Mud Dock any cop?

Yep, was mortified about the cost of spokes.

Puma not a hairdressers car at all, in fact the limited run Racing Puma was a cracking car to drive.

btw did some work on the 4wd Puma, really funny to see it go. Full hit WRC performance in a wide arch shell, a real head turner with the anti-lag on!

BikeHut is the same as any shop, sometimes you get very good service and sometimes shocking. Our local one in Chester is staffed by a right mix!
I have used them a few times when I couldn't make it to my lbs and found them acceptable.

I'm not saying that ss'ing is the pantheon of mtbing, its just another area of our diverse sport.

crikey – The weight is a non-issue? Eh? So why the heck do people spend a fortune of uberlight components and bikes and not still ride 50lb Schwinns?

That's the one, our bar manager at Edgeley Park reckoned it was a top place to go.

Doh, trying to read it and watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with my 3yr old 😳

Hora aren't you in Manchester? There is a homebrew shop in Stockport thats been there for years on the edge of A6 iirc. There's a new one opened up in Chetser too, just around the corner from have so far resisted the temptaion to go for a nose around.

But he has had a dozen new wheels, lots of pads, cables, chains, heasdsets etc etc…… bit like my grandads 60yr old brush several new heads and a couple of new handles and still going strong 😉

Sent mine back to Roberts Cycles for a refurb, the paint has been very durable on it. Give them a call should do any frame I would have thought.

I do much prefer to ride my ss. I can just get on and ride, its fitted with a super durable fork, Hope M4's and nice wide Conti Vert Pro's and is about as maintenance free as it can get. I always seem to be in the wrong gear on my fs bike, probably means that I'm a poor rider 😉

I don't ride it for smugness or attention and it kind of annoys me when I get smarta** comments from riders that I pass on it. Its not that I've got one gear and am showing off blah blah blah, its that my bike probably weighs 10lbs less than their 6inch All Mountain Thrasher and is much easier to pedal!

Yep, I was lazy on my geared bike.

Rode nothing but my ss mtb an road bike last year, the ss made me much stronger and I'd say fitter and allowed me to push a far bigger gear on the road bike. Ask my regular riding mates what they think!

Are we talking clubs with rules and subs etc, or collectives that ride together?

Can. Worms. Opened.

Piece in one of the Triathlon mags that milk is really good for post workout.

Hmm, its like all perpetuated urban myths. Carbon is bad, all Cannondales break etc etc…

+1 Miranda Frost and Olga fron Quantum of Sloace.

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Yes subject to the lenders t&c's BUT if its only one payment then they might let it go

Agree with jedi, our lives are fleeting why not go out giving it everything?

It was quite moving watching the IOC press conference, thoughts go out to all affected by it.

Not me.

Didn't realise you boys were riding, saw you about though. I shall be out in the morning on the singlespeed of joy.

Dave's first ride back?

Finally seen my 94 Primera die, MOT due in July it needs.
Front n/s wheelbearing
2 rear shocks
all new brake lines
new indicator lenses
the heater fan is bust
the electric ariel is bust
rear offside passenger window mechanism is bust
hit a pheasant that bust the front grill
new tca's
ps pump is iffy too
clutch slipping

it has done 160k, owned it for seven years and paid 1600pounds for it. Think I had my moneys worth!

How about Reynolds, Ritchey or FFWD Fast Forward Wheels?

Crush +1, superb trail bike bit like the original P7.

That Lambo could be the road version of VW's race Touareg.

Marine Fuel Additive used a similar product on mine and it worked a treat mixed with some EP Gear oil. Plug frame, fill, rotate, leave to marinade, repeat a few times then drain.

Introduce him to Ton, then get him to argue the point.

Good God, think someone has seen one too many episodes of Chop Shop on Discovery!

An 8 I guess, all is good. Usual gripes from SO about money but hey-ho.

You're all wrong, it had to be a fwd auto diesel Audi with Quattro badges on it.

But isn't the ultimate extrapolation of a free market that one day it will be run by one corporation?

Wash? Car? Only when its that thick in mud I can't see out of the side windows.

Welcome to living a market economy. Hands up who owns a bike that the frame is built overseas and has non-UK made components on it.

My Dad works for a company that manufactures insulation products that are used in 'kit' houses, timber kit ones are a bit of a muchness though the best prefab ones are reckoned to be German or Scandinavian.

Scrub Protection Shorts form Session1 in Llandudno.

Used to work on event and part time for a team that ran privateer GroupA and WRC cars, gave it up when it clashed too much with my work and personal life. Coolest thing we built was an RS2000Maxi