Sombrio do some semi-fitted baggies which I adore.

I have some Troy Lee Aces. They were expensive and don’t wash well. Also have a lot of excess fabric in the seat which is not fun when they snag the saddle. Also, velcro fly in 2013? Not cool when you have to administer emergency drought prevention measures to the neighbouring vegetation.

Is refilling the oil a problem? The smaller one claims to be oil free.

£100 to inflate a tyre?

In the words of Mario Balotelli “because I am rich”.

I was thinking about the smaller compressor for the portability. Also means a bit of space saving in the garage. I guess I can use it as a blower if I wanted to as well.

How much puff do you need to inflate a couple of tyres?

@julians sounds good. It worked without a hitch I take it?

@matther01 the SGS compressor looked decent, but the Prestaflator came to about £30-£55 shipped from the US! There’ll probably be additional charges for duty/tax and it doesn’t include the airline either.

This jobber looks good for the money though. Reckon it will do the trick? Comes in cheaper than the Screwfix compressor and free next day delivery means I don’t need to drive there.

http://www.sgs-engineering.com/air-compressors/6-litre-oil-less-air-compressor-tool-kit

@julians what accessories did you have to buy to go with it?

Problem is the tyre is so tight, I can’t tease the bead onto the rim using a lever.

I’ll try it in the stand tomorrow and see how it goes.

Can’t even get a lever in to remove the tyre and fit a tube without wrecking the yellow tape!

That Screwfix compressor Liftman linked to is looking more and more tempting. Anyone got any other recommendations, or recommend against the Screwfix Stanley compressor?

Women watch SOA?

I knew there was a reason I didn’t install Sky+ in the kitchen.

How are you hosting? Renting a physical box? Using something like AWS?

Physical boxes tend to be expensive, but you have more control. Something like AWS maybe cheaper, but it’s hard to control your costs.

Diaspora – as someone else mentioned – seems to be the simplest way. However, I thought that relied on a single person hosting their “pod”, or multiple people agreeing to host a pod. You’re essentially running a single instance of a web server, that can “see” the other web server instances. You control what you want to see, but I don’t know how distributed it is. For example, I don’t know if you can host the same web server serving up the same content using multiple machines without any load balancing, or replication.

Happy to be wrong about Diaspora though. Signed up in the early days, but completely forgot about it for ages. Seems like it is ready for mainstream use now though.

My 400D has been to the top of Kilimanjaro with no problems.

STREET HAWK! YES! I was starting to think I made that up.

Anyone remember Highwayman? Truck that can turn into a helicopter and has a car inside it?

Well, removed the lens, put them in the carry case and chucked it in the machine at 30 degrees. Let’s see what comes out!

Ibis Mojo HDR for me. About 2 years off right now I reckon.

Missus is saving up for a Canyon Ultimate CF SL for me in return for her engagement ring. I think I will get in time for next Spring. By then we should have settled into our home, figured out some local roadie loops and I should have had some more MTBing under my belt. Well, enough to feel confident on some of the bigger stuff anyway.

I’m such a lucky boy.

Did not think about the East Enders protection factor!

So far we have:
– Tone down the front light.
– Invest in a decent rear light. I have one of those Torchy lights that project a line on the floor as well. Will fit that in addition to my Cateye rear.
– Backup lights. I have a Moon X-Power 200 lumen bar mounted light.

So, should I mount the Torchy light on my helmet?

@TiRED. I know your club. I’m a member too. Just don’t live close enough to the area to make it out for the Tuesday night rides. Unfortunately, I don’t even live close enough to make it out for the weekend ones either 🙁

Hanger luckily.

He’s apologised now. Few things going on in the background that led to the problem too. Doesn’t excuse the behaviour. Not that I don’t forgive, but I don’t forget these things easily.

Is it so hard to deal with your own problems without taking it out on someone else?

Don’t know why he was behaving that way. I will check if he calls me. Bit knobbish taking out your own frustrations on a mate though.

Just going to tell people to fix their own shit from now on.

Ah well Davey boy. We aren’t all pragmatic enough to deal with a loose linkage bolt while riding across a Spanish mountain pass. Takes less to break the weaker ones.

Think he was under some pressure. Doesn’t help that he doesn’t know enough about bikes. Doesn’t help that I diagnosed his last broken derailleur as well. One was after a stack. This one he claims to have no knowledge of. Guess sometimes we don’t know what’s going to break them.

What an a hole.

Should I got Frank Underwood on him and have him pushed under the train next time the Circle Line comes round?

He has been a decent enough mate until now. I think people who’ve not done any spannering in earnest don’t appreciate how much of an MTB is a consumable. Doesn’t help that we get ripped off for consumables.

He’ll calm down by Monday. Trouble is, will I give enough of a toss to listen to the explanation? Or will I even care? Culling time I reckon.

My parents were not sporty at all, but they made sure we tried a lot of sport as kids. We swam first, we played cricket with the neighbourhood kids anyway, we were introduced to tennis by our parents, and we also had a range of sports through school.

We weren’t pushed to play but we all were pretty competitive so once we started playing competition we were all hooked. If your kids don’t have that competitive streak then perhaps introduce them to more “fun” sports and see how they like those instead? Also, your parents’ reaction to your achievements is huge when you’re young. I remember hating the look on my parents’ faces if I’d lost a match. Are you keeping a brave face on when they give up? The way you react will have a huge impact positively or negatively.

There is nothing wrong with not liking sport as long as they are healthy. If they like computers and the like then maybe you are better off teaching them how to program, or something that appeals to them more?

Buy a cross bike, summer’s going to be shite anyway.

Stanley one looks good and there is a Screwfix local to me.

What is the Wolf one like? Is this one any good?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Litre-1-5HP-6-35CFM-116psi-Compressor/dp/B00HU54Z18/ref=sr_1_25?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1392071014&sr=1-25&keywords=wolf+compressor

I have a Topeak Joe Blow. It worked in the past, but I just cannot be bothered with the new setup. Broke a tyre lever getting this tyre on the rim (26″ Rocket Ron Evo TL Ready on Arch EX).

Would something like this work?

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/12v-mini-air-compressor

Would rather buy to be honest. I have the mechanical aptitude of a frog.

I get the multi-instrumentalist bit, but he is not the only musician who can do that.

The re-invention. Is that really a big deal? A lot of musicians have managed that as well. Some have managed longevity with the same old shit, which is arguably as hard?

Maybe all will be revealed if I see him live. Is his new material worth listening to?

Wondering if it’s more efficient to buy a set of these than faff with bleeding the missus’ brakes.

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If it’s a small company can you not just have this discussion with the owner? Contractually we are entitled to a 1 hour break, but nobody takes it meaning you can keep your normal hours.

Being able to 180 a BMX.

But I may have made it up.

Figured it out!

Now just need to find out why my Crests on Hope hubs will not fit in an On-One rigid carbon fork.

Blasted thing is growing on bits of my wheel bags and my bike bag. Wonder if something like Scotch Guard will sort it.

Ventilation is limited to the air gaps around the garage door. I could plug them up, or line the door and use a dehumidifier.

Long term I need to look at eliminating the source of the leak. Which is increasingly looking like the roof and a wall in the corner. The short term problem is dealing with the mould.

Edited for double post.

Don’t have that option I’m afraid. I’ll have to vent through the garage or access door.

Is this generally not considered when building a house? Suprising if it’s not.

Yes, it is already a problem. Not a major one, but bad enough. The recent rain has exacerbated a leak which the builder is looking at soon.

Not so much for wearable kit. That gets put in the house first to dry/wash anyway. It’s things like wheel bags which for some reason have got mould on them. How can I prevent this in addition to addressing the circulation problem? Is there a protective/preventive spray or something for fabric?

If air circulation will help then is it worth mounting an RVK fan in addition to a dehumidifier without having to put in a ventilation point?

The first time my wife went home crying I swallowed my pride like a good man should and asked her to come back.

The second time she threatened to go home, I drove her there and slung her bags over the fence for good measure.

The point I’m trying to make is buying a house is like getting married. If something goes wrong with it you better be able to live with it, or work on fixing it. If he can’t understand this, turn up with the bombers. When he phones the police just explain that this is how you fix the boiler.

Try this? May not be your cup of tea though. Unreal rider, but real footage if you get what I mean.

http://www.pinkbike.com/video/343380/

EDIT: And nice video Leo!