Lol @ Alpin

I just love being hit around the chops when why son's over tired – makes my day…as you can imagine 8O

Gotta get a trailer though – he's too long for his bike seat now and clips my heels.

Assuming it's a HTII BB then it sounds like there's a tad too much preload across the cranks. Perhaps loosen off and reinstall if you have the tools….

At this time of year I'll guess it's going to be a head race (timed over distance, not side by side racing) where's it gonna be?

I'd suggest that you get on the ergo and get used to 20 minute bouts of effort at about 85% of your maximum, although it's important to maintain correct technique or you'll bollox your back in no time at all. Perhaps 3 times a week and get some recovery in between. if you want to do some weights on the legs, back and get some sit ups in to increase your core strength then that would be very beneficial. I'm assuming that you're already reasonably fit due to the cycling, but rowing uses up a lot more oxygen IME and can get you blowing pretty quickly – I usually find it's my arms that suffer afetr a long time out of a boat.

If you're racing as a novice then some more time time is a necessity as it's gonna hurt if you don't get some time to row in a crew and get some technique down in the boat as well.

Most important thing to do is enjoy the sport – if that's not there (either through getting it right or the craic with the crew) then it's all going to feel like hard work. I don't go out much nowadays aftre doing it for 20 odd years, but when I do it's like riding a bike – once learned it's never forgotten.

Rich

Honest John is your friend when it comes to impartial reviews.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk

Can't really go wrong with a focuss/mondeo in my opinion – cheap, reliable and they drive far better than anyone who doesn't owwn one would care to admit..

Same as genesis here. The A380 seemed positively quiet after seeing the Vulcan, mighty impressive though….

Wrong pads inserted and they're moving around?

It may have been leaking around the o ring due to wear on the o ring caused by a lack of lubrication, I suspect it won't be visible to the naked eye. When I last had mine serviced I was told to drop pressures on both the +ve and -ve sides as this reduces the stress on the o ring. I think I was running about 20-30psi less than the rockshox chart indicated.

I use High intensity yellow for dark days and a VR28 for overcast/brighter days. I find I hardly use the black iridiums unless it's really REALLY sunny…

A self portrait Binners? ;)

Yes, I was slightly disconcerted by that myself. I though my adblock was working on my home PC, but clearly not….

Removable tow ball? Just check it's nose weight limit first, it's usually lower than a fixed bar.

I've had a VDO C4 for a few years now. The mounts are bar or stem adaptable and it's stood up to the usual abuse of being hosed down on teh bike. The only problem I have is a bit of corrosion on the mount/computer contacts but a bit of wet'n'dry sorts that out for another year (of course, if you take it off to clean the bike this may not happen)

Very clear display, big buttons you can hit off road with a gloved hand and a long battery life IME.

I just placed mine on some slabs laid on a compacted stone base, leaving some gaps between the slabs to allow for some venitlation. Knowing the price of a cube of concrete within the industry I'd be crying if I had to pay £170/m3 for some.

Go in fast, or you'll never get out, look at the exit point. Other than that I can't really say what I do in teh middle of one….

Womens version…

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=32966

Just seen these on chainreaction

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=32967

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=32968

The price of the carbon version made me cry – I bought one a few months ago, thank god they don't have XL in stock, that's some consolation, great riding bike tho' :D

Stealth – best thing about it was Jessica Biel – probably one of the only movies I've seen that would have been better if I'd have muted the sound.

Check this forum out – very handy when I've needed to know something about my V50.

http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/

My last big stack involved a bit of ground/face interraction and the M frames I was wearing didn't seem to have a negative impact on my looks! I do remember seeing them flex a fair bit during teh event but they still work a treat…

No – I sold the road bike as I was fed up of people trying to kill me on the roads here. My observations are the same as Samurai's, we're in the wrong country for enjoyable road riding, drivers in other european countries just seem to understand that a bike on the road has a real living person on top of it…..

I don't agree with sweariong at officials but, by the sound of it the official in question clearly had his eyes closed when he was asking Spencer to rack his bike. I assume that the swearing only came into play after a bit of chat regarding how it could be racked and no movement in stance off said official? If so, I think the penalty appears to be harsh…

I use both, flood on bars and spot on helmet although the whiplash factor is increased with a helmet light snagging through the trees!

I dunno – I've never seen a pipe that big in that location on a car. It look smore like a loom casing. Is there any power steering fluid leaking out somewhere else and finding it's way down there?

Only other thing I can think of is air con lubricant/gas leak….

RM Blizzard – Merlin have an 18" frame for £399

As above, look at going to Oz.

Plenty of jobs in the mineral resources sector if you're prepared to work on a mining project and it still looks pretty busy despite current market conditions.

I'd say a full alternator would be your best bet, I'm not sure if you can replace the pulley as it's gotta be pretty firmly attached to the shaft through the windings. Just go down to your local factor and get a reconditioned unit.

Have you had a go at it with an automotive bearing puller? Essentailly the same as an extractor but with fingers that reach behind whatever your pulling.

Good video here gives a taste of what the race is like:

http://www.superhumanmag.com/content/view/1565/48/

You've not had a consultaion in line with the letter handed to you. I'd be contesting this one. I think the consultation period varies according to how many people work for the company/are affected. I'd seek some advice form a professional and pronto!

Good luck

ROFLMAO :lol:

Odd words in that ad IMHO – why would you need revitalising after a downhill run – if that doesn't wake you up then some minty gel around the balls isn't going to do much ….uh oh, okay it may do something….but I'm hardly asleep after blatting donw a hill :?

Magura's here – same as above with Louise FR's – not touched them for 3 years apart from pad changes and the Louise BAT's I have on the other bike have only just had new pads after 2 years – pads last ages when bedded in properly.

Was just thinking about the timing of his report as well Mr MC, if he did it earlier he may well have been over the limit?

I'm sure I'd be justified in having "Cheeky Monkey on Board" :lol:

When it comes to my son, what woudl I do? A marmoset is a small monkey, so….smaller marmoset on board?

Spent £2.5k on mine all in,£1850 to buy kitchen, £300 for tiles £100 misc costs. Got it with hob/oven/microwave/dishwasher/sink/taps – fitted it myself and paid a chippie to do the worktops, a tiler in and a plumber to connect the gas hob (all at mates rates though!)

4hr ride with 90% singletrack sounds like a pretty good ride to me.

One piece of advice I can give from my riding in WA is never land on the spinifex, it may look soft but it'll come back to haunt you a few days later – hands full pustules!

okay – but needs to eat more IMHO

Halfords don't plus gas but they do they're own aerosol of stuff that works..

Other than that try pouring some coke down the seat tube so that you fill the BB shell up – might be able to fizz it's way through some corrosion. I've used coke to clean oil spills up off the driveway, so it;s good for something :D

Congrats – look at your bike as some sort of refuge from now on – the only place where you can truly be at peace :D

It's good fun though, difficult to come to terms with at first but I can't imagine not having our lad now…

I've noticed a big difference from a 28lb steel hardtail to a 22lb carbon HT but it's probably got more to do with wheel weight and the fact that the carbon frame transmits every bit of energy I can put into the pedals.

When looking at what you're proposing I'd say that it won't be as noticable as you already have very light wheels, you'd probably notice over a very long distance as ultimately you'll use less energy getting the lighter bike from A to B.