Pete, if the lap isn’t on the results he looses the bragging rights – “it never happened” 😆

Wheelybug (2)
Balance bike (3)
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Hotrock 20 (6)
Redline Flite jr (6)
Cube Acid 26 14″ (9)

no stabilisers!

Daughter has a Beinn 20 at the moment. Can’t believe how easily a lot of the parts rust.

Send me an email (address is in profile).

I’ve got half of it in Strava.

Thanks for the post. I have a DHD and was considering the same upgrade – Battery life was the winner over the X for me, and the camera is my one real gripe against the DHD.

I’d read about a problem with the buttons which could be HW related, but not the issues above.

Surely the screen is a lot better than the DHD once it’s rendered the image or vid?

Hmm looks like “wiggle woodland” is just a slog along that miserable muddy track rather than diving off in to the woods themselves. I hope not.

Hoping the jump of doom or whatever it was will make a return. The course needs some more features.

I have the 800 with the 1:50k OS maps. If you plan a route it’s hard to get lost in a new area. I’ve used it lots to check if I’ve missed my turn (when not using a route and turn indicators).

Screen size isn’t great but is usable for emergency navigation checks (I know that’s what a map is for).

I think they are a brilliant piece of kit.

No, but I work with someone who does! I don’t work in TV either. That means there are at least two-such people out there.

Got a GPS? I can send you a 35 mile loop from Parwich.

Basically:
Parwich
Royston Grange
High Peak trail to Longcliffe
Rainster Rocks
Brassington
Back on to the HPT
North to Griffe Grange
Grangemill
Wensley ^ Snitterton
Bonsall
Cromford
Wirksworth
HPT back

You can cut short or extend to suit but basically you’re riding from your door.

To comment on the above – Marquez can’t get a seat in the factory Honda team next year unless there is a rule change. Rookie riders are not allowed to go straight into the official factory teams.

There’s nothing stopping him joining a satellite team that’s factory in all but name though. He will want and get the support from Honda when he moves, and Repsol won’t want their star on a shed.

Gresini have normally filled that role but they could (would probably) get even more factory support.

I’d see Luthi going to Repsol over Bautista – for marketing, sponsorship as well as talent reasons.

I’d also like to see Vale head back to Honda and ditch the Duc!

Public service award coming your way. Not exactly a model but he could be the face of a poster campaign.

Amazed no one saw fit to restrain him though.

You know me too well 🙂 All my “training” clearly paying off.

Sounds similar to my experiences. Triple nano Nics need quite a bit of Sealant IME – they’re pretty porous tire with lots of micro holes that the sealant goes about filling.

Much less apparent on the thicker (heavier) UST Nics.

I managed to rip a tread block off a non UST Nic the other day causing a total blow out. Never done that on any tire before.

Thomas Frischknecht was featured on the coverage of the recent UCI XC world cups. He was managing one of the teams IIRC.

In the early 90’s people didn’t ride with clogs, they used these. Where did I put those spikes?

Done. There’s also a facebook “like” for those who don’t want to type anything. PLEASE CLICK IT and spread the word.

I was following it on Twitter this morning.

“With power comes responsibility” – Derby Tory leader, Philip Hickson, tells Labour to decide whether to build a velodrome or not.

Whilst true, adding the words “loss” “abdication” and “of” are even more relevant. That’s pretty low of the outgoing council to hand it over in that manner. They clearly don’t want to be reminded of it in 4 years if it fails.

Pedals (and fatbike) aside, it’s very nice.

Err, it’s a Xoom not a Zoom.

Had mine for about 18 months. Brilliant bit of kit, and for 250 it’s hard to go wrong.

The Motorola case is on offer at the moment, and pretty good but can be uncomfortable to hold. I had a leather one which was nicer to hold, but the proper Motorola one has better protection. (though you can’t charge with the case closed.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/motorola-xoom-genuine-folio-case-for-8-25-sold-sebago-amazon-warehouse-delivered-1211765

If you think it’s laggy, just tap the edge (L or R) of the screen rather than swipe it.

Mine’s wifi only, and I just tether it if I need 3g.

John Kirkham going into the airfence over Clay Hill in the superbike race was pretty harsh aswell…..

That was one of the scariest crashes I’ve seen (though I’ve not watched the Wainwright one). I was sure he wasn’t going to get up from it and thought he’d just go under the fence following the bike in. The fact he was being interviewed later the same day about it is mind blowing. One very lucky fella.

I thought Melandri was going to be in a bad way after his massive highside and getting his foot stuck under the bike at Imola as well.

…then they added tax the sneaky blighters. Didn’t spot that at the start.

They have a rubbish checkout page in the way they show the VAT breakdown. If you check the total they aren’t adding VAT to the published item price – the only additional bit of vat you’re paying is on the 4.99 delivery, though it certainly gives the appearance that they are now adding an additional VAT amount for the item (they aren’t, as the item price is inc VAT).

Just tot up the Subtotal and compare to the price you’re paying at the bottom.

I seem to remember they said they said they’d stop it. Someone needs to tie the bus plan back to the “growth” objective.

I have some formula rotors on marta sl mags. They work fine.

That marketing team deserve a bonus. Genius and funny to boot.

Welcome to 1990. There must be a higher res version of this out there.

and

Nice link ! There goes my life.

A decent BMX costs less than an mtb fork

Bang on.

I have a 24, but then I have no skills. Will be putting my son’s flite junior in the classifieds soon as well for those looking for a bike for their kids.

Whilst kallio’s Ice racing flashback was pretty impressive, the save of the day was in Moto3

Full on Mamola style run with the bike through the gravel only to then bin it immediately as the rear hit the paint on the kerb. He was in second or third at the time IIRC. Danny Webb was doing amazingly well until the Mahindra packed up close to the finish. That would have been a solid points performance for them and it won’t come quite so easy on a dry track.

Crutchlow did amazingly well but I was convinced he was going to either bin it or drop someone on the first two laps. Spies in in a low place at the moment. HE’s a great rider so I can’t see Yam ditching him just yet; though if Cal and Dovi carry on ahead of him you never know.

Gutted for Ellison, he was doing OK ’till the retirement. It would be great to see him get a point and De Puniet who was doing a great job ’till he ran out of fuel.

Yep, just don’t over do it, though it sounds like you already have. I did and it swelled up again and was v painful for a week or so; as well as popping some stiches.

Turbo trainer on a v easy spin is also good for improving flexion (as are heel raises), but getting on and off is “fun”. I wouldn’t try it on your own.

Yep, that’s just about every combination and permutation covered.

I’m not convinced there’s a market that will allow you to make money / a sustainable margin. Up to 600 you’re competing with mass market frames. Over 1000 it’s custom. That 600-1000 area is too expensive for those looking at perfectly good off the shelf Taiwan made steel, and probably not “custom” enough for those who were prepared to spend over 1000.

You’d need some USP to pull people from either end. Not sure what that is. Having said that, Speedvagen have got it off to a tee – and at a premium price.

Got some 2010 SID WCs and they’re pretty solid for a 100mm XC fork. Nothing like what your describing. You sure it’s not the wheel?

So where and when is this DH going to be held? (I’m thinking I can borrow / wreck my daughters bike 🙂 )

Piedi – excellent pics. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant – I can understand why you’d flip it!

Schweiz – nice vid. How’s that Garmin mounted on the top tube? Certainly seems stuck fast.

What is it? ^^^^

http://www.earlyrider.com/product/belter/

and believed that Ginsters are energy bars

Are you trying to shatter my carefully planned fuelling strategy?

The best I’ve used is the Billion 7800n. Not cheap but if you’re a tinkerer, or have high attenuation on the line this one can be tuned to get the max out of it. Netgear routers have always been flaky in my experience, though hacked firmware like DGteam’s can improve it (an 834n).

Nice vid. One of the best single man efforts I’ve seen. Watching it live I thought he was mad going alone at 50km; but what do I know. I’m not surprised they couldn’t bring him back if he was doing 52Kph at that stage of the race.

Done, though I wasn’t really sure where you were going with it. By including Footpaths in the questionaire you’re going to skew your results – you need to exclude FP’s from all the qualitative questions about experience and improvement – and maybe ask the obvious question of change of use from FP to BW to improve the network for mountain bikes / cyclists in general.

Stroking beaver and drinking tea. A great combination.

A small Evil Sov. 15″ seat tube and no brace on that size. 299 at CRC at the moment.

My father in law had it for a while before he got sky. It worked well but the non HD channels were a bit blocky on a larger LCDs. That was a couple of years ago though so it may have improved. Certainly usable though, and a lot cheaper than a Sky sub.

I tried it when abroad to watch a Moto GP race – but it only seems to work if your coming through a UK ISP ( as per the iPlayer). I didn’t bother trying to redirect so YMMV.