djglover – Member
I have one, they look nice, but so does Debbie McGee.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

😀 haha you cant get debbie out of your head

yup been riding on that setup for the last 2 year at trail centres,
and yeah ive liked them,
good grip, nevegal is so supposed to be the grippier tyre dunno why it goes on the rear. anyone????
im thinking of runnning nevegals all round front and back
not at all good at shedding mud , but thats not an issue at most trail centres

did anyone else notice the paul daniels copyright on the debbie Mcgee photo,
he’s one of the creepiest man/midget in existance

you wonder what other pictures paul daniels has of debbie 😳

the basic economics of flying means that if people decide not to fly then a airline would have no choice but to reduce the number of flights on that specific route, therefore reducing emissions.
even if the plane isnt full then the route will be in question,
this is why airlines over book flights, it is cheaper to compensate the passengers left on the ground than to have empty seats on a plane.

on the flip side if people say i may aswell fly because there are seats, ie becoming more popular, then the airline will reply by increasing the number of flights,
there would an infinite number of seats aslong as the airline is able to sell them, they will just increase the number of planes.

stato you kinda answered your own question there 😀
i saw your point as he may as well fly because the plane is flying there anyway,
but like you said if more people did re-evaluate there travel methods then that plane might not exist and thus reducing carbon emissions.
by flying you are adding to your own personal carbon footprint,

carbon offsetting i find a bit of a funny one,
yeah go and fly thats fine just chuck us some money and we’ll offset you carbon for you, no worries.

if people re-evaluated things like air travel then it would make a difference,
it would be like saying why bother being a vegetarian the meat is on the shelf anyway so why don’t we eat it, that’s just wasting meat!!!

edit im not a vege by the way

make him walk!!!!!!!

he can be a one man walking billboard for howies,
even down to his howies branded boxer shorts

slow and steady,
gentle taps, i have always used a blunt chisel,
as opposed to a screwdriver, find it easier to get under the crown race without doing any damage

thomthumb – Member

trail centres car parks seem to be split 50:50 between trades vans and bm’s/audis/ rep mobiles.

a lot of cars i see in the trail centres are worth less than their bikes,
mine included, i have a really rubbish car though, i double the value of it when i load my bike into it. 😀

it’s all about what you wish to spend your money on,

it can be as expensive as you like, or as cheap as you like.
bought a second hand bike off here for a friend for £200 ish,
an older specialised hardrock with everything upgraded, sids lx/xt.
just look at this for an example,
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/forum/classifieds

wearing helmets is a very emotive issue,
from my knowledge there is no conclusive evidence that wearing a helmet reduces the number of deaths on the road.
the type of accident that a helmet is designed for is very specific,
and in most cases/accidents a helmet is irrelevant,

a helmet wouldnt do anything being crushed under the wheels of a lorry turning left into you!

countries that have made helmets compulsory have not seen a reduction in road cyclist deaths, so that does seem fairly conclusive in my eyes,

i do wear a helmet i believe that there is no harm in it, i would always wear one mountain biking so why not on the road which is probably more dangerous,

i firmly believe that it should be an individuals decision,

edit missed a lot of the comments

djglover haha brilliant!!! 😀
that made me laugh
wasnt expecting that one

no snow at all where i am in the west country,
thoroughly disappointed 🙁

i have fun on a 80mm hardtail,
doesnt feel out of its depth and able to keep up with friends on fullsussers,
i might be a bit more battered though

the most basic things,
how did people know how to make bread,
i was thinking this when i was making mayonnaise, adding lots of oil slowly to egg, how did they know to add it slowly otherwise it would split,

i scratch my head

not exactly technology 😀

i would say hardtail,

i did a 5 week tour in scandinavia on my hardtail,
which i changed the tyres to continental travel contacts (v good tyres)
and put barends and a pannier rack,
that’s it, oh and an extra bottle cage,

the gearing seemed suitable because of the weight you have to carry,
and the frame and parts are up to it as it is designed to take a bashing off road,

even having front suspension wasnt an issue as the rear is so heavy the front mainly glides over stuff,
my r7’s did have an auto lockout platform damper thingee though
you dont ride out of the saddle much with a full load,
and your thankful when you do hit something

only problem is lack of front mounts,
and the rear triangle is shorter so unless you put panniers right onto the rear of the pannier rack your heels might rub/foul the bags,
again wasnt a problem for me

hardtail is a jack off all trades in my eyes,
just get the riding position right whatever bike he buys,
but you kinda only find this out from riding the bike for a long period of time to be honest.

can you leave an alu frame unpainted?
could you give it a clear lacquer

what did you use to strip the paint nitromors?

Just completed your survey,
not knocking the survey,

but i feel question 4 should have another answer, or be re-worded the other way do you ride on the road
i almost always ride on the road but ride on the pavement the odd time to avoid potential conflict,
in the same way as i would drive on the pavement when the road is narrow,
but i wouldnt say i drive on the pavement

surely the first question should filter out who is answering the survey,
you obviously want cyclist that commute/road ride, (might be wrong)
ie what sort of cyclist are you, on road commuter, recreational cyclist mtb or road etc

And finally no.9 i am a qualified instructor 😀
anyone want a lesson about how to ride on the road?????

yeah i was gonna say overshoes,
i wear them and they keep my feet warm,
must create a layer of warmnt

wiggle/dhb do cheap overshoes, they will keep your feet dry aswell bonus

could the caliper be leaking???

i doubt your picking up anything off the road, and if you did i wouldnt expect it to re-occur

yup had the same thing one minute was fine next,
thought it was my computer,
but started up another machine and did the same,
and was going post the same thread

has google been hacked????
farse??

if the bolt is exposed could you hack-saw the bolt,
releasing the top cap,
then you could knock the sfn through,

if its not exposed then drill the top of the bolt,
again releasing topcap and
knock through??????

classifieds always wheels knocking about,
otherwise obvious but merlin, long build time though, no different from others i presume

they were £80 on merlin not too long ago,
ok slightly short rear hose if i remember 1200mm

i quite like all those cars,
except woody’s Ssangyong

the scorpion hasnt aged that badly,
and i really like the mulitpla, think it looks a bit futuristic

i like cars that aren’t cool to be honest,

edit the bmw is horrible, that came in after as i was posting,
the alfa is brilliant

i bought off here an older hardrock(maybe a year or 2 older than yours) with everything upgraded,
RS sid teams, mix of LX and XT through-out,
for £220
which was an absolute bargain,pretty immaculate v.nice it was,
depends on what condition it’s in,
£150- £200 hopefully?????

Vancouver and sticking with Canada Toronto, yup it has beaches

arrrggghhhhhh,
been umming and arrring about getting an xt cassette and xt chain from merlin for the last week
i think i talked myself into it and was gonna do it tomorrow,
not anymore 😥

like maverick said: You don’t have time to think up there. If you think, you’re dead.

brilliant Zulu-Eleven and nico,
they had me laughing loads,
😀

i know a good stone wall builder,
the pointing looks like it needs a bit of attention, 😀

looks lurvly

also what are 3 men doing in one hotel room???

the scots-man, did you check his pockets??????

was it an english-man, irish-man and a scots-man type of joke???? 🙂

GreenK – Member

But 10x – x cannot be 9x because x is not 1.0

agreed 10x-x does not equal 9x
edit; hang on im confused
2nd edit; im totally down with you ewan now 😀
that pickles my brain though

i had the same search for brake bosses last year,
and the big lbs (evans) were the most helpful,
they did a no. 2, ordered some in for me,
when i collected them found out they were the wrong size,
they looked out back took some off a pair of forks and charged me a couple of quid!!

most indie lbs all said they could order them in if i wanted.

never tried halfords,

i generally find the big lbs most helpful to be honest, lots of staff
never forcing the big sell

just an idea,
if you go for the giant or kona,
why not buy a complete bike and strip it down, and then sell all the unwanted bits
i think it makes more sense money wise,
kona kula
giant xtc
definitely makes sense in the giants case,

more than likely you’ll have sizing issues with parts if you are swapping things over, this way you know you’ll have everything you need

I have a 06 XTC frame,
well made, and is very light,
it does have a stiff rear end, which does chuck you about a bit,
but has a real direct power transfer feel to it,
and in that way it is most definitely an XC frame in the proper sense,
I like it!
not sure what the newer frames are like but look similar in design

the merlin malt 4 kinesis frame is light and 40% off at the moment so £240,
looks a bargain,

ah i’ve heard good things about the hollybush,
friend lives very close and says the pub is very nice

this one ?

Wally – Member
so why is the XTR a SGS long cage then? (yes the 50% off one)

?????
it probably came in GS short cage version aswell
edit; crc have their wording all mixed up, just look for GS or SGS,
forget short, long, super long

as i understand basically,
SGS is for triple set ups,
GS are for double or single

did you see this on CRC?
saw last evening this exact same thing
they call the xt mechs long cage and super long cage
but in reality there are only 2 options,
short and long, or GS and SGS,

pushbikerider
I put a massive scratch into a pair of glasses,
would I need to provide a prescription or would you be able to take it off the lens???
Dunno if you can do this, I know they did this in Hong Kong

llama – Member
Here are my tips:

Don’t worry too much about nails unless they are really sticking up…..

agreed but you still need to check the whole floor and even then you can easily miss a nail,
I ripped the retaining bar off a drum sander recently,
and had to go back to the hire place with tail between legs,
they replaced it fine but I meant I wasted an hour, messing about in traffic.