I’d say a wheelbuild should be £20-25 at the most (debuild and rebuild) and you may need a new set of spokes for around £15 possibly.

Don’t forget those pics man!

I agree with Jamie on the first page, Specsavers monthly lenses. I tried a lot of different shops and types before I got these a month before they were released and I’ve never looked back. Putting them in and taking out is easy and I swim in mine once a week without problems.
Been using these for years now and never had a problem or a bad eye checkup.

Pretty sure the Islabikes run steel forks which is where the weight could be hidden.

Sorry to jump in but The Royal Oak is a regular haunt for us. Seriously good food and beer!

Old Crafty Hen, rocket fuel

Considered a Frog? Bit like Islabikes but cheaper and just as good!

Don’t refund anything until you have it back in your possession in the exact condition you sent it in!

I primarily ride trials which is a dry sport (if your me anyway) so any opportunity is a good one wet or dry!

Nando’s/KFC/MacD’s if your stuck in Stockport, there’s a couple of nice pubs in High Lane but that’s if you don’t mind the short drive.

Yeah those Tektro’s are the same as on my sons Frog.

Selling this

Just bought a new shock linkage as well to bring the rear end up to modern standards (110mm/130mm) but it’s only a medium so too small for me. Gutted as they’re supposed to be awesome frames to ride but then again so are Hecklers!
Email is in my profile if you click my username.

Sell up and move out!

I’ve just put my current frame on ebay, if you don’t mind waiting a week if it sells I’ll take your frame off your hands. You’ll be halfway there then!

I had the same kind of situation a few years back, bought an old Honda Prelude for a few hundred quid from a local garage. I knew the owner of the garage who told me he didn’t know what was up with the car, it would start but would die pretty soon after and wasn’t running properly. Regardless I bought it to fix up but after a few weeks money got tight so I had to move it on.
I advertised it as it was, needed work, a guy came to have a look and was there whilst we spent almost an hour trying to get it to start. Eventually we got it running, he took it for a quick spin and said he’d take it, gave me the money and drove off.
About half an hour later I spotted it broke down outside a nearby petrol station after which the buyer rang me to say he wasn’t happy with the car and wanted his money back, I basically told him he knew of the problems, had been there when we couldn’t start it and had bought it regardless so had accepted the inevitable.

My point is, you told him there was a fault but you couldn’t guarantee what it was, he tested it knowing this and went ahead with the purchase and therefore it is his responsibility. Be firm as legally he hasn’t got a leg to stand on and you were quite clearly in the right.

I swear by Adidas Terrex Solo’s for everything, seriously good all rounder shoe!

I’m now worried, I got a random £10 voucher last year but all seemed kosher as it was a message actually within my ebay account. Spent it, got the goods and no follow up nonsense or emptying of bank accounts thereafter…yet. Did seem odd though!

That sounds perfectly normal, I wouldn’t worry

How much do you use eBay? Could be genuine, I’ve had a number of £5 vouchers and even a couple of £10. If it’s just a code you add to paypal when you pay it’d be pretty difficult to pull any details and scam money from you that way.
Just make sure you don’t click any links in the email!

How much would you be looking for your frame if you sell?

I live local, my cousin used to work there, not sure what the rules on language are on here but I’m pretty sure I could get banned describing the guy

As above, I don’t think you’d have much trouble moving a Heckler frame on though!

http://www.workshopping.co.uk/product/m5-x-100mm-metric-socket-cap-screws-self-colour–pack-100/BC-MSCS05-100/

Fully threaded socket cap screws can be ordered

If it’s falling off inside is the chainline slightly out? Friend of mine fitted some offset chainring bolts to his Orange to overcome this problem and hasn’t suffered since.

Google maps, pretty sure you only need the data connection to load the route at the start then you just use the GPS

One of the old mans old motorbike chains threaded through each bike frame (4 of) and then round a bar bolted to the wall.
First though they have to enter the farmyard undetected by the 4 dogs outside including the one right opposite the sliding door where the bikes are kept which is pretty much beneath our bedroom!

Forget that, I just googled it and apparently it’s a free adult with paying adult or child and the vouchers are on some boxes of Kellogs cereals.

I think the only offers at the moment are either a child free with paying adult or the other way around

Oh the joys of the walker, ruined everything for us here. I used to love riding over South Head until it got “maintained”. :(

Here’s my backburner project, trying not to go off the rails like I usually do with builds and get it all in one go. Still to get is narrow wide sprocket, XT block with 40t big ring, BETD shock linkage (to bump the rear upto 110mm) XT 4 pots and I’ve got a set of Hope Hoops waiting to go on.

Splash of milk (straight from the cow, none of this bottled crap) and top up with boiling water then simmer on the stove.
Speaking of which I’m late for my breakfast, best crack it on!

I think you’ll be pretty safe for a late one in Castleton, otherwise get a taxi over to Chapel or Chinley

Not true, I’ve got pretty wide feet and have a pair of Terrex solo’s in my normal size and they’ve been awesome. Had them nearly a year now and they’re still the grippiest shoes I’ve had for riding. Were a little tight when brand new but they soon bedded in!

This is the one I bought Aircast Airsport, used it for a few months then dropped it so my ankle didn’t become dependant but I still have it just in case

You can’t compare Danny to Chris as they’re two completely different types of rider. The reason Danny’s vids are such highly polished numbers is purely down to the fact Red Bull pay for them, do you know where this film was actually premiered? Also this was filmed by the same guy who did the original April 2009 vid which again you can’t really compare it to as that was just a video he made to show off his riding like most of us trials riders do every now and again, just this time shit got serious.
His close mates keep pestering him to do a low key vid on a regular trials bike as he’s pretty baller on that but sadly due to the whole Red Bull thing he can’t, and he definitely isn’t a natural rider!

Almost on topic, a couple of other vids you may be interested in, both of them teasers.

My son moved up from a 16″ Hotrock to a Frog 55. I heard people saying they’d rather pay the extra and get an Islabikes as the equivalent bike is 1kg lighter but I don’t think it makes that much difference. My son absolutely loves his and I definitely won’t hesitate in getting my other lad a Frog when he’s ready.

Just a thought, whereabouts and how bad is the break?
I fractured my fibula, right foot at the bottom of the pedal stroke and front wheel washed out to the left so I just went sideways straight onto my foot.
In the middle of a blizzard.
At 7am on a Sunday morning.
On a closed road with no phone signal…..

I broke my ankle last April/May and I ride trials which gives your ankles a pretty good hammering and I was back doing a comp in the October.
Depends on your personal situation I’d say, I got an aircast after about a month I think which speeded up my recovery time as I could start slowly putting weight on my foot and building the muscles up early on. I started just using my crutches and doing the school run (only about 700m round trip) and slowly built up to put more weight on my foot. After a few weeks in the aircast and some longer trips to the supermarket which was just down the road I started walking with just my cast and no crutches and towards my 3 month review I started walking on the lawn without my cast on. When I went for my review at 3 months the doctor was very impressed with my progression and had no problem taking the cast away as my muscles had developed well with the exercise.
One thing I would suggest is when you start riding get an aircast ankle support, the kind Andy Murray wears are the best and really help hold your ankle straight.

You should see some of the names in trials, there’s a new brand out called #Hashtagg with the Raijin and then there’s the Crewkerz Cleep, Rockman Björn, Rockman Gabbro…

My sister in law is 31 and still lives at home rent free. The only bill she pays is her phone bill, she shares one of the cars so never puts diesel in it, basically drains everything and will burst into tears if someone tries to stand up to her as if the whole world is against her. Add to that the fact she’s a bloody primary school teacher!
I say charge her board, I paid it and paid my own phone bill, even at 17 when I got one through my old mans work place. Also might be worth limiting her on her phone, even when I was only working 25 hours a week I paid my own bill so I had to make sure I’d put enough aside. Otherwise she’ll get a massive shock when the time comes for her to have to fend for herself, I agree about saving some of it to give her when she moves out though. That’s a good idea.

Netflix any day of the week. The only thing I’ve found worth watching on Amazon is Vikings but thats it. Get a months free Amazon Prime, watch them all then hit up Netflix!