I hope it’s ridden with a big smile 🙂

Looks like our only option was denied, then.

Is there a bike porn industry? We need to ask them? Where’s RonJeremy when you need him?

jkomo = emsz’s hubby?

sweepy – Member
Ive never even had a go on a full suss. I’d like to, just to see what its like

It’s like any bike, but a bit squishy and with added complications.

Have had : iDrive and AS-R.

Now only ride Steel* HT MTB and 2x fully rigid multi-purpose bikes [1x Steel*, 1x Al. and both hub geared]

*”It’s real” LOL

It’s not a lot, no.

If all the other parts are the same, I reckon you could level the score by fitting it with folding tyres, lighter wheels make a surprising difference.

Oh sorry, I thought you meant you had two to choose from buying.

I’d guess you need to assess the reach. It’s often the reach/tt length that bugs girls on boy’s bikes. Whichever will give her the better positioning and fit. Bung wheels/forks/pedals on both in turn and ask her how they feel?

IMHO – whichever’s cheaper, she’ll have outgrown it in a month. Not that I’d recommend being tight, but they are both nice frames so put the change in the 14th birthday present fund 🙂

Eeeerm, Mr Dwarf – what locale might that be…

😉

No, clearly a piglet pursuit!

Sorry but that =

If you just want to listen to the recordings from the PC then I understand if you don’t want to shell out for a record deck and other bits [which, by the way will need to include a purpose-built stand for the deck – that can be a >£100 easy]. Do you have any other HiFi gear, will this be in addition?

If not, I suggest, again, that you make a deal with a friend who has the kit already and use his/hers. Where are you based and how many records do you want to copy?

Yes, you have to play them. £50usb TTs will sound pants.

Better get a well regarded deck, like the Planar 3, with a small good preamp and listen to them.

Google the terms/brands in my earlier posts for more…

I GTG, sorry.

chvck – Member
Putting vinyl into PC takes aaaaaages!

?High Speed Dubbing? 😉

Laptop and [normal amplifier] inputs will be around 2V AC maximum – “Line Level”

Turntable cartridge outputs a few millivolts, so you need a PreAmplifier to boost the signal to Line-Level.

As I suggested, if its only for ripping the discs, you’d be better using a mate’s deck, all set up etc. Save the audio as FLAC, Apple Lossless, or at a push AAC 320kb – vinyl sounds good, don’t waste it!

IIRC the wikipedia article on Turntables is a good place to start.

JY – if theres no pre-amp in the TT then she needs one. It’s not Line-Level output!

My dear – you will have to do quite a bit of research! TBH if your budget is <£150 or so then borrow a TT [or pop ’round with your laptop] because if you use a crap TT you’ll havd a crap sound.

Hi-Fi is full of snake-oil, to be sure, but TTs are exquisite engineering, and must be in good condition to get a decent sound and not to bugger up your LPs. Sadly there is no quick and cheap way to help you out.

Check out

http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/ – quite serious, but real advice available.
and
http://www.whathifi.com/ – lots of modern kit reviewed.

http://audiokarma.org/ is a great forum.

Any vintage Direct Drive Model from Japan in good nic.

Rega Planar

OR – If you have no Pre-amp

Pro-ject Debut USB

BEWARE WORN NEEDLES if the device is secondhand.

Clean and dry the LPs first.

Check Hi-Fi World Olde World Buying Guide

Signed, whole thing somewhat amusing, but also unsurprising.

“They don’t pay road tax”

A HAHAHAHAHAHA.

LOL – yeah, I was thinking that too.

Ebay duude, just set a reserve and list on a free listing day?

I’ve bought a few txtbooks from the ‘bay, usually paid £10-20 I think, and that wasn’t anything that unusual.

Just to add my voice: I worked in a travel/outdoor shop. Haglofs is generally regarded as about the best stuff you can buy, and yes it’s expensive.

TK Maxx? Haglofs? Daaaayym.

5 Minutes?!

EDIT: 5 miles I guess you mean. Or are you attached to a solid-fuel rocket?

READITEDIT, eh dan?

We’re moving up there the week before, and I’ll see if I am available then as I will be working and don’t know my hours. Sounds like a great time to join in, and if I don’t see you then I’m sure I’ll see you soon after!

Heh, sorry. The whole thing is/was smoke and mirrors!

Trousers for our “engineers”* – shedloads of pockets, kevlar stiching, double thick knee, elephant-ear pocket liners, kneepad pockets etc etc etc.

Also damn warm to wear sitting in an office!

*read fire suppression system installing “engineers” – and don’t call me out on the naming, it’s what the Co. and the staff call them, so in this case, to me, they are Engineer’s Troos.

Here’s a pic of Molly and a companion cube then:

You were the first person to get that the title was asking a different question to the rest of the post 🙂

It ’twas all a little fun for Friday.

HAPPY SATURDAY EVERYONE*

*that doesn’t have to work

Oh, and zokes wins by the way

All I’m worried about is parts. What about newbies? We’ve gone from 1 wheel size to 3 for MTB. Sounds to me like it’s just going to leave a lot of people really confuzzled. What about all the bidet budget brands – Carrera etc – are they going 650b or 29″? How many tyre choices am I going to have in a few years with 26″*

Also I am basically pissed because I finally built my dream wheels a couple of years ago** and the frickin’ things are only going to get more difficult to get tyres for now, esp. cheap ones – cheap things only exist due to volume production and the more “standards” there are the less volume of production of each type OR manufacturers are just going to scale back their range to only include the popular shizzle. Either way I see my options reducing and my wallet taking a pounding [so I won’t need to buy that fancy slimline wallet I keep seeing advertised here anyway]

* This also works both ways – what budget tyre for 650b – “I’m just getting into MTB, I love in sweet sweet mountain terrain and the only shop near me sells 3 types of tyre for 29″, one Tub and one 26″ with a centerline the vicar uses to visit his goats. Woe is meeeeee”

**321 Disc Ceramic, DB Black DT’s and Blue Hope Pro2’s in 20mm and Bolt-on. Yes I know they weigh about as much as a walrus and I don’t care one bit because they will never ever break unless I crash so hard I die. And then I doubt I’ll care.

I wouldn’t buy Win 7 machine with 1GB of RAM unless I was planning on buying more ASAP. Check also that there is a free slot to add more otherwise you’re up a creek without a paddle!

I find this interesting. What actually happens if you spend an overlong period? Just getting reversed via an ‘plane isn’t 2bad? No porridge involved?

Also – both the hour and the thread are probably crying out for this:

An interesting link for the above.

Oh jeez! Man, I am trying to have my coffee here – I feel a bit fragile. You’ve got what you needed why leave the picture up, gah 🙁

Oh and earlier we had Tool/10,000 Days

Very cool. We looked at the moon with our telescope 🙂

BMW M4 concept
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crush83 – Member

Meh.

Houns – Member
Not bad, the nicest looking BMW . However with the current range designed by blind chimps its not hard

Styled please. Ta.

Looks melted, no actual innovation of lines or 3D form. What do I know – I am in love with this right now

Probably great to drive though 🙂

eeer do these guys count?

My GF and mother both hate them – surely that’s an automatic qualification?

EDITed due to below post. \m/ \m/ indeed

Aaah, but I did that with the socks already. And I was joking! Two days at the most, and only if there’s nothing else in my handbag.

Ok, someone has to explain this to me now.

scotroutes, It’s possible the title’s wording was deliberate 🙂

Somebody bid £100,000