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  • howarthp
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    Quick update. I spoke to Planet-X and they do have an issue with rack mounting on the current version of the BBB frame. A new model is currently being built and March is the early estimate of the arrival date

    howarthp
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    Thanks all. I would only buy a BBB because it’s advertised as having rack and mudguard mounts (I have a Pickenflick and love it by the way).

    I’ve decided to spec a bike exactly how I want it and am going down the Enigma Ecroix route now

    howarthp
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    The website says the frame has both sets of mounts and I’ve seen pictures with guards on but can’t see the fittings

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    Lyra Helikon with SME 10 and SME IV arm using an EAR-Yoshino 834P phone stage. I don’t play vinyl enough but love it every time I do

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    lumbar puncture when I was 10
    initial back disc prolapse before back locks up to protect the area
    passing kidney stones
    pulmonary embolism

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    As in a Vespa, not a GS

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    Thanks all. My dream is a 1200GS but only need to do 15 miles a day whe I’m not cycling. I’m off to check one out tomorrow

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    Thank you!

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    Very tempting though…

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    In fact I’ve just read that the UK sends 680lb per year per capita to landfill, the EU average is 415lb and Germany sends 7lb (but do a lot of incineration)

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    Moobaz – what forks do you have?

    howarthp
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    From when you started working with the company

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    About to become CEO of a media business – some great people there so should be fun

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    What size do people ride? I’m 6′ 1″ and should ride a large according to Salsa

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    I don’t know why but I have a negative view of Van Nicholas. I own or have owned quite a few Ti bikes (Merlin Extralight, Litespeed Ocoee, Seven Axiom SL, Lynskey Sportive, Cotic Soda). It’s my favourite frame material

    howarthp
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    I’m ever the optimist. I never stop planning for new bikes! It keeps me sane while I can’t train

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    It’s a very good point about having adaptable hubs. I realise I have a pair so I’ll use these

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    You should probably ban me seeing as how I started the thread. And there I was thinking this was a cycling forum and could get some technical questions answered.

    At least I’m out of hospital now

    Sigh

    howarthp
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    Oops – what have I started? The thread was started in jest. FWIW I reckon Drac and Cougar do a great job

    howarthp
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    A night in a hospital and still I don’t get an answer and it’s about tubeless, 1×11 and SRAM/Shimano compatibility.

    Drac – do you know the answer? It’s a bit like Lost. I do, however, know what oysters taste like.

    I may ask on Mumsnet…

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    No strop – time on my hands after my heart op today and the bringing together of a few threads I started – the musings of a man coming off general anaesthetic.

    Drac’s a decent chap

    No-one’s answered my ATR questions though…

    howarthp
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    If only I’d known that.

    Tripster thread isn’t closed though. Still being ignored

    Bastards

    howarthp
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    It wasn’t baseballs 🙂

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    No – but I like this off his site

    Welcome

    Like many of my generation, for a long time I was sceptical of internet technology. Whatever the potential, the main purpose seemed to be for bored office workers to send e-mails such as “Can people take only ONE MALTESER AT A TIME from the chocolate tin as some of us haven’t had any while others have had FOUR!!!” Or “Has anyone seen my elastic band?”

    Website forums, which promised unprecedented global debate and discourse all seem to degenerate into the same nine people slagging each other off, like Eastenders with exclamation marks. There’s probably a forum for astro-physicists, in which every thread ends with someone calling themselves Black Hole posting “So – Quantum Boy upholds the possibility of string theory in a parallel universe! Why aren’t I surprised? Face up to it, your theory’s are anti-matter you tosspot sub-atomic loser.”

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    It depends if you have a Simpson’s tattoo on your lower back…

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    It may well have played a part

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    So Drac is all mouth and no trousers…

    Come on – my question above is a sensible geeky STW one and no-one can help me plan my next n+1 from my hospital bed???

    howarthp
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    I missed out an ‘*’

    It’s the drugs I’m on 🙂

    Can someone just answer my question on the Tripster ATR thread and I’ll stop fantasising over Hora??

    howarthp
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    I take it all back – you’re all a bunch of bas****

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    You’re all just making this difficult – just the mention of Hora is enough to raise that image again

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    Perfect timing – doc came over and I asked about the haematoma. I don’t have one. He explained it and, given the location and what they would have to do, I’m ******* ecstatic!!

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    Hammersmith Hospital. Grapes always welcome (will ignore haematoma for as long as possible….)

    If people are feeling sorry fit me can they answer my gearing/wheel question on the Tripster thread 😉

    howarthp
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    So, after three cardioversions and some other excitement over the last few months I’m in hospital having just had an ablation – fingers crossed it works and I can cycle once again.

    Thanks to Ton for the initial moral support!!

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    I managed to get both tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow at the same time. I tried lots of physios and lots of exercises. In the end I had a PRP injection and that fixed it really quickly

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    Further to my email above I’m thinking of running a 42T single front ring with a wide range cassette (say 11-42) at the back. I like SRAM CX (I have it on my CX bike). However, I don’t want the hassle of the XD Drive to get the 10-42. So, can I run an XT 11-42 with SRAM chain and CX derailleur?

    Also, for the first time, I’m having a wheel dilemma. I’ve never done tubeless but like the advantages. However, I guess you’re pretty much stuck with one set of tyres. How do people do this – more than one wheelset or stick with the best tyre? I like the idea of Hope Pro and Stans Grails. I want a set of wheels that can take a little light touring as well as heading off road – a good choice??

    Thanks

    howarthp
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    I want to build up a custom ATR. Is there any particular shop that anyone recommends? I live in London but am prepared to travel

    howarthp
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    After upgrading from 8.1 it worked for a few days and then the Ethernet connection wouldn’t work. I’ve restored back to 8.1 until this is fixed. Quite a few people seem to have experienced it

    howarthp
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    I did a course at Plas Menai a few years ago which was excellent.

    The lead coach at http://www.skyakadventures.com/ is supposedly amazing and that’s where I want to go for a more advanced course

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