Considering Trump is such a complete *****, It doesn’t say much about Biden that he’s only just scraped through.

This is a tough one, I feel for you. I had this with my ex-wife, she suffered with depression for most of her life. When she had bad periods of it, she couldn’t communicate at all. Her eyes were just empty, nothing came out of her mouth. In her words, she was just sitting at he bottom of a big black hole looking up, couldn’t get out or be heard by anyone. People with depression often push people they love away, or take it out on those they love around them. She tried CBT but didn’t really engage with it, she did get better, but it was always there in the background and led to other issues. She switched off from me and concentrated on work I honestly thought I could pull her through it. I was a very difficult and heart braking relationship, eventually after a period of working away from home everything collapsed.

Its sad, but in hindsight I wasn’t happy either and it was getting me down. I lost contact with a lot of friends because she didn’t want to know them (life long friends, the people who would drop everything to pull you out the shit), my social circle fell to bits. She’s a lovely girl, but she will never be happy. I now see it as a lucky escape. Some people will always be like this and its draining, I had nearly 10 years of it, the divorce came through today. There is no easy love, Hope your Ok pal

The Orbea and levo SL look nice, but its the Forestal Syrion thats the one to get excited about.

https://forestal.com/en/products/siryon

This is exactly the reason I bought my Levo, specialized customer support is excellent. The warranty is also transferable, if you want to sell it at a later date. Which when buying second hand (as I did) is essential. I’ve had one motor replaced under warranty form a local specialized dealer who didn’t handle the original sale, no questions asked. Then they added another 2 years onto my warranty, super happy about that. I don’t know of any other manufacturer that offers warranty to subsequent owners.

Levo Levo Levo, but i’m biased

I didnt enjoy Styhead as much on the 4 passes, as I did the first time I rode it. But agree that Warnscale was a tough one. A bit above my pay grade

Start at Wasdale Head would be my suggestion. You can finish at the pub after coming down black sail pass. The best decent of the route, and probably one of the best in the lakes.

Excuse the humpty question, DINKY?

This is a really good link to whats going up where in Manchester

https://www.google.com/m16https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1iKsAEkRbZ42vWsAvG5-LNeziihs&ll=53.48556403012985%2C-2.2597552515626007&z=16

As somebody who works on the new developments at the end of Deansgate, I found it really interesting. Having worked on similar projects in Manchester for the last 5 years the number of tower cranes going up in that time is crazy. My firm alone owns pretty much all the land between Deansgate Square (big ass glass towers) and the ring road. Several more towers will go up there as well as a school and public park. Development on this scale isn’t probably sustainable, construction has always been boom and bust. You will never get social housing in the city centre, land is to expensive. The soup kitchen getting kicked out with no where to go was shit. the council should buy up or rent (long term) empty retail space. One surprising thing I have noticed from the top of these towers is how green Manchester actually is.

20 reported posts? I’ve lost track of who’s jumped on who etc, on a thread about a woman who wouldn’t serve alcohol at Tesco (hypothetically) As far as I can understand a member has got upset because of something. This is bad, but dose happen. Mostly unintentionally I think, as my experience of people on here are super PC/nice/liberal/inclusive etc. No crime has taken place. I think we should all put are pencils away and have a nice cup of tea.

Just to be clear I haven’t told anybody to go away. And merely asked 2 relevant questions.

^^^^ cookeaa makes some very good points

What is there to get offended by? Who’s getting bullied? STW is about as PC & left wing as it gets. The whole thing is a non event, on a chat forum. Participation is not mandatory, nobody intends offence & if offence is taken. Walk away. I would never let a random unknown persons opinion  (keyboard warrior) up-stet me or ruin my day. lighten up people

Waterproof Topeak phone holder for me. It took ages to find one for my current (old stock) iPhone SE. Works a treat

2nd for the Stans dart kit (especially if you use Stans fluid), I’ve 4 had 4 in my back tyre for months. Easy to use and a permanent fix. Just don’t forget to take them out if a tube has to go in.

Yep, im in the same camp. They are massive for what they are and, are bloody painful to use. Make sure you get at least 2 from the doc (3 is better). Epipen is a brand name but are one of the best I’ve had, and make sure you get the right size. I was walking round with 350mg pens for years until the pharmacist told me they were fro kids. I hate wasps

Have a look on ebay, I just got some more. 20 x 16g about £22 delivered

Definitely the cut out limit needs to be changed. 15.5mph is a bit lame. Just because you can travel at full speed doesn’t mean you do all the time. The sustrans lanes round my end are always full of walkers and dogs, so you just slow up. On the road its a different matter. Signed

definitely don’t use grease, use the retaining compound

I live in Rammy, its great. Manchester city centre is only 30 min in the car, 50 min by bike. Bury is nothing to shout about really, sure there is some nice areas but i don’t have any knowledge of them. Bury meat/fish market is cool, we used to have really good framers market in Rammy. But its gone down hill last few years, not the stalls there once was. We have lots of good places to eat and drink, apparently the schools are good. Housing is expensive, but that’s to be expected. There is lots and lots of very good quality riding XC/Tech Gnar/gravel/cheeky dug in trails, and easy access (ha ha, massive climb) over to Lee and Cragg quarries for more. Rammy town centre is small but there are quite a few boutique independent shops which the Mrs might enjoy. We also host the world champion black pudding throwing championships, run to the hills music festival, chocolate festival, Northern Grip MTB festival down the road at Lee quarry. And If you want to spend a small fortune you can go on the Santa express or meet the fat controller on Rammy train station. We also have several micro breweries. I’m massively biased of course

Email Giant?

The best BB to fit would be the hope BB as it has a cylinder which screws the two sides together. You need a special tool to do it though (£50), or you can get a cheep tool off eBay. The key thing is prepping the frame and cups with assembly compound, with out this the cups can move in the frame and that is what will cause the creaking. GMBN Tech (doddy) YouTube channel did a really good edit about fitting press fit bottom brackets.

link to ebay thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hex-Tool-for-Hope-PF41-PF46-Press-Fit-Bottom-Brackets-Allen-Key-31mm-25mm/132629856491?var=431964007717

I kick off with random objects all the time, usually during some domestic disaster (spillage/accident) sometimes sober . Had a fight with my wheelie bin once, it got a right sorting out (I was quite pissed)

hammer some frozen sausages into his lawn and bum his dog

On a flat route like that an ebike will be no quicker, you will not be knackered thought if you keep it to the 15.5mph limit. Pedalling past that limit is a pain, I’ve been experimenting with a planetary gear system on mine for the commute. This increases the top end to about 24mph, which I feel is safer as ‘Im travelling at a similar speed to other traffic. At this speed my legs are going like mad, and the wide bar posture of an MTB at this speed means the battery gets emptied quickly due to the poor areo. A fit roadie can sit at that speed on the flat no bother, so I don’t think its taking the piss. The planetary gear doesn’t mess with the software and is easily removed in 2 min.

What Johnhe ^^^^ said. This forum is full to the brim with the sanctimonious.

I hope they haven’t touched Lawsons park. Work like this is a waste of money. Simple

one thing worth remembering about specialized is their 2 year no quibble warranty. This covers motor and batery issues and is transferable to subsequent owners. Worth thinking about if you ever want to sell. I have a 2nd hand 2019 levo comp and the motor went, swapped strait out for a new one.

Pink bike did a race highlights show on youtube for all the previous races up-to the last season. As mentioned GMBN (youtube) have taken over from this year. Also the EWS website has links to all these pinkbike race highlights.

https://www.76projects.com/shop/51vz26zcy37ii3p2ual886rt1krtj7-xena5

This little badboy sticks to the top tube behind the stem, where its out the way of most crashes. I destroyed my garmin going OTB when I had it mounted to the bars. Got to thank Tracey of this parish for the tip!

POC air, very comfortable, dont slip

Anal Invaders 7, it wasn’t not as good as Anal invaders 6

Ebay, loads on. I just got 20x 16g for £22 delivered. As said planet X, postage is crazy.

Yeh whats going on with the fence? Paint it with sudocrem then bum it

Its a Uno, not a YT?

There’s probably going to be small birds and mammals living in my beard in the next week. I think i will be having some fun with the clippers soon.

I work on one of the biggest construction sites in Manchester, 350+ men. a lot of self-employed guys. We can only access site via a turn-style with finger print recognition. We have cleaners disinfecting surfaces all the time, but social distancing is being poorly followed despite managements best efforts. Ultimately until the government specifically says construction must shut down, it will continue. Its madness.

Boltby Bash, hasn’t been cancelled yet! I expect all large gathering are waiting on government instructions before cancelling anything for insurance reasons.

Just got some B&O ear buds off sportspursuit, £120. A million times better than the apple copies I had before. They are a good fit in the ear, sound great.

Bummer, just picked mine up. 35mm bars, 20mm rise. As opposed to 31.8 & 30mm rise? Pissed off