I use a Troy Lee 7850 for most duties, it is a dual density foam for all pads, it would not stop a rock strike but it takes the edge off of most crashed.

I also have a POC VPD T shirt, the back protector on this would def stop a rock strike, it is bulkier and as it has hard shell shoulders and chest plates.

It cost me £100 secondhand in near mint condition so it wasn’t too bitter a pill to swallow, for the life of me I don’t know why they decided white was the best colour for it.

I had 661 armour quote a few years ago, it always seemed excessively hot to me.

I would def recommend the POC, I wish I was a good enough seamstress to sew my own personalised set up, I would reduce the bulk of the chest and shoulders and maybe address the positioning of the back protector a little.

I’m 1 week in to my 3 month notice.

Boss was civil to start, starting to get eggy, we’ll see how it goes.

Have you considered hiring a camper rather than buying outright?

Do they have clubs where you can pay an annual fee for X amount of use per year?

like they do for super cars / classics

In my past experience they very often end up in smack converters, there will be a local outlet, he isn’t retailing stolen bikes on a street corner.

He was probably watching to see when the builders left.

Where does he take all the bikes he nicks? perhaps they need to be told what is going on as well as notifying the police of his outlet.

No one to buy, no point stealing.

Recently had a big clear out and got rid of pretty much everything in a day or so.

First item had left my house in 20mins.

Always worth keeping an eye out for local items.

If you fart in an Airzooka you can fire them across the room

A wallet with £100 and your phone number in case he needs you should cover it.

I have a Whyte Glencoe it covers most of the things you list and is supremely comfortable.

I bash it about like a mtb with no worries, whyte do other models with more gears if you have lots of hills to contend with.

https://www.whyte.bike/glencoe/

lever distance to the bars can make a fair bit of difference.

If you find there isn’t enough bite when you wind the adjusters in you can make a thinner bleed block to bring the pads out.

I trialled a focus alongside various FS E bikes and hated the hardtail.

I use these to send my wifi to the garage.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01LXOZ4EN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My garage is on a separate breaker in the main fuse board and has a mini board in the garage.

The main sender unit is plugged in to the router in the living room the receiver is in the garage.

Works perfectly.

I get as fast speeds in the garage as I do in the house.

I bought through amazon because their returns are no hassle if it didn’t work.

def get a double stand if you can, no single sided stand will be stable enough.

What about a paddock stand you can use on the drive? could make something suitable out of wood to hold the bike upright.

Thank you all for the comments.

I really like the clear style, the moulding of the plastic adds the rigidity and stops it deforming.

I appreciate the pitfalls of the heat applied during Vacuum moulding, I will have to try the plaster of Paris route.

I don’t get why they are all smoked either.

Wait till you come to bleed the remote, what a dream!!

Love my 1 x remote reverb.

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Gear-Up-Crank-It-Up-Stand-Single-Bike-Stand_62305.htm?sku=182536&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&mkwid=s3ZTP3UMv_dc|pcrid|43133750093|product|182536|&pgrid=12317362253&ptaid=aud-68421196613:pla-80805061613&gclid=CjwKCAjw7cDaBRBtEiwAsxprXYal51ZJd6HkrjFEyrURvkhfexbdKyomgSZ9D323zU0NiJd51arz0RoCWggQAvD_BwE

i’ve yet to find a decent one, do you have hollow axle cranks?

The crank stands are much better.

have you tried putting it through the opposite way?

This has a thumb screw to retain the contents.

Looney Bin

Cheaper options would be a strip of velcro, or a bungee cord

Considered bigger discs and finned pads?

If not then Zee are very powerful as are Saint.

Hope are a really nice feel with lots of power.

IME

Best bet is get it sprayed black, that way you have wife proof upgrades for life, “same bike love”

If you want to see if they work, touch your pads at the bottom of a descent with your fingers, then run the same experiment with a set of non-finned ones and see which are the hottest.

Of course they work, will you die if you don;t have them? no, but yes you will get less performance

Not open on New Years Day for the record.

The magazine is pretty disappointing tbh, once you have done a year of reading them it becomes nonsense to buy more as the articles are out of date and repetitive.

I have a short sub for which I got a nice multi tool, cancelling shortly, will re-sub when a decent gift is offered again.

Bring back DIRT

I have a manual machine and it does nothing apart from teach you how to manual a manual machine which is useless unless you are really good with photoshop

Not cheap but effective, if you are doing a lot of work I daresay they pay for themselves…

https://www.quickjack.com/

I found them difficult to set up due to the velcro.

the patches kept peeling off the frame.

there is no substitute for a proper set of mudguards with stays.

I’m running some Lyrik Rc’s on my Edit with a CCDB Air out the back, very well matched and a more than competent fork.

Chat to Ed see if he has any deals on forks available.

I love that all of the more modern headests I have bought now have split crown races.

Such a good idea.

http://extreme-vidz.com/mtb/anthill-films-follow-me

It’s in Follow Me
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<div class=”field-item even”>Release date: 2010</div>
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Tracklist / Soundtrack
Section: Artist – Title

<li class=”field-item odd”>Dar Band/Whitefield Brothers – Hammerhead
<li class=”field-item even”>Deviates – Come With Me
<li class=”field-item odd”>Rise Against – Re-Education (Through Labor)
<li class=”field-item even”>Damian Marley – Welcome to Jamrock
<li class=”field-item odd”>Michael Franti and Spearhead – Light Up Ya Lighter
<li class=”field-item even”>Mos Def – Life in Marvelous Times
<li class=”field-item odd”>Delta Spirit – People C’mon
<li class=”field-item even”>Alice In Videoland – We Are Rebels
<li class=”field-item odd”>Killaflow – Set Me On Fire
<li class=”field-item even”>Drawcard – It’s On

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Move the bin closer?

It would depend on the means of the one who hit me.

If they rock up on a halfords special or something not running Dura Ace then I would leave it.

If they are of comparable means I would expect them to offer to go half way.

No issue with hanging them, the only issues you might get are spongy brakes if they need a bleed.

If you must mount them vertically, ensure you have every other hook a decent bit lower than the last as otherwise the bars will touch.

Someone mentioned top and tailing them, good luck manoeuvring the bike to that position.

Are all the bikes yours or are some children’s or partner’s?

can they man handle them up and down if you aren’t about?

i’m in the process of rigging up a pulley hook set up for my sister in law so that she can get her ladies town bike in and out of vertical storage.

I have mine on the wall using pedal hooks with little tabs for the tyres to rest on.

It keeps the bikes as high as possible without pedals to walk into.

As you can see from the photo they are mounted straight into breeze block, they have been up for ages and get regular use with no issues.

https://www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk/home-storage/bike-store-pedalo

100% no more colour coding, you have already gone too far with the red rotors.

Bikes should have a coloured frame with black everything else, except maybe some Gold renthals.

If you have a black bike feel free to have red lyrik’s or orange fox’ on there.

Nixie,

I’ve tried its not an option,

You can select that view but it defaults back next time you open it, unlike Gmail

I’m with Mike, Outlook is so bad compared to Gmail, it doesn’t make sense they have been around longer.

why can’t i keep all unread messages at the top of my inbox at all times?????

Buy him a cordless one

I will take some of mine later, I have kitchen cabinets to the rear wall with a bench on top, the bench is supported by battens.

I have a roller cab which houses all of my tools, one drawer for sockets, one for screw drivers, one for spanners, the top section opens up and houses all of the task specific tools.

I also have a large Bisley tambour which houses all of my chemicals and power tools, I am going to replace the kitchen cabinets with two more tambours as they are so much easier to use without having to open the doors into work space. Very cheap second hand.

All of my bike bar two are on pedal wall mounts, it takes up the least space compared to hanging by wheels.

Be careful what you horde, you really don’t need all those left hand 3 speed shifters….