OK – good plan – thanks…

I did 8 months, Morocco to Asiatic Turkey… and later to the Arctic circle…

You could spend a lot of time driving and not seeing to much if don’t focus.

What do you like…

SO – apparently no InBred’s in XS in any colour
plus no one can tell me if there is a plan to order new ones or if any have been ordered…

@Brant, can you let me know if the Inbred has been discontinued?

Thunder & Bolt…
Thor & Mjölnir…

SO the saga continues… They can’t tell if they have any 14inch Inbreds in stock or if one has been put aside as was suggested on my first call (it’s in the notes), or even if the original one allocated to me ever existed.

But the returns people will sort it once the frame arrives back with them…. but I can’t speak with them to verify as they are 5 miles away.

Unfortunately, no XS nocking about at the store apparently.

Lilly my 6 year old has a Creig 24. She is riding Coed Y Brenin Fox and Minor Taur. She’s 130 and tall for her age. The weight is not an issue and she can peddle up most things. The long run on the Glentress blue for instance. I’m just hoping that the rarity of them will keep the resale value up.

For Harry my 7 year old, he’s just outgrown the Specialised Hot Rock 24 which he has trashed… Revolution bike park was the nail in its coffin. V Brakes were not enough.

So I’m building him a bike out of the parts bin and a new frame from On One – Inbred 26er – the small has a short top tube so it will be about right. Its going to be 1X10 and a rebuilt cassette with an 11-44 range. Some old Fox 100mm RL’s and Avid 5’s. So I’m hoping it will come out pretty light and cope with a bit XC to Free Ride.

I was starting to think that…

Shame as the hub is virtually new.

I’ve been on to Spesh… No 24 hole rims. only one new front wheel at £150 left…. I bought the front and rear for £199 so not keen on that option.

any other options as £63 is a bit steep. Plus have a hate/hate relationship with Stans silly sizing.

I have just had the same dilemma. I was flipping between an Isla Bike and an Orbea MX team + RST first air solo then realised that it still had poor V Brakes. So I decided the Creig 24 was the way forward… I just couldn’t find a decent alternative.

Now for Harry who is 7, I have a different conundrum… I can see alternatives to a Creig 26 as I have a parts bin that can come into play.

I was thinking that a 4X frame like the NukeProof Snap would work – but concerned that the top tube may be a bit long. But its TT is a few mml longer than the Whyte 401.

Any reasons why not to use a 4X frame as the base for a kids bike?

I’m looking for a Stinky 2-4 or something similar. Any one got one?

Or is there something else I should be looking at?

I 6’2” and wife is 6’1” and it was a squash and a squeeze. Now we have two kids.

Just my preference is to go big and take everything.

Off for 3 weeks in Sweden and cant wait.

If your tall avoid the VW option as though they are lovely you just don’t fit well.

Rent and work out what you like… Then buy one and never look back. This is what happened to me and I was lucky enough to get a sabbatical from work and spend 9 months in it.

My best advice on where to stay is to build up from the nice safe camping and caravan club stuff (I personally dislike them and find them claustrophobic, too regimented and run by very nice but pedantic boy scout types) to wild camping where you can.

Just seen an S-works carbon in Harrogate… Just thought I would let you know in case the wallet was full of £7K worth of spear change.

Super light – made my Enduro Evo feel so so so Heavy…

I watched the film – which was just creative and shows what can be done with imagination and a blank canvas + an amazing talent…
Then I watched the making of bits… My favourite bit was the Guy Martin and Danny bromance…

It snowed in Chamonix this week… 16cm due in Alpe D’huez

check out the link…

The Mega May be challenging this year

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/14166.page;jsessionid=73379CDAF0BA4D50CA82AC6DDE2CBA57

I had spares sent to me in Slovinia, Italy and France to a campsite I would be at in the future…

Shipping was always the same as its pan Euro.

It’s just like getting kit at home – plus you can rteturn exactly the same way from home or in country.

Croatia was a different matter as it was outside the EU and we kept moving.

Its better than buying in resort and no downside.

650b, might be a better option.

Be careful I drilled the rim and made a mess of it. I was Llanfairfechin upset!

O% for me too! One of mine was quite distinctive and has been spotted in Levenshulme…

My 4 year old daughter is fine with gears. Benin 20 small. Just make sure twist grip is well maintained

now its £1100 for an EGR. Mine’s elctrical and so shonky that Fiat make you buy a wiring loom to go with it, with the possibility of a remap….

I was getting 21/22MPG on a run but since the EGR blew coming back from France its only doing 18MPG. A new EGR and service is £900.

Why do EGR’s keep failing….

wow – I don’t know lbs – but 23.13321087KG is very impressive….

Get a camper van – goes where you want it to….

why?

just did the mega on 2.35’s Maxxis Downhill high roller rear and Minion Front in super Tackey at full tilt. I’m 95KG and any bigger volume will just slow you down. If your smashing through pure down hill then 2.5’s are needed but I would suspect a double ply is all you need.

looked at the same last night as I couldn’t get mine seated and had used 6 CO2 cartridges…

I was going to buy one but instead I popped to local tire shop and the did it for me for £0>>>>

as my mum said when she had watched stars wars for the first time…

“There’s goodies and badies and a lot of flying about”…

summed it up pretty well.

I had a 12 month sabbitcal from my job – went for 9 months in my camper arround Europe,Africa and Asiatic Turkey and 2 months in Sri Lanka (not in the camper). Did this with a 2 year old, a 4 year old and the wife.

Money wise, we rented our house and the income offset the running costs. A whole year away cost us about £10K.

Why did we do it? The kids are at school now so its a long time before we are free from school hols. Spending real qaulity time with the kids. We will never have this opp again. A real sieze the day thing.

I was bored at work and this has certainly re sparked my need to work!
Work took both of us back and we are again on the treadmill.

Both kids started on a balance bike – Harry could ride a peddle bike at 2yrs2months and Lilly at 3yrs – no stabalisers. All due to the fact it was the right size and uncluttered. + easy to carry about – strapped ours to the kiddie seat when they got tired. I dont think that the idea floats for proper young uns…

Also just sold it on ebay for 50% of the purchase value so it only cost £20 per kid.

Now both on isla bikes and BMX and streets ahead of their peers.

It is a proper laugh. Camping in Alemont is your cheapest option.

Its a 10 hour drive from Calais so a fast economical car is needed.

answer a I think… follwed by d.
I run mine at 70PSI rebound in the middle & I’m 95kg.
Brakes off brains out with your bum way back for question f

BRM – Business Relationship Manager – which is basically sales with out a target – for a Alternative Networks Co.

Not bad, as I get to work from home a lot and bandy about TLA’s like I know what they are – I sometimes make up new ones and wear silly socks to get through the day.

Great bike – mine has lived a hard life from doing the Mega Avalanche to pulling kiddie trailers… 5th element shock works well, tf tuned did mine.

croozer 2… well made. Chariots are too expensive. They hold their 2nd hand value so a few years of lugging the kids is about £100.

651 trail Lake Garda

I camped in Allemont last time – great place to stay – cheap and freindly – Apart from when my 3 year old ran over her plant pots…

May fly too – camper is to slow as I’m only going for 4 days… Short term exit pass from Mrs Cookies.

Lorax – done sent you the linky – profile updated too with email

Acording to the police, your key is active when in the ignition. They drive beside you or wait to you pull up and capture it. Then they play it back and there in.

Lots of cars being burgled when they pull up to service stations – when the owners come back all the kit is gone.

Other stuff I’ve remebered.

LPG gas tank under the van stops the need for mutiple bottles/pig tails if you do lots of countries.
Choose a route that keeps you away from insane tempretures – its so uncomfortable in a van when its scorching at night.
Take two duvets – thick and thin – then wrap the one your not using round the matress for a comfy night.
Weigh your van and have it rerated if your over – or take crap out.
Ausrtia requires a go box for motorways if your over 3.5T – we decided to not get one and went on back roads. It would have been a couple of hundred €’s if we had.
Get seat covers for all seats – Mrs Cookies covered ours in fleece material – now in bin. They just wrecked over time.

Re the gassing – we did a big jump from Croatia over to France for the Mega Avalanche – drove for 12 hours and decided to take a quick overnight just outside Venice. We found a motor-way service station with loads of trucks stopped up. It was very busy as it was a saturday night. Did full security, perimeter check – deadlocks on all doors, alarm on etc…

Woke up and found the drivers door open a bit – feeling very groggy put it down to long drive – why are the passports stacked up on the drivers seat – why is the memory card out of the camera – wheres the camera – wheres the lap top….. They even took the euros out of our wallet and left Kuna and Swiss Francs behind.

Went to the service station to say we had been robbed – they said “oh no your the first this year”! at this point I went ape as they get 4 or 5 of these a year, why the **CK did you not put up a warning sign!!!

The police said they cloned our keys whilst driving, and were able to pop the locks from that – the gas was some form of anesthetic. They think they left the passports because they saw we had kids.

Long term van/travel insurance only covered about £400 and we had the proper cover whilst we lost over £3000 in kit.

Didn’t stop us though – we regrouped and did another 5 months after that.