Police assure us that at least there has been a drastic reduction in serious violent crime though.

there wont be if I catch the little darling who robbed my Iron Horse last week.

I'll keep a lookout for a blue rockhopper circa 1999 on the TPT.

I hope it doesn't cost a lot for the week, what with women earning less than men and all that.

My guess is that no scrote will bother building it up and will just try to offlaod it either in a dodgy boozer or online.

And I think a wine drinking holiday is very apt as that is what I did for the vast majority of the time!

Cheers hora old bean!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Land-Rover-G4-Dual-Mens-Mountain-Bike—18%22–Orange_W0QQitemZ160446556804QQcmdZViewItem?rvr_id=&rvr_id=&cguid=fc7e06311270a0aad293f403fe0c4b34

Whilst I feel I have come late to this discussion I still feel the need to share my wisdom. North Manchester is a drab and glum place where it rains perpetually on the smog smoke stained run down terrace houses.
The only fun for the youth of the area is to sniff glue or to spark the skegs on their hobnail boots on the still cobbled streets whilst the men folk work hard grinding menial jobs and stop off at the local pub on the way home for 10 or 12 pints of dark flat mild before getting home and setting about beating the wife.

South Manchester on the other hand is a sprawling Nirvana-esque metropolis famed for its enlightened minds and Café culture.

That looks like an on one 456 Ti to me.

Good for waving in

Couple of cheap Emmelle and British Eagles
Early 90s Claude Butler
1998 Raleigh M-Trax 150
1996 GT Zaskar LE
2000 Cannondale Super V 1000
2002 GT LTS 2000
mid 2000s Dawes Edge SS
2003 Specialized Stumpjumped HT M2
2006 Giant Reign 2
2005 Specialized Stumpjumped HT M4
2005 Iron Horse Mkiii
2004 Cannondale V10
???? On One Inbred 456

I didn't realise I'd had that many.

I can't be bothered to read this whole thread, is it just a cheapskate whinging or is there more to it?

enfht, do you by any chance read the Daily Mail?

Cheers Jack. For the sake of a couple of coats of niromorse and paying apowder coater 40 quid I think I might as well get give it a bash. With Iron Horse going bump like they did I won't be able to get any replacment parts any more and the value of the frames has gone through the floor.

Cheers for the offer nosedive but I think I'll stick with what I've got and maybe start saving for something a but fancier like a 5 spot or mojo.

I smell photoshop

This might help

http://www.cyclistno1.co.uk/features/maintenance/hope-pro-ii-rear-hub-service.htm

Am I the only one who noticed that Patrick Stewart seemed tired and confused as a lord on the video?

They have tried that with me twice, basically it is a savings account and I would need 288 grand in it to break even so I twice declined.

1 Chelsea £558,190,000 £191,875,000 £366,315,000 £20,350,833
2 Manchester City £403,110,000 £102,553,000 £300,557,000 £16,697,611
3 Liverpool £416,855,000 £216,120,000 £200,735,000 £11,151,944
6 Manchester United £415,350,000 £276,065,000 £139,285,000 £7,738,056

First Column purchased, 2nd Sold, 3rd Net Spend and 4th per season spend? Now correct me if I'm wrong buy 3 multiplied by 7.7 is not 11.14. Man Utds figures are massaged a wee bit by Ronaldo's £80m transfer too.

No these ones, the ones when Benitez was the boss of Liverpool

1 Manchester City £299,750,000 £71,900,000 £227,850,000 £37,975,000
2 Chelsea £267,950,000 £123,300,000 £144,650,000 £24,108,333
3 Liverpool £249,230,000 £140,480,000 £108,750,000 £18,125,000
4 Tottenham £259,000,000 £162,250,000 £96,750,000 £16,125,000
5 Aston Villa £130,200,000 £40,255,000 £89,945,000 £14,990,833
6 Sunderland £105,080,000 £30,400,000 £74,680,000 £12,446,667
7 Manchester United £193,650,000 £161,550,000 £32,100,000 £5,350,000

And as for the Ronaldo deal that doesn't massage anything because that is what they sold him for. Liverpools stats look better because they got 30 million for a midfielder that Bentiz was trying to flog for 12 the year before. The only way that figure could be skewed is if United didn't get that 80 million which they did.

That is like saying that Liverpool's figures are massaged down because Benitez fluttered 95 million on the signings of:

Morientes
Bable
Dossena
Riera
Keane
Pennant
Aquilani
and Glen Johnson

none of whom have really shook the earth in the Kop.

Obi, have you looked at the stats on the website I put on? The net spend per year by United when Benitez was in charge was less than a third of the net spend of Liverpool. Its not rubbish, its a fact.

Those being that his nett spend in his time at Anfield was within a few million of Chelsea and Manchester United?

His net spend is over 3 times that of Manchester United.

Hardly squandered, that money found its way to Texas….and a certain Mr Hicks

Nope he squandered it. Standard Liverpool FC deflecting of blame as per.

He spent more money net than any other team apart from Man city and Chelse during his time there but people who buy in myths think the owners gave him no money.

http://transferleague.co.uk/index.php

Strange the level of outrage in the US is so much greater than it was when Union Carbide managed to wriggle out of paying much compensation.

Paypal as a gift is the standard way of paying on the classifieds forum, if someone had a problem with it and I were selling something then I'd have no problem with charging them a bit more to cover the paypal fees or letting them pay cash on collection.

This photo is a thing of beauty

I picked up a cheap richey cartridge headset from ebay for 12 quid, the bloke was knocking them out as a business. It never let me down and with the exception of "King" written all the way round the cups I would not have been able to tell any difference at all.

😀

Better maintained cycle ways are the way forward rather than draconian punishments for drivers that hit cyclists. Those on the forum who have been to Amsterdam for whatever reason, lets not judge, will have noticed that cyclists have their own roads. There is a road for traffic, a road for cyclists and the road for pedestrians and it all works wonderfully, I see no reason why cities in this country can’t have a similar system. Its only a bit of kerb to put in and a lot of places already have cycle paths on their roads so why not add this slight barrier and make them official? It’s amazing what the fear of having to pay for your steering to be re-tracked would do for getting us a bit more space.

Fire XC pros for me

Sorry if this is in any way a thread hijack but is it possible that a set of brakes have pistons worn out so their performance is impared. I have a set of the newer type XTR – M975 brakes that simply don't perform as they should and yet I've bled them several times. They have had a good bit of very hard usage and I'm just wondering if they are at the end of their life? Anyone had a set that have simply worn out?

I must check ebay every 3 days for 5 spots, I'll keep an eye out.

I'd have put some Dennis Pennis style windmills together and beaten the living shit out of him. Then finished off the cocks behind the counter, then nicked a few hundred Lamberts and a some clipper lighters. That'd show them not to mess with you.

+1

Mark Antony have never stabbed me in the back before! 😆

I've been waiting 5 days for new brake hose from CRC, I'm just hoping that its delayed because they have not put enough postage for the XTR chainset in it. 🙂

My hardtail has a 69.5 degree head angle. I'm not sure hwta that means but I've decided it's good

Sounds to me that barring any freakish body shape like tiny arms or a really long toro then that size should be bang on for what you want.

Eggs. Protein heaven.

Do you have the right adaptor for a 203mm rotor? I bought a dowhill bike second hand which had the same troube to find the lad who has sold it me had a 203 adaptor but was running a 185 rotor.

I am the only person who finds this thread title fuhnny?

isn't that like those "No cycling" signs which are an unintended invitation?

To be honest when I first noticed it I thought

I guess if it is shot then there is no harm in it.

98 Klein Attitude Pro