I have a 2017 slate cx1 and I admit to loving it!
Lots of money for average wheels and alloy…..but the lefty fork, big tyres/small wheels, and position suit the mixed riding around my local roads and trails. It’s the ride everything bike I’ve needed. Nearly as fast as my focus carbon road bike with fancy wheels, but really comfortable and happy on gravel trails and paths. You need to ditch the tubes as soon as you get it home and go tubeless to make the most of it!
Expensive but lots of character, no doubt you could spec higher for less but personality goes a long way 🙂

Dentist – just buy the one you like…..but use it properly and religiously. All will be well. Also don’t assume that brushing is enough, you need inter dental cleaning with floss or tepees too or you missing the surfaces most likely to decay.

I love my Exped synmat winterlite, thick and toasty warm while still being super lightweight. Slightly over budget but not crazy, and if you are a cold sleeper like me then the extra expense is worth the good nights sleep. This recommendation only applies if you are carrying it, I don’t really get involved in car camping but I’m sure loads of mats will do a great job if weight and pack size aren’t an issue.

Well I’m an expert in cycling with children in tow, 3 kids under 4 so I’ve done it all! 🙂 wee-ride is excellent when they are one plus, they love riding up front. My eldest and youngest (11months and four years old) ride together in the trailer. My 2 and half year old sits in the wee-ride and we all do good miles. Not 3 hours, but good miles, up to 2 hours on a good day.
Kids love riding but you need to set realistic goals, in my opinion 3 hours is way too long, an hour and a half is great fun. You will work it out very quickly as to what suits your child. Have fun, they really enjoy the fresh air. Xxx

Watches can be wasted on women. Bought my wife a tank francaise that she wore every day until the battery ran out. Since then she has put her 1990 Casio back on and spent the money I gave her for a new battery on hairdressing. I would buy myself a classic submariner and just think nice thoughts about my wife 🙂

this is just my opinion and im no expert but i think you should just take a breath and relax for a moment.
When my wife was first pregnant i felt just like you, i wanted to find the nearest exit and make a quick getaway. All my thoughts related to myself and what i would lose, all the early experience resolved around my wife and not me. I was used to being the centre of attention and i resented the change of priority, i didnt like my wife’s body becoming medical property either.

I think these feelings are just natural ‘man panic’ and you need to accept that if she says she is having the baby then you WILL be a DAD!

Those feelings and insecurities will disappear when you see your child and they will be replaced by a strength of love that you will find far scarier than anything you are experiencing today. You just wont understand the old you after you meet the little chap/chapess and you will never be the same again….you will be better! As a DAD you will have a changed outlook on life that will improve everything you do. The experience will be hard but the rewards will be beyond anything you have so far experienced

…………well thats what it was like for me 🙂

Your life is not over, our boy has more air miles in his first year than i had in my whole childhood, he’s been to canada for 2 months in an RV, he’s been skiing, he’s been around europe and hes not 1 year old! Yes it was harder for us but i find we forget the pain very quickly now. This can be your reality, you have to step up to the role, own the role, all children need a great DAD!

You will be a great DAD, switch of your doubts and wait, i promise you will change your view completely once you have had a chance to meet your baby 🙂

just got a gyrodec up and running…stunning to look at….stunning to listen to 🙂

Previous posts littered with I pad related spelling issues that I humbly apoligise for 🙂

My kids have been out in the playground for a while now but have never been in hospital with facial injuries? Maybe other kids can be trusted more than semi wild animals?

Davidjones15
That’s a very literal way to take my post, and not the way it was intended, It was supposed to be emotive but also to clearly take a moral stance. I accept that many points of view exist but you must accept that I don’t understand yousr!
A child is a gift, what message do you send that wonderuss gift when you are willing to risk its like on a pet?

Logged out to live in the real world for 24 hours. Dogs can be great companions, friends and buddies, but they are not your son! This opinion doesn’t make me reactionary it just makes me human. I’m not Bruce lee just lee.. This experience resulted in your little boy going to hospital for stitches that will leave a scar for the rest of his life. I can’t support any opinion that puts the welfare of a pet above that of the welfare of your own child, sorry if that upsets anyone but it certainly is not reactionary. If you want to muzzle a dog then fine but accept that means that you choose to allow an animal into your home that sometimes wants to attack you and your family. Live with the consequences of that choice and don’t look for absolution on the Internet..

A dog or the well being of your son? I still don’t understand how you would have trouble solving that equation? Maybe I am just a reactionary?

Dog as part of the family I accept, dog before your little boy makes you stupid and reckless! If you can’t trust it then get rid of it. What is the world coming to when we can’t celebrate hundreds of years of human tradition because we can’t trust the wolf in the living room?

The dog laid teeth on your little boy! Wtf are you waiting for?
Where are your loyalties, some mutt or your own flesh and blood? I can’t understand 90% of the rubbish written here, if something or someone hurt my little boy then I would do whatever it took to ensure it could never happen again! Dog or jimmy saville then you are going down…,.,and I’m a dog lover