Mazda 6, I’ve got one, huge boot, nice and steady, BUT google them for DPF problems first. they have this Diesel particulate filter that only works if you boot it round over 4000 revs all the time, so in 5th or 6th gears, it clogs up and costs money to fix. if you don’t change the oil regularly, the DPF dumps all the 5hite into the oil, the level goes up and it will blow the cylinder head gasket- nice. all in the name of meeting emissions standards.
But if you want a nice black one with roof bars and a mere 95k on the clock, then let me know…
:-)

thanks all for the advice. weirdly once I’d posted, the site no longer became available- dodgy local connection or ‘big brother’ censorship?
chuckled about the Freddy Mercury bit, oddly I chose to avoid.
Binners, I had several Efes- odd thing is they list rice in the (normal other beer) ingredients.

anyway, back in Calderdale, surviving prisons, culture, etc etc and broke swing arm yesterday, so an action packed weekend in all.

thanks again for the Singletrack Rough Lonely guide.
Holmesey

Got any good ones about Osman bin Laden ?

Elton John is going to do the tribute single.

Sandals in the bin

just stocked up on Black Sheep and Thwaites Wainwright (current favourite)
both 4 for a Fiver in Tescos

Once it even cumulated in launching a pain au chocolat out of the sunroof of a golf gti.

Cloudy was it Monsieur Golf Garcon?

we have olympus mju tough- the first one to come out, it’s been pretty bombproof, though the lens is a bit scratched after 3 years+ of abuse.
same as kimbers, lots of knocking it about and still working fine
they have upgraded it at least once and made it more ‘armoured’ too

powered Hormann +1 v happy.
good contact for one in Halifax if you want a number

more money for toys, still feel 18 at 42, not really slowing down, but stay in nice places rather than a karrimat on any available floor, then go out and still kick the a..e out of whatever it is.
variety is good. Learnt to snowboard and surf (fairly well) in my 30s
1st kid on way. looking forward to buying Scalextric and damaging my hips on the parents’ sports day against all the 20 year olds.
I personally think most of my mates still get v v pished, just as much as they used to in their 20s, but it tends to be behind closed doors, allowing us to tut at those collapsing outside clubs and pubs (to mask our jealousy?)
don’t hear as much as I used to, but a career blowing things up didn’t help with that…eh? you what?
less inclined to blow up, though the two fat birds what talked all through spinning last night almost got a mouthful- maybe that’s the difference, in my 20s, I ‘would have had to’ tell em, whereas now I just think, ‘grrrr…. bless em, @*&*@@ and breath’….

cue maths pedants…….

w=2b+c?

yeah for some common sense around here.
even though 107% of statistics are made up, only 3% of diets actually work. I reckon this could be the 3%.
(60% of the time it works all the time- ……. sex panther)

do phys, drink beer, eat pies, do phys, etc

[drinks small dram of Talisker from Homer Simpson Mug]

Alternately you could launch the ‘surrounded by actual Zulus’ diet, where you get chased across the African Karoo- quite a big place

anyone ever bit a bit of land-6mtr x 15mtr approx

I bit some land falling off my bike, but my teeth were only strong enough to bite about 1m x 2.4m, you’re gonna need great nashers for 90 sq m mate

weirdly both my DPF instances were after long motorway runs-so how does that work? one driving non-stop from Devon, stopping for fuel in Manchester and it came on and entered limp home mode and this weekend coming back from Dalbeattie. I was doing ‘ahem’ 70 ‘ahem’ and a bit…. and suddenly lost power needing to change down to 3rd and 4th to keep going. Prob with the low gearing is that even in 5th you struggle to do over 2-3000 revs on the motorway

Exactly the same here. 2nd time with Mazda 6. took it to Feather Diesel in Elland which is where the garages send them. they managed to regen the DPF, but the mechanic told me to get rid, then adding that lots of cars have the same issue.
He also told me to drive it mainly in 4th !( I normally progress up to 5-6th quickly then plod along as it is a sofa of a car). Give it more beans more of the time.

It’s a real shame as it’s ok as a car, but I won’t have another Mazda and probably not a (newer) diesel either. Apparently they do it for emissions reasons, but essentially that’s a huge bluff if you have to thrash it for it to stop breaking.. There’s a Mazda 6 forum where other people are also going bonkers about the same thing if you want to share the pain some more.

best of luck

plus I’m not akabusi

does he break lots of hub gears then? Ak- abuse-eee

Same as Stumpy.
I know someone with this bike and he likes it, though hardly ever rides anything hillier than East Leeds. another mate has the 05 version and has had it all over the Alps, Scotland etc and loves it to bits.
Like my 04 Stumpjumper though, it’s probably worth a good look at play in bearings, wear and tear/scratches in fork bushing and general frame damage as these will add hidden cost to put right (if present).
Not the lightest of bikes, but like Stumpy says, if it’s cheeeeap as chips, could be a bargain.
more info please

Satsuma Castanet XR4 Turbo Fanny Magnet
(for those old enough to remember)

for the rest- googlify it

+2 and CO, Carbon Monoxide surely isn’t going to be stopped by a mask. (I should know this, will check up)

carumba

were you wearing red glittery shoes?

Shureley the coolest bike is a tr-icicle

I went to an interview last week wearing a painted steel spring round my neck

the bloke in Top Man swore it was a Ti e

buy another Ti spring and also a steel one. then put your spring in your right hand and pick the others up in your left hand to see which is most similarest. then try to sell your two buckshee springs on here to other ppl with the same Ti spring conundrum

HTH

Hey TRH, how’s it going? I have a very old Nespresso machine, that I have just used today for the first time in ages [sits back and waits for barbed comments etc]
but to be honest I now use a stove top espresso thing as it makes the house smell of coffee, makes great gurgling noises and you don’t have to subscribe to the George Clooney fan club and get loads of hype laden designer nonsense posted to you every month (that you know you are actually paying for)
However if you’re on the go and just have a moment to brew up/not good at cleaning the machine, then the pod things have their place.
there are probably cheaper other alternatives around, or I imagine there’s a good 2nd hand market from people who want to make space in the cupboard for sandwich toasters, smoothie makers and chocolate fountains.

I very like :D

What’s the five wheeler hanging up behind it?
and is that a sauna in your garage or a ‘hydroponic greenhouse’?

anyway enjoy, even if that saddle does strange things to you

genuine story from late 80s, we stopped in a welsh pub (NW) on way back from a diving trip, as a bunch of spotty students.
Landlord (v grumpy) puts pints on bar. One lad asked for his pint in a glass without a handle at which point Mr Grumpy produced a gas spanner and just smashed the handle off. we drank our beer, filtering bits of glass dust and got the flock out of town sharpish. gotta like that druid hospitality!

Mrs Holmesey just got various up the duff pilates vids through
says they’re good

and swimming. most pools do ladies only sessions too

this thread has really cheered up my hungover train ride. more public ridicule and less H&SW please

;0))

what he said.
bowline for fixed loop, or a lifeline if you’re a diver
sheet bend can be difficult to undo after being under load.

What is this ball of the foot that you talk of?

Good luck to all with this. even cutting down helps, so be positive about what you are achieving even with the odd setback. Find another addiction, I found getting fit helped, cos it makes you hate what the tabs are doing to you. eventually it was a chance meeting with an Aussie, who was going cold turkey on his massive weed habit that put it into perspective for me. Whenever I was tempted, I thought of what he was going through and told myself to get a grip etc etc.

anyway, chins up and save your tab money for bike bling

Smartarse finders who are immune to the Jedi Mind Trick might be hard to find

For the vented helmet mount a couple of dabs of superglue on the pin stops it drifting out. then I covered it in harry black/duct tape to reduce the rattle and switched to SD to get the greater frame rate.
as Kojak suggests various bits of inner tube and tape can be added for that Heath Robinson effect.

anyone seen the shots from the side of the pedals? must be some kind of extension bar that bolts onto the pedal, presumably home made by someone far more competent in the workshop than me. plus, I’d be terrified of mashing the cam on rocks.

I’m looking for an all round clamp for the contour to go on forks, frame, wherever. anyone seen anything?

Hi Scot, I went to one of those ‘agencies’ in Leeds- usual room in a managed office, so you have no idea on the size of the organisation. lots of great claims about their network, unadvertised positions etc.
first two meetings were free, so I went along. First did a short psych assessment ‘ for them to see if I was suitable’
Second Meeting guess what? I was suitable and please could I give them £3.5k to continue

Must admit I was tempted, but it’s still early days and I’ve decided not to go with them for now.
I have had no follow up whatsoever from them, which makes me wonder if they are dodgy.
I did get some good cv advice from them, which I’ve put in place already.

I’d say go along and see what you can get for nowt, even if it’s a ‘critical friend’ asking some tough questions.

otherwise, how are you getting on at networking with your industry contacts? do they all know that you’re looking, what you’re looking for specifically and what you can add to an organisation/team? I know it’s all a bit cheesy, but it definitely works. I’m at second interview stage and one of the people involved remembered meeting me at a rugby match five years ago (when for once I could speak apparently). Good if you work in a specialist field/industry as you suggest.

also, could you consider interim stuff or anything else to plug the gap in your cv?

best of luck old bean

need to get this job myself to stop getting any quicker. regular riding mates are slagging me off as a jobless skinny whippet, but at least all the phys is keeping me sane.

Butter in a Pritstick

My Cupra had all sorts of engine management issues, which I chased around for ages.
new turbo dump valve, lamba sensors (think there’s two), and loads of pipework around the turbo, airflow mass sensor (?).
in the end, one of the probs was an elbow shaped air recirculation pipe front left of the engine, which was perforated inside the elbow, so the whole thing was sucking pressure.

good luck

same as Dafunk. Halfords two for one offer and they’ve improved the old Thule version by adding another lock to secure carrier to bars.
any old bars will do too.

I’ve got some Paddy Hopkirk bars for a Seat Leon going for a crate of beer if you want them (in Ripponden). That’s if they fit.

First visit there in ages yesterday. Big thank you to the trail builders for your great work and for being out in the p….ng rain yesterday.
the new (to me) log balance is just right, not too low, not too high.

thanks.

ps, any news on what happened to the coffee van guy that used to be there?