Thanks for posting I think a lot of people can relate to this.

I have a near mint Santa Cruz Nomad Carbon frame I’m looking to move on, you can always drop me a mail if you were interested 🙂

I had this on a new set of XTR’s as it happened after the first couple of rides. I got a new set sent to me and it happened again so I live with it but it drives me mad. I’ll be going back to Hope when I replace these.

I recently got an end of season bike as my first road bike, £1200 from £1500. Good deal I thought but now I realised I don’t like road bikes I’m stuck with something I’m trying to sell (not a plug as too small lol) so I’ll end up getting £800 for a bike that’s been ridden twice covering 80 miles….

Go second hand and benefit from planks like me losing money 🙂

I have plenty of tattoo’s. Some people like them some don’t, equally I don’t care as they’re on me 🙂

I had a push tune and small volume can fitted on my nomad and it was the best money I’ve spent on my bike in a while.

Twice a week about 12 miles each time but try to get a “good” ride in once per month. I’m Mr Joe Average sales rep.

I have lumbar epidurals and have pain killers and keeping it simple I listen to my body.

I used to do 6 days per week training kick boxing and gave it up as adrenalin just covered my pain and I done myself more harm than good.

I hurt myself riding in the winter more when the bike slips out suddenly and I “jar” my back.

Listen to your body is what I say…

Gary

Very nice!

I found a retro shop near Carnaby St London and it had some gems of old roadie tops 🙂

I’ve just moved to Cheam which is a village between Epsom & Sutton. Easy links to London and other towns in Surrey to the south.

I do find it very expensive but then I used to live out in Reading but equally I don’t often need to leave the village so I guess that’s what you pay for.

Anyhow, I love it and the agent we got our flat through was Lee Chapman if that helps 🙂

I have a 1.9 85 bhp 53 reg T5 and had new clutch and DMF with full VW service when I got it as svs history was only average but I must say from an engine point of view after having this done it starts first time every time and I only drive it every couple of weeks.

I’d have loved one with a bigger engine but a simple tune would sort that 🙂

Thanks for this everyone, I’m near Epsom but ride Swinley a fair bit larrythelathe if you’re anywhere near?

I would recommend the book “OS X The Missing Manual” to anyone new to Macs. Even has a chapter on making the transition from Windows.

Awsome great thanks, I’ll hunt it down.

Appreciate the efforts in trying to help all but I had difficulty in renaming a folder (serious?!?) which is why I am looking for hard or electronic resources to save myself looking like a ****t and asking hundreds of questions.

You wouldn’t think I used to be goodwith tech 15 years ago…. How times change…

If you’re using it for the usual MS Office applications then I find the MS Office for Mac pretty good and you can set up the track pad to behave like a normal two-button mouse – though i’m used to the track pad in Apple mode and prefer it.

I still have a windows based tablet from work for basic MS Office “things” but I got a GoPro for Christmas and want the mac for my pics, vids & music, I guess a social hub. I like the way the track pad works and the things I’ve sussed I do like the way Apple have done them but some things do not appear to follow a logical pattern.

An Apple fan that’s never had a Macintosh?

I know, I should have written ” an apple fan who has been a spoilt git and had free kit and is now in the real world so needs to dip into his own pocket”

http://www.apple.com/support/macbasics/

Cheers for this I have seen some of the apple own info but it misses a depth of basic stupidity I need to go to oddly.

I’ve had one for 16 months and I love it! I’m a pretty new rider but ride quite hard and over some ok distances and mix up some DH and trail centres and mine is built with 180mm fox36’s and xtr/xt and weighs in at 31lb including pedals.

What sold it for me was how well it climbed up hill and how stiff it feels. Unless something amazing comes out over the next couple of years I’ve no need to even think of getting shot of it.

Not the most technical review but it makes me smile, I trust its quality as a build and it’s not let me down yet 🙂

Awesome I needed to know this too 🙂

That is within achievement in my opinion. I need to lose 1.5 stone by May myself but I’m a sales rep and am on planes, trains and automobiles all day so it’s not easy to get balanced food for diets so I keep things simple, consume less calories than I burn in a day. Easy to monitor, helps aid better food selections and often means I have my main meal at lunch time due to taking clients out which then leaves me fuelled nicely for some evening exercise.

Works for me but at my weight 14 stone / 5’10” I aim for a lb per week loss but true loss not just crash dieting.

Most importantly good luck !!

These are my LBS:-

http://www.mountain-trax.com

They used to have them so may be worth a call?

Gary

I only have one bike so sometimes I’m under biked, sometimes I’m over biked however I just love being on my one bike 🙂

Aus – I’m 32 and for no reason have had bad back for 15 years and sounds like we’ve been through similar experience.

I didn’t do myself any favours as I was reluctant to give up martial arts and never stretch before/ after exercise etc.

However mid April I had my first injection and WOW, I had about 4 months of zero ache, pain, issues and had an amazing summer of riding. Month 5 I started feeling the odd short “reminder” I was really only masking the pain and for the last month I’m not back to where I was but am now daily feeling it. I’m booked in for my next one for mid Nov, NHS tell me you can have 2 per year.

Regarding the procedure, when I had it done my back was in a good state so had no issues and I felt nothing bar the numbing injection and an odd feeling of 35ml of fluid being pumped in (eeek). My mum who has the same has had one done and she said it hurt like crazy, was I lucky? Higher pain barrier? Ask late November when I’ve a second to compare against:-)

It changed my life, honestly. I became happier, enjoyed my hobbies more and even if they do hurt I had so much relief afterward I’d take it.

Final thing to say is you are supposed to do Pilates, swim, stretch etc to prolong good feeling and help strengthen and I didn’t really. This time I will and who knows, I may be able to sneeze in a cold morning without hurting for a winter season!

Good luck!

I’d been using a superstar components one (Forget what model but one with top and bottom guides). Worked great but I did just splash out on a straightline silent guide and whilst I never had no problem before this is just nicer engineering, bit much quieter and looks better but it’s double the price.

I’ve had l4/l5 disks compressed for 15 years, I’m only 31 now. I’ve spent thousands on physio, osteopath and various “latest greatest things”. Everybody is different but I do Thai boxing and MTb so not doing myself much good but Pilates and swimming keeps the pain minimal with less frequent flair ups.

I work in engineering sales and whilst I’m not the brightest most qualified person I give some of the best client support and customer service out of most the other reps I know, wins me the business 🙂 – buys me bikes, simples.

I’ve been using them for AGES and they hardly wear down and I ride a fair bit, the only issue I have is wet weather (lack of) performance and the squeeelll they make 🙂

From speaking to other (BOB) club members who maintain Swinley if you sign post it you then have other insurance issues should people get hit going the wrong way etc, not sure on this however it does make sense although I’d love to know somebody isn’t coming round the bend when I am giving it some beans 🙂

I had a sweet Orange5 just how I liked it and it only sometime felt too flexy for my liking, 140 suited me. I got the chance to buy a dream bike as I had a good year at work and got the nomad carbon and would say it’s ok up hill due to suspension design, amazing downhill but on an all day ride even at 30.5lbs it can become energy sapping….. Could be as I have180mm forks though hahaha. Remind me to get them dropped 🙂

Thanks khani I’ll give them a bash

Thx

Cheers, I wasn’t very specific – I need the inside and outside springs but CRC don’t have them.

As a seller of a bike some time ago the guy was in a similar position who wanted to buy a bike of mine.

I had to ask him to bring cash (which a lot of people wont want to do but will understand if they are legit) and told him if he dropped it or damaged it he owned it.

I let his big mate who was so big it was funny stay with me and the cash and he came back, happy and left with a nice new bike.

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I just picked up a second hand Giant Glory about 2009 with full saint. It’s great for what I need for now and love the idea it only cost a quarter of a new bike and if I fall off and damage something I don’t care. 😆

Cheers for this, I’ll look into the DHB range.

Whether I get bitten or stung by a nettle my leg swells up about a third again in size but the doctors say tough there’s nothing I / they can do 😆

I have a nomad carbon but test rode the alu version prior to getting this and It was a bit of an old dog shop demo but it was still AMAZING!

I didn’t feel no hardship getting it up hill compared to my Orange 5 I had at the time and on the down’s it was super, the suspension platform was sorted.

I only got the carbon as I got a bonus from work and as soon as I got it I never looked back.

I’m a bit fed up of medium mileage rides because I do the same routes and my main riding mate is less than reliable so I’ve got myself a DH rig and am meeting a new bunch to spice it up a bit, so far so good!

I’ve just agg’d a deal with a guy for one too and cant wait to build it up so cheers for the pics 🙂

I love mine, minimal maintenance and I love the speed in which it will rise and try to destroy your boy bits! You only get caught out once though 😆

I’m all for stopping stolen bikes etc however….

When I go for a quick blast round the street / park on my bike costing near £5k I look like a RIGHT CHAV however I paid for it cash, it’s mine and I’m proud.

If they want me to prove it they can chase me back to my house where I have all the receipts. Forget them taking it and it coming back scratched dinged or damaged.

Gary