nice one rob… they are hot for sure…

is this getting reported to ebay??

Adeliade in australia…awesome, the hills have loads of really good mountain and road bike riding and are cool enough in the mornings and evenings…amazing place…i was there for 8 yrs and should have stayed longer

xt for me… plenty of power, light and lots of rotor size choice…

yes, but when she opens her mouth, you realise she is a stuck up gangsta wannabe…and has no charm…innit…

merida are one of the biggest bike manufacturers in the world… the flexi hardtail they do is awesome…they produce bikes for spech and many others…

possibly the best scales of all??

halfords are bad… kia's are worse!

all good mechanics know how to build good wheels… go with the best price… you can break any wheel set though, doesnt matter how good they are…
My merlins are good though

bloody scallies…sounds like you need to beef up the security a bit…

yeah, sorry to be so soft and to bail out on the first climb… that will teach me to go riding with a cold… promise not to be such a wet lettuce next time…and sort out my creaking seat post :D

no

maybe you should save sm coin and get one of these?!?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Lightweight_RD_-_Rear_Derailleur/5360040339/

windermere yha usually has spaces, good tracks nearbye

Dont think i can afford your build!!!
you should get sm good cash for a ti frame with quality components like that…

yep… think that pretty much everything here is positive… and they really do look sweet for UK conditions… think i might have to price up sm stiffee builds…

hmm… ill think bout all these while i run to the shop to get beer before they shut!

moggy, wouldn't have troublespotting that one on the trails… that must be a custom colour?you get that resprayed?

They are both amazing bikes, got some top notch kit on those two babies… what do you think of the ride on the hustler? see you have it set up XC stylee with the xtr cranks and the gps…

wow they look great kit… had to look up the word braw though, found a few different meanings:

braw (brô)
adj. braw·er, braw·est Scots
1. Fine; splendid.
2. Dressed in a fine or showy manner.

Adj. 1. braw – brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay plumage"

hope you mean the first :lol:

mostly ride in the lakes, some trail centre rides… got a 100mm hardtail at the moment, but want smthing with a little more beef, and take advantage of the longer forks nowdays…budget… guess it depends but may stretch if the bike is good…what you think zaskar?

atm…ahahahahahaha…. they would have to think of another meaning for the abbreviation though…
all terrain mountain?
active trail machine?

santa cruz have some nice ones for sure… but if you want to put 140mm forks on an alu hardtail frame… most of the big brands seem to avoid this market… but i guess cove are quite mainstream now in the uk…
therereally arn't many hustlers around though?

looks llike a place near keswick to me but i know it aint

could be a new cove model coming out? stiffee snail trail?

maybe not eigh?

Hmm… hummers… but they are they price of a full susser… still 7 years and who has ever got that long out of a full suspension frame?
what set up you got jedi?

hmmm… what you thinking tails?? and what about the hustler?

That is true, but same for the prince albert and many others

rub and tug joint…

On another note, you say the frame was damaged and got a weld to fix it?

I know someone with a cracked weld on a ti frame and would love to know if it is fixable, the weld cracked is between the top and seat tube…

wow, all those over sized tubes and swingarms… huge welds and chunky BB… and then they have a tiny seat tube with a front mech clamped onto it, and this has all the force through it!!! seems a weak point…

As tim said, chasing a thread is only cleaning out an existing thread… it takes away tiny spurs or lumps of the metal away to efectively clean the thread… they use a cutting fluid to ease this, it will not damage the tool…

My guess is that the shop does not have the park tool required, or that the mechanic in on that day was too busy or not confident enough to do it…

they would not hide other problems from you as they would rather show them and try to sell you another frame…

i like my panaracer cinders… pretty good all rounders which also grip

i got a brand new slx chainset, ridden once, but the shop had not fitted the pedal correctly and the thread was damaged… i had to buy an xt to replace( as was the same cost as slx) i will sell the chainset with all 3 rings on it for £35 if anyone wants it?

sorry to hear your loss…

its not just theft but home invasion, and i hope those scallies get busted…

really glad your all good though kit… have a few beers to get over the headache( or get a new one)… was the driver sorry aat all???

TJ, you ask if medics are crash investigators? yes they are actually. a huge amount of evidence is gathered by medics in the case of crash investigation. much of which can be used by the police, such as findings from a & e and from the pathologist, all this evidence is gathered by the crash investigatins team.

The science is that helmets do protect your head from impacts. They spread the load of the force. They also help from smaller hits like on low branches.
You can find an increase in neck injuries from wearing a helmet though, especially full face or motorbike helmets. They put a lot of stress on the neck, where the force from an impact is concentrated at the base of the helmet. Lots of motorcyclists suffer from broken necks.