Something deer height having a chomp? Kids playing with it?

Hmmm, the wheels are Hopes, so will check out adapters. I’d always dismissed them, but I suppose that plus a shim basically opens up my options to… pretty much anything 😂

Which is kind of ideal – as if I buy a new FS then I’m keen for the hardtail to be moderately similar geo

Cheers for nothing folks

Which leads me to wonder why all those good gamekeepers put up with it

… person showing us round said that he had been instrumental in prosecuting a gamekeeper for killing raptor chicks in the nest. He also said he was effectively ostracised by the local community…

AGAB

1. I did visit the showroom but I wasn’t able to get any help as some one person was hogging all the time from the available staff. I did order my corner unit the wrong way around but the new 3D planner should help with that. I did all the planning in 2D CAD on my laptop as the 3D planner wasn’t available back then.

2. I missed out filler panels from places where the fitter thought I’d want them – like at either side of the dishwasher. TBF thy would have helped hide that the dishwasher door isn’t perfectly straight but it doesn’t look wrong either.

3. The massive range of available sizes was great and I got the layout just how I wanted.

4. The painted finish was not the most durable. I it showing quite a few chips now (3 years on) so will have to get the touch up paint out soon. I would get vinyl covered next time.

5. Buying through DIYK you get a brilliant price on the Quartz worktop – which we would definitely go for again.

6. If you have an open order and there is an issue you go straight to the front of the queue for remedial items… there might be a 6 week lead on an order but you might be able to get a new part or replacement dodah much quicker if they can.

We got a 4-pack of the Motorola T42 (was going to have to look it up but apparently they are popular :D) for the 4 of us in our house. They feel solid and the kids love them. I love them too. Great fun, good quality and just the ticket. I was adamant we weren’t buying some cheap crap off Amazon, but these still only cost £40 or so for the 4-pack. 2 white/orange and 2 white/blue.

For kids and injured people baths are great.

We had an excellent Carron shower bath that was a fantastic compromise – but a shower curtain is always more annoying than a shower cubicle.

We lived in Christchurch for 2 years so can help a little.

YSK the snow-line we generally thought to be around 1100-1400m depending on the weather.

Our rule of thumb was – been warm (rain on the ski fields?) – go biking. Been poor (wet in the city, snow on the hills?) go skiing. From ChCh your best bet is Porters. They now have chair lift all the way to the top and you should be able to hire from there.

Firstly as steve_makin suggested – get hold of the Kennet Brothers’ book (books?) and absorb them. They are very XC orientated though.

What sort fo riding are you in to? Gravel? XC? Trail? Enduro?

I’ve not really ridden the ChCh bike part (the “adventure park”) as it was still Worselys Forest when we were there. I know they do try and stay open all year round (you’ll be descending from about 400m to seal level ish, so well below the snow line) but they will be closed when it’s wet.

There is Victoria Park, which has good trails, is still shuttle-able but you should avoid in the wet.

There is loads of singltrack around ChCh that is much more all-weather. Big XC/Trail loops out to Godley Head, Taylors Mistake, Captain Thomas, Anaconda. the Port Hills (AKA the Crate Rim) runs around the perimeter of ChCh on the south and there is gold in them hils. I hear there are also some great tracks down the far side to Lyttleton.

There’s a bit of surfing around out of Sumner and Taylors Mistake too…

More XC stuff like “Double Fenceline” is fun fun.

There is also great stuff in the Canterbury high country. Drive an hour out across the plains and you’ll be in the hills. Go looking for tracks like the Blowhard, Mount Thomas*, Mt Richardson. Mt Oxford.

*I dind’t enjoy Mt Thomas last time I rode it. OK I pushed most of the way down.

Further afield, Alexandria is an otherworldly riding experience. I hear they have a permit system and a days pass is hideously expensive now though. It’s amazing though.

TLDR, ChCh is amazing, it has everything, I should never have left.

I’m fortunate to have spent 3 months in Nepal, we hiked the Manaslu Circuit & Tsum Valley and MTB’d round the Annapurna Circuit, riding as much of the tech on the walking trail as we could.

(we rode with Tangi, who runs enduro-mtb-nepal)

It’s all brilliant, it’s all different from each other and you’ll have a blast. Spend your money freely and make friends. Any specific advice I could give won’t be much use as there were a couple of big earthquakes while we were there and there was massive damage to the Manaslu and Langtang areas.

We did use a USB rechargeable Steripen through the trip and stayed healthy. Much more pleasant than iodine!!!

My 2p

I had a Pipedream I bought to build a SS around and it was great. A geared Ti456 was my “big” bike.

Years later I have a FS as my “big” bike and the Ti456 is SS with a tensioner. I’ve also run other frames as SS with a tensioner and would say they’re overall, maybe easier than a “better” frame, with sliding dropouts, EBB or anything else. Sure it might be a little tricky getting the wheel out, but how often does one get a puncture these days? A sprung tensioner will keep tension even when the chain wears, where my commuter gets loose and wobbly until it drops and I think “oh yeah I should adjust that”

TLDR; get the frame you want and put a tensioner on.

Haha, karma coming good in the end. thanks for the cheery story :-)

My Mrs has exactly what you describe, it’s called a Scott Sub-Speed 10. See if they can still be found.

Late to the thread but I have that exact rucksack and while it’s ok it has some egregious flaws:

1. it’s definitely not waterproof, couldn’t call it water resistant either and the included rain cover doesn’t actually fit the bag
2. there are not very many internal pockets and they are not well divided
3. it is not well padded, don’t try carrying your laptop too much
4. it’s weak. you load it up just a little bit and you’ll be breaking off the zip loops like they’re going out of fashion
5. the waist (belt) pockets are good but the hip pockets are not large and stretchy enough, making getting anything in/out a real pain.

HTH

You can undo the top cap and run some lube in to the shaft/bushings regularly but sounds like yours is due a proper service if you’re not sure about investigating yourself.

I’ve had mine done at Jungle last few times they’re generally pretty good.

Big fan of Aquasure here (used to be called Freesole?). Good Poluyurethan stuff. Was much better than ShoeGoo.

I have 2 pieces of relevant advice:

1. We had a humidistat extractor fan that was rubbish – I had to adjust it depending on the weather and season – however it was a cold and poorly insulated bathroom at the back of a tenement flat so did not behave the same as the rest of the house.

2. We had to have a shower over bath in that flat so spec’d a fantastic bath – a Carron one like this

It was fantastic and you really appreciate the squared-out are for standing in when showering. Only downside is that it’s a slightly bigger volume to fill for a bath.
The supplier you linked to has many similar models
https://www.ergonomicdesigns.co.uk/shower-baths/rectangular-shower-baths.html

@b_r to the thread!

A Hex tool will be hard, so you might not have luck drilling a pilot hole in the stuck piece, then using an extraction bit, but that’s what I’d try first.

Try adding heat? Soak in WD40?

Then I’d try finding someone with a welder – either might get the bit out or you might get the whole bolt out.

If you have a chisel, screwdriver or something pointy I’d also be tempted to just start hitting it to try and get it to turn or to loosen the stuck bit.

Good luck and report back!

Does the shock have a good lockout?

third little piggy allegedly had roast beef

I thought the roast beef was because the pig was getting fattened up.

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cul-de-sac is a literal translation of “bottom of the bag”

And are you trying to say that Bilbo Baggins lived in a cul de sac? Bag End?

While I’m not going to advertise on a public forum exactly whether I have an Asgard 29’er size shed, nor how many bikes I would keep it it if I did (I could be up to 5)….

If one were to have some many bikes in the store that packing became tight, it can be much easier to remove a pedal or two and drop the front wheel than to turn the bars.

ooooh, we bought some rellies a pass for the Kendal Mountain Festival – they get to watch all the films form the KMF streamed. Maybe that would be up your street? I think it was a 30 day pass or a year subscription… SWMBO tells me it was £30 for the 30 day or £100 for the year

Hermes also been “missing” with the winter tyres for my wife’s commuter bike for a month now. We’ll get them just in time for the solstice I reckon.

I was walking past my nearest Aldi (Newcastle) at the weekend so I popped in just for you lot. 15 chargers and no batteries. 🤣

Herdy Peep Mug 400ml have become our go-to mug perfext size for a proper cup of tea.

get out and about

Need more info on where and what the intended usage is. Despite that, I’ll add some opinion:

For on-road and/or younger kids –

Hamax Style (we have the Caress). Suspended so nice and comfy, reclines for sleeping, quick to install and remove. Strap in, so nice and safe.

or Thule Yepp Mini/WeeRide. Harder ride, not so good for sleeping, much more fun and sociable as you can chatter to the wee ones.

For off-road or older kids –

MacRide or Shotgun. Great for offroad, my 4 y/o has done occasional rides of the Glentress Blue since she was 3 but is now mostly on her pedal bike and tow-whee. We still use the MacRide for riding about town. Not suitable for younger ones as THEY HAVE TO HOLD ON AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. Had a moment with the younger one (2 y/o) when she refused to hold on setting off from some traffic lights. Loads of fun though, best thing ever on a bike. A colleague says his Shotgun made a mess of the paint on his bike but I haven’t head many people complain about this.

I did a really noddy method, may or may not be the slightest bit helpful depending on your files and exactly how they are arranged.

Browse to directory above the folders concerned or move folders to adjacent locations.
Search for *jpg (etc.)
Turn on Folder Name column within Windows Explorer, so that you can see and compare “PIC123.jpg” in the “Dropbox Pics” folder against the duplicate in alternative locations.
Sort by file name or file size, date….
Should be pretty easy to spot sequential duplicates
….
Profit?

Can you take some measurements of the broken bolt and someone might be able to help?

A couple of suppliers that can offer a range of fasteners:

Westfield Fasteners
Misumi

Difficult to say with any certainty right now due to storm damage – much of the damage can be repaired, some areas will have to be rebuilt in other parts of respective forests.

Hexham was fun but more blue/red pootles and good pubs rather than Enduro trails. There are steeper parts of the Dukeshouse woods that get the odd trail built but they don’t see enough use to keep them running.

Within riding distance of Morpeth I think you’re out of luck. Only a shortish drive to T*****n where you will find some ace trails covered by fallen trees. Have some trails survived? You’ll have to go and look.

They have lots of access roads to clear before they can clear the main trails and reopen them. K-Line has a reputation for breaking collar bones and it’s a long way from the car parks to evac someone from there.

Off piste trails are mostly ok but same warning applies.

Haven’t been recently, just repeating from local groups and fora.

Repeat after me

we will not lie for you

Great news Spin – this is a thread I’d ben reading with great anticipation of a successful result.

(Our previous camper I’d gone through the rigmarole and got our Van (Pop-Top Transporter) reclassified as Motor Caravan, so I’d been happily doing Camper Van speed limits :-)

Our next van will be similar but the best Id achieve would be a Van with Windows – what’s the point 🤣)

Re: 60 mph limit for vans

Well, in my experience it’s hardly ever enforced by police

They do enforce this a lot on the A19 around Teesside – it’s a favourite stomping ground for police cars with ANPR scanners that will get you.

doesn’t matter where you are working if you are an MP, right?

(good luck with and kudos for your efforts)

I used blurb many years back, was excellent.

Uhmm, so is there an easy way of finding out which of these companies is in my street – a central database so soemthing?

They’ll put fliers through your letterbox when the services are available. When you sign up they should need to lay a new fibre cable from the pavement to your house.

My FTTP (with Zen through CityFibre) getting installed tomorrow :-) I think my Plusnet connection realised this and was playing up yesterday evening 🤣

About a decade ago, I used a 26×2.4″ Rubber Queen (now the Trail King) which was very tall.

I found WTB Vigilante 27.5×2.3 to be even taller.

Ferry to/from Shetland or Orkney… otherwise we never sent much time in Aberdeen itself.

Also, big Pete was at uni there, he’ll tell you what clubs to avoid.

I’m resigned to replacing the gummed up presta valve cores on our mountain bikes every year or so these days. It’s one of the (small) prices of tubeless. I’ve forced the nut off the end of the thread, so that I can disassemble the core and give it a good clean, but that’s all a bit rubbish considering the price of a new, clean, intact core.

Great that this also throttles airflow less – should make it easier to inflate tyres quickly to get them seated. Yes you can always remove the presta core to reduce the throttle anyway….

Would I consider them on a new build? Yes (assuming <£10 each). Would I ditch the valves on my current wheels? No…

Beatles, blackbird
Sublime

:-)

I bought Silverline tow rope and it was crap. Too big, too heavy, snagged on my rear tyre. Bought a Tow-Whee and never looked back (except at the little one riding behind me). Buy it from the STW shop and you’ll get free kudos.

Back in NZ loads of folks used inner tubes but 1) they had a shorter elastic zone so are less forgiving and 2) I don’t have any inner tubes.

I’ve re-read the book in preparation.

I am most definitely not reading the book – that would surely be terrible preparation as the film will never live up to that expectation. I love the book and will read it again sometime down the line – but if the book is fresh in my mind I’ll be full of “that’s not right” or “what happened to X”

As soon as I’ve made the decision that watch it I’m staying the hell away from the source material, reviews and trailers. I’ll enjoy the film much more that way and I can indulge in peripheral material afterwards.