This and a Scott Scale HT.

Hmm. Sounds like this is a genuine 3D model and not a series of drawn lines to depict the flange and web.

Do you need your version to be in 3D too or do you wash to work from a flattened 2D model?

Ah, that is my little short cut to miss the road section when I do the Doctors Gate loop. I tend to peel of the the left and down to Bollihope down the mine track.

The three mines route is ok to navigate, the only undefined bit is the ascent up Manorgill hushes.

Both this and the climb up coldberry is hike a bike but very worth it.

I have done Coldberry in both directions and now only ever head West.

View down the gutter earlier this year. Bear left up a slight climb when the valley breaks as this track is very fast and jumpy.
Probably best wait for it to freeze or dry out a bit first.

Hard one to call. I don’t think there should be fee as his estimate work is at risk, which is the general rule for tradesmen, otherwise it would potentially cost you 100 notes to get four competitive quotes in?

I would be sorely tempted to ask him back and pay him the 25quid just to tell him to his face why he wasn’t getting the work and the reason why.

Yes there is quite a few, although I had to work hard to find them as they are not as obvious as you might think and often require a cheeky link up or two to make a proper route of it.

I have uploaded a number of good ones to GPSIES and also have a number of variations around.

I tend to ride Teesdale more often but the ‘Cowgreen to Burnhope fig of 8’ takes in both.

My favourite though is the ‘Three mines’ route. Very reminiscent of the Gunnerside classic just slightly less legal. Only draw back is the long road climb up the B6278, although you can climb over Eggleston Moor and through Hamsterley.

I have not yet done the ‘Mickleton to Bowes’ route yet but the descent into Bowes looks brilliant. One for the summer. Come Mid March I’ll be up that way every weekend.

Pfft. Lollypop stick on your forks. FTW fetish boy.

CrispyCSW – Member

Any more details on where? I’m near Bish and haven’t found anything decent locally

Post by Neninja ages ago

I drive past with the bike most weekends during the summer and haven’t yet stopped for a blast down.

Are you Crispy of MTBNE fame by any chance? Seem to remember he was from that way?

Sorry to suggest the opposite direction, but there is some good riding slightly to the North. Start at Waldridge and head down and through Cong Burn Wood, then over toward Beamish for the natural trails in the woods. All connected (generally) by old railway line.

There is supposed to be some good stuff over near Bishop Auckland, but I have never tried it so couldn’t comment.

Chinook.

bristolbiker – Member

Fair enough – I’m a Solidworks user and use other 3ds products, so might be worth a look for basic/free work.

I totally agree, there are far better products out there, specifically for more complex projects.
I have been dabbling with Inventor recently and it is a far better package than the older .dwg formats.

bristolbiker – Member

Thought DraftSight was a 2D/drafting/DWG-based environment?

It has limited functionality 3D capabilities. It is not as good as other products but it is free and quite intuitive to pick up.

If the OP only really needs a box of 100L and then to be able to take of sizes of panels, lengths and angles, it is more than enough for the job.

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Nice little package. It does not have the full functionality of a Autocad but should suffice. And its free!

The flavour combination works better than it sounds. Throw a few carrots, parsnips, and baby red onions nto the roasting tin. Hmmm.

Slow roast with garlic, ginger and honey. Pan fry the skin to crisp it up first though.

Real xs, manchester. Used to be Rock somethingorother.

Luckily, it appears only to be surface rust so hopefully a good clean and oiling should suffice.

Other than being arsed to do it properly, any good lube out there other than finish line wet or dry?

I work in this industry and often pick up some of the roles that you are looking to provide. On other projects, other organisations or individuals can be responsible for this role and in all circumstances, the role of CDM coordinator can play a significant part.

Although the name does need to convey an air of professionalism, I find that the company name can be slightly more generic and a tag-line below giving a brief description of the role?

CHL Technical
CDM Co-ordination Services

Also, if your surveying arm is a side role, don’t let that interfere with your main function. If you list this as a service on the main page of your website and have at least a one page overview, Google will do the rest.

I am sorry to say this but the footage of the tsunami in Japan. I was truly shocked by it.

EDIT; not *best* tv.

Actually, another salient point.
My Bro in law works at a local junior school and they have bought a kindle per pupil as apparently it is easier for them to read from, bookmark etc.

Maybe it is the end for books? Who has recently had a photograph printed (Or a full ‘film’ of photographs, not just the good ones?)

I am not a reader as such but use technical guides and codes at work daily.

I cannot get away with reading on screen for work and tend to print off and work from this as it is easier to flick back and forth or make notes.

That said, I have no problems with reading on forums and other online content.

MTFU time??

Popocatapetl – Member

The ranges at Warcop are not used at the weekends and as long as there are no red flags flying you are ok to use the tracks/bridleways. I wouldn’t recommend going “off piste” due to the amount of UXO that is strewn around the place having been hammered by Tanks on and off for the last 50 years!

Cheers, It wouldn’t be fully off piste, just may be possibly using the other access routes.

Highly possible he is just very busy and juggling too many things.

I don’t spend the time I would like to with my family but it is difficult to prioritise the essentials, then fit in family time.

^My circumstances. I don’t go out drinking and <Confession time> don’t get out riding as much as I would like to.
What with work, uni and my boys, riding is a bigger priority than seeing my sis.

Wish it could be different, both for my free time and for my sis.

TBH, the public access routes are very intermingled with the military ones.

I shall try to avoid any shiny metallic objects and not use them to get air as it would probably be more air than I wanted.

Seriously though, who doesn’t want to ride down this;

bigyinn – Member

http://mortimermaps.appspot.com/wtp3/wtp3.htm
FTFY

I don’t know what you are taking about :wink:

<Cheers!>

Slight hijack, IDave, what Saabs did what type of blowing up may I ask?

My 93 has recently blown a turbo and it was a costly fix. Anything else I should be wary about?

JVC crt around ten years old now, although it has been relegated to the caravan.

If you like it fluffy, crack an egg into the tatties and mash slowly. The egg will cook in the heat of the potatoes. Not sure why this works, but it does!

Yes,I am liking the idea of the carbon wrap as it alleviates all the worries I had about welding.

I have sent an email to Fibre Lyte who are relatively local to me. Just waiting on a reply now.

cruzer – Member

you should be alright without the heat treatment of the welds. Just leave the frame alone for 2 weeks and it should settle down and strengthen. The main reason the majority of frames are heattreated is to speed up this process. just make sure they use backing gas, as this will take the majority of the contaminates out of the weld as it forms.

the main concern i would have is the heat the aluminium produces when its welded is likely to warp the seattube, especially since it will be very thin walled. make sure you get someone who knows what there doing not a man in a shed as it will become alot more costly in the long run.

it might be worth talking to a specific frame builder about this as they will be set up for a job like this. theres plenty of them about now-a-days.

The company are a marine engineering outfit and have a very good reputation. I take it you mean leave it two weeks before I get it powder-coated so as not to lock-in any gasses?

cynic-al – Member

I know you’ll laugh OP (and others) but this seems to me to be a perfect job for carbon fibre & epoxy wrap!

That is actually not a bad idea at all and theoretically, I could use thinners to remove it should I ever change my mind.

Hmmm….

Bristolbiker,
Would heat treatment then affect all existing welds?

Singlespeed,

I have a seat post that is long enough as it is and the frame is usable, I just wanted to run with a shorter lever arm on the post itself and have the option of using a dropper.

thepodge

If the frame can survive heat treating after welding

This was my main concern really, if it were to render the frame brittle.

If I avoid the existing welded area then the new weld will be in areas what have not been previously subjected to heat, so surmise that is should be okay?

thepodge

can I ask why you need a longer seat tube?

The frame is slightly too small, which means I have the seat post higher than I would like it to be. I only need an extra 25mm really, but to get the gusset plate to work with a sufficient length of weld, I may as well add in additional length at this stage.

This hasn’t been a problem as the rest of the geometry fits me perfectly, but I wish to use a dropper seat post and to do this I would need the frame to slightly higher. I prefer a slacker feel to the bike for going downhill so I am happy with the general geometry.

This is a project bike I am building up which is going to be powder coated so I wanted to get the welding done upfront.

All the drawings are done and I have been quoted a good price for the work. The frame is lovely to ride and I didn’t want to swap for another, especially as I wanted to spend some time getting this set up for me.

A few years back, putting ‘Fookwit’ into google returned Gordon Brown as the top search. Doesn’t work anymore.

Do you think he realised or if she knows?

Looks as inviting as a bucket o clunge.

Do you need the recipients to be able to manipulate the model i.e. orbit, zoom, look inside?

Secondly, if you only require a 2d ‘print’ of a 3d model, then does adode Pdf not show up as a printer in your print / plot settings?

Also, try cutepdf. Very good within autocad.

Go on watch it. It is impressive. Just make sure you haven’t eaten porridge just before

FIFY 8O

You know, over the last few hundred years, those folks over in the Netherlands have been building windfarms to pump out the water and nowadays, they are seen as an attraction?

I am not saying modern windfarms don’t have the same appeal, it is just they are a new feature on our landscape and people generally don’t like change.

Depending on how deep the shear is, you can use a fine dremel cutting tool to form a new slot for screw driver.
Only works if the remaining bolt isn’t too tight in the thread.

I actually have a set of those forks in the shed! I’ll watch with baited breath to see how much they don’t go for.