Are you not bright enough to make the connection that they are a business and write for an audience and do a very good job of that

Are you not bright enough to realise a paucity of editorial rigour or accurate and coherent content means they are not very good at their job?

Yep, get a top and bottom guide if you ride rough stuff. I don’t loose the chain much (using a superstar top guide) but for enduros or uplift days it gets pretty annoying.

Jut received my smudge light, one day after posted. Charging right now so will try it out tonight.

Rose bikes all the way! 10 Pound voucher that keeps on working! You can save ridiculous money on cheaper items that way.

What’s “Lancashire”?

Meta 4 cross is a good bet, prophet or pitch, remedy or fuel. ( I really rate the fuel as a great all rounder)

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Let me know the exact model you want.

Just checked online, order was cancelled and I have been refunded. Ah well!

6 series

there is no need (or point) in having a daily protein in-take of over 1.2 – 1.5g per kilo of body weight a day

I would say this is pretty high anyway. I’m 74kg and I’m about that level through consciously trying to eat more protein in my diet and through using whey powders every now and then. From what I’ve read people wanting to increase their musculature should aim for 1+g per kg per day, not just your average Joe.

Just go on google scholar and enter a few relevant phrases and I’m sure you’ll see that increased protein can have great positive effects for the ordinary man as well as athletes/ body builders. Literally hundreds of peer-reviewed papers for all to see.

I’ll declare my bias. I’ve been trying to loose weight for a while through dieting and exercise but found that increasing my protein intake greatly increased the speed and which I lost weight/ grew muscle (funny that). I’d say that was a benefit?

Try some BCAAs (help prevent delayed onset muscle soreness) or some kind of special recovery protein mix with milk and some fruit after your exercise. For goodness shakes might be a good bet.

Quite a misleading and meaningless comparison

You’re also 16 times more likely to die as a fisherman than a soldier in a given year. Death rates in soldiers are almost exactly the same as painter decorators.

On a serious note, maybe take them to your nearest AFCO and see about joining the TA for a little while to see what it’s like? I was in the TA for 2 years at Uni and was considering joining the army or Navy after graduating. However, I didn’t think much to the whole uber-tory vibe, seeming lack of any intelligence in many of the senior officers and excessive binge drinking. It isn’t a job but a lifestyle and you either fit in or not and if you don’t it all seems a little weird. The unnecessary vernacular and pointless traditions made me feel that the army was a whole different world.
On the flip side I got paid to learn to ski, would have got some great outdoors and SCUBA qualifications (but for admin F-ups), might have got a commission (another admin F-up) and got to travel a bit. You also make great friends, get great disposable income, pension and healthcare among other benefits.

My advice would be to maybe take a look at some of the scholarships available for A levels or Uni. There’s also Wellbeck college which might be of interest? When you consider you could have a 30k degree paid for, be in the TA for 3 years at uni earning up to 2-5k and then walk straight into a decent job it does seem fairly attractive and you can leave after only a few years with a big wad of cash, lots of free qualifications, lots of friends and memories.

Yup sure are, I mean free rotors when your link shows these ones actually have a price, amazing

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Unfortunately they’re the non ice tech ones, the ice tech ones have a wee label on the carrier and are a different model. I think I’ll get them anyway and get some ice tech if I go the Alps next year. I hope these brakes aren’t in anyway dependent on the new pads/discs to behave favorably for extended DH? Fingers crossed the bring out a 6 bolt SLX icetech rotor!

Chain reaction sometimes do some good deals on Cube or Sun bikes. A friend got a fritz with Talas rc2, xt/slx and rx brakes for 1600.

Anyone else ordered 999?

Octavia VRS TDI 170hp(or chip to 200) or Petrol 200hp

Or Alfa 159, very, very pretty!

I drop the chain with a ss guide on some downhills. Might need to shorten the chain.Think I’ll buy a top and bottom one next time.

Pacestar, hard in middle = faster, soft on outside = still able to corner properly.

In some UK schools as few as 5% of pupils achieve 5 x GCSE’s A* to C

Really?

Our school had 95 to 100% year on year 5 A* to C and although a great school I can imagine most others would be in the 50% range at least. I did mine in 2005 and did f-all work and did comparatively ‘alright’ grades and that was 5 A* to A. Most kids know that they don’t really matter compared to A levels seeing as most will stay on. And yes, they are easy. But if you’re doing 7-11 subjects you can’t expect them to all be that hard.

I really support the Ebac proposal as long as it doesn’t have too much Tory social engineering. The consensus of people at university was that they are significantly harder and require you to take maths (we are really, really falling behind with maths), science and at least one language.

Right, class action on mug inconsistency then?

Answer protaper AM bars are going fairly cheap at the moment. I have a pair and they’re nice but I’d prefer something a bit more sweepy though I do like the 25mm rise. 35 quid at CRC IIRC. I really rate the shape/comfort of v1s though they’re a little bit pricier.

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Nor did mine, or a mug. I bought a set of Xt brakes, an XTR bb and some new deore platform pedals and all I got was a reflective snap band (and excellent value for money)

I have superstar lock ons (standard ones) and my friend has the chunky/longer ones which are too big IMO (but I have small hands). I tried my friend’s new charge grips and they were significantly softer and may get a pair of those next. Other than that I really rate lizard skins (esp. peaty) and ODI grips but you do pay a premium obviously.

Austra and The Jezabells (of that there Danny Mac vid fame)
Both at the deaf institute in Manchestar

Austra and The Jezabells (of that there Danny Mac vid fame)
Both at the deaf institute in Manchestar

Thanks for the heads up!

I bet there’s either been some dodgy business going on (dumping food/ biological waste in the water) or the shark was severely malnourished. Clear seas mean there are fewer cases of mistaken identity so there would have to be some driver for the attack.

You don’t lose pressure when you disconnect the pump, only when you re-connect it and air travels from the chamber into the pump.

hmm, sometimes when I’m disconnecting mine I loose a lot. So much so that the forks go down from 140mm to 120mm due to the negative chamber. Shock pump is fine.

Don’t to Carn Ban Mor if it’s pretty windy, it gets EXTREMELEY windy once you get 2/3rds up. We had some nasty crashes happen on our last visit due to 80mph gustage.

I have a 9 speed one in that metallic grey colour if that’s any use. The shifter’s a bit fudged but fine for spares.

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If you’ve money burning a hole get the new xtr mech, it sounds like it discounts the need for a bottom guide and chain stay protector most of the the time. However, it’s a LOT of money extra for a bit of bling and a little less weight.

I did it on fire xc pros 2.1 but would have liked something much less knobbly. Skinny, hard compound high roller, on the front and something less grippy on the rear I’d say. You still want to enjoy the descents! Oh and if you have a computer, take it, it’s amazing how fast you can get when you drop over the Pennines (I clocked a very scary 50 coming down hart side!)
Another top tip is to take some recovery drink/ bars. There’s nothing like getting up, sore all over with the prospect of 50 miles to ride!

mafiafish – 32×36 – super spinny – im sure you cant get much speed with that.

I only run out of speed downhill on fireroad or on tarmac which doesn’t really bother me and lets me climb any trail I wouldn’t be better off walking (unless it’s very long but that’s more down to fitness really which should improve). I’ve raced DH XC (light-heartedly) and enduros on that gearing and it’s been fine. Only thing that is wrong is that I would definitely take the weight penalty of a full chain device over my xcr. Chain often comes off when doing DH/ Enduros (cost me a LOT of time at Eastridge this weekend)!
I’m running a 28lbs prophet with 2.4 tyres by the way. If I was running a 25lb cross country rig with rocket rons or crossmarks I’d likely run 34.

Yeah I couldn’t do a 34×34, I’m running 32×36 and only find myself wanting downhill on fireroad/ tarmac so don’t see any impetus to get a bigger ring, maybe to get a better spread between gears (or is does it not work like that?).

Jenson usa, lots of other ridiculously cheap bikes/ frames on there too. They deliver to the UK (free at the moment!) but I think they’re not allowed to send Yetis directly here (but I could be wrong).