Pretty, but I’d have to read a lot of test results to trust it. I’m thinking chipped varnish on a muddy ride leading to swelling and failure. For perfectly dry days, sure.

I reckon it’s at it’s upper limit, but a well upgraded bike. You’d be pushed to sell it for that much here though, but then again I find this forum to be the place to buy bargains and not make money (a bit like mates rates to a load of strangers). But anyway, it’s done now and you’ve got a lovely new yellow bike!

If he’s/she’s not bothering you, what’s the problem? I reckon a traveller with more attractive bicycles wouldn’t affect you so much. Admit it, the shopper does your head in.

As said earlier, live and let live. A number of my mates either dwell in or have previously done so in their vehicles. Do you feel the same about people living aboard boats? I can’t help but feel you want to know if it’s correct for you to complain. Seems a waste of council/police time unless they are infringing any more than any one else on our street.

Watch Crash (Cronenberg) and try not to get hooked by the buzz of it all :mrgreen:

1st: boy from my class in secondary. Took lots of drugs, developed mental problems and jumped in front of a train. I think he was 18.

2nd: My partner’s very close friend. A really lovely woman who had been clean for ages but also had chronic hepatitis. OD’d at a party.

3rd: A good friend of mine who had severe, medicated depression took his own life in November. He was a sensitive and very intelligent man.

A number of people I know who tend be in the upper bracket of intellect have also had issues with depression leading to considering suicide, luckily they’ve found an alternative way out.

GD, ugly but awesome. It only offends me when people think I have a suspension seatpost on a bouncer :lol:

I’ve got the turbo with remote. Hasn’t whacked me in the kids yet, remember to go with the saddle! I really like the multi drop, I use full extension for smooth climbs/road toand from the trail, 1″ drop for mild trail with uphill and fully down (4″) for the fun stuff.

I thought of getting non remote and only up or down but am very glad I didn’t. That ugly little blighter has added a lot of fun to my riding :D

I agree with on and on, I reckon the SDG at the correct angle/adjust will see you right. Have you exhausted fore/aft options too?

I have 2 Bel airs and love ’em. Had to take a little while getting the angle right for both the road and mtb though.

Looks like a fun “sit down” trail, where abouts?

By the way the jump bike is now a Meta, I wouldn’t put spds on a DJ. Even I know that’s wrong :lol:

Northwind, that’s interesting stuff. I don’t mean to suggest a “better” value to either, just a point of efficiency. There’s loads of great riders on flats and I’m sure we just adapt to what we ride.

I definitely feel smoother climbing with cleats to flats and enjoy the sense of commitment they come with when things get technical. The fact that they’re minimal and lightweight also is a pro in my book. I started splitting hairs as it was suggested that flats were as efficient as spds, which I can’t agree too. I also acknowledge that most of my opinion are simply observations of my own riding vs things I’ve read/watched/chatted about.

I may be able to pedal like a beast, but have a lot of technical skill to develop. The original topic was about a single isolated part vs part discussion. Inevitably it becomes holistic as the pedals don’t make the rider :D

I did used to find it really odd going from a road bike with cleats to a jump bike with v8s. I think a consistent approach helps technique (assumption of course!) and I now feel smoother having ‘beaters on both bikes.

A friend of mine did the same in Novemeber, similar age had a wife but no kids.

I’ve come to terms with him as he was severely clinically depressed (sectioned, medicated, tried before) but it’s his wife dealing with it that I still can’t settle with. Amazing guy, very, very intelligent (hence the depression) but had been dealing with it for some time.

We had commemorative tattoos for him on Sunday (6 of his closest friends).

One of the hardest things is the questions it raises and the complete confirmation that you will never get answers for them. It’s given me a lot of perspective and drive in my life. I only recent felt as though I had dealt with it. Hope you get through ok.

Beautiful bike, offensive bar ornaments though. Like when you see an attractive woman that happens to have sprayed herself orange to looked tanned, close but no banana.

I totally agree that it’s a matter of choice, but to say that flats allow equal energy transfer is incorrect unless you add velcro, magnets, or….a cleat?!

You can exert force through out the entire pedal cycle with both feet when using cleats, however there is always a point when only one foot is propelling the bike with flats. I think the time it would be most noticeable is uphill. These transfer points of 2-1-2-1 foot pressure are called ‘dead centres’.

Injury potential is obviously increased, which is fine for me as I ride at about red run standard (maybe a little more technical) but feel happy at this level. I used to want to try and become as gnarly as possible with my riding and used flats. Different (pedal) strokes for different folks.

Each have their place and a fairly keen loyalty each way. Find someone with a set/buy a cheap set and try them out, then you can sell them/give them back if you want too.

They’re great aren’t they? Got my bike and numerous well priced parts from there.

I can almost guarantee that you will fall over, twice. But then your cycling life is drastically improved!

I use Crank Brothers Eggbeaters on both my road and mtb. Chain Reaction Cycles has CB Candys for under £15 with free post. 4 sided entry, great mud clearance, weigh nowt and more float than Shimano. Easier to get unclipped to the point that they have broken away mid fall without much effort at all.

Energy efficiency, control, power transfer are all noticeably improved. Do it!

In simple terms: Who you have sex with and what type of pedals you use are incredibly different issues. To confuse them would be painfully hazardous.

I don’t care what you think about SPDs, but homophobia is a really stupid way to express it.

I added some humour to prevent it from seeming like a ranty response. Now I’ve had to simplify it, it’s lost it’s jovial nature. Ho hum :roll:

I don’t intend to start an argument, it’s only pedals :D

Doesn’t Gee ride the cleat? I think he’s on mallets/acids or some such hybrid pedal. He’s a fairly accomplished rider regardless of the garments he lifts. The only gay guy into mtb I know rides flats, I bet you’re glad to know he’s on your team :lol:

I can’t say I’ve ever connected how I stand on my bike to where I dip my wick (which is what I tend to do before having sex, the ladies love a nice candle). I hope for the gene pool’s sake you are simply a teenager with a misunderstanding of sexuality and pedals. Sounds like a pretty painful mistake for any girls you lure into your love nest.

Think of the pins! 8O

GD!! I got one (despite my hating that **** rubber boot thingy) and love it. Reliable, simple sprung pin mechanism with a magnet to return it to position. I have a remote lever GD Turbo with 4″ travel.

Don’t overtighten the bar clamp!

I read many, many threads on this before buying (2nd hand) and the others either weren’t 27.2 or failed in ways a seatpost shouldn’t.

If she agrees you haven’t been unreasonable, switch it around as it appears that she has! File for the same document which she has to sign, not you: If she really thinks there is nothing to admit too then she shouldn’t be averse to signing it herself.

Hope it goes well, sounds like a right pain in the padded shorts.

Thanks, just got a pair :) I did the maths and realised it was cheaper than cleats alone to get a set!

I have eggbeaters on both the road and mtb, it’s pretty hard to see the pedals once you’re on the bike :)

I dig the Shrek, apart from that cable outer on the back end. Lowers the tone I feel. But what do I know? I started a thread on bike names :lol:

FFS!! I can’t believe it was so bloody simple. One of the calliper mount bolts had loosened about half a turn and therefore was the problem.

Well, I now know lots more about the fork and don’t need to service them…yet.

Thanks again everyone, Mamma mia what a tit! :roll:

More replies than I anticipated. Many don’t get it (as I expected), different strokes…

The Meta is now Alphonse (Commencal being French). I used to refer to them (different bikes) as the mountain or road bike, then something changed.

If I needed to shout at the bike in a moment of stress while on the trail, I’d feel pretty suspect shouting abuse at a “female” bike; it would seem a bit…odd. I’d rather it sounded like I was arguing with a Frenchman; the police are less likely to be phoned. Then again, puffing and panting while shouting “Come on Alphonse!” is probably not great either :oops:

Less is more

Thanks for posts so far, BTW they’re not U-turn they’re MoCo lockout. I’m pretty sure it’s not headset but will check.

I’ll sort my air out, check out the headset then wiggle the lot about to see if it seems like a bushing.

RE topping out, I thought that’s what may be going on; it feels like it happens when the chambers are neutral (neither acting on the fork). When bigger bumps/compressions occur, the knock doesn’t.

Judging by the manual recommendations, I’m probably due to service and would want to do so myself. Do air forks need servicing more than coil and oil? Any one else here done theirs?

Cheers :D

Love it, especially the individual buttock saddle :)

It’s different… I’m a stealth man myself. It loses me with the “Attitude” decal.

Love, because we need more of them. It seems redundant for us to comply with ugly tarmac all over the landscape then winge at a few turbines!

When I own my own place I’m slapping solar panels and turbines all over that badboy :mrgreen:

No worries, google has answered!

:lol:

Headtorch+1, why burden a hand? (alpkit do very good headtorches for £12.50, brighter than my £35 Petzl Tikka XP but a little less battery life)

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Here or pinkbike. Got my Allez from the classifieds on here, no fuss.

I can’t quite enjoy watching a simpler person hurt themselves. It doesn’t seem right to take such pleasure in it.

Schadenfreude (schaden=damage, freude=joy), pleasure at the expense of others.

It’s kinda funny if the person isn’t in pain, then it’s a clumsy misfortune. But bleeding from your head or snapping the lower portion of your leg…

:lol:

After all of that he thinks the guy gives a stool about Michael Flattley?! How wonderfully American in it’s delivery. It says so much in just over 2 minutes.

8O

HE is the OP

don’t say f*ck or b*gger

Inspiring stuff! I still don’t get how people make the progression from smaller doubles to huge committed sets? There seems to be a “click” and progression occurs. I guess it’s the old practise, practise… Anyone made the transition here?

I had a stock one off my Langster which I replaced with a Surly one. Both were great but the finish on the Surly confirmed it’s loveliness. It’s such a simple but important part, I think it’s worth spending on. Sorry but I didn’t try the other brands out.

If you’re breaking/skidding then you have extra forces going into quite a small piece of metal, I’m not surprised they crack once in a while. I’ve heard an argument for a bigger amount of teeth but the same ratio to spread the wear out too.