If you do half Jeremy, i might join you on that one, if thats ok? is it likely to be th 2nd?

I was thinking of this as my talas 32’s are very chipped but work lovely, is it not a case of stripping as per guide for new seals, and then you have the lowers off and can just prep as per a frame?

slightly off topic… but is scotrail bad for that on all routes? was planning to tour a bit via train…

I struggle to get my bike on a train, especially the new vigin trains, would hate to try with a tandem! tho there and back seems a bit harcore to me!

so all you glasgow lads get train to ed and ride home? is that the best way to ride it? I would as said before like to tag along on SS, do you need to book trains givn your taking bikes? and is there any other ed people up for it?

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that is sad to hear!

i would like to try and tag along an ed to glasgow ride? fear my fitness is a bti low but might help boost it!

currently our exchange rate has brought attention from overseas, but it also does bring a few issues. I believe the latest one i heard about a phone was someone sold one on ebay, person receives it, posts a paypal claim as not as described, and says going to post it back, but only sends the box and accesories, keeps the handset, now they have post of postage, but you wouldn’t know unil you open it and you have to sign for it before you open it. Not common but paypal are as useless as ever at dealing with it, person i know only got it sorted as had weights of parcels there and back and was 100g different (the phone) and so was going to small claims the dude, but paypal didn’t really care…

matlab….. “Shudder”

my local lbs is 2 seconds away and truely only caters for the occasional and tb i would struggle seeing them match halfords, (who i visited other day and had some nice stuff in) but the not so lbs at home is great, really helpful and if i need something really desperately then they have been known to “borrow” something off their demo fleet, i do pay a premium but my biggest problem is its not my lbs so its for me a case of order off net and get part to my door or have to get to the shop, and normally when i need to visit its because the bike doesn’t work and so getting to the shop is such hassle

I thought it was as soon as money changed hands that the contract is formed, and thus why most online retailers don’t take money until its all ready to be shipped?
I know if something is mistakely advertised at a lower price, they don’t have to sell it to you but can instead withdraw it from sale for 30 days instead.

suppose its that circle…. you don’t shop there, so they can’t afford to keep stock, so they end up catering for your average rider, you know joe public who has the same budget kinda bike that 75% of the country have and who keeps the LBS going. I mean i am as guilty as anyone, my lbs doesn’t sell any hydro brakes at all, all cable but then thats all he needs and obviously has seen no reason to change, so we are kinda responsible for this ourselves.

think it was 35 in my lbs

Maybe the person listing could start a feedback thread for themselves..
the logic of them starting it would be that then you could click on their name whilst looking at their ad and find posts they’ve started and it would be there? save having to trawl through the search?

wow,
what great edinbrugh scenery…..ridings not bad..
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that was really amazing, shows it to two non biking friends and even they were gobsmacked! how come i never see this person around ed! so much respect for even trying these things!

isn’t there a notice board up by the entrance from holyrood park drive, just past the entrance to the uni, the road by the royal commonwealth, believe just as you enter the park there on the left there is said notice…

excuse my ignorance but is it not normally a sign that the fluid needs to be changed?

thank you for the various responses i do feel honestly enlightened!

I am also a little confused? I don’t see the advantage? I have a single speed and sometimes i do wish it had a few gears at the rear but that to me would defeat the point as my single speed is about as being as basic and cheap as poss, so i can take it to the shops and not need a massive lock, would think a decent cassette and rear mech would double the worth of my bike…

popular in the motorbike world, can’t say i have experience but they are recommended

Ha ha ha ha!

Someone put him out of his misery….

that a house doesn’t have a religion?

when i had problems… i used a stem and repositioned the bars to give more leverage and clamped the stem tight around the seatpost and that worked..

10wt is thicker than 7wt and so will give more damping, you could use the 7wt and correct for the difference with changing the air gap but personally i would run down to halfords and pick up a bottle for a fiver…

I have some experience from both sides of the fence…
If they stop you, they have to give the legal power and a stop form officially, and they should tell you why. we were trained never to try the “routine stop” as that is not a legal stop, however if they wish to stop you to see your documents then all is legal. The police do have the normal documents that pop up on anpr, however there are also other pieces of software that they run the numbers through, it could be the car has a marker placed against it from a previous owner or even someone wanting to annoy you could provide “information” via crimestoppers and this gets added, next time you get stopped ask for a stop form and keep them and then you could go with evidence, i don’t doubt you but some people comment that they have been stopped 10 times when that isn’t the case so such forms will add weight to any enquiry you make.

think they are different, have both, the hope ones are split and avid are seperate.

I was up in loch tay just before christmas (uni firbush centre just up from there) and all i can say is i am so jealous! its so stunning around there!
I assume they walked along the railway line that goes along the main road?

i must admit horses are kinda scary and its useful to know not to use bells!

I would love to come and say hi, just to say hi! but stuck in uni! i normally cycle down the wol, such a nice relaxed ride, off anywhere interesting? maybe i could beg to tag along another time.

agree with curries and comet, moneysaving expert website talks about it, normally trick is to ask for a warranty as this gives them some commission they can bring into the bargin and you have like 14 days to cancel the warranty afterwards

I do believe that TJ is right that the lights must be Bs approved for use on the public highway and i am of the belief that no led’s or hid’s have been so approved and so i think you technically have to have a halogen light with a kitemark to be 100% legal if you were wanting to be a muppet…

the aquaduct down near collington dell?

Vit c has been to help prevent but not proven to help shift.
Its all about keeping fluids high.

personally i have heard good things about the slime in car tyres, enabling a limp home but most bikers i know carry the plug type, i think i would prefer the plug type, tho i do recall hearing stories from olden days about people stuffing tyres with grass….

tbh all is all things we should prob carry in a car anyway?

is a first aid kit not also required?

The water being pumped up hills is very popular… and the energy problem more complex than most people think. I have a few points that are interesting.
The pumping of water up hills is not a power producer, true, but hydro schemes work on flowing rivers from one height down to another and these are power producers but at the cost of reducing river flows and destorying areas of beauty in some cases.
The ones where the same water is pumped up and then let to run down is for a very different reason, during the day there is a great demand for power, huge and so all the power stations are all full stretch, during the night this demand is so small as we’re all asleep, as mentioned before you can’t just turn this things on and off it takes hours to warm up and prep these turbines and so what they do is use the night time to pump the water, the cost of pumping it knowing they can draw on it later is worth it considering the cost of having to shut the power down as and when its on demand. This also allows the flow to be levelled out, as the water then gives enough to average out the peaks and drops in the power supply. It is not really a true eco friendly method.

second point, when i worked at an electricity distribution company, i remember there was talk about having regional blackouts in areas, even to the point that the building we were working in was to run on diesel genny for a weekend and they were going to shutdown power to some areas, during this i was told the grid runs at 97% of its capacity and during this time two main power stations were down due to health and safety breaches…

of all the power produced in this country around 7-8% of it is from renewable energy (taken from uni lecture notes) and of that 75% of it is from biomass, wind, solar and hydro are great but they are pointless, they will never be able to provide for our needs truely they can assist but they will never manage it, the only way we can ensure future generations true supply is to invest in nuclear and to look into improving this technology as i believe the current nuclear fuel supply is about 70 years (unless they can get a way to use the rest of the uranium)
So wind farms and tidal energy really don’t make a huge difference,

A lot of companies looked at wave generators and the like originally and decided not to invest as they were not economically viable and it is only due to the huge grants in this field that makes such projects possible,

I don’t think we should be flippent but i do feel we are chasing a false hope here, even at best these devices will never provide the needed power.

i stand corrected!! usseful to know¬!

i can’t remember who i used to use but i know a lot of labs have closed down due tto lack of trade:(

i think given the massive warnings i would admit defeat and send it off… not worh risking breaking it!

i don’t think the etiquette comes with riding… i think some people are just muppets…