Thanks for the replies, I got home I did some measurements, and took some pictures…

Here is the driveside crank arm

Here is non driveside:

Pic of the driveside crank to my eye it doesn’t appear bent, but eyes are crap and I’m a human.

Driveside crank arm measured to be less than 2mm from the chainstay

Non driveside crank arm measured to be over 6mm from the chainstay:

The compelling bit – Both crank arms are approx 7.2cm from the centre of the seat tube.

^ This makes me believe that the cranks are not bent and that the BB is installed and spaced correctly. Sorry Jamesso I realise you asked me to measure from the outside of the cranks but inside was easier due to getting purchase. Total length is 144mm, and Id imagine if I had measured to the outside the cranks as well it’d be around 175-7ish.

Additional information, the back wheel is closer to the non drive stay than the drive side. Sorry didn’t get a picture of that, hard to line it up correctly although I could have a go.

So does this lean towards the theory that it is not aligned correctly?

If so, pretty annoying. As I say it’s been like this ever since I have had it. Never crashed it or anything, and it means I go through bottom brackets quite quickly rather than live with a small amount of play.

Anyway – any advice of how to proceed to get this corrected is greatly appreciated! Cheers.

Enjoyed that, thanks for sharing. Really good use of the drone and subtle grading. The flickery transitions I found a little gratuitous though.

Fair play for capturing normal riders enjoying themselves, and if they want to walk up the hills – then so be it, god knows I’ve done my fair share of it.

Hire a cruiser, and pootle around Stanley park, then grab a coffee and sit on english bay.

Or (when in Rome) do some stand up paddleboarding yoga clad head to toe in lulu lemon.

Snapsort is good for a quick comparison of specs:
http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon-D3200-vs-Nikon-D5200

If you are sensitive about travelling to other Arab / Middle East countries in the future then you can ask them not to stamp your passport. Israel dosen’t mind you travelling to other Arab countries but some Arab countries won’t admit you if you have an Israeli stamp in your passport.

When I went they defaulted to give me a piece of paper separate to my passport, as opposed to a stamp on the actual pages, you need to show it when returning also.

I’ve worked in Israel and flew into Tel Aviv. Didn’t really enjoy it much, food is ok though, the people… hmmm.

What was wrong with the people? [/quote]

I generally found them rude and unfriendly. I know things are a bit different there, manners wise, but several things just left me speechless and uncomfortable.

Filter machine at our place.in the morning I make enough for four cups which does me and m’colleague nicely.

If you can get a kettle, a filter machine must also be allowed. Ours has even been pat tested!

To be fair we didn’t ask, just started using it.

I’ve worked in Israel and flew into Tel Aviv. Didn’t really enjoy it much, food is ok though, the people… hmmm.

Does your company have in your contract that you must work abroad for your job? They can’t literally make you board the plane but they may use other options like disciplinary if you say no.

If I had the choice I would have said no before, and having visited I’d prefer not to go back.

Love working in France though.

How about: get a job in one of them. If you don’t like it, move to a different one.

Essentially (and as you have observed from the above):

Pick one and be a dick about it

Visit them, see which you like the best?

FWIW, I have, and I live in Leeds. I’d probably be happy in all three though – all have great selling points (except I wouldn’t live bang in the centre of any of them).

Just me then.

awkward.

*gets coat*

Not in my experience. I used mine for extended periods of bobbing around in the water with a snorkel on while on my honeymoon, and for an hour long ‘try scuba’ session. It was fine, but yeah you need to make sure the seals are clean before closing it up.
The Nikon does have a very secure two stage lock that means you’d be hard pressed to open it accidentally.

Yeah it wasn’t like the first dip, I’d used my TS1 for a surfing in Ireland and Fuertaventura, sailing, snowboarding, and snorkelling, but the snorkelling pictures are my last from that camera. It wasn’t that I accidentally opened the door or anything, it must have been a leaky seal (hair/dust/etc). It was however one of the first generation of waterproof cameras, it had two door/flaps (camera and battery) and no two stage locks, the TS3 has moved to one door for camera and battery and has the two phase lock as well. I still wouldn’t submerge it (once bitten twice shy!) I’d take the gopro instead, that’s proper waterproof. I’ve got a Sony Z2, that’s meant to be “waterproof” based on a flimsy push closable flap where the charger goes, I think you’d be mental to trust that mechanism!

Sometimes you don’t know when you are going to take a dip, waterpoofing can come in handy (I think this was on the TS1), me and a mate teaching a friend’s son how to sail – (or not as the case may be): video

I’ve got a Panasonic TS3 and have previously had a TS1. Don’t expect amazing pictures from these type of cameras, but they are very handy for what you described. The Nikon aw120 does look very good (130 is out too, but seems overpriced), you could also check out the olympus tough range, I’ve not really kept up to date with these though. Snapsort is good for comparing stat’s but that’s only half the picture.

Anyway my main tip is do not treat these like the waterproof cameras they are advertised to be, ie – I wouldn’t submerge them in water, especially for any long period of time. The slightest hair, spec of dust, or sub atomic particle on one of the seals will cause a leak. (Note – I’m on my 2nd waterproof camera), I treat these type of cameras as splash proof 🙂

I only submerge my gopro in water now as it has a proper external waterproof case which is a lot more resilliant.

Another muddy commuter (did I mention I hate riding on roads – or rather I hate driving near vehicles)

Aww this has reminded me of something. In the eighties, before we had mountain bikes, and before paedos and doggers were invented… My Dad would fill his trailer with me and my mate’s bmxs, and drop us at the chase, and then meet us hours later. We’d spend hours getting lost and finding fun bits.

Wimpy for tea.

Brilliant.

Carpet fitted, really good price and friendly people. So here I am thanking you later….

Thanks!

mindmap3 – Member
So much for 26 ain’t dead hey?

The 26″ bfe is still for sale, as is the soul.

I imagine they will be dead if people stop buying them though.

Another option worth considering. The fork is not up to that of the bizango but has good spec for the cash (plus topcashback, and often vouchers floating around)
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/vitus-bikes-sentier-290-hardtail-bike-2014/rp-prod107048

Hmm gentleman-like conduct vs trail manners, I think you’re doing it right.
As the mountie says: “Good manners cost nothing”*

*except a Strava PB/KOM.

The correct thread title was of course “Manbagtrackworld”.

Hmm modern day…. I think you’ll need some kind of messenger bag, probably with some hashtags on it, spelled out in diamonds, like #SWAGOVERLOAD or #WELLPENG (I don’t know what these mean). If you want the files to be kept uncrumpled you’ll need a folder with Kanye on (or whoever the biggest **** is on the day of purchase).

Screed would be cold if not insulated, but screed and insulation aren’t mutually exclusive. (I’m just lazy and couldn’t be arsed with all the wood work).

I’d look at using a screed on top of the concrete to level it out.

Saddle angle be something to play with as well. Too far back and you’ll be curving your spine more, too far forward could accentuate the natural lordosis. Not sure either are good for prolonged amounts of time.

Essentially I think there’s a few possible hypothesis:
1) The bumps from riding a hardtail/rigid rear are causing impact in your spine
2) The posture/ride position you have adopted on this bike is causing back pain (or rather your body is not used to or flexible enough for this position, or you have a back condition that is preventing this position being comfortable for you), as such it’s not related to it being a rigid rear end per se.

Only seen, never used, but a thudbuster could help.

I would go down the route of trying to identify roughly what is wrong with your back and trying to strengthen it if possible (Pilates maybe?). I have back issues and ride rigid/hardtails, and sometimes the odd ride can really cause a bit of a tweak for me, other times it’s fine.

Arguing whether over whether you reckon a million quid is “a lot of money” is a bit subjective.

I think for the average Briton, £1m would be considered a lot when the average salary is £25k and average house price is just over £250k. Maybe not enough to retire on depending on your individual situation, but deffo life changing for the vast majority I’m sure.

I would certainly expect anyone who disagrees that “a mill would be ill”, would be in the top 1-5% of UK net worth of people in the UK, and wear massive wear blinkers and/or never leaves their castle.

Awesome. A million quid would be significantly life changing for me and the misses. If anyone doesn’t think it’s much money feel free to chuck it our way.

The big question is whether BT will re-new Kevin Bacon’s contract

Depending on how much cash they have left over, they may have to bring back Buzby.

Kelvin

Oooo… another rebranding for Freeserve/Wanadoo/Orange/EE… hopefully something to keep me busy next year.

haha, it’s almost like you have a crystal ball, welcome back btw! 🙂

^ D’oh sorry yes, typed in a rush! Cheers.

Old but good:
http://www.photonhead.com/

Have a play with this too:
http://www.photonhead.com/simcam/shutteraperture.php

I think one of the keys to photography is knowing the relationship that aperture, shutter speed and ISO have on the picture. If you understand those three things you can easily understand the rest.

If you have a play with each of those variables with the other two at a sensible constant you will see and hopefully understand what impact they have on your pics.

e.g. Pic at f2.0 and then f22, whats the difference? Try different subjects, close, far, moving, still. How does the resulting picture look? I’d expect the F2.0 to have the most depth of field, and be better for capturing moving objects, f22 on the other hand has a shallower depth of field and would probably be too dark without changing the ISO or shutter speed. Now try the same with ISO and Shutter speed. Then think about the picture you want to take and the settings your camera would need to set to to capture the shot the way you want to:

e.g. Fast moving subject = think: fast shutter speed (reduce blur), higher ISO (allows faster shutter speed), low f numer/big aperature (allow more light in the camera to expose the pic correctly).

“Too much jogging ‘as bad as no exercise at all'”

To quote Stephen Fry:

But of course too much is bad for you.
“Too much” of anything is bad for you, you blithering tw47.
That’s what “too much” means, too much water would be bad for you.
Obviously, “too much” is precisely that quantity which is excessive, that’s what it means.
Jesus.

from: Fry and Laurie sketch

The peanut butter kit kat chunky is particularly amazing. I’d substitute a whole pack of chocolate digestives for one of those bad boys.

Choclate bars are a great treat to have now and then.

Wiggle aren’t sponsoring it this year so apparently this will mean less restrictions on other vendors at the event.

I’ve liked last two years but it’s quite a long way from leeds, and I hate driving. Have kinda already agreed in principle though.

I’ve got a 2012 cooker hi, which is similiar spec to the new cooker 3, but mine has straight steerer. They still have the same fork which is really crappy (heavy, stiff, hard to dial in), and I got rid of it and replaced with a rigid fork. The X5 stuff has been faultless. I’m 5’10, have a medium and I think there’s a chance I could have got a small (so try before if you can). Other than that it’s a great bike. People complain that they have high bottom bracket which apaprently makes them a bit flip floppy in corners (I’ve not noticed). You could find something with better value and lighter for the money, but it has a fair bit of character and looks cool (if you like retro steel bikes)..

However ^ that solaris looks like a better package.

I have had EE phone + broadband for about 4 years now.

The broadband has been fine, but for about 7 months of the last two years, nobody has been able to phone the house (this fault has happened on two seperate occassions). The customer services do try a little bit to get it fixed but don’t really have the telephony understanding, they just follow the scripts and default to sending an engineeer to my house (on repeated occasions), the end result is months of broken phone line, mistaken engineer fees (no fault with my equiptment), and very little in way of good will gestures for the inconvienince. One of the faults was because EE mistakenly ported my number out, and the second time was apparently equiptment fault at the exchange.

For the appauling fault detection and resolution, and (friendly but) poor customer services I cannot recommend EE at all. I was with them because I used to work for EE and it was free, now I get a significant discount, but I’m starting to think it isn’t enough!

Can’t help but think that 27.5 bike was slow because it looked shit. the 26er and 29er had nice paint jobs and stickers.

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