Edric 64 – Member

Steel is real, you might have a dent but not a fubbarred frame made from chocolate

Not so I know of a very recent case of a Steel failure, wont say more at the moment but all materials are capable of failing with unfavorable outcomes.

jam bo – Member

Does that mean its god pissing on you?

He usually does, Gods are like that

Just as I finish work and get home it starts raining here in Gods County

They dont say what the pistons are made from, Guessing as you go up the SLX/XT/XTR ladder you would expect maybe steel/stainless steel/phenolic.
However their crappy tech support doesnt tell you

http://www.shimano.com/publish/content/global_cycle/en/us/index/products/disc_brakes/videos.html

£ ££s and £££s

Aire stocked and they are moving up river into Skipton lengths, river Cele France amazing for barble

Avoid the M65 and Skipton/Harrogate

It is worse I’m working and its sunny 🙁

I’ve heard of people putting a ladder on the ground and riding along it to set up rebound. It apparently works well But I’ve not tried it

Dont use an adapter in a bigger hole without Ruthin it up first, or you’ll make a Pyg of it.

So maybe the stay snapped first, I snapped a steel chainstay once and when putting power in the rear mech went into the rear wheel as the whole lot twisted.

No I was on about Fontainebleau, as it use to be called I think its now fashionable to call it Font. Anyway France certain places can be bad for car crime and the Calanques one of the worse, friend left windows open absoluteley nothing to steel so they Shat on his seat.

Breaking in to cars it happens every where and the nearer you are to Marseille the worse it is, I could tell stories of break ins which have all been to cars, also happened a lot around Bleu and Verdon popular climbing areas. Also happens in UK and isnt confined to just campers so no more a risk than driving.

Gas well its one of those urban myths.

Their statement by the The Royal College of Anaesthetists is shown
here. Have a read and judge for yourself.

Despite the increasing numbers of reports of people being gassed in
motor-homes or commercial trucks in France, and the warning put
out by the Foreign Office for travellers to be aware of this danger, this
College remains of the view that this is a myth.
It is the view of the College that it would not be possible to render
someone unconscious by blowing ether, chloroform or any of the
currently used volatile anaesthetic agents, through the window of a
motor-home without their knowledge, even if they were sleeping at
the time. Ether is an extremely pungent agent and a relatively weak
anaesthetic by modern standards and has a very irritant affect on
the air passages, causing coughing and sometimes vomiting. It takes
some time to reach unconsciousness, even if given by direct application
to the face on a cloth, and the concentration needed by some
sort of spray administered directly into a room would be enormous.
The smell hangs around for days and would be obvious to anyone the
next day. Even the more powerful modern volatile agents would need
to be delivered in tankerloads of carrier gas or by a large compressor.
Potential agents, such as the one used by the Russians in the Moscow
siege are few in number and difficult to obtain. Moreover, these drugs
would be too expensive for the average thief to use.
The other important point to remember is that general anaesthetics
are potentially very dangerous, which is why they are only administered
in the UK by doctors who have undergone many years of postgraduate
training in the subject and who remain with the unconscious
patient throughout the anaesthetic. Unsupervised patients are likely
to die from obstruction of the airway by their tongues falling back. In
the Moscow seige approximately 20% of the people died, many probably
from airway obstruction directly related to the agent used.
If there was a totally safe, odourless, potent, cheap anaesthetic agent
available to thieves for this purpose it is likely the medical profession
would know about it and be investigating its use in anaesthetic
practice.

Define “Bike”

So what light weight grease to reduce weight on my bike ?

I have spreadsheets, I have individual component weights but when built up my bike always weighs more than the sum of its parts, maybe I should start weighing the oils and greases used to assemble it . 😉

The idea is to get a certain %ge of “Sag” in your tyres, I cant remember what the actual figure is. So no use really except to say it will depend on the type/size of tyre and you + the bikes weight. Me being heavy I worked it out to 110 psi rear and 100 psi front for 23c Michelins

You must live in a rough spot.

These [Oyster catchers] fly back and forwards all day, I live between and old quarry, where they nest, and a reservoir on the edge of the moors, where they feed.

scousebri – Member

Some garden you got there, Oyster catcher and curlew are not your common garden birds.

Nope but they fly over all the time.

Never

Front mech cable end catching crank or maybe a frame crack, both of those have given me an annoying click

Depends on the terrain, I rode a flatish 25 and aimed to average 20mph which is what I did, didnt use heart rate just cadence at 85

I’ve had beaver on my decking, thats all.

W**king tomorrow and Monday
May just get a sneaky ride in tomorrow morning as I dont start till 3:30
Sunday a local river cleanup
Followed by a climb on the local crag.
Monday 10 hours daytime shift 🙁

Funny thing is I thought of buying a caravan maybe in France and having it as a semi permanent base whilst exploring in the campervan

Electrics easy, just dont cut the red wire 🙂

I insulated mine, a mixture of closed cell foam, rock wool and thermawrap.

added bed and cupboards internal water and waste tanks, fridge sink and a 3 burner stove. Paperwork is now with DVLA for registering as a campervan.

1.8 kg frame and forks is a kilo heavier than mine, my bike comes in at 7.2 kg
So I have 6.4 kg in bits.
I’ve cycled with someone who has the same frame built into a bike that weighs 4.8 kg
He has 4 kg in bits and you cant get much lighter than that.

Work out the percentages and you can get a 62% saving in the frame and only 40% in bits.

I did consider lightening my bike but comparing pedals is where I stopped, £250 for the pedals [140g] mine [300g] were about £50.

I wouldnt bother, most of the weight is in the frame and forks, if he wants a light bike buy a light bike.
Mind at 8.5 kg its not that heavy and gets good reviews as is.

samuri – Member

Her solicitor, is as good at his job as she is at driving. He should have primed her very carefully before letting her into that interview.

She is clearly only sorry about one thing and that’s not hitting a bloke on a bike.

Agree obviously she is sorry that events have caught up on her.

Suppose I best go now then while there’s some money in the pot, spend it all and sit back and get you youngsters to pay your taxes to keep me in luxury 🙂

Think we cycled 20 miles to see this, then had a beer and cycled back

Cycled here as well, another unique church

and had to put up with a view like this

Tell you its pants.

Down side, you’ll spend all your spare time going away in it.
I have, 2 weeks in the Alps 2 in the Ardenne and I’m going to have to put up with 3 in France soon + I’ve slummed it for a wedding a long weekend in Swaledale and thats July over with. Oh slept in a few pub car parks as well.
Come to think of it you may be spending a lot of time abroad I had to put up with 8 weeks last year, now thats bad for our economy.

Do you need a mountain bike for Llandegla ? Me I’d consider Michelin pro 4s

Nope not at guards discretion you are allowed over sized Items up to a cubic metre if they are under 50kg, but you may be charged.
OK a bike would be a tad over a metre in length but hey who caries a tape measure ?

Nope not at guards discretion you are allowed over sized Items up to a cubic metre if they are under 50kg, but you may be charged.
OK a bike would be a tad over a metre in length but hey who caries a tape measure ?

Just a point for everyone wanting to take a bike on a train, if the wheels are off and its wrapped up its no longer a bike.

b r – Member

Don’t know about you, but I’m planning on living a long time – whether I do or not…, who knows.

Or are you going to plan based upon a short life, and then be miserable and poor for donkeys years?

I’ve lived quite a while so far, been poor and rich then poor 🙁

mrmo – Member

accept the new world order, you won’t be retiring, you’ll either die at your desk, in the work house, or under a bridge.

I’m packing in work soon 🙂

jekkyl – Member

Current life expectancy for a male in the UK is 78.5. Isn’t it awful that we die, how annoying, I love living.

Thats a good base to work on so I’ll use 78, let you know how it goes in, oh 20 years time 🙂