I haven’t used a crud-catcher since 1996.

Are ‘neoguards’ an expensive version of a bit of inner tube tied between fork crown and brace? If so, they seem to work fine.

It must take big balls to follow the leader like sheep

As an aside, I re-discovered Pink Floyd’s Animals in the glove compartment the other day. Magnificant album.

Bleating and babbling I fell on his neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream

if you want to make it into a proper race, with overtaking, then stop putting the fastest guys at the front by scrapping pole position

Exactly!

‘Stock Car Starts’ is the answer. Line the grid up in reverse championship order. Let the quick guys work their way through.

o-rings changed. pump like new :D

Well having ridden Lowey’s ‘STW Rivi’ route yesterday I’m pretty sure the mystery ‘dale rider was talking about Tockholes. I rode through and back an the main trails but it looked like there was other stuff in there.

I feel a bit sorry for the pit stop fella that used to put the fuel in… whats he going to do now?

Wrap himself round the tyres and think warm thoughts?

and you dont have to run it flat out .

Exactly… I don’t know if I’d want more light than I’ve currently got but I’d be interested in a smaller/lighter battery.

Chemmy, skiist.

Thanks – I’ve ordered the kit.

I’ve used Ski Lifts.
I’d use them again without a second thought.

As the father of triplets in a small house I sympathise with one line (and one line only)… Their tiny house is strewn with laundry piles and toys.

p.s. there were 15 in the operating theatre when ours were delivered. (not including me and the wife)

flowmtbguy said… good to see the Swobo head badge is still there!

Not no more.
That’s quite an old photo – it’s currently sporting one of these: http://i20.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/b0/98/0d75_2.JPG
In fact I think it was when I bumped into you on the PassPortes – shame on you for not spotting and remembering every last detail!

I’m passively looking for a new headbadge at the moment though as the sticky stuff on that one isn’t very sticky any more. In fact I’m toying with the idea of showing the bike a bit of love and getting it properly resprayed. But then I keep thinking it’s a lot of money for soemthing that won’t change the ride one bit. Decisions, decisions.

I’ve used the old style Forerunner on my bike. Good as a bike computer (distance, max speed etc). Good to log where you’ve been if you go for an explore. Limited as a nav tool.

I had a Teocali (one of the first ones). I replaced the (awful) Manitou Splice and put a Pike on it. It was a bit on the heavy side but climbed better than it should. Downhill it was really good – in fact I did the Megavalanche on it.

I should point out that I cracked it twice. Despite not being the original owner the importers sorted me out with a new front triangle first time and a new swing arm second time. The design of the front triangle has changed over the years around where it cracked so it’s not really relevant to a 2009 model.

I have very fond memories of the Teocali. I’ve spent more money now on something better but if I was on a tight budget again I’d think about another one.

or the next best thing…. a Hope ProII freehub.

I don’t know if it’s the quality of the (presumably common) TV coverage, the BBC coverage or the new cars but I’m definitely enjoying it this year much more than I have for ages.

DavidB – will you please name your club?

Or at least re-assure me that it’s not in the Cheshire/Manchester/Peaks area.

I’m not new to road riding but new to riding in a group. If/when I turn up for my first club ride I will avoid time at the front, not because I’m a free-loader but because I don’t know the rules. As and when I pick up the rules, I’ll do my turn.
Except DavidB would have burnt me at the stake in the meantime.

And I go up hills at my own pace. I get in a rythmn and I go. Most of the time this is slower than the people I ride with. But if it’s faster, it’s because that’s the pace the suits me, it’s not me showing off.

And I’ll carry my water how I like, thank you.

DavidB – name your club. Highly unlikely it’s one of the three I’m thinking of joining but if it is, I’d like to know.

We get milk in glass 6 days a week. We also get eggs, OJ and veg boxes from him. He probably does other stuff but I don’t know about ‘pop’.

Ask this fella…

:guffaw:

Cases in the US too.
Where’s Cressers when we need him?

Got your email Steve.
Ta – looks like an interesting route.

Heatsink is pointless in a sealed container. Just make sure you get a good thermal connection to the casing (which will lose the heat to the environment)

To add another one to the mix, I’ve just put a Token Tiramic (from Wiggle) on one of my bikes. The cranks spin and spin and spin in a way I’ve never seen from a HT2 type BB. I can’t comment on durability as I’ve only done 2 dry rides with it so far.

I’ll be there.
Biggish bloke on a Whyte JW-4.

Does she squeal like a pig?

sfb said… OK then, who’s the other one then ??

Melissa (Missy) Giove.

Looking more athletic here…

and here…

sfb said…. what sport does Gwynneth do ?

She’s not the athletic one.

Athletic and aesthetic….

horasaid …I don’t want to say too much on it… It would be disingenuous/unfair to enter a dialogue and publish it in a public medium at the sametime.

Let’s hope this kind of responsible attitude doesn’t catch on round these parts!

hora said… I found a crack on my 456 Summer season yesterday

Did you get a Summer season out of it?
And a Winter and a good part of Spring?

Ben

I too am fed up of static pictures of bikes in Singletrack. Next time you test a bike, could you print a series of pictures of it in the top right hand corner of every page. Then I’d be able to thumb through the magazine at a variety of speeds getting a very real impression of how it will ride.

hora said… big buggers hurt

I’d imagine your eyes would water at the very least.

Vol-au-vent roulette?

Vol-au-vents with a nice creamy chicken sauce. Put a big blob of sambal (or similar) at the bottom of a few of them.

It broke, was fixed, was flexy and then bent. 2/5 seems on the generous side of fair to me.

It’s a shame – I’ve tested one, came close to buying one and would have considered one if I ever need to replace my Blur 4X. It’s not so much the breaky thing that worries me (I’d be on a L and they’ve fixed that), it’s the flexy, bendy thing.