they weren't Manitou Elites by any chance were they?!…

Yeh, wouldn't wear that hat for a garage floor tbh… just used to designing slabs for big heavy things…

Sad Civil Engineering hat ON

This is why the mesh should sit closer to the bottom

Steel reinforcement is used to A: structurally reinforce & B: to prevent early age thermal cracking.

Your mesh should probably go in the top to stop the cracking when the concrete sets. (or you could slow the concrete setting process down, admixture, PFA etc)

This is purely an aesthetic thing, doesn't really matter if it cracks on the underside face

Unless of course your slab isn't going to be ground bearing.

BS8110 says minimum of 0.13% steel reinforcement to prevent early age thermal cracking, this equates to using A393 mesh in both faces of a 300mm thick slab. (A393 mesh = 10mm cross section bars at 200mm centres)

Sad Civil Engineering Hat OFF

Just chuck some rubble in there and cover it in 6 inches of concrete, it'll be fine.

Seems to be:

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/profile/ultimecia

Hi Bigyinn, thanks for that,

Yeah same guy, selling the same stuff as advertised here, seems genuine considering the sheer number of posts…

Fingers crossed he's on holiday…

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However, as a civil engineer, can I point out that the corrosion rate for steel is pretty low when immersed in water.
Rust = iron oxide

What is that experiment trying to prove anyway?

'going and getting the grades' at A-level will be very hard I reckon,

foundation years are different in that;

a) They are geared towards mature students (teachers may be more sympathetic to needs, i.e. childcare/other commitments etc)

b) The content in a foundation year in engineering will be geared towards engineering applications, which makes a hell of a difference opposed to contextless pure maths questions trying to find some point of intersection in the middle of space

c)IME they are constantly assessed to ensure everyone is on track

d) more likely to be people in a similar position to you (revising with a load of 17yr olds might do your head in)

Hope that helps

Oh, and e) the foundation course I was on guaranteed you a place on a engineering degree (at the same uni) if you got over 60%

Short answer;

Definitely do a foundation year!!

Long answer;

I wasn't a mature student, however I had to do a 'foundation year' before I could do my degree in civil engineering.

People on the foundation degree were either a) young people who hadn't got decent A-level results (me) or b) mature students retraining.

The foundation degree I was on could get you onto any of the engineering degrees and 20% or so of the degree was looking at the different engineering disciplines available.

I highly recommend doing something like this that keeps your options open for a year and shows you what each engineering discipline involves.

One thing you can count on is that Maths will feature heavily, however if you're taught well, given support and you do the work, it shouldn't be a problem.

Personally I came out of college with D grades in A-level maths and physics (and other random AS levels) and left university with 1st class Meng with honours.

Sorry to hear the Passat is dead Marcus…

I'll sell you the P*mpmobile for 4k?

I've got something that might work, not sure what it is exactly though. I'll bring it tomorrow.

What do you need again? a Post to IS (185mm)?

Yep, 10.00 at Partridge Cycles, see you there! – Brake adaptor arrived?

So are you around for a ride tomorrow then Marcus?

Ouch, what brought that on?

Glad you got it sorted.

The way I found out the rear triangle was misaligned was by removing one of the pivot bolts and pulling the triangle out of the suspension link – if it is misaligned then it'll spring to one side and you'll have to flex the rear triangle to get it back in.

The cause of mine being misaligned was one of the bearing seats for the top suspension link (attached to shock) hadn't been machined properly and the bearing wasn't sitting correctly…

I am the aforementioned mate! (Good Xmas Hamish, tried out the Thors?!)

Hamish summed it up, they should send you a replacement 'flush' bolt (without the circlip on) free of charge, best bet is to contact ExtraUk – they have been excellent when I've dealt with them.

Might be worth checking the alignment of the rear triangle whilst you're at it.

As for the BB width, I was trying to fit a set of RF deus cranks to it, which like you say can be adjusted with spacers to suit the width, however they seemed too narrow, I fitted a set of shimano XTs in the end which work ok.

Good luck, bit annoying on a frame that cost the best part of £2k new!

I'd leave it!

I had more or less the same thing happen to me a couple of years ago (although I just felt rough), and I decided to run it at my usual pace… which resulted in me passing out at 9miles… then again 200m from the finish line (I didn't finish, which was a bit annoying).

Paint? Why would you want paint on a bike?!

Fantastic bike etc etc,

A few issues with it since I got it last year
1. one of the main pivot bolts was too long on the first models out of the door resulting in chain rub, they now ship with a shorter bolt
2. One of the Zerk grease ports seized – new Zerk fitting supplied
3. Rear triangle was way out of line due to an incorrectly machined bearing seat – replacement rear triangle

All these issues were sorted out VERY fast by ExtraUk who have been fantastic.

A bit dissapointing considering the price, however I wouldn’t hesitate to buy another (even if I knew the same problems would occur!)

Matt-P,

Nothing serious, just the chainline rubbed very slightly on one of the VPP bolts (due to them having a circlip as well as threaded bolt as well as grub screw keeping it in place!)

I believe Tracers now ship with a modified bolt that does away with the circlip. Either way, a quick call to Extra and they’ll have a new bolt to you very quickly.

I third that, they have been very helpful with some teething problems with my Tracer VP I bought.

Get one. I originally bought some Pikes for it which TNT ‘lost’. Looks much better with 36s and that’s all that matters!