Van Helen

‘Canary Wharf with the death penalty’ .. Brilliant ! Mind if I purloin that CFH?

Why so ashen faced, spruce yewself up. Cherry up, here have a twiglet

Make no misteak, they will divide and conker

Holly Molly, some of these are treely awful!

SOME POSITIVE POINTS OF DOGS

01. The later you are, the more excited they are to see you.

02. Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs.

03. If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don’t hate it.

04. Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another dog’s name.

05. A dog’s disposition stays the same all month long.

06. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor.

07. A dog’s parents never visit.

08. Dogs do not hate their bodies.

09. Dogs agree you have to raise your voice to get your point across.

10. Dogs do their snooping outside rather than in your wallet or desk.

11. Dogs seldom out-live you.

12. Dogs can’t talk.

13. Dogs enjoy petting in public.

14. You never have to wait for a dog. They’re ready to go 24 hours a
day.

15. Dogs find you amusing when you’re drunk.

16. Dogs like to go hunting.

17. Another man will seldom steal your dog.

18. If you bring another dog home, your dog will happily play with both
of you.

19. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, “If I died, would you get another dog?”

20. If you pretend to be blind, your dog can stay in your hotel room for free.

21. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away.

22. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert.

23. A dog won’t hold out on you to get a new car.

24. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don’t get mad, they just think it’s interesting.

25. On a car trip, your dog never insists on running the heater.

26. Dogs don’t let magazine articles guide their lives.

27. When your dog gets old, you can have it put to sleep.

28. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck.

29. Dogs are not allowed in Bloomingdales or Neiman-Marcus.

30. If a dog leaves, it won’t take half your stuff

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50p! Still stopped though

A snail walked into a police station to report he’d been mugged by a tortoise. When asked if he’d got a description, he replied, no it all happened so quick

FYI I just bought this, not realising the thread was 3 months old. Just got an e-mail saying its been shipped. FYI

Thnx Clubber, I have little tech ability !

Wonderfully eclectic collection. Gonna try a direct link one more

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I give up !

Wow, No eyes, that Giant is something else !

Years ago there was a white supra with
H 1 5EXY ..
Edit : in Cardiff

I was in the UK Police when this happened, isn’t it amazing how hot tempers still become.? I dislike the Met as an organisation for many reasons. However, I have heard the beat radio transmissions sent by Keith Blakelock as he was killed.
If you knew a person who was frankly, tortured, knew his family and kids, would you not want justice? I do not condone the Met in any way for the manner in which they conducted the ‘investigation’, but given the responses on here, the emotions still apparent, it is understandable (if not forgivable) how somebody HAD to be guilty? Again I stress, I am not supporting the Met, but neither do Bernie, Silcott or anybody else involved come out with any sort of dignity. A sorry, sorry episode in a bleak period of UK history.

I have been lucky enough to have two. Both custom builds, my EX8 and ti 456 Evo.

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Gah, failed again

Flashy, please do tell !!

Garuda Airlines used to have a camera mounted beneath the nose of the aircraft and relay live pictures to the big screen. Always caused a few gasps. I work at the ‘new’ HK Airport, a engineering masterpiece, but lacking the character of Kai Tak.

Mike, same here in Hong Kong, snakes commonplace. The original story I thought amusing (obviously not for the owner), puns on lizard skins etc. I think it’s an Ardent though !

Loving this. In similar situation. I always back off if unsure. A week off the bike would drive me insane. I just enjoy riding and smirk at the youngsters, end in tears, that will

Magalluf circa 1984, my mate and me walking two lovelies home on the promise of romance. He gets the turtle head moment, and nips behind a bush, drops his kegs and releases… into the kegs that are around his ankles. Kegs up, realises the faecal error… shite in his hair, face, t-shirt..
Neither of us got lucky that night.

From The Bont, you could ride to Penllegaer on the road to Junction 47. The old Morriston road has country park with great woods, albeit not extensive, through the gate near the transport cafe.

Hi Seadog. No gussets. Bit more research done, thanks to above posts. Definitely an E-Six, from, to the best of my (limited) research 2001-ish. Thnx for your input though.

Thanks for the input above. Yes, an Evo 6, yes from Deddington. Dunno how it came to be in the hands of the seller, a Kiwi in Hong Kong (he was left it when the previous owner left HK). The paint is a bit oxidized, tried car polish, would t-cut be OTT? Final question, keep or sell? I’ve too many bikes and it’ll only be ridden occasionally. Again, thnx.

thnx Zippy. Rode it 30+ km today on collection. Was pretty sweet, despite crapy tyres

I have a yellow F500 from around 2000. It may have disc mounts on both fork and frame (mine does). This could make things cheaper, if that is a priority. Mine is also very yellow, and is called coldplay

Sorry, slight hijack…. on my MTB commuter I use Crossmark UST. They’re OK for where I ride, but how much faster would the Small Block 8 be, if at all? Ta

Tipping down in Hong Kong, about to finish work and ride up to the famous big buddha

Wow, that is interesting, thanks for the heads up. Thankfully, front (all xtr), is fine at the moment, and rear hopefully sorted. I’ll certainly retain that for future reference though. Cheers perthmtb

Great, thanks Mike. I thought as much, but ham-fisted fiddling always ends in tears for me.

Afraid I must agree with OP. last triathlon I had the misfortune to witness… more crack than Harlem !

Janesy, take this as a snivelling apology, i didn’t mean to be rude in the first instance (on another thread).
Lovely looking bike, couldn’t live with that mileage! Enjoy !

hummerlicious, lovely bike, great pic. Made me smile

In fact, on reflection, Janesy, your elbow is half way down your arm, your a**e is probably below your nose.

Janesy. Um, no.

Hi, sorry to resurrect the thread, twas my ti 456 evo in thread one above. A few comments from an enthusiastic, and unashamed convert. I hate MTB cliche so i will try to be honest. I have 7 bikes, all MTB and ride daily (my commute is through country park).
The 456 cost a bit, I appreciate, but it was a present to myself, the bike I promised myself ‘one day’ if you like. Mangatank above gives an accurate account, in terms I am not able to replicate, but I agree with him entirely.
The 456 evo is incredible. As an aging idiot, my times are being impossibly improved beyond anything I expected (I don’t race, only strava-ddiction). The bike seems to encourage out of saddle climbing, and downhill I risk more than ever, without ever being scared. The bike seems to disappear beneath me (I’m a literature graduate, no scientist!), and scary things previously have become like competetive friends. Love them, but can ignore their dangers, because I’ve found a partner that breezes me through the rocky stuff.
In all, without becoming starry eyed, for a ‘normal’ (I think) MTB rider with a love of MTB beyond the reason of my wife and friends, this bike would be the first thing I saved in a house fire. It IS that good. IMHO.
Luvnkisses, and thanks.

Mudshark
You cheeky devil :D

Slapped a bit of paste in, nipped the ti clamp to 5 nm. Hopefully, job done. Appreciate your time. Thnx

mtbfix, that’s great, thank you. I’ll measure, stick some paste, and gently (very gently), increase torque until i can stop what is, a minor annoyance. Thanks All

Ok, thnx wwaswas, I’ll try that, and a bit of paste. It’s just that I’ve found the ‘sweet spot’ where i don’t need to move the post on most trails. I’d like to be able, therefore, to tighten the clamp and forget about fiddling. Especially if I put my reverb in there, so if anyone knows the torque rating, I’d be very grateful

No riding. Banjaxed watching BIL v Barbarians in HK on Sat, possibly died on Sunday