I have a similar situation, I use Windows via a parallels virtual instal on the mac. and the Remote Desktop works absolutely fine.

As above Office11 has the Remote Desktop included which is also handy.

The only downside I’ve encountered is that Win7 home and basic versions don’t include Remote Desktop, so in those instances use Teamviewer which is a free (for non commercial) application. Maybe wouldn’t trust it for highly sensitive applications, and does require instal at both ends, but a suitable workaround.

Can also be used from Ipad / Iphone.

Agree with all the above, broke my collarbone (single break minimal displacement) last year. Broke on a Sunday, went to see Brian on the Wednesday and had both the Magnetic pulse, and laser treatments. Also fitted with a X brace.

Now, wether it would have healed as well on its own … no idea but after two weeks the bones had started knitting, soft cartilage callus and becoming stable. Week four obvious lamination and I was back on the bike by week six (albeit nervously).

The other benefit is all the information he can provide, while the NHS is a more “heres some tablets, a sling now go and do nothing” Brians was much more in depth including rehab procedures, what to expects and realistic timetables.

I’d be back in a heartbeat if / when if ever happens again.

Also, ask him about the procedures following the removal of your plate. Theres a reasonable incidence of repeat breaks soon after removal as the screw holes haven’t filled in, and full lamination may not have occurred due to the abrasion of the plate.

Apologies … should have clarified. I was talking about collarbone injuries not helmets (really shouldn’t distract threads).

Try going to the command prompt and running CHKDSK, if the HD is spinning when it is dropped the spindles can come into contact with the armature, and be flakey. Some HD do have a “park” function if it senses an above normal g-force which is handy for the replacement !

Instructions

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265

I read up on similar incidence of injuries being caused by safety equipment after I broke a collarbone. Given that the break was directly under the strap of my Camelbak seemed to curious not to.

People have fielded arguments both ways … but without chucking a crash test dummy down a ravine I guess it will all remain “theory” for now.

Huh ? But its an inherent fault, we’ve established that already remember

Not so. You have the right to refund as well but it might only be partial refund if you have had substantial use.

Also its your choice refund replace repair – not the shops

Better go get your money back then Alasdair … and DenDennis Id suggest you get Mrs TJ to go get your full refund, obviously knows what she is doing.

Does mean that the manufacturer is bound to repair / replace or their option to refund though.

There was some poor beggar who purchased an Audi TT, apparently it pulled to the left so he tried to reject the car. Cost him £100K to go through the legal system … where he lost … and guess who had to foot the bill. Even the judge addressed him as an idiot over that one. Reckoned it was an inherent characteristic of the car … whoops.

One mans fault is another mans quirk …

TJ How about you ask your SO about acceptance / rejection of goods and the influence that has on your beliefs.

Namely if the purchaser accepts the goods (ie keeps them for a “reasonable” length of time / altered them / told you they have accepted them) and what their rights are then, and wether they are then able to reject the goods and DEMAND a full refund without the retailer having the option to repair / replace.

Then scurry on back here to report.

Crikey … Id best get along and write a scathing letter to Parliament then that their website is misleading millions of consumers and retailers with its website of lies …

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Consumerrights/Yourconsumerrightswhenbuyinggoodsandservices/DG_182935

Are you kidding me !!!

Here .. I will type reaaaaaallllll slow so you can try to keep up

The RETAILERS First option is to repair or replace

If a repair or replacement isn’t practical

A trader doesn’t have to offer you a replacement or repair if:
it’s too costly for the trader
it will take too long
it will cause you significant inconvenience, eg you’ll be without a phone for months

Or the RETAILERS other option is

If this happens, the trader should either:
offer you a partial refund if you return the item (to allow for the use you’ve had from it)
let you keep the item and give you a reduction in price for the fault”

So the RETAILER is the one making the decision, not constrained by any rights of the purchaser

No idea where your got the “inherent fault” from, certainly is not mentioned anywhere within the Act, once goods are accepted (and the use of the goods is in most instances deemed to be acceptance) then the right to reject (and subsequently the RIGHT to a refund) is lost.

Bloody government departments and their pack of lies !!!

Can we get a refund on our taxes now ???

It does seem to follow the styling precedent set by the X6 ….

You’re wrong Uplink … I just googled it and I found this

Not so. You have the right to refund as well but it might only be partial refund if you have had substantial use.

Also its your choice refund replace repair – not the shops.

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You mean this part of the law (again from the Direct.gov.uk website … you should try it sometime)

“If a repair or replacement isn’t practical

A trader doesn’t have to offer you a replacement or repair if:
it’s too costly for the trader
it will take too long
it will cause you significant inconvenience, eg you’ll be without a phone for months

If this happens, the trader should either:
offer you a partial refund if you return the item (to allow for the use you’ve had from it)
let you keep the item and give you a reduction in price for the fault”

Kind of hints that the Trader is the one making the decision there … not the purchaser ?

Thanks for repeating that bit again TJ, obviously didn’t follow the link to the direct.gov.uk website so I’ll paraphrase a few salient bits for you

” trader will USUALLY offer you a refund for a faulty item if you:”

“if a trader won’t give you a refund for a faulty item, they should usually offer to repair or replace the item for free …”

There is no automatic RIGHT to a refund once goods are deemed to be accepted.

As I said earlier, its a pet peeve of mine because I know the responsibility as a retailer is mine, and it annoys the balls off my when certain retailers try to buck their responsibilities. The same retailers no doubt advertise themselves as being better than most online outlets due to their support and backup should a claim eventuate …

TJ – have a read here …

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Consumerrights/Yourconsumerrightswhenbuyinggoodsandservices/DG_194650

Unfortunately the Act is very ambiguous over its requirements. You DO NOT have an automatic right to refund after you have accepted goods. The definition of “reasonable time” is given due to the huge variation of products and is the biggest PITA for both retailers and consumers.

And I am speaking from the experience of a retailer. We had a manufacturer change the spec of the Photographic Albums (namely the spine construction) without notifying us. They had a HUGE failure rate and as the retailer I was liable for the replacement and repair which spanned over a two year period. Thankfully, as given by the act we had the RIGHT to replace the albums which the manufacturer supplied to us without cost (after much castigation).

Not so. You have the right to refund as well but it might only be partial refund if you have had substantial use.

Also its your choice refund replace repair – not the shops.

Completely wrong there TJ, The retailer has the right to repair or replace at their option. You only have the right to reject (ie refund) within reasonable time of purchase.

If the retailer does not do this THEN you have the right to claim (through the courts) the purchase price less recision.

Firstly, you should always return the product to the shop concerned, it is their responsibility to address the situation not the manufacturer (unless on finance – then its the finance companies problem).

Secondly, first six months of use its basically a no questions asked repair or replace. Beyond that the purchaser has to prove that there was a fault that existed from new, or they are not fit for purpose or not of satisfactory quality (massively condensed version of the entire act there).

The act only allows you to reject the product within reasonable time (ie a matter of weeks of purchase).

The shop has the option of either repairing or replacing, and the repair must be done within reasonable time, cannot significantly inconvenience the purchaser.

You can also claim cost of repair against the retailer if they refuse to honour.

Its a bit of a pet peeve of mine, the manufacturer often gets screwed down by the retailer / wholesaler / distributor on price, they then stick their retail markup on it, and pretty much refuse to deal with any of the resulting issues.

Can send through a few more this evening if interested

Sambucol (extract of elderberry) It has been indicated that it does have preventative effects on the Flu Virus. From memory the Israelis did a blind study on it a while back.

Don’t mean to steal your post but funnily enough vie just been contemplating the sale of a 21″ Stumpjumper Carbon Marathon (2008 I think), its currently a full build with Sid teams, Formula K24’s, SLX with Middleburn single front ring and XTR rear with a Pauls BB chain keeper (1×9) Have the original rings etc. Set of either Mavic Crossrides or Kore XCD’s (or potentially Stans Crests on Hope ii’s if the price is right).

Its absolutely mint, picked up the frame new last October from total fitness bath and built it up with new components since. Saw very little use over winter as is 2nd bike. just under 10kg on the bathroom scales.

Not sure of value but would certainly be within your budget 🙂

As far as I know nothing cycle specific. Have a couple of long sleeve chase’s which while sans pockets are excellent for both the bike and casual days

Icebreaker … I’ve got t’s and jackets that have lasted years

There are other advantages to larger f stops, at least in the Canon world. Obviously viewfinder is much brighter, but also focus speed and accuracy. I find a marked difference between an f4 and an f2.8 (both L series) on a 1dsiii. Several cross hair sensors become active at the 2.8.

And cost doesn’t necessarily equate to sharpness. Several lower priced lens out resolve much more expensive examples. The 50 f1.8 is a goods example with upwards of 50 LP/mm. Edge sharpness may suffer slightly.

Guess its the weight / cost argument for blingy stuff. Initial gains are easy, but ramp up sharply as you get near the peak.

You can connect the Blu-ray no problem, the issue is if you can play back the content.

As above first option is to run a virtual or boot camp windows install (again … virtual would be my recommendation). Higher chance of an available driver, and more software options.

Option two is IF (and its a big if) the MAC OS recognises / supports the drive then you will need to invest in the appropriate software to read and decode the DVD / Blu-ray. I was supplied with “vlc media player” which while buggy was useable for the external super drive. No promises if it works with Blu-rays (as given previously, its an unsupported format by Apple).

External Hard drives, no problem but you will no doubt need to reformat them for read / write if they are NTFS. Fat32 will allow cross platform read and write, while Journaled will be Mac compatible. You can also boot from USB on an apple so good idea to partition and clone a hard drive copy, or use as a Time machine backup.

Regards memory, if you click on the Apple logo top left of the screen, select About this Mac, scroll down to memory it will tell you what it is presently running. Pre unibodies most ran DDR2, then post uni went to DDR3. They are not interchangeable. While Macs are more sensitive to clock and latency speeds, as a general rule if your existing memory is equal or higher in clock speed, it MAY work.

The crucial website also has a memory finder based on Machine model which you could use.

Re the OS vs Windows flame wars, i prefer the Mac hardware (im a sucker for bling) and the reduced system threat level, Given that I need to integrate into an existing windows server system then a virtual Windows system keeps things very simple. Also as per the OP I came from a dead Win. system so had a high level of investment in Win. software. Apple at least gives me the flexibility to continue to run this.

Nothings perfect … thats why we modify 🙂

950i, fitted the kit after the fact. Cable runs up to the rear of the post and pulls down.

Ay-ups, You can either buy a single set, or invest in one of the expedition packs and split between a couple of you. Other benefit is you can have one battery on charge while the other is in use.

The expedition pack comes with two sets of lights, 3 batteries, a whole range of chargers, mounts (bar and helmet) and even a head torch strap. The things are even waterproof !!! While the batteries are not built in the half pack battery is plenty small enough to tuck anywhere.

I’ve had mine a couple of years now, and use them for absolutely everything.

If your looking at the Conti range, look for the RS versions, they are advertised as being “UST ready”.

It took a while but I’ve recently set a pair of X-Kings on a set of 819’s. While it wasn’t straight forward, they are half the weight of the Panaracer fire UST’s they replaced.

Key for me was to scuff up the insides with a nylon scouring pad before fitting. Get them to seat (eventually) then put a whole load of stains in (I put a good 500mls in each wheel) spin them, then leave them on their sides on top of a bucket, spin them some more … and repeat for several hours. Eventually the pores in the sidewalls will seal (bath test).

Once sealed used the Stans syringe to remove all the milk, and then I put 40mls back in. Have run them for a few weeks now, and top up 1-2 psi each week.

Next challenge is a set of Race king SS’s on a set of Crests 🙂

Macs don’t play well with playing movies from external DVD or Bluerays. I found this out when I installed a MCE caddy in the drive bay for a second hard drive, and the original superdrive in an external caddy.

There was software provided as a workaround, but was flakey at best. Blueray … I’ve never seen any solutions and Im pretty sure its to do with the licensing issues.

If its the older non unibody design, it can be a complete PITA to get the keyboard off, and back on without unsettling things.

Regards bootcamp, I have to run a windows environment to allow remote desktop, along with other window specific software. Don’t even bother with Bootcamp, your mac will run at the temperature of the sun, chew through the battery, run at half speed and sound like a 747 on takeoff. Invest in Parallels or similar, run in coherence and be very very happy with the results.

Ditto above, Xt no problem as can adjust the clamp position relative to the changer itself.

I couldn’t get a set of LX to play nice with some R1 levers though.

Why doesn’t an aftermarket company (are you listening Hope) make a system of clamps that work across the various platforms to marry sram + shimano, shimano + avids and Formulas + everyone !!!

Cane Creek Headset £39.99 …now £156.99

Thankyou to whoever it was who posted the link on here !!!!

Apologies Munqe-chick … in Kiwi-land we still have the charge available (and funnily enough … it is widely used !)

Basically if the property belongs to your employer, then then theft comes under this charge. Not sure what the Equivalent Pomme charge would be 🙂

I know of a shared house in S7 ? (Abbey Lane/ whirlowdale road), backs onto the Ecclesall woods, pub across the road.

Im pretty sure the tenancy goes to October, sharing with the remaining occupant.

Bloody nice house … PM me if you want details.

And defo get in touch with the Bike Tree, they head out on a Wednesday ride (although I am still building the courage to join them 🙂

Just to back up a little … but if the vehicles belonged to the company

the cars would have been bought in from various sources & then cleaned to be sold at the premises

Then wouldn’t any property contained within / upon the vehicles belong to the company …

ie. Theft as a servant ???

I went with a set of R1X’s of a lapierre, mix of R1 lever and RX calliper. They pop up on Ebay every now and then. Theres several sets of R1’s currently on there for the £280 mark.

Having K24’s and Elixers on other bikes, the R1’s are certainly top of the pack, very solid lever. As said earlier though make sure you use formula rotors, I fitted a set of Avids and they screamed like a demented seagull.

Also parts can be strangely expensive, it was cheaper to get a goodrich hose kit than the Formula “shortening” kit.

.. back to the original question I guess.

I ride two bikes, both stumpjumpers, one being a carbon hardtail, the other an FSR. Both have 120mm minimum of front travel (sids and revelations).

Now I may be missing the point a little, and no doubt influenced by one to many injuries but I don’t equate outright speed to “fun”. I’d much rather the challenge, and if I fail then the off is at a speed that I am going to walk away from mostly in tact.

I find the HT means I get more of a work out, have to lift the bike over obstacles, look further ahead, mentally find a line and stick with it. I get tired a lot quicker but the thrill factor is higher. Its more of a rattle attack but I have more “feel” of what is happening.

The FS is more forgiving, I can climb in comfort and find my cadence a lot smoother so grip seems improved, aided by the fact Im not being bounced out of the saddle so often ( … poor form or not im to ignorant to know). Coming down the “flow factor” is higher. Descents are at a higher speed in no small part I am sure due to the confidence it gives. Its more forgiving but if I cock up hopefully it wont chuck me to hard into a tree. I can ride longer but not necessarily further on it.

If I had to chose one it would be a FS, albeit a shorter travel ie Camber, Genius, Zesty etc (I’m sure there are plenty of others) which would allow the best of both hard argued for camps …

Something else to watch with the u-turn revelations is the clunk and drop. Mine did it 2 months after fitting. basically riding down around 150mm extension, hit large bump, shock goes “clunk” and sinks completely into its travel. Will pump back up, but wont go beyond 120mm.

Phone call to TFTune, yup very common issue with them and fixed under warranty. Googled around and did find a few similar stories.

Since repair haven’t had an issue, and have had a complete battering so cant fault whatever the repair involved, but just a heads up that it may happen at some point.

Do you think the severity of injuries on a FS would be higher than a HT given the ability to ride roughshod over risky areas, that would have you slowing down on a HT ???

Obviously not the be all and end all when it comes to injury, but just had an epiphany of the “at 30 MPH you will bounce off … at 50 MPH you will kill her …” adverts

Mix of all the above. Stumpjumper FSR kind of takes the thrill out of a lot of runs, but then some runs would be to brown stain inducing to do without it. Find it easier to recover if it all goes pear shaped, and the “flow” factor is higher. And at my age the less aggro on the back and backside the better ….

By contrast a Carbon Stumpjumper Marathon HT with a 1×9 build from the parts bin is just pure rattle factor. You have to look a lot further ahead, and follow through no matter the potential consequence. I always come back from those rides more thrilled out. More of what I remember MTB was in the younger dumber days.

I find similar in the Snowboarding analogy, big long all mountain board for the powder days, with a short stiff board when its fast and icy …