Mr T Vanderham

Derek & HtS seem to be on a bit of a nostalgia trip at the moment…

It ain’t what it was…

Done

Some great pics but a disappointingly small amount of posters on this one. maybe too many people keeping an eye on the cricket? Or possibly too challenging a subject title?

megaskills in action

Are they the 29er Carbon OO forks or the 26er?

steadfast
stoic

Thanks Houns

Houns – Can we have some more pics of the Over the Tops please? I always loved the look of those, although my odd shaped head meant they were never an option for me.

Cheers

What hubs have you got?

I had a terrible issue with a honking noise from my rear Hone (essentially LX) brake. Tried changing loads of things on the brake to no avail. Finally noticed that the hub was in need of a service (Shimano SLX I think the cup and Cone thingys needed poking (not my area of expertise)) The service resolved the “honking” issue.

Might be worth considering?

Another positive experience with LOCO here, fast turnaround, good information and very happy with the end result

some nice pics from the gruaniads sports page:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/gallery/2011/aug/01/london-2012-olympic-games-mountain-biking

Definintely do Mt Kinabalu at sunrise, its excellent. Its a struggle getting yourself out of bed at 3 in the morning to get to the summit but its definitely worth it. there are some nice spa type hotels to ease tired legs after the walk down as well.

I’ve got a spare 50mm stem, an on one 456, black body silver face plate one. 0 rise I think. never been used. £10 posted

oops rudiboy got there first

http://data.srmlive.de/TDF/

this is quite a cool gizmo, it will come into its own when the Tour hits the mountains I reckon.

Oooh – I had a Pacer too, thanks for posting the pic ir bandito – that brings back many memories :)

Particularly the feeling of excitement on Christmas morning when I was given it. I’m getting goosebumps

Thanks everyone

some useful ideas there

Cheers

slight hijack but my kona dawg will be going on the classifieds this evening. Its an 04 frame so 100mm travel rather than the bigger travel of later years.

putting pikes at 140mm on the front slackened it our slightly and its been great fun to ride, from twisty singletrack to the Nevis Red DH. Let me know if you’re interested, otherwise it’ll be on the classifieds soon anyway

No problem mate, it was a pleasure to be able to show you around. Glad you had a good day on the Gondola too :)

Sensitive change to avoid unnecessary offence, or pointless rose-tinting of history?

sensitive change I reckon

Times change, things move on

its a simple change that means that the story can be enjoyed without causing a furore.

why cause an argument for the sake of it

that love/hate one is awesome. its a fairly complex image for a HT badge but it works very well

who did it for you?

the one above reminded me of this one

love this photo, you can’t see where the take off is, or the landing, or even how he’s managed to find the space to get between the trees, let alone pull off a massive jump

And this one is super gnarly (dude)

04 Kona Dawg still going strong – not being used much at the mo tho, so it may get sold

We’ve got a safe t seat http://www.safe-t-seat.co.uk/index.html

its great! It means its very easy to know how they’re doing, you can talk to them and see whether they are enjoying themselves without having to turn around. They can see where their going and become much more a part of the ride, than if stuck out on the back behind you. My daughter loves it and rocks from side to side if I’m not going fast enough.

fitting is easy, you just need 10mm of spacers between headset and stem.

EDIT found a pic

2nd EDIT make sure your son has enough strength in his neck to hold it up with a helmet on. we had to wait past 12 months until we were confident in her wearing it for any length of time.

TSY – you’ll be pretty local to me for some of those rides, drop me a line to let me know your planned dates etc, I might be able to join you or at least offer some local knowledge.

Please do add more pics, love threads like this

A bit of grease to stop it seizing as above but I’ve never had a peep out of my phil wood ebb. In a Dialled love/hate btw.

I’ve used these, they’re great. I’ve got the same stand as you too.

from here amongst other places

http://www.petracycles.co.uk/product_info.php?language=en&currency=GBP&products_id=10322&source=googlepbs

Thru pins FTW

I’m in, £5 into the pot.

Well done Dez for organising this and to Mark for being an inspiration to us all

its good, unless there are leaves on the trail, or the wrong type of snow.

it will be more consistent in continental europe though ;)

If this sticker has been removed, warranty is void

If this sticker is removed the cat in the box will die

This isn’t a sticker its a disc mount

Its not about the bike, its about the shinyness

I Spin therefore I Win

Its not about the bike (its about the dealer)

Charliethebikemonger tweaked my nipples and fettled my rim

mine was a attempt at a caveman simplification of my hobby. man go ride bike

Its kinda back fired though as most people think its about Mangos

They did sell the DJabs in Halfords – I nearly impulse bought one from there for an absolute steal.

if i hadn’t just been made redundant I would have bought one

Nevis cycles definitely hire, they’ve a unit up near the Nevis Range and a shop in InverLochy. Witches Trails are good and plenty more in the area as suggested above

Its a gamble 50/50 you’ll win, and then you get kudos for the win

do you know what I said?