Good few years ago,

An OTB left my CB in 3 pieces with a sharp pointy bit sticking up causing me excruciating pain, so called ‘specialist’ said it will heal eventually.

6 months later I had a check up with a different specialist and had a plate installed a few days later due to non union. Glad I did as researching the injury it seems that it can cause a lot of problems in later life (back pain, posture etc)

Lost a lot of muscular mass and getting back to normal was hard. Stuck to the rehab exercise but still only have about 80% range.

Don’t really notice It now but occasionally it ‘twangs’ in cold weather, not nice at all.

Keep meaning to get a little DH bike tattooed above the scar 😁

I’ve had success with a difficult bleed rear XT by hanging the brake diagonal off the bike and used an old electric tooth brush to vibrate the bubbles out of any knooks n crannys.

Best form of self defence is to keep your distance/flee

Second best is a leg sweep and then to leave the situation quickly (from experience I now choose plan A)

When in a threatening situation a preemptive strike is acceptable in the eyes of the law.

Ive gone full silver hope on a ‘limited addition’ green Solaris and really like the combo.

Never really liked OTT coloured bikes, fashions fade but style remains 😉

I expect to keep this bike for a good few years and When the anodising eventually rubs of my silver hope bits they will look,,,,,,, silver 😁

depends on the fame, shirley?

Fingers crossed my Inbound 44t ring from China That will fit Old 2016 slx crank and will be a good replacement for my current POS rival cranks

YES POS RIVAL CRANKS

Thought this was a ‘panic before brexit buying’ subject.

Steel 29 👍
Lots of expensive mtb clothing 👍
Few spares and consumables 👍

Have pulled the Gbike out a few times to see little glossy bits on the tires, obviously punctures I’ve avoided.

Have had a few rides where the punctures failed to seal due to high pressure (40psi max)

I’m still undecided

I take spare tubes when I do a ‘big un’ but I don’t take spare stans fluid/ noodles.

Maybe I should,

which is easier? Changing or patching a tube OR faffing with a tubeless+noodle and adding more seaLent when it doesn’t seal.

Not convinced tubeless is the future with road/gravel

My method,
Put chain in old bike bottle and quarter fill with white spirit,
give it a good shake every now and again and leave over night,
Squirt the used white spirit into glass jar and keep it for next time (the dirt sinks to the bottom after a few days),
Rinse with soapy water then clean water (bike bottle/shake),
dry and oil.

I find Chain cleaners a faf and mucoff Expensive.

Badge of honour.

The joy of building a ‘new’ bike up from scratch is ace, better luck next time 👍

Me and a pal train spotted his set at cream in the early 90s, just before all the beautiful people moved into the latest trendy club and killed the scene.

Passed him a 3 skinner halfway through smokebelch just as my Mitsubishi kicked in.

Good memories

CRASS played trucks nightclub in my home town of wigan.

big punk fan, born in wrong era.

Maybe it doesn’t matter, if brexit results in employment being at an all time high then that’s a bonus for the tory.

Let’s not mention the possible reduction in wages, pensions and workers rights.

I pray this will see a rise in union membership, but I suspect that unions will be next on the list for the Murdoch propaganda leaflets

It’s more jobs for brits innit, didn’t you know we have loads of doctors/care workers/cabbage pickers on the dole queuing up for maximum wage jobs once the brown people fekoffbackhome.

Don’t talk to me about losing stuff,

After suffer a head injury several years ago I went from being an Uber organised OCD loon to being a forgetful loon.

My only way of coping with this is to have small piles of ‘useful’ stuff around the house, this is so I can’t lose anything important.

(Useful as in no idea what I need it for)

My main problem is ,,, for eg,,,
Servicing forks and putting very small bits safe to one side whilst I root through a big pile of useless stuff for a specific bit of useful stuff then not being able to find the small useful bit to finish the job…

Sometimes I laugh 😞

Yes mate, bigger rides are now better.

Seem cool in warmer weather and vice versa.

Will be buying some more on payday, stockpile.

Wigan to rivi was thankfully disappointing ystrdy, i expected more.

Same again today, disappointed as I wanted badass storms to impress my legion of 15 Strava followers.

Oh well.

Just bought my second pair of endura gel 3/4 shorts.

15 quid, Reduced 70% off CRC, BEST shorts I’ve used.

Only Fat bustard\normal 40+ year old sizes available xl, xxl

Will be buying more payday

Just had a look and I’m confused how the public comments regarding
CF are closed,
THE SUN seems happy enough for ‘people’ to comment on brexit or ISIS.

I’m not entirely sure why this woman is famous but I have heard of her due to the ‘daily sun’ or what ever that comic book for knuckle draggers is called. AFAIK, the ‘daily sun’ has been slating her for a while, as Tend to flick through the papers the uneducated leave lying around at work.

This article induces vomit

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/10971333/caroline-flack-dead-love-island-took-own-life/

Poor woman, victim of ‘celebrity’ culture.

I hope her death is not in vain and is the start of change.

Respect. Houns

Ive owned 3 different orange 5s Over the years and I want another.

Have you heard of the Cotic Solaris max by any chance ?
2x downtube bottle mounts ?
And, not sure the build kits expensive is right, frame maybe but,,, cmon

Home

Caveat, i narrowly avoided employment by this firm when I found out you have to source your own work amongst other ‘stuff’
BUT give these lads ago/help the poor saps out, the work looks good.

Maybe an AA style emergency phone box every 100 metres up Ben/snowden would eventually sort this problem out,,,,,

Perp, Hi, I’ve got stuck…..

Operator, have you got boots on ?…

P, No

O, we’ll be with you as soon as we can.

Doesn’t compute ,

It’s not a reverse atherton bike.

Cannot ‘fix’ a tI crack with a resin, Shirley ?

Ti welding is not easy compared to steel ( Nvq welder but not in trade for 30 years )

TI welding suffers from many probs due to air bubbles in the weld weakening the area,,,,, AFAIK
Defo a pro job

I like it ,if I was into retro bike nonsense

price not so much

My RIVALS do the same, muddy puddle/grinding, it very annoying.

Also have had problems with rear Shimano brakes after bleeding. I now take the brake off the bike and hang it from the lever overnight to allow any micro air bubbles to rise, I run an old electric toothbrush over it to help ‘vibrate’ any air out of the nooks, seem to work well.

Bath silicone works as well 😁

Bird Tubeless Tape

Bird cycles developed a tape especially for hope rims, i used some and had no problems.

My Sram rival suffers this problem with aftermarket pads. I either file them down with a rasp or bench grinder, a PITA to get right and even then I usually just suffer them dragging until they wear sufficiently not to

I’ve chipped a piston using the screwdriver twist method, I use a decent plastic tyre lever now

I’ve carried Swiss Army knives for 25ish years can’t imagine not having one on me.

I have a few on rotation but usual EDC is a huntsman for work, Spartan for out and about and a classic on the key ring, use them everyday.

SAK soldier or Hultafors/moras for camping and outdoorsy stuff though.

This dudes good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x98b_1Vrz2g

OP

ARF, it’s not jus me then.

Your analogies made my day ,,bed time now.

Is she fit?
Pay for my flight and bike and I will gladly give her a happy ending.

EDIT, I’m 45, bit of fluff 😉

Sounds like you need a new bike 😉

I’ve worried about this also, tcx wheelset has been faultless for 4 years of Agro xc on my ‘adventure’ bike, but,,,,, it’s going to happen.

Ive pretty much accepted its a rebuild and replace if the hubs go west. Spares are few and far and expensive if you find, such a shame,,,Without doubt the best wheelset I’ve owned ☹️

£20 eBay battery for my iphone5 12mnths ago. Changed it myself with no problems.

I will buy and iphone6 next year if it dies.

Quinsey ?

I was diagnosed with this by a school nurse when I worked at a ‘borstal’ type establishment.

Apparently it’s quite dangerous as it can close the airways to the point of suffocating,

That was about 5 years ago, it flares up every so often 🙄

Not watching TV and finding something less boring to do instead.