Love to sell the voucher BB but I don't think its transferrable. I think the wife is going to endure another break with the mother in law :|

I get them cheap ;)

try ukbikestore they have them in stock

My pro2s are getting steel freehubs next time

What a load of old tosh. Anyone that thinks its worth stripping a tiny bearing like a 61802 to recondition it once its full of crap and rust is off their head. These bearings are throwaway items. I work in the engineering and we use some pretty big bearings, sometimes costing thousands and they too are throwaway items once they're done. Once a bearing is rusty its buggered. When a bearing starts to fail material is gradually ripped from the races and elements and its had its day.
Flick RS seals out at your peril the bearing will probably never seal properly again.
Use open bearings or ZZ's in your hubs and you are asking for an early failure.
Use crappy 2RS bearings and you'll probably do OK, however I find new Hope hubs last about 12 months, my last one needed a dry bearing replacing after a month.
I only use SKF bearings now. They're expensive but that are without any doubt the best. I'd also use NTN, FAG or NSK at a push.

The mice in the sofa was Badger Wood. Number 47 :(

Reaction from CP was that the lodges are in a forest and its to be expected. They referred me to their terms and conditions which say its a forest environment and the home of rodents, snakes, ticks etc. They didn't say they have aright to live in your sofa.

Just got back from Whinfell and there were mice in the sofa. Reported it to centerparcs and got a £50 voucher but not at all inclined to go back. Kids room was freezing too.

Probably bearings. Easy fix if you have the right size drift. Front much easier than rear. My rear has just collapsed and made a right mess :(

PJ hardtail styling it up on the boulder drop – love it :wink:

Just lost a load of weight but was your height and size. Have two 20" Orange 5's, both with Fox RP23 rear shock. Both are fantastic bikes, roomy, light and agile. Selling my 2006 black frame shortly if you're interested.

My heart rate used t take ages to slow down after a ride. 6 hours after a ride it would still be up at 120. I cut out alcohol sugar and yeast from my diet and my heart rate has dropped to 60 or so and recovers much quicker after a ride.
Heart rate issues can often be due to food intolerances and I can't believe the difference my diet has made to my heart rate. Sleep much better too now.

Well I've ordered mine. Neon Green 8)

There was a 5 outside the shop in the same colour and it looked fantastic.

Mark – keep it quiet I'll surprise the lads with it one night :-)

I'll alo be dropping my 36 Talas onto mine – hopefully make the climbs a bit more comfortable. I'll post some pics up when its built up :D

@ Mark – we're riding Spring Wood Tuesday so maybe you can show us those new lines.

@ Megatron – I take it yours is 20" ? I think I will wait for a demo if the timescales are reasonable. How tall are you and how did the demo feel ? I'm sure that 20" is right for me but it'd be nice to make sure. What colour did you go for ? Need mine in time for the Passporte Du Soleil in June :)

Thats really tempting but set on an Alpine now.

@ Mark_b – you got a deal mate. I'l be selling the black 5 when I get an Alpine lined up if you're interested. Where were you Tuesday btw ?

@ Megatron – if you want to sell it shout up ;)

Just been looking at the pic you posted on the forum that bike looks super sweet. What area of Manchester are you in ?

Once bearings are going rusty they are buggered and need replacing

Its probably similar to compression and rebound on my forks – I can't tell the difference when they're adjusted so I just set them bang in the middle and ride :-)

I've 3 bikes and I couldn't tell you what crank lengths are on any of them. I'm comfortable riding all 3.

Put yourself in the scrotes shoes for a minute.

You hassle a guy on a bike on the canal towpath. He politely tries to get his way through, you succeed in intimidating him and bigging yourself up in front of all your mates and you all sling stones at him as he cycles away. You'll do it again to the next guy that comes along. Might be a little more serious next time.

Alternatively, you stop a guy that gets off his bike and slaps you, making you look an arse in front of your mates. Chances are you aint going to do that again. You probably feel a bit of a prat.

Top marks psycle. I love the way smee trawls the internet clearly looking for an argument. Then he finds one, slates some posters for attempting to avoid teh swear filter then gets on all foul mouthed himself.

Ton – I like the cut of your jib mate. Clearly you understand how these situations work. Well done for coming out the other side mate :)

btw I honestly wondered when the over liberal do-good brigade would show up ……..

Smee you're on another planet. This is the real world where teeners kick the crap out of grown men.

Exchanging pleasantaries ? You must have fallen out of a tree. These dirtbags need to be taught a lesson. I'm sick of seeing on the news that some smacked up scrotes have attacked a war vet for £20 or stabbed a guy to death for trying to stop them nicking his car that he worked his ass off for.

Personally I'm surprised you've got time to comment on here between sipping Campari and sode on the lawn and games of croquet. Open your eyes.

Here's a tale that'll warm your heart.

I was out round Leeds with a mate of mine a few years ago. I went for a leak down an alleyway and heard all this commotion. Hurried back out the alley find my mate up against a wall having an altercation with 4 young scrotes looking for a fight.

Thankfully, unknown to them my mate is plenty more than a little bit handy and set about paggering the smoke out of all 4 of them very quickly indeed. The rozzers appeared and arrested him. He ended up in CROWN court for making such a mess of them.

Only one of them turned up to the trial and the judge threw it out, asking the one that did turn up if he would ever pick on a 5 foot bloke again :D

Total respect for you mate – well done. Never mind their age – some of these friggin scrotes need to be taught a really important lesson. Theres not enough of what you did around and too many bloody do-gooders quite prepared to say you should never do such thing.
I rode to work this week for the first time this year and theres plenty of very dark canal towpath. I wondered to myself whilst I was riding what I'd do if I ran into a similar circumstance and concluded I'd just go on the attack. I kind of ride half prepared for a confrontation in such circumstances and am well up for it if it happens.
Go for the chin or preferably the nose next time and whatever you do, don't begin to imagine you shouldn't have done what you did. You did society a small favour and its a shame we're not formally encouraged to behave in this way.
Stop me on the canals around Leeds and Bradford and be prepared for a kick off :)

This place is very good and very bike friendly. The bothies were sound.

http://www.barnsoulfarm.co.uk/bothies.html

Anything with Burt Reynolds, especially Smokey & The Bandit and the Cannonball Runs
And of course Star Wars (the proper 3 of them) and Italian Job.

:)
I dunno – tinsel on the rims or something

We should all have to wear something to identify our participation on this thread :)

We dedicated our local ride to Andy last night and as was the case when we met up with him & Rona, we had a great time larking around and egging each other on. I think we all rode a few features we might normally have bottled, purely in his memory. I just know he was looking down having a giggle at us, especially as we took turns to clatter straight over a 3-4 foot stack of FE style logs instead of taking the slow, tekkie approach.
We’re all incredibly proud to have had this great man as our friend.

Might be up ther ebut not sure what time yet. If you spot a pair of fat buggers, one on an Orange colour “5” and one on a black Bullit, give us a yell.

Yeah completely selfless. It always amazed me how patient Andy was with us lot. He was better than us all in every single aspect of MTB’ing. I liked him that much I was instrumental in organising the voting on Bikemagic for him to do the Trans Scotland race.

I remember meeting up with him at Glentress one day a couple of years back. We pulled up in the car park and it was lashing it down. I sat in the car drinking flask coffee wondering where Andy was and up he turned, covered in mud and dripping wet. Turns out he got there a tad early and did the black whilst waiting for us then out-rode us all completely on his 2nd lap.

You know my most typical memory of Andy was at Mabie when he did the Kona gap jump on the northshore whilst us mere mortals watched in anticipation. He stuffed the landing at speed and came down hard, his bike spiralling through the air. Now if that was me I’d have been rolling round close to tears inspecting my wounds and swearing never to atempt it again.
Andy got up, dusted himself off, made sure both wheels span and went for another go, this time clearing it like the pro he was. We were in complete awe of him, none of us plucking up the courage to follow him. Thankfully we’ve a few good photos of the time we spent together and I’ll always remember what a wonderful example Andy set for us all to follow. We will all miss you so much mate.

One of our Engineers drives a Prius and is a danger to all other road users. He drove off a weighbridge with me as a passenger one day and we dropped about 18 inches back onto the road. He never even saw the change in height :D

A 5 with bar ends. Shame on you.
I’m 6’2 an 33″ inside leg. My 20″ 2007 5 fits me like a glove. A mate of mine has an 18″ and it feels far too small for me.

Sorry mate but random shags are just the damn ticket :)

Hey good for you darkness

It does come with time hitman. My ex finished with me when I was 23 and its was teh end of my world – she was all I had. I honestly felt like I had a hole in my chest. It turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me. I became a different person, more confident, developed a new group of great mates and my life just got better and better. Sometimes it takes a bit of a knock to improve things. Might not seem like it now mate but this could be good for you in the long run. Spend plenty of time on the bike and have plenty of lines for those hot chicks when you bump into them. Good luck mate.

If you’re from Yorkshire its “Dog allow” 8)

I bleed mine from teh caliper up to the leve which works a treat. Bit of hose and syringe full of fluid on the caliper, loosen the bleed nipple, take off the lever reservoir cap and keep emptying the lever reservoir with another syrine. Once there is no more air coming through nip up the nipple (!) and fill the reservoir to bursting point with fluid. Roll the rubber seal onto the fluid and refit reservoir cap.

Misterfrostie da man :D

btw I ride with the Singletraction lot on a Tuesday night. Fairly technical 2-3 hours check out the Singletraction forum under rides if you fancy joining us. Typical rides Shipley Glen, Ilkley Moor, Calverley Woods, Norwood, Stainburn etc

That Scarhouse descent is mental