price was and settled on somewhere that said they would do it for £24 front and rear (i stipulated that a few times)

went back in to collect the bike and the guy said that it’s £24 per end,
so it would be £50 including the olives 😮
after a nice friendly discussion he agreed to try and hide the paperwork from his boss and charge me the original amount
only fair me thinks,

not much point to this post, not even a mild rant or pearl of wisdom to share,

the end

mudguard way too obvious, 🙂

points off for the spacers above the stem,
and you forgot to take the stickers off the rotors 😀

thanks dunno why i didnt just wait until this morning for a ring around,
instead of cluttering up the board! 🙂

anyway the cheapest place I found has been £24,
cheers then

they are hayes el caminos,
dunno how hard or how easy they are?

im erring more towards lbs, to be honest

just wanted to know a rough price so i know im not being ripped off 😀

yeah i might be tempted
but at the same time if the price isn’t too much then i’ll let my lbs have the work,
yeah saw ur thread, and would need to buy kit etc and dunno if i can be bothered with it, dunno how much of a faff it would be,
not really into faffy jobs 😆

hope both your hands get better,
i feel your pain and
i’ll see you two and raise you with

not a break but was told by my physio that it would be better to break a bone than to cut through tendons,
breaking a bone has a quicker heal time apparently, i’m 9 weeks into a 12 week recovery program,
but thinking of riding next weekend for the first time!

edit sorry no bling here 😀

do your own homework 😀

have an 06 xtc frame ,
and there is a discrepency as i know the SE base model uses an 30.8mm post but the SX two stages up the food chain uses a 30.9mm post,
they are exactly the same frame,
there would be no way giant would produce a different frame in a model range with such a small difference.

anyway i fitted a 30.9mm to my SE frame and it’s a little stiff but i found its more due to the seat collar as the post slides in and out fine without it on, oo-er missus 😳

just order a 30.9mm!

are you using zone alarm?
i had issues with compatibility,
but has been fine since un-installing it?

try a different internet browser?
like google chrome

cool thanks for the pic,
very interesting, the shifters look hectic to me,
but if it works for him, it must just become second nature,

i like the look of the dual brake levers

captain_spaulding
great photo! heres Crib Goch on a rare clear sunny day

Agree with mickyfinn,

look at the course structure, pick a course that you like the look of and think you’ll enjoy,
different uni’s try to deliver different things,
some put an emphasis on employment at the end of it
some pushing your creative side.

did a graphic communication (design) degree at cardiff (Uwic),
the emphasis there is about not learning programs, indesign etc.
but about developing you as a “visual communicator”,
sounds like a lot of guff.
but i think you’ll come out a better designer if your pushed that way.
anyone can work the programs not everyone can come up with the ideas/solutions.

speak to most students and I reckon they all think their courses/uni’s are rubbish,
lack of tuition etc, etc, (students like to moan and feel hard done by :D)
it’s very much what you and your peers put into it to be honest,
having the facilities to do pretty much anything you want.

good luck,
i randomly picked uni’s where i knew someone, not the brightest thing to do.
didnt look at the prospectuses until my interview,
but you’ll get a feeling about a uni when you visit it.

edit: winner of a YCN (young creative network) award, 😆

mr agreeable,
yeah fully understand your point, 😀 just wanted to highlight the fact that bristol is a super bad place for bike crime,
and not just because there are lots of registered members from bristol
it’s a given that london will be the worst due to the large population there,

Mr Agreeable – Member
This forum tends to skew things too as there are a lot of Brissle people on it and it’s quite a close-knit scene.

dunno if thats entirely true,
bristol is just super bad place for bike crime
4th worst place for bike theft
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6596559.stm

amazing loving this thread,
when i was in school 8-9 years old my whole class started a “war club”
everyone drew pictures and added it to the file/folder
we used to take all the military books out of the library
after a while it got shut down by the teachers,
as it was deemed unhealthy 😥

this reminds me of the good old days,
the hind helicopter is one of my favs,

amazing!!

i have been without the use of a hand recently due to cutting through tendons on my thumb, i wouldnt even attempt riding on the road let alone off road, so much respect.
but its strange/great how the mind and body adapts!

would love to see a setup of his bar controls,
just a thought maybe to make it less crowded
he could use a normal shifterpod and a grip shifter,
this means he will have instant access to both shifters

racing_ralph – Member
That yukon is shocking

good bike radar review of the giant yukon

brand new, no chance
second hand yeah,

bought a older circa 2002 hardrock with complete upgrades, off the classifieds, for a friend
rs sids xt/lx drivetrain, avid v’s
very light immaculate condition £220

recently got a old gt frame setup for SS
disc brakes
everything but wheels, chain and cog.
£85 again classified
changing the forks
so reckon the build would come to £150

just need to look on the classifieds