You aren’t understanding what happened with the CVR. 

I understand exactly what happened with the CVR. It’s on a continuous 2 hour recording loop, and it never got turned off.

However you seem hell bent on saying that the pilots (or ‘others’) deliberately left it on, and mis-reading/understanding posts that say the pilots likely have no idea how they’d turn the CVR on/off. It’s an item that they check is working, but don’t actually know how to control, as they have no need to control it.

Would you be so hung up on the CVR if the flight landed 2h1m after take off, so nothing recorded pre-take off was till present?

Or would you then be claiming the pilots deliberately kept flying just long enough to have those conversations deleted?

We’ve already had a commercial pilot on here say that the CVR on modern planes turns off automatically when the engines are shut down (which seems commonsensical). Those are facts.

They said more modern aircraft. Not all modern aircraft.

And given the 737 dates back to the 60s, it’s not really a modern aircraft. It really wouldn’t surprise me if simply turned on with the master power.

And going by discussions on a forum frequented by far many more pilots, none of them seem to know how to actually turn it off.

The deciding factor would be what the potential outcome would be. First fault was last month, so the plane flew a month with no further issues, with the fault then occurring twice, on different flights.

From the posts I’ve seen, ground maintenance ran some tests and couldn’t fault the system, and the flight crew didn’t notice anything other than the warning, so nobody deemed the aircraft unfit to fly, but the aircraft was scheduled for maintenance/investigation.

I’m sure the worst outcome anybody in the decision chain expected, was that the aircraft may have to descend due to a leak, hence it got removed from ETOP use. I don’t think anybody would have expected a door plug to blow out.

And we don’t yet know if the door was the cause of the fault, so the fault could be unrelated.

Any decent salesperson should tell you the options if you ask.

I know one of my last supervisors bought an Audi, and was upfront with the salesman about having the cash to buy outright.

Salesman ran the figures, and I think he ended up with a HP agreement, with a fairly large ‘deposit’, with a few year repayment at minimal interest, so the supervisor just stuck the extra money in a savings account that paid more interest than the finance.

@paulwf have you considered having sperate eBay accounts for personal and trading?

@tillydog I’ve just read that article (I’ll hopefully watch the video later), and it amazes me the issues with logging, and that Fujitsu had full access with no logging of what they done while logged into accounts.

I can only hope that the ongoing public enquiry reveals who knew what and when. Going by what was written in that article, it appears the Post Office were initially unaware of what Fujitsu were doing, but at some point somebody should have been questioning what was happening.

the decision to prosecute was made within the PO itself

This would appear to be entirely normal for cash handling companies.

I know somebody who worked for a bank for a while where money went missing one day. They suspected who took the money (only one employee left the branch that day with a container big enough to carry the money), but as they didn’t have the evidence to prove that they took the money, they simply swept it under the carpet.

The attitude was that unless they could pretty much guarantee a conviction, any external investigation would undermine customers trust in the bank. So unless they had the evidence, the police were never involved.

And having subsequently been involved with other cash handling companies, nothing much has changed. They’ll run their own internal investigations, and only once they have the evidence, will they involve the police. The stories I got told would make you question anybody handling cash.

From a manufacturer perspective, money is tight in the bicycle trade, so they’ll be looking at it from a commercial perspective of, what do they actually gain from spending (a lot) of money to have a pro team?

Combine that with fewer rounds, and potentially less media coverage, the financial justification of having an official UCI race team probably isn’t there.

They can probably get as much marketing return from supporting various privateers, and as much as I hate to say it, social media “influencers”.

I did see a facebook post earlier about the 16yo that made me laugh, about what the midwife said when he was born – “Congratulations, it’s a man” 😂

GiffGaff uses the O2 network, but I have no idea if they offer WiFi calling or how good it is.

I’m not really anti e-bike, it’s just they don’t particularly interest me.

However they do seem to be a rule no.1 amplifier. Pricks on bikes have always existed to some extent, but eMTBs  do appear to be the replacement for the previous all the gear types, but now instead of wheezing their way to the top of the hill once and bumbling down once, they can do it multiple times while hardly breaking a sweat on the climb. I’m sure some sweat more at the prospect of technical features on the descent.

Verging off topic slightly, I’m always intrigued by riders who go somewhere like the Golfie, then walk anything technical. My goal as a biker has always been to improve, and work towards riding features I can’t ride, but I’ve seen the same riders months apart, spend more time walking descents than riding. I just wouldn’t bother going near a trail I knew I couldn’t ride, yet some people will quite happily walk the same trail sections multiple times on the same day.

It’s definitely not eBike specific, but it’s just a mindset I really can’t comprehend, other than they only do it so that they can claim that they ‘rode’ a certain trail.

who all ploughed through the newly repaired trail without even acknowledging me stood at the side with my spade looking on is disbelief

Sadly that’s not an uncommon thing. Thankfully most riders will say thanks, with the occasional one even stopping to help out. I even get free beers at certain events due to one of my trail creations.

However if you want to experience the full entitlement, try closing a popular trail for an official volunteer dig, and having the audacity to ask riders to walk past the work site. I’ve witnessed the full range from barging past avoiding all eye contact, to the poor person on banksman duties being ranted at and threatened.

So if we aren’t riding bridleways, what, footpaths? Oh goodness me how dare you

I regularly ride footpaths, but then north of the border that’s not an issue. I also ride (and dig) plenty official and unofficial trails.

As per the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, I believe the countryside is for the enjoyment of everyone, one key tenant of which is to act responsibly.

Can’t say I really enjoy riding through horse trodden tracks, whatever the bike – or on foot.

But I’m all for open access for all. There are places for walkers, bikers and equestrians to all enjoy the countryside, it’s a big space.

There will be pricks amongst all those disciplines, but they’ll probably be pricks whatever they are doing

Although I do agree with this.

Strong

Argument

Difference being, you’re judging people without substantial basis. I’m not

I merely questioned weeksy’s decision, and I’m sure he’s big enough to respond himself.

Yet you’re the one that started the personal insults, missed the point about if a trail is that muddy, should you be riding it on any bike, and now you’ve deflected onto bridleways, which I wouldn’t personally class as a trail.

And you appear to be judging me without substantial basis…

Good luck raising that with the equestrians

Yeah. eBikers have nothing on entitled pricks on horses. Was a major issue locally years ago, until a local estate put lots of new fences and gates in due to it.

4 feet wide mess. Walkers were having to weave in and out the trees. One even asked my brother’s mate if he wouldn’t mind stepping into the mud so he didn’t have to get his horse’s feet muddy. Needless to say words were had.

No, you’re making your point and you don’t like anyone questioning it.

Pot. Kettle. Black. 😘

Point missed completely.

If YOU can’t ride a section on a normal bike, is it ok if YOU then opt to go and blast through it on a eBike?

The point is, if a section is that questionably rideable, should anybody be riding it at all?

Mine too, whatever relevance that has got to this thread 🤷

But sorry for your loss nonetheless

My point being. If some super fit XC rider who puts out twice the power output of your legs comes flying past, do you judge?

You have a perceived level of what ‘damage’ is allowed to the trails and you set that at leg power. Ergo leg powered damage is fine, but an ebike that may be putting out only as much output as a very fit rider isn’t?

I thought you might like to know the reason I’m being ‘boring’ tonight, since you were the one who started with the personal insults.

The point I was making, was if you can’t/wouldn’t ride a churned up trail on a normal bike, why is it OK to ride it on an eBike?

I bet you’re fun at parties. I hope you’re not at one tonight spoiing everyone’s night.

Don’t worry, I’m not.

Currently making dessert for tomorrow’s family gathering, as it’s the first Christmas and New Year since my mum died.

It’s NYE, lay off the boring pills

We all degrade trails whatever we ride, stop being so sanctimonious ffs

So giving consideration to impact on trails is boring?

But I guess being called sanctimonious by somebody who further up the thread admitted to riding an illegal motorbike, sums up your selfish attitude towards your impact on trails and other users.

How new is Golfie?

Not very. First downhill races were there in the 9os before they moved over to Traquair side.

Today’s conditions I’d have bailed after a mile as I’d have never been able to pedal, it was ridiculous.

So if you’ve got an eBike, you can totally disregard the concept that not contributing to worsening trail conditions, is maybe a wise option?

@mtnboarder it’s not a TweedLove Triple Crown next year, as there are 4 rounds. 

Having had a chat with a couple key people, the SES is highly unlikely to return next year. I know the reasoning behind it, and I honestly can’t see a way forward for the SES at the moment under ESO/DWB.

An alternative has been chatted about, but the lack of alternative organisers and events pretty much rules that out. At the moment there are only three Enduro race organisers running Scottish events next year, with the other organisers giving up. 

It always amazes me the excuses people will find to avoid paying for parking.

The money might not directly go to the trails, but it will still contribute to the running of the entire site, and justify the existence of maintaining and building trails.

I think people chasing trying to knock a couple seconds of their mid pack time KOMs on Strava has led to as much,

FTFY.

I do laugh at some straight lines, and wonder why some riders don’t just find some fire breaks to straight line down, as for me part of the fun is trying to ride all the trail features. Plus you don’t get faster by riding straight lines.

Although I did watch an e-biker straight line the berms on the new Red at Glentress a few weeks ago, and almost wipe out numerous times on the loose gravel. It very much looked like a couple mates had convinced him that it would be fun to hire an eBike, but they just shot of ahead leaving him to struggle down, however that’s certainly not e-bike specific.

One of his mates also didn’t seem to take too kindly to me not stopping at the next section. I thought they would wait to check their mate was OK as he got there just in front of me, but as soon as they seen me not stop, one of them tried to chase me down. He almost caught up until he hit 15mph 🙈

It’s all very well copy and pasting a list of DTCs, but P1xxx codes are manufacturer specific. Only P0xxx and P2xxx have their definitions defined by the EOBD standard.

As for the OP, I’d doubt the two are directly linked.

Probably not from a generic bearing supplier, but try Wych Bearings as they supply Enduro bearings who do various headset bearings.

I’ve just paid a Fedex import bill, and handling charge was £12.75.

You may have to argue the duty/VAT with Customs, as they’re the ones who calculate them. Fedex simply process and pass the bill on.

Is the actual value of the items £224?If Customs are on the ball and your delivery gets inspected, they can adjust the value to what they see as market value. I.e. if you’ve bought something that a quick google reveals should typically cost £200, yet the customs invoice only says £100, they can base the import duty and VAT on the £200.

Foot and Mouth was a trigger for a lot of funding, and was the primary driver behind things like the 7 Stanes.

But after the initial funding, Forestry realised that they suddenly had all these trails, with no viable business model to make them economically sustainable. However it was a useful way for Forestry Commission to hit recreational use targets that had been put in place by the then Labour governments.

Roll on to now, governments (Tories south off the border, and SNP north of the border) have mostly removed recreational use targets as they cost money. The result is in Scotland, FLS’s primary focus is fully back on profit and timber production. Recreation is something to just bumble along trying to make money any way possible, and cause the minimum disruption to timber production.

The latest Glentress additions have only been funded because Forest Holidays (a commercial arm of FC/NRW/FLS that spans England/Wales/Scotland) wanted the land around the original freeride area for lodges. Funding was topped up with various grants, but without the combination of the lodges and the world champs, it probably wouldn’t have happened.

Only notifications I get are when the alarm is triggered.

Although I think I have seen various settings for notifications in the app somewhere.

I’ve got a Halford’s one that does the job. Just had a quick look and it’s this one that just so happens to be £25 – https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-accessories/bike-lights/halfords-advanced-100-lumen-rear-laser-light-253326.html

massive generalization alert: 

It’s definitely noticeable. I was out with a group of mates earlier this year, and we had just had a discussion about how eBikers will often just barge past without so much as a warning. As if timed perfectly, one came up behind us, didn’t mutter a single word, cut on to the grass to pass, and there was just a crunch followed by him coming to an abrupt halt. Going by the crunch, we reckon a stray branch had removed his derailleur.

I can’t remember the model numbers, but the ones that use plastic cups are generally OK.

However ones that involve bearings directly pressed into the frame can cause problems. Somebody I know who worked on a lot of Treks when they first came out with the idea, reckoned the frames were only good for 3 or 4 bearing changes, before the pressfit became sliding fit.

Hope was one solution, but although it cured the loose bearing problem, all those metal parts often required regular stripping and re-greasing to cure creaks.

The bearing life itself isn’t any better or worse than threaded bottom brackets.

@oldnick noodles don’t meet the relevant BS standard though, so should something happen and your insurance company find out about them, they’ll cancel the policy.

It all comes down to how much risk that an individual is willing to take.

That’s like the old “fact” that you can’t get repairs done outside the central tread. You can, it just needs to be a proper repairer you take it to rather than a fitter (who still might not be able to fix it but is qualified enough to know that)

You’ll struggle to get anybody to do a hot vulcanising repair on a road going vehicle tyre now due to insurance, even if you do manage to find somebody with the correct equipment and training. Insurance companies have restricted what repairs they’ll cover, so unless a company wants to take the risk of knowingly carrying out repairs that won’t be covered by their public liability insurance, they just won’t do them.

Garages are even struggling to get insurance to cover fitting part worn tyres, or customer supplied tyres, so it wouldn’t surprise me if easy tyre repairs will be next on their excluded list.

“Because”.

Because of the time and risk involved.

If it’s not an obvious puncture (i.e. not a big nail/screw sticking out the tread) then how do you find the original puncture to fix it?

Was it only a single puncture, or has the sealant sealed other smaller punctures, which then might fail once all the sealant is removed?

How far has the tyre actually been driven with the sealant in it? This contributes to the previous risk, that there may now be more than a single puncture. Especially since customers will blatantly lie to try and get as cheap a fix as possible.

It’s bad enough cleaning all the sealant of the rim, but cleaning out a tyre takes a lot longer and even more consumables. Plus all the equipment will likely need cleaned afterwards.

Ultimately it comes down to risk, and cost. For cheap tyres, repairs aren’t that viable (cost of labour alone is going to be £15-20 for a simple puncture repair).
Then there is the risk from a failed repair, both reputationally from the customers POV, and from an insurance perspective (automotive repairer insurance companies have really been clamping down on what they’ll cover from a risk perspective), so from a respectable business POV, it’s far simpler to say no, and have customers who want to take the risk, find a questionably insured repairer elsewhere.

You need to look at who’s buying eMTBs, and they roughly fall in to two categories.

You have those who’ve bought them in addition to a normal MTB, so they’re essentially buying a new category of bike instead of typically replacing an existing bike.

Then you have those who’re relatively new to the sport, or getting back into it. This is probably where the biggest growth has come from, as it’s the demographic that previously might have tried hiring a MTB, realised it’s actually hard work to cycle up a hill and not bothered trying it again, but an eMTB means they no longer have that fitness barrier.

In terms of overall sales, I’d say that if it hadn’t been for the new riders, MTB sales overall would have been majorly down. Knowing those in the trade, it’s got a similar feeling to the banking crash, where sales nosedived, however this time they’ve been partially propped up by new riders.

Plus there are a lot of existing riders who’ve simply been upgrading existing bikes. They’ve looked at replacing their bike, but what are they actually going to get with a ‘new’ bike? The answer is not a lot ‘new’. Geometry has pretty much stabilised. There’s no new latest and greatest wheel size. No new major developments in suspension.
So rather than spend several £k on a ‘new’ bike, they’ve been spending a £k or 2 on upgrades.

It’s not as simple as saying eMTBs are the future because they are selling more. You need to look at the reasons behind the numbers.

Any manual handling course I’ve done in the past 10+ years has given no maximum or recommended maximum weights. Instead it’s been a case of only lifting what you feel comfortable lifting, as 10kg for some people is too much, whereas others will quite comfortably lift 10kg with a finger or two.

Terrifying sounds good!

Hardest race ever not so.

I know it’ll involve lots of training, but I’m struggling to gauge just how fit I’d need to be to complete it. Especially since my cycling fitness is currently pretty rubbish having spent more time digging than riding for the past 6 months.

I’m thinking that if I can get back to doing 1500m+ days over the next few months, with the aim of 2000+ by the middle of the year, combined with actually riding my road bike, that it shouldn’t be too hard.