just started now..

yep, 1 hour 10 left , then one more 12 hour nightshift and 4 days off. I WILL be riding in tonight too after a 3hour plus car jounrney to do 18 miles..

That youth is wasted on the young, dont start smoking ( dumb decision of mine to look cool , it failed),start riding a bike, drink in moderation, ( another dumb decision that would bite me in the arse) dont do debt ( see booze for that) enjoy the fact that you are fitter than a butchers dog , (I would kill for a fraction of fitness I had back then).

Dont leave the best job you ever had ( again booze, killed promotion stone dead, got me booted off a field squadron job) ride more..

Try looking for bonesetter on here. He’s based in Stourbridge which is a bit outside the catchment area you specified but worth a shot.

Or just try http://WWW.facebook.com/php. Normal Facebook at my place is blocked but using php gets you to the geek php circum page and then just go to the main homepage from there..

its in bits in his garage waiting for his friendly home mechcanic to slap it all together for him.. I felt weight of frame ( 6.5 lbs) but it didn’t feel too heavy , that is for a 20in long .

top tip. for the headset cups, if doing self build you WILL need H bottom cup ( if using Hope mix and match ) not F as some people here, or even the shop that sold it him said..

hope headset info

His average commute times might take a dip for the next few weeks.

I’ve always liked the smiley death..

Or there’s always room for a little harrison somewhere.

Was thinking along the lines of getting either some endura mullets, snapper or piranhas.

MTB 2076 miles, road 4308 miles. making a grand total of 6384 miles.

Stayhigh, can you edit the challenge titles to include STW please? I’ve got that many on the go I tend to loose track.. Cheers.

I know BT3a isn’t the first site you would assume for help on debt matteers.. but check this QOTW thread out…its the 1st entry..BT3A QOTW[/url]

wetter than an otters pocket

People who are put off by the fact that the cable routing is to the rear of the post…

Look at the above exploded view.. all you would need to do is unscrew the collar , pull the lever to unseat the pin and the ‘seatpost ‘ part of the seatpost will then come out. If Was could confirm if the locking pin hole is on both sides , then what is stopping you spinning the ‘seat post ‘ part around 180 degrees and then re assembling? Note does depend on locking pin hole being present on both sides.

The gravity dropper gets round this by simply having the saddle craddle bar going thru the seatpost perpendicularly,so all you have to do is alter the saddle angle if you choose to have the cable fed in from the front or rear of the post.
Where as the Forca has the saddle cradle bar offset.( appearing horizontal to the ground as in Was’s on the bike pic..)

Must admit am also interested for a cheapy one for the inbred. have the GD on my Trek EX8 and is one of the best things ever..

bruneep, if endo did a distance v alt then we could choose that, but it isn’t an option. So we can’t.

Road challenge is added for the roady tossers among us, and to allow the road commute miles ( even if done on an MTB) to count as well.

There are going to be some lucky sods who can commute offroad to work.

As for the hidden workouts, yep annoying but its how some people set their profiles up.

Cheers Tomwod, will do..

Sassy, having ridden with Mr tall and votchy, I can honestly say you ain’t the only girly…

looking at the packets now. I think you’ll find the above wording says sod all about containing any jaffa cakes though.
Nom nom nom…

Si, might be around for very early tomorrow or a late Sunday night as away for weekend. free all Monday. RD, will dig out some gps / endo tracks for you.

The Clent duffers know lots…

Brown girl in the ring – boney M.. got this stuck into my head during the 1st Strathpuffer as a soloist during the ‘ hard window’, 2 til 4AM. It scarred me for life..

Lunge, also went for a trek 2.1 also on the C2W scheme. Got it at the end of August, and trek had reduced the price down from £1075 to £900 as end of year stock levels were a tad too high. I know my local LBS , speeds still have a few of the 2011 models in stock ( red / black / white frame) if that helps.

doh, tablet! cheers for the link.

Shinsplints, only if you promise to push back.
Good to see you again Chimp, will work on a brownie points plan to allow a weekend away down at Dartmoor..

IF I should die, think only this of me;
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England’s breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.

And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

Gilles, we even tried to get pigskin in the pub afterwards.. would have been to catch up.

Shinsplints, grow a pair…the key word is ex…..

on HTC desire airplane turns off the tx functions, not the rx functions so gps will still work.

Is true……. :(

Looks like the core of the clent duffers will be in attendance.

there’s always a 1st time!!

I would say inside, ( just in case it’s raining :wink: ) 3rd cubicle along.

Can add sand to the lube for a bit of friction..

if you bring the lube Stu!

trailMonkey, also looking to be free this sat. Can do a dartmoor reunion!!!

Finally got round to putting the new pads in today, went for the clarks as reccomended by owenfackrell. A quick spin round the block after heavy rain was a revelation!! Pulled the front lever and endo’d the bike!!
Happy days! Might keep the road bike on commuting duties for a bit longer until the really crap weather kicks in.
Cheers all.

good news….Lovely ride home in the sun this morning and start of my 4 days off.

Bad news……got to paper the hall stairs and landing…arse biscuits.

ok, rechecked the rim clearance, was 1.5mm each side from rim to pads. Cleaned + sandpapered the rims/ current pads, no real difference so will do the new pads next..
so far in the thread we have Koolstop salmon, Shimano ulterga/Durace, Swisstop green and The Clarks triple compound as reccomended..

cheers for your help peeps.

already opened Nov challenge

Cheers for that superdale. What handle bar mount are you using in the jersey vids? I would prefer to rig my cam up on the camelback harness as like your malvern shots( guess that what you did, so you can see the arms / bar), and would need the proper chest harness to angle the camera up enough.