I hate films with sad endings.i like to be uplifted from the depravity of life, not drowned in it!

english patint is a kick in the nuts and the time travellers wife did for me recently also.

never again, its hollywood happiness from know on for me!bring on mary poppins!

get any old banger off ebay with a months tax and mot.insurance is the only bother/cost.if your knocking on you could be ok tho.

sell it on ebay when your done for parts or complete (if still in mot/tax)….potentially you could end up quids in…potentially that is….

I hate the fakenger/plastic hippy types with city jobs. Pricks.

Why? its a city based craze/style being copied by city based people?
if the were trying to do a trail centre on one then that would be something to moan about.

had a tourist guy turn up to a club ride meet on a hire "mtb" complete with basket!wasnt fazed in any way buy all the other £2000 off road machinery and lycra.almost admire his lack of embarressment really

alloy wheel cleaner is a form of acid, hence the sting when the spray blows back in your eyes!
you can also use truck wash.this stuff is also mentally strong and designed for washing dirt grease etc off the whols car/truck.the proper stuff is always neon yellow.
the problem is most chain store brands water the stuff down, so its less potent.buy it from a motor factors that supplys garages only.you will need to buy a large drum but if you share the cost and dilute it buy say 15% it will last you years.
wheel acid is brilliant at getting brake dust off.dont leave it on to long and use a brush to make it easier.
proper wheel acid is clear,has a obvious smell and is slippery to touch (wash it off quick tho!)

please send me a link i really cant find it!! aarrrgghh!

well maybe i should havebeen more specific.im in east anglia.
exmoor is not my area! but i should have said that really, but what about the north downs and london area etc etc…

Alfine?

this is the real answer to my OP.

pity they cost so much…

"don't take your health and fitness for granted, they have to be worked on."
good point.i went wake boarding a year ago and whilst i do it very rarely, i considered myself fit.
a guy turned up who i thought was in his early 50's. he goes once a week, cos he is retired and 65!, said it help him keep his hand in when he is not showboarding.
i felt pathetic!

You Sir, are an idiot. +1
frankly if you turned down an open invitation you deserve to be punished. and this isnt really punishment, when she refuses to sh@g you for a month then youll know punishment.
p.s. zanes good but you should have been listening to him whilst doing it, not doing that.. 😉

henry westons reserve is sold in alot of supermarkets, that'll rock yah boat!!

or old rosie is in my local pub 7.5%, few of those and your well away!! 😉

do they make your lips tingle? if your @rse stings in the morning thats a def yes…

shoei, you posted whilst i was writing.sorry
hope all is ok bud…

"live today, tomorrow you could be dead"

Good overall sentiment there.

i suppose it doesnt matter. SFB has it pretty bang on.i used to be a right selfcontious mess when i was in my twentys. now im so much more confident im like a new person. i guess im just worried about what people think of me and as stated, i just shouldnt give a stuff.you cant be arrested and removed from a pub/club for being to old. i was fine at thirty as i could still be in contact with my twentys, but know they are seeming far away.just going through a process of adjustment i suppose…

the seat alhambra is also the same car.ive just bought one.thing is if you buy an SE model youll get more for your mioney spec wise but pay the same.heated screen, heated seats, cruise, sports suspetion etc.i love my 130 tdi! dont know what the drive is like compared to a T4 mind.check the aircon and if its an se bear in mind the tyres are reinforced so bit more pricy.

well i live in east anglia and it isnt "hilly" round our way but a s a reasult any slope is seeked out on club runs and there are actually quite a few (just not very long climbs) but as said earlier i only want to do thisto avoid loads of maintainence in the crappy winter weather, thats the main drive..well only drive really.

So its slower on hills, and the flat and roads… 🙄

whats the plus side…?

Spose it depends on the fluid resevoir and if it is upright like a motorbike one (a la hope)my elixirs have the fluid space sort of built in but dont know if they could/should be swapped??

"doesnt need enough fettling for my tastes"

mg owner in total lie shocker!!! 😆

is it fair to say as a control that all these places are impressing despite the weather? ive had some cracking nice sunny days out but in some fairly mediocre places….

rattle rattle rattle=mpg 😉

but i must say V8 convertible=lob on! 8)

olly
thats the classic excuse to "stay the night" and you walked home!?

cold winter ride, absolutly swimming in mud.alone.just about to get dark and only had one of my two lights with me.just coming up to a good section of woods i thought will i get through before its pitch black dark? went for it as its not far half way in,pop. had to stop and fix it and was sure i could see headlights coming in the far distance(bit of a cheaky route)all around are the intermittant sqealing as pheasents are going to roost up for the night. i was absolutly cacking it!! when fixed i then got lost in the last bit of wood as i struggled to find my way out with so little light power!
not a good end to a nice afternoons ride.

Thats the one! that must have cost loads to put that there?
is it still there or has it gone?certainly caught my eye mind!

oi, that d lock thread was me and im no thief! i was more concerned about keeping my pride and joy.

you have my sympathy tho, ive had bike stolen in the past.it sucks.

mine dont usually wear them when inside the trailer but i always ride on the pavement with it ( que backlash!!) too may pricks on the road cant even pass a cyclist let alone a cyclist with a trailer on the back.does this count?

work stand or just to store the beast?

its akids bike so small, but also not high value so i woulnt mind dishing out cash if it was a £1000 jobbie, mind you id collect it mysel if it was.

bit like a disposable razor, fantasticly sharp when new, but before you know it youll want to bin it and get a new one.

+1 for mx5 BTW.

and i suppose do i really need them? could i just use a measuring jug or is that wildly inaccurate?

thats what i like to here! is it a mk1? is it free to update? (never done mine before)

we all got there in the end.stick the kettle on…

truly a sad day, bring on the comemerative suzi pics i say…she's so luuurvvly 😉

yeah its not that men or women do or dont like it. Im trying to avoid sounding really sexist but, as a sweeping generalisation i would say from a group of 1000 men and 1000 women picked at random,more men would probably choose to arse about on bikes in a cold muddy wood on a march night that would women, so are the women that do chose to perhaps more man-like in there thinking???

oh and for what its worth i mainly give to chidrens charitys.adults can get them selves in some right pickles , but kids are just ainnocent and should never have to suffer.

i hate the guilt collectors outside supermarkets.if people want to give then surely they will?? (and i do) once i came out of the supermarket and a guy asked me for a donation, i said "sorry ive only go my credit card" (truth) to which the cheaky git sarcasticly said " oh well, ill remember to bring my card swipe machine next week!" should i always leave the house with a few quid in case i get asked to donate!!

Also the guy i a rabit suit that was collecting on a sea front pier for an animal charity.just as i walked past with my kids (enthralled by anyone in a rabbit suit) he popps the head off,just as his mate rocks up with a pint for him, lights a fag and starts effin and blinding to him about the heat.toe rag.

something to add.when you take any old tyres that are coming to the end of there life and replace them with spanking deep treaded new ones it will always be a "transformation" to some extent from the old worn out crap you had before.i think this is what some (not all) may well have experinced that has "transformed" there cars handling.

p.s. all taxis tend to run on cheap tat tyres usually but then they just drive round town mainly.

dont know anything about either but know doubt a load of singleminded twunts will rush to slate the boardman on no other basis than its incredibly flimsy link to halfords and the poor service that people have had from underskilled mechanics in a chain store(obviously these mechanics were pivotal in every step of the design of each and every boardman.not. :roll:)

yes but at least there is a possability of you needing an obscure size and then buying it. Nobody is gonna get a good deal on **** all!! you cant buy something thats not available so take the sodding ad off the price drop page!!

aaaarrrggghhhh!!!!

oh i feel a bit better for that. 😆

Sorry to highjack but any other outdoor outlets around the country?
especially down south…

how do all these rack mount to the "tow ball"?? do they literally clamp around the ball and if so how does this not slip off or move??