Stripped the bottom bracket thread on my new frame 10 minutes are unwrapping it. :(

^^ Killer blood thirsty sheep? Ewe.

A decent bottle opener.
My Weber.
My 4 stroke Briggs and Stratton mower.
Deep heat spray.
Good tools in the workshop.
Dental cover through work.

Part true, part myth:
My uncle works at Rolls Royce, testing jet turbines. They would run all sorts of tests, vibration, extreme weather, and bird strikes. Bird strikes were done by revving up the jets, and tossing chickens in the rotors (this is true).

After a few months he gets a call from an engineer at Boeing. He says “Listen, we have a problem with the bird strike tests, every time we toss in the chicken, the engine implodes. I don’t know how you guys are doing it”
My uncles response: “Guys, seriously, you have to defrost the chicken first!”

It’s got to be the guy who did the measuring for the new french trains. A £40m cock-up

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+ 1 for timber. I’m sure the C2W encourages many £1999 bike deals. (I think the limit is £2k?)

I have found good deals at on-one.

I’m with you P-Jay. I’m right there with you.

Convince your younger sister that the slug’em pellets (slug / snail poison) are lucky packet candies. Stomach pumps are not fun.

Your right surroundedbyhills. Try’ing to rectefy as we speac.

Summary. OP is envious of everybody else out riding. Throws toys out pram.

Oh man, the comments on tyres psi relating to ‘pressure on the ground’ is just painful to read. :roll:

The bike racks prevent me from heading to the local machine wash, and the guy at work on Mondays charges £25! That said, its the execs in stupidly overpriced automobiles who line up for that. An yes, if you thinks it’s ok to park your 4-wheel drive Porsche with its personalized plate in the handicapped parking because its in the line to get washed, you are indeed a knob-head.

Bucket and sponge for me. Like at least once a season!

I need to take a break from my screen, read this topic as 1st-time-lubeless. 8O

I begged my father for one when I was about that age. He took me down to the local, gave me a red swiss army knife. Said if I could open it and close it without cutting myself, I could have it.

That’s how I became the proud owner of a blood sodden shirt and a bandaged thumb. Waited another year before I got another chance. :D

+1 for Jivehoneyjive

Back in South Africa, while on leave from military (SADF), I overtook a large truck (legally mind), but missed seeing a roadside sign saying ROADBLOCK AHEAD. Came round the corner to see a policeman standing in the middle of the road with his hand up. Slammed on brakes, fishtailed a bit, stopped 5 foot from him. He’s pissed, yelling and gesticulating. He’s yelling at me through window, I’m pleading innocence, but this guy is really on edge. A few moments later, the Sergeant Major in charge comes along, takes one look at my uniform (I was a lieutenant), tells his colleague to calm the f*ck down, salutes me, and waves me on.

I grinned all the way home :)

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Marked calendar in preparation :-) for maxtorque’s apology.

I’ve spent a few quiet evenings in my backward, beer and air rifle. Just waiting. Soon.

There are wider implications, as battery tech improves (think F1 and Apple spending much $’s in battery R&D), ebikes make biking far more accessible for the masses. Less cars on road, more investment in proper bike lanes, and so on. This benefits all riders, e-bike or not. I think the commuter type bikes will see a far wider appeal than the MTB versions initially.

Historically, no doubt this same type of discussion was had about motor cars and computers.

I saw with interest a shop in Guildford dedicated to e-bikes: http://electricbikesguildford.com/%5B/url%5D

I think this has been said by a few, but when I’m back in nappies and getting spoon fed by pretty nurses, I’ll be buying one!

Just cleaned my bike, nothing specific planned, but long weekend looks opportunity rich! I’ll be ready..

@jambalaya, bikebouy, I’ll keep an eye out on Sunday from HFSC (Langstone side), prepping the Dart 18 for another season!

Ok, that Echo business makes my skin crawl.

Hard to tell from the vid. Does it look like you are getting all the travel from the forks? As for compression, on a run like that, somewhere in the middle would probably do. I’d check your rebound rate first. If its cranked up, the fork can feel pretty springy. Beyond that – try changing you riding position?

Some quality welding there 8O

Circlejerk.

Another for clot.

For what its worth, I had a similar problem, tried bleeding and air pressure checks, it got worse. Eventually sent it in, out of warranty, and for a £40 service, they just sent a new one back.

This seems to be a default action on some of the original Reverbs.

When that tubeless tire finally pops on after 40 minutes of wrestling and pumping, and realize it the rear tire is now on the front rim with the rotation arrow pointing the wrong way.

+1 for Snow Crash, and The Diamond Age (same author) Outstanding.

Just picked up a 06 530d touring, getting 34mpg average to work and back, without really trying. @ Mikertriod 2 days after picking car up – bam – back in with a DPF filter warning :) 6 new glowplugs under warranty fortunately.

OP, for the sake of comparison: I payed just over 7k for mine, with 95k on the clock, fully loaded, with 1 year warranty.

My Transition Bandit (29er) had the stealth routing for the rear mech, so the cable went over the BB and into the chainstay tube. A chain drop caused the chain to get sucked in-between the frame and cable, damaging both. Moving froma 2×10 to a 1×10 solved the problem. Looking at the pic, it seems they have done away with that design.

Lovely looking bike! Still sticking with my Bandit though :)

I think there is something to be said for ‘earning your ride’. When it comes to appreciating the new tech, you need to have sweated it out old school – earning your stripes on an old faithful 3×11 HT with 90mm travel on a fork that never got serviced, squeaky breaks and a seized up seatpost, it makes those plush and lush FS bikes all the more worthwhile.

Kashima but no CTD.

Same as fatgit, RP23, does everything it should do. Just had a pricy service though.

Gary Fisher Big Sur was a good one.
On-One inbred 29’er SS still going strong,even after South Downs and two trips to the alps.

Car radio (or ICE if you must) in wife’s Renault. Get in, start the car, and a few seconds later, blast cheesy pop music (the kids) at full volume. And why cant the radio just turn off when I turn the car off? Why do I have to open the door first?

+ 1 for sat navs that can’t search by post code.

I think there is something to be said for a level of protection offered by a backpack. My pack has some pretty good padding, and certainly helped in those OTB moments.

PDS is great value, and food and drinks included as you go round. Use the next day to do all the best bits again. The entry will only be valid for 1 day anyway.

We have a house rabbit, gets on pretty well with the dog too. Do make great pets, mind your cables, mine has an affinity to telephone wires, patched three times now *sigh*. Does get frisky with balloons (you know that ends well) and balls. But given he (the rabbit) and I are the only males in in the house, we are good!