is slugwash a new gentlemans product from rapha?

3 times this year not including commuting 🙁

new uni course has destroyed any free time, i was prob riding once or twice a week when lived in madrid

Looking for some images to blow up and put in some frames etc….

for money? there may be a mixed reaction

I was thinking along the same lines this week thread here-which links to thread about how to change bearings

i also gave tim at sideways a shout-phil wood bearing replacements are £40

in the end i went with a new deore from crc, price and time were the main factors, going to ssec and don't have the dough to get posher (even betd) bearings but next time ill have a go at bashing them out

good riding kit, tyres and good shoes, then even if you find you don't enjoy it you have something you'll still use. plus if you do enjoy it then get new bike stuff next year which with a seasons racing under your belt you'll be a monster

what he said. if the knee flares up it could ruin any plan anyway?

why not have 2 goals-one if knee holds up and a fallback one if it hurts?

or if you're an underestimator (id guess not from your initial post) have a very achievable plan and everything over and above is a bonus?

no one?

im slightly confused as to how a reference to 'a girls team' has led to such a specific rebuke? I feel like ive missed something?

im sure theres a way of working out how drop in height affects offset, try mtbr

a degree in offset wont affect it too much, im after an on-one to use on my G2 frame which is a 51 degree offset

the height drop will steepen it a bit but potentially the difference in rake will offset (sic) the difference. not very scientific sorry

not sure there are many forks as long as the singular, i was after something that length a while back and had no joy

EDIT: if you find you need a bigger reduction in rake to counter the height difference let me know, im selling my bonty forks

lmao @ stuartie c

samuri-its like a pre-emptive donkey punch 😉

Nice arse, is it yours?

sounds suspiciously like grooming….

eckinspain is either going to be delighted or embarassed about the response to his arse

head to classifieds, pick up cheap SSEC, drive to FOD, drink beer, ride prior mentioned bike, have laugh. repeat in the summer for SSUK 😀

If you find these threads distasteful then I suggest that the title might've given some indication of the content and that you'd be best giving them a wide berth

woah! and go against everything stw stands for? steady on, i think not.

you don't know the outcome

in order to find out the outcome?

yeah thats a very strange way to add to that thread. I would suggest maybe the mods have an email add for them..

there are orange walks through Glasgow and roads get closed drums get banged and hatred gets spouted. I'm not a fan.

Drugs is perhaps more to do with what's happening in N.Ireland and Rep. Ireland rather than the orangemen and walks specifically

nice!

Common myth and total rubbish

really? why's that? not trolling genuinely interested, it makes sense in my head-is the air not recycled then?

very true-do you always fly when you get ill? i had assumed not but when you assume you make an ass of you and i*

*eh fraz?

possibly not getting enough recovery time in? then although you're getting stronger your immune system is compromised and makes you more vulnerable?

yeah i know what you mean about just buyin new bbs but i think ill give either enduro or flea bay bearings (prob put some phil wood gunk in) a punt from the point of view of having a tinker with stuff and also trying not to just throw stuff away

cool i might give it a punt

are they a proper upgrade do you think? given that a new deore will cost 16 notes…

EDIT: ta muchly btw

been out 3 times since holidays started but thats the first riding of the year, trapped in uni 6 or 7 days a week and spend rest of what time is left with my gf

could be worse though-loads of riding and not seeing your kids?

hmmm well depends on your point of view i guess

as alec angus says, that makes baby jebus cry

any cross tyres hiding in there? something 35? I was a semi finalist World Cupper* at our bike shop…

*as in cupping a gentleman 😉

now this is confusing, on one have emailed back saying the offset is 38mm

found a pacenti on fleabay and the guy says its 42mm offset. not ideal

but, but my superfly might cry

it'll look like Paul and Debbie Daniels

yeah but they're not..well eh…pretty. But yeah I'll punt my switchblades and get some.

i know but i need some hope to cling onto 🙁

a new bb, new gloves, new brake pads, new degreaser, new tubes, new energy gunk and a new passport-why does everything run or wear out at the same time?

hmm G2 is 51, thats prettttttty close

I could see about chasing the threads but its not getting faced

the shell hasn't been faced-its a superfly so you have to kind of assume its all tickety boo. It's an intersting point though, never had an issue with shimano external bbs but always had a faced shell. Hmm maybe ill pop the caps and have a look. Might see how much it is to get them phil woods'ed by sideays

(I'm lucky, there's at least 5 decent real ale pubs in a ten minute ride from my house)

lucky barsteward

no its ok it was firestarters pic that seems to disappear and then they all shuffle so i thought yours had gone too

Have I too many

never!

i think theres a pic of a pink indy fab on the back of a bike, dream set up 😀

that 15% offer may have just tipped the balance for me….hmmm can i stretch to 52 week is the question

havent treid fixed offroad before and not ridden fixed for agggggeeeesss. maybe ill have a blast tomorrow

cheers epi, have you deleted your submissions?