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BTW That’s Unistrut, available most electrical wholesalers fairly cheap.

Using T’s and tube should be an easy job to make yourself, could probably do it using 22mm compression fittings. I take it its for standing bikes up in back of car/van.
I used a short piece of this

plus 4 of these

Ro5ey – Member

Not from BMXing

But possibly the spelling/grammer police.
Who will be along shortly to shoot you down.

Excitement is making my fingers work in front of my brain

Buy some Galvanized conduit make your own.

Me same as Sanity, why because they are good wheels and the previous ones [Mavic open pro’s Ultegra hubs] the rims have worn out.
As for a winter bike I believe the ruling is :-
“After 2 years your summer bike becomes your winter bike and a new bike is bought in that winter for the summer.”

So please obey the rules and just wait

Thanks all Daughters popping over tomorrow night, me It’ll be first Sunday in June, thats if I survive a Velodrome session the day before.

Thanks Grum 🙂

Well if I ever convert a van again it would be a long wheelbase VW
Probabley first thing to do would be a pop top with bed, somewhere to sleep straight away.
Then worry about the rest, LWB its a tight fit with a SWB.
Proper VW track system (or othher vans system) to put a vehicle specific crash tested R+R bed in.
Now before you start look up the complexities of running a van and all the implecations (tax insurance speed limits ferry costs)and look up having it re registered as a campervan. Oh and if you insist on a high top just have a peek around at all the places with 2 metre barriers you’ll be barred from.

First things first, just like buying a bike, test drive the vans first. Its a lot to spend if you hate driving it.

I was looking at a Scott CR1 3 years ago and took the brave descision to go with an Addict.

I can do 80 miles + a day and its comfy so on that basis try a Scott Foil and leave the CR1 till you are a bit older 🙂

Selective use of words for what ?

Everybody use to be able to be Gay now some people just cant be.

Marriage, well I’d say the use of the word “Marry” is to meld together two dissimilar “Things”

So use the words Gay Marriage, as most “Non Gay” people are not now getting married.

Dont give a flying **** really

Lezyene Macro drive bought in a set £80 ish, I use them for my riding 2-3 hours unlit roads. Front was bought as back up light for a Hope Vision 2 which it makes redundant.

Daughter lives there so have ridden quite a few things no guide. Les Houche is good cct of the valley on the Balcons excellent.
Excellent descents above Servoz long rides up on forest traks/tarmac.

More info here

Kissing the pink

Edit:- Snooker term of course 😉

Try the kitchen things that you use to re seal an opened bag.

cheviots – Member

Thanks everyone but was really hoping for personal experiences and recommendations.

An hour out of Rochdale ?
Thats why not many people are giving personal recommendations, be a bit more adventurous and put the van to its proper use, otherwise you may as well just have day visits into the Manchester urban sprawl

kcshaple – Member

Dales rider. More photogenic not to have riders kitted out like imperial storm troopers.

True but more easy to ride, pads were not something I even considered when I headed for the first time to the Alps with my MTB. Now if I was doing up lift and tear arsing down a hill then yes. However most of my ride time was spent pedaling up never ending slopes in temperatures that would make a sauna seem cool, or getting pi55ed on whilst descending never ending hairpin single track where speed is not an option.
You’ll love it 😀
Whatever your choice.

A quick check of BV’s photos would show that mostly no pads.
Bit like XC riding over here just more of it so unless you are clumsy/poor rider why bother ?

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The idea of a camper van is you dont need a site.

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The hill

Dunno
My 120 is 24, so maybe check when I get home from work

45 miles a hill and back before the rain, somewhere in Chesire/Staffordshire

As well as the Vango I also would recommend
Jack Wolfskin Wild Country or if its a “King Arthur’s Palace” Cabanon

Yep buy a good tent if you are going to “carry on camping” bit like buying a bike really a poor one and you tend not to ride it.
My oldest tent is a Vango force 10 Mk5 bought in 1976 and still OK, new flysheet in 1989 and a couple of new poles/A connectors.

easygirl – Member

Dales
Yep,sorry, that’s what I meant to say

No worries its quite difficult to put a thing you know how to do in words, easier to show someone.

Easygirl fraid you’re wrong. Read again what I said, but just add squeeze the brake lever thats what moves the “Lagging” piston out.

You dont touch the pistons, you press the pad back plate on the opposite side of the pad thats contacting the disc first.
This presses the pad up against the rotor, flexes the rotor and pushes the opposite pad [the one thats contacting first] and therefore pistons in.
Small bits at a time till the rotor isnt flexing when the brakes are applied.

I just wish I’d took more notice of how to ride stuff when he was Skipton based, and he use to ride up stuff I was walking up.

Taught him all he knows 😛

I only had trouble coming back from the alps last January, 4 sets of skis and two wheel and tyres was akward………

molgrips – Member

Is that Embsay crag? I rode up there a long time ago, there wasn’t much that wasn’t cheeky… or at least I didn’t find it.

Yes Embsay Crag, getting a bit worn in places now all the bloody southerns have moved up and started riding it.

I had to make do with a crap ride up and down this today, I tell you its pants.

AS you can see its just a small pimple at the back of the village 🙂

Place is full of southerns, stop encouraging him…………

crikey – Member

You int from round ere, is you?

It’ll be great, that London is nice for a holiday, but the North is grim at all!

There FTFY

Its absolutely rubbish in or around Skipton there’s no Mountain biking or any quiet roads for road cycling.

Right thats my bit said I’m popping on the bike over to Addingham for a TT.

[/quote] agent007 – Member

Who needs a boat?

You do need a boat for the current world record. 😀

Who needs an engine ?

I’d have to ask Greg why did you cross the wake and when you hit trouble at least cut the throttle.