I’d be more tempted by a battery charger than the jump starting unit – even a pretty cheap one will tell you if the bike battery is fried and will top the voltage up in a controlled fashion.

An ocassional jump start off the car shouldn’t cause any major issues provided the battery isn’t too dead (if it tries to turn over it’s probably over 8V) just don’t leave the leads on for too long once the bike has started.

My biker mates disconnect the positive battery lead when their bikes are laid up for a while

If you cant get a satisfactory setup on your chosen bike (Id make sure it has air sprung forks before buying) it might be worth speaking to a suspension tuning company. Yhere are several good videos online to help you get a good intitial suspension setup.

Plus he’s probably not 45kg in winter riding gear ;)

A hermes driver hit my car in the run up to christmas last year – seemed very keen not to involve their insurance. Tried to pretend they weren’t driving in wellies. I won’t order from anyone who uses them.

absolutely nothing good has happened to bikes since 2011 – get your old Gary Fisher back

I got stung on the end of the elbow which was pretty inconvenient from a trying to get the sting out perspective.

What negs me out is that ebike rules will only ever be enforced in cities and suburbs where a nippy, light, pedal free ebike (as opposed to a e-moped – which are just stupid heavy for no real reason) would actually make a lot of sense

I have the same problem – its a bit of a gap in the market but obviously privacy and security concerns are the same as they’d be with any other social network,and it’d need massive exposure/market share to really work. I guess running a dating site is much more profitable

He’s a nasty b*stard (the father).

Danny has to win if he wants to eat.

The yellow stickers are a good warning to other road users that the driver doesn’t actually like cars.

The scary part is how much call rates have crept up since people stopped using their landlines as a way to push you onto a calls bundle too

Get it camper registered and then throw away the sink stove and porta potty.

Seeing as all he does is dash up mountains in thick snow and then ride back down them with incredible style, I think it has to be Jeremy Jones

I like my dakine cabin roller, but I find a suitably sized backpac is usually a better bet.

It’s a small grey hardrock frame in reasonable condition if you’re interested. I’ll have a look for a seal kit and see how I get on for time. I think a mouse chewed the bottom corner off my fork oil botlle though.

could put a genny in a normal trailler and use it to charge your e-bike.

The days when the weather is right for cargo shorts and a t-shirt, are the best days to be riding. I will take those opportunities whenever they arrive.

I know it’s not quite the same – but Portal 2 takes a a lot of queues from it’s forebears as regarding humour, detail and ephemera – I enjoyed it a lot.

I prefer the shape of the 5S to the 6, so if a new phone isn’t forthcoming at the end of the month I’ll probably be getting one before the trade in expires on my 4S

anyone got any space on any trips from the 6th of March? Geneva flights are still temptingly cheap…

When MPORa standardised the 41:30 websites they killed all of the soul out of them, they also have a very poor performing server for video. They seem to have tarted it up a bit recently, but it’s no substitute for the mag. I miss fantasy DH league too. Vital is now my go-to site for DH, although Wideopen do a sterling job too.

you must know her email address by now. Send her a link to this thread.

One good thing about selling cars is that you can set a reserve without the fee % ramping up as much as it does on say an MTB – the fees for selling a £1000 car can end up a lot less than selling a £1000 MTB.

Didn’t the printers screw up a batch of fivers and hence they went a bit scarce?

What gets my goat istrying to pay a busfare with a fiver or tenner – why do they get so snotty? most fares are well over £2 these days so you’re not exactly after a till full of change in return.

If your 4s is in good nick (doesn’t matter about the battery) you’ll get a £75 trade in towards a 32gb 5s at the apple store. I’d then go for the 2gb data plan on Three for £11 per month

Insurance companies claims departments/solicitors see to take great delight in escalating claims. They certainly seem to get rubbish rates on hire cars (especially seeing as they can provide much cheaper insurnce for the hiree) I reckon all victims of non-fault crashes shouldbe paid back a set sum of about £500 if they decide to to persue any further claims.

Where can you get W7 for £11.95?

Yes – I’d like some of that too – even £20 sounded ok

If the UK isn’t willing to take part in the EU properly, it should leave it.

Doe that go for everyone – theres plenty of EU countries who floit and ignore the rules and just get away with it. If We were had the same attitude nobody would be considering leaving.

Anybody not riding in cutoff jeans is taking it too seriously.

Dirt jump attire is much more aero than DH PJs

This wasn’t the kind of lunberjacking, can do, DIY ethos i expected to be honest.

“When you startcourting – a ha’penny pie’ll soon be tuppence”

I’d like an app that adds the guardian and the times together every day and divides by two.

I’d considered the replacement route, it doesn’t seem very sporting though, (especially since if gone public) and I’m sure I’ve heard various old wives tales about replacement screens being a source or creaks, leaks and general woe.

If you really want it – follow it to auction

Also do something deplorable to it cosmetically so the dealers will be terrified of it. Losing the service book and fitting a set of shredded mats and boot carpets might help

I’m just waiting for one of the big oil companies to bomb the Saudis of their own volition.

Depends if it’s gold or wet.

The best answer is a pair of cheap denim look snowboard pants.

on the subject of board bags – if space is really critical take off your bindings and strap your boots into them. they fit in r the boot pockets and leave the centre section of the bag void.

Having watched friends trying to fasten a baby to each other I’d suggest trying them out fiirst – if they take two people to load them they aren’t much good.

Kudos to the lady i saw on the train the other week who had her baby neatly and securely fastened in the front of her jacket.

Complain to the company sending you the stuff

Or use companies who use a decent courier, it’s always worth asking who the courier is if you know that Yodel/Hermes/whoever are particularly bad in your neck of the woods.

would the pitch be any lighter than a 2008 SX trail? and is it as slack?

I think the Maxxis Babes image is more desirable than that implied schoolgirl look.

I thought it was too commendable that all of those girls were in the navy