+1 for Crystal Voyager

Also try Shelter, Thicker Than Water and the first Billabong Challenge.

A few weeks ago my mate called me a spactard. I was impressed.

34:18 here and getting up things I didn’t think I would.

Patience is the key as bargains come up quite frequently. It’s taken me a year to build my 29er but I have saved about £600.

I do take your point though, seems to have gone through the roof of late.

I suspect the haters on here are the same folk who get miffed at longboarders for “stealing all their waves” when they’re scrabbling around on the inside on boards which are plainly not suitable for the conditions… but on the other hand wouldn’t consider trying something with a bit more volume because it’s not ‘core.

Just because you caught the wave before everyone else on a barge with a huge paddle doesn’t mean you are a better surfer.

Oh, and my quiver goes from 10ft barge to 6ft quad fish with a few in between. No size “issues” here.

Too fat and useless even on a longboard? Get a SUP and really dominate the line up! Until someone stuffs your £250 carbon paddle up your arse.

Oh, and around £1k for a board – bargain.

Not my thing really. 😉

Thanks all, think I will wait for the XL to come back into stock.

Often I venture into the garden to find Tiddles from next door has laid some pipe for my children to stand in. This is almost as unacceptable as me dropping a small nugget of Tiddles finest down the heater air intake of its owners car.

Float, obviously you wouldn’t cut the very hard BB axle, you cut the soft alluminium chainset, split it and bin it.

Edric, read the OP’s post – The cranks are going in the bin. That is why I proposed a destructive method. FFS.

Remove chainrings and using a hacksaw cut a deep slot over the axle at an angle so you dont touch the frame. When you are 90% through, insert large screwdriver or cold chisel and wiggle it, just a little bit.

I applaud the OP’s underhand tactics. In this modern age of canny youngsters knowing their rights and what not I have found that mental anguish is the tool of choice for today’s modern parent.

Bravo.

I’d marry her as well.

“Darling, I have spent £4000 on a bike. But really its only £40”

“Ok hunny”.

Can’t see a problem and quite easy on the eyes as well.

Call me Shallow Hal.

Sounds to me like you have slightly squashed the ball bearing cage under the seal when installing the bearing. I did this, drove me nuts.

I would also grease the bearing seat as well.

Have you tried the old “cable tie your brake levers to the bars overnight trick”?

I had some hard to bleed SLX brakes and doing this with the bike vertical in the work stand worked a treat. I also tapped the caliper every now and then with a screwdriver to encourage the air up the hose.

RealMan appears to have bouncy things on his bike. Real Realmen do it rigid. *

* Unless it steep and scary.

Mine were probably a bit longer than ska-49’s but wooden risers and earth treads if you see what I mean. Not quite as steep.

I should also mention that after TSOCD, I then rode another two sets which had been psyching me – both these where concrete and I cleaned them four times each.

Bike? Inbred 29er SS rigid.

I.

Rock.

😉

Just been out to the garage and measured my 2012 Inbred 29er with digital calipers for you.

28.6 mm front mech, 29.8 mm seatclamp.

Says 28.6 mm front mech on the On One site for the 2012 slot dropout 29er Inbred.

I have a 2012 Inbred 29er SS. For me, all the extra bits and pieces on the KM looked a bit cluttered. I prefered the clean lines of the SS specific Inbred.

In addition to the cups in the freezer thing, I had a really tight one a few years back and leaving the bare frame upside down with headtube in a bucket of hot water helped as well. Probably should have got the HT reamed but there you go.

Stu, did you end up with the same size Feature as the old Zen?

Actually, a quick PSA – Hargroves are doing the Feature for £56 delivered. All colours except titanium.

Just added one. Junction of Herbert Avenue and Ringwood Road in Poole, Dorset. Bloody lethal.

You sir, look similar to a performing bear on an undersized bicycle. I also suffer from this.

29er fixed it though.

Arse. I’ve just fitted one of those CB Cobalts from CRC. The blurb suggests they are stainless cups. Apparently not then.

“pops out to inspect and wipe with engine oil”

This has never crossed my mind and I thought I knew everything. Will try it next time. Thanks!

4 votes from me. I feel cheap.

Done. On the understanding there is no style at all just a mucky strumpfest.

Thanks all. Wearing the Zen I already look like a duck crossed with the mushroom character from Mario Kart so hopefully the Recon will improve things. Probably.

The sqelching is caused by the nitrogen charge leaking past a seal into the damping oil. Happened every 4-6 months whatever I tried on my old Float R’s and was one of the main reasons I binned full sus. Its not a DIY job and will cost about £75 as part of a service at TF or mojo.

Or you could just ride it. It will not do any damage.

Your right, I just checked. Smaller cassette?

I think On One stainless SS chain rings are £20 at the mo. I just got a 34T. Its very pretty.

Bel Ray waterproof grease. Tick. Tock. Thicker than Silkolene RG2 but much more tenacious. Aluminium based so won’t make your seals expand either. About £6 for a big tub and its blue.

GT85 is great for a liberal spray on a wiped off wet chain after a muddy ride – will stop it rusting, nothing else.

I’ve never had a problem using grease on headset or BB cups.

Well it was my tyres that went.

I built the wheels, obviously they will be perfect.

8)

My two pence, I have a Soul, 3×9 drivetrain and On One carbon rigid forks. I love it – fast, nimble etc.

Just built up an Inbred 29er SS to make my own mind up about it all. SS, Salsa Cromoto forks and mid range kit. Weight is the same as the soul (no gears) and I have to say I love it more than the Soul. NEVER would have expected that in a month of fundays. I really can’t find a downside – apart from the tyres exploding obviously.

They should stop the holiday companies doubling the prices in the school holidays, that’d be more sensible. It’s the only reason I’ve ever taken my son out of school in term time.

Consequences? A number of excellent skiing holidays that we otherwise wouldn’t have been able to afford. Some great memories. Lots of family time together in great locations doing things we enjoy. He left school having passed all his GCSE’s and got a place in the college he wanted to.

They’re consequences I can live with.

This is most likely the scenario for every parent on here. If they are worried about truancy then tackle that.

Convert – yes, I did read the full Times article and I have aired an opinion. That’s all really.

I’m getting a bit tired of the education establishment dictating this, that and the other to me and then **** off on strike when they feel like it. You didn’t seem worried about my childs education then did you.

I wonder how this will get enforced.

Tight is always good, no one likes slack wheels.