I was up there on Sunday, it’s about as good as it’s ever going to be! A few of the bog jumps to watch out for but they never go!

I tried a goldeneye on it was really comfortable but was massive on my head, I could easily fit my thumbs down the sides of the helmet so returned it. By the way I found merlin was the cheapest a few weeks ago.

should have got one of those £29.99 decathlon ones then..

Wrong size for me unfortunately, otherwise I would have.

I’ve just got one of these to try, ordered over the weekend and came today.

http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/exaform-eten-remote-hydraulic-drop-post-30%2C9mm-44685

I think it is enough to spend to see what all the fuss is about, once I am hooked then if needed I’ll look into getting a better one.

I’d definitely get it serviced but why replace it? If it ain’t broke etc…

That’s my normal trail of thought. It is just that it is getting on a bit now, And surely a newer shock would be an upgrade?

There all still there, ir_bandito! Never had a problem cycling through the sculpture Park there is a massive bridleway straight through the middle and the rest is a road. They’ve even done some extreme trail building and sculptured some roots out of bronze! Watch them when it’s wet!

I always fancied a dual sim approach to save carrying two phones (personal and work)

I think the one I had with the dual sim, only one sim slot could work with data/3G, the other could only be used for calls/texts. If that matters.

I had one a couple of years ago, I used it as a stop gap for about a year. I had no problems with it and the spec was amazing really for the price (Although beware some are listed with over specifications to what they actually are.). I know some are better than others so its worth reading a few threads and find out the current model. The only problem I had with mine was that the battery didn’t seem to last very long, I used to struggle to make it last a day. However the batteries are generally removable and you could get higher capacity ones which I never bothered with to be honest.

You can use the route planner in strava and have the heat map and segments overlayed on the map, to plan routes now.

The battery life on those go-pros is amazing! 40 Days+

I got unto cycling again as an adult after digging my brother’s old BSO out of my parents shed and decided to have a go. He’d only ridden it two or three times so it was like brand new just needed to put some air in the tyres. Even though it was the wrong size for me (miles too small), I ended up really enjoying cycling, I ended up riding it to death but for the terrain I started on and my skills/fitness it was perfectly fine. Obviously after about 6 months as I improved and got a bit more adventurous/more mileage it started to wear out quickly, but I was hooked and I could then justify spending on a ‘proper’ bike.

If my brother had spent the £600-£1000 on a new bike would he have ridden it more than the BSO he spent £99 on? I don’t think so. However, I am still riding today (Although I do have a proper bike now).

If an orange(fruit) wasn’t orange would it still be called an orange? And what colour would orange be?

What would people say are the Maxxis equivelent to Nobby Nics and Racing ralphs?
Joking, Maxxis is way tougher tyre. Out in Peaks at weekend, one person had a puncture. Guess which make? Its always the weight savers on RR or NN crap.

I wasn’t joking, I meant more the rolling speed and grip rather than how tough they are.

What would people say are the Maxxis equivelent to Nobby Nics and Racing ralphs? out of interest.

+1 for the Lidl ones here too.

I noticed the other week that Aldi had also started to do some, for the same price as Lidl although, I’m not finding them as good as the Lidl ones.

I think they may be Kom’s of the year so far, the little symbol of the Crown is slightly different either solid or outline I can’t remember which.

I have recently joined one, what made me take the plunge was I found a route on strava that they had rode, and tried following it on my own to see how hard it was. It made me feel more confident in been able to ride there routeS, so I took the plunge, i have been out twice now and am by far the slowest.

Maybe you could look at sharing a few of your routes so people can get a feel for how difficult they are at there own pace?

Im disappointed that the video is not an actual kitten playing a guitar!

you can get the pad retaining pins for a couple of quid from wiggle and they fit SLX brakes, if the split pin bothers you?

Anyone tried to connect one to a garmin 810 yet? on the thread last week it sounded like it wouldn’t work, so didn’t get one.

I got a softshell jacket, it feels and looks pretty good for the money, however I haven’t used it yet.

I totally forgot, although that was probably a good thing.

It bluetooths to my phone for the livetrack function and uploads.

Oops I did! If I sneak an email now will i make it?

When we stopped in Dolgellau we ate at a steak house called the Gatehouse or something like that, it was pretty good. It was at the back of the big car park if that helps?

I lost loads in Week 6, it was my best week, put it all back on this week though! Honest :wink:

We are in a similar situation as miketually, we are the ones the bought the reposseessed house though and did the work. We are just coming up to remortgaging now, however our current lender has just given us a valuation of what we paid for it, plus a bit of inflation without seeing it. Other lenders are asking how much we think it is worth, however playing with the numbers it can make a massive difference to the equity bracket and interest rate that we fall into. But from my experience the mmortgage valuations will just say yes or no to what you think it is worth originally.

Zoopla is no real help as only 2 other houses are listed one is from years and years ago 20+ and for that price you wouldn’t get a shed now. The other is about 5 years but we think they paid well over the odds for it, then there is ours.

Funnily enough we have phoned reeds rains up, to come around and do a valuation as though we are selling it which is free.

I got a cutter from ebay a while back it’s a bit like a hole punch, it was only a couple of quid.

The android app doesn’t show the elapsed time, but it is visible on the Web site.

This reminds me of a story I heard a while ago, a quick Google and this was the first link I found.
http://www.ronsonwriter.com/content/view/69/9/

For me he’ll be happy enough that he has got a new bike and won’t care what colour it is. (even if it is totally different)

I’d go for the red, it’ll be close enough to pink, and when you come to sell it on your not narrowing down your market.

Where did you get the flip flops from? They look cool

Cheers whitestone.

Doesn’t sound like it will be a problem then. I think it is something that I may have to consider myself.

How does everyone find it when going the other way? When you are on a few of miles of flat road/railway for instance? (Sections where I usually just put mine into the big ring)

I’m still on a triple by the way! Next time I am out I think I will try staying in the middle ring as I guess that is what will be closest to a 1x

I’d agree with everyone above, I’m sure I vaguely remember something on my driving test about giving way to lorries travelling uphill, same sort of concept I guess.

We use an expedit from ikea, although I think the name may have changed recently. Its the one with all the square holes in that you can buy allsorts of different style boxes to put into it. It seems to work well for us.

Pretty much the same goes for Scissor Sisters. They may have sold a lot of albums worldwide but I’d be extremely surprised if anyone outside of the hardcore fan base could even name the 3rd & 4th albums without google, never mind a song that isn’t one of the first three singles released.
That may be stretching the premise a little but I do think all my original choices are very much associated with short periods of time.

I’m pretty sure that this goes for most of the bands listed here, i bet the majority are still going in one form or another.

A couple more
Embrace
Stiltskin

Shed 7 would get my vote.

I once did a presentation at uni to one of the guys out of shed 7, that’s my claim to fame.

Has anyone mentioned James yet?

I think Gnarly Gnarly cut gate guy needs to do some commentary!

This week’s been a write off for me! Might have to take 1 of my 2 strikes to stay even!