Wow,you met Pete wells! my absolute hero,he got me to try fixed when i was teenage tester and i never went back to gears again. You havnt met King Alf yet have you? Ah, the wonderful days off banging up and down Boro’ Q25/3, T254 etc ….

hindsight,but in future if you shear off the allen head, the threaded bit left in the hole will wind out easy(as its no longer under any torque.tip of a small screwdriver will do it….

whippin mice and so on ,eh Fanylion?

a month old Knolly Delerium,Cane Creek shock ,ti. spring, (my weight,what luck) king h,set etc. a snip at £1220 instead of £2500 frame/shock. £100+ h,set etc…. i feel a terrible guilt for the seller and best of all i was considering a new one at the time. life is good! (tomorrow i get run over by a bus….)

i stripped the cassette apart,total degreased everything,then lightly oiled.Even noisier! Uber kudos wif the kids….lol etc

need more lumens.wat u got? Mr.trout….pleeeze.(and i keep gob shut.)

Trout all the way.did Gunnerside slateyfest t'other nite saw everything i needed,nil dab etc. Originally a sad pitiful 2000 lumen,then Trout tweeked it up to 2500. oh yeh, you can never have enough light…

think the pro II has 24 clickys and the xc has 48. lots of clickies=quieter…(i think!)

i turn my Trout on and my pooter turns off!….guess that might be the prob. On the other hand if you drop dead at roadside its nowt to do with me…..lol

hows it going so far?

dressing is while your balloon foot goes down! pray the hot weather turns cold and wet.i did mine right in middle of heatwave and had the cast changed at least a half dozen times as the foot swelled up and down inthe heat getting crushed in the cast.. as to staying sane i have a twelve year old Giant electric bike, saved me indeed. i was riding with cast on. offroad (not too much radness tho) and on road. its pedal assist so took the pressure off nicely. got around fine. also did Redtube to death(all cats etc)… the wobble boards good, frustrating but def help.afraid its a long way off yet tho for that. i still chuck myself through the air,(you NEVER learn) couple of hundred miles a week road and arse around in the woods,grand age of 52…….

oops read the title all that wrong didnt i .sozz…

i,v running a Campag Super Record 10spd chain with 9spd quick link on my Morewood using the 9 spd cassette. A perfect change and looks uber pimp to boot. No glitches over the last couple of months at all….Go for it.

been there done that,bailed some dubs landing my heel on tree stump just the right size,shattered it into million bits and split sub talas. beautiful rebuild by THE mr,patel using what looks like a couple of mini colinders.six lovely ti. screws. and a lot of pain and grief. get the op at all costs,they sometime consider just casting it up and letting it heel in situ. this means you,ll have to wear the giant clumpy shoe of shame for the rest of your life. its a long time healer so get used to it for now. about 9wk no pressure then introduce it gradually. they warn you that you may lose your balance a tad because your foot wont tilt from side to side on uneven surfaces (more about this in a min) also your up and down movement will be restricted. they also say no to ladders ever again and other bad news about arthritis etc. gloommongers these docs you know! well the ladder thing did it for me cos i,m a window cleaner so bancrupsy stared me in the face sort of thing. i had a think about the loss of omnidirectionall tilt and when the cast was off and off sticks(evrything stiff and awesomely painful (sorry!) i thought of running (lol) in sand dunes,lots of slippin about and hurt,hurt,hurt. but it worked. i regained total movement!.THIS had not been done before according to Mr.Patel and is now casebook history. obviously you need to be near sand dunes! as for your dance shuffling on sticks is more your game. did your heel rattle when you bust it? mine did,not a nice feeling. hope it helps .mail if you need anymore info or picture of what your foot looks like after weeks in umteen differant plasters without that wash.f*kn mings something rotten!….

My auntie kathleen left me £50,000 as well a few years back. Unloaded the lot in less than two years! What a time tho…

keep your hamstring stretched on your good leg by balancing your grey cardboard bottle of hot piss on the base of your foot then gently extending upwards..i did ,works wonders for your concentration,maybe practise first with an empty one……

me neither,AND i live in f*kin Norfolk…

very very similar to my Morewood Ndiza .yep.awesome fun but you wont get the post up high for ride home…if you dont get it come back to me as i,m letting her go soon as i find a Nomad frame. i,ll def get another one when pennies allow. that good!

remember back in '74 trying to break in a tight spot on my fixie(ahead of my time as usual)no pedals on, turning drive crank wuith middle finger tip at top speed….guess the rest. worst thing was blood all over my beautiful all white clement2 tubulars, nail to this day never grew back etc etc

nope .trouty. if its a ten year old mac,theres no "spares" to upgrade anymore. just happened to mine as well. still had my monies worth to be honest..

unless totally knacke,.usual remedy is to give the cassete a few gentle biffs with a rock/hammer etc this makes the pawls spring back. its either worn or full of gunge causing them to stick open….

yeh,check for carpal. if no,def go to the oestopath, kamikirk is poss right. fell on my head type crash a while back and i had the same hand probs at night . bit of upper vertabrae click clack and cured instantly. same for you too brant. lol

When i was five i saw the first ever Dr.who. I remember an old man enticing two young children into a police phone box…..

i,d say approx £20 (+tea/cake/general natter about weather/cat etc) (based in Norwich if you can afford me!…
Do you pay your man up front,or does he have to traipse back later.?

Does your windowcleaner have a bentley with a ladder rack? have my doubts,so pay him what he asks. its a shit job in winter believe me ,i,v being doing it for 30 years and am not rich yet… think what you earn.i expect you,v had a small rise now and again…..meany!

frame ,shock ?. might be too big ,but i,ll take risk! cheers…

maybe i could live with the 24" tt, and as i,v blown most of my spending pennies on a pimp road frame,howbout £300 for it and i,ll do a before/after weld /bodge job piccys too…..

morning Jo. hows things…? DO i mention 'Brick' at this point? xx

standard lubed chain 98.9% efficient at any given speed…..The reason belts work in cars and motorbikes is that they are going round and round a tad faster than our legs do !

hmm, instantly thought of Chipps…….

one of my earliest memories was of me Mam pushing me across Rounday Park big lake in 1963 in my pushhchair. My Dad pointed out later that she had 15ft handles on it……….

if you want to see whats really going on in the Royal Mail sorting offices check youtube "moronic postmen" my mates just done his xmas hol job there and says its thicko hell !!

Dirtbiker100. yes it does fly the ups. i,m an "out of the saddle" type of climber so couldnt go with any of that bobbling about type of shock,guess its all stable due to been "only" 4" trav.shocks been pushed so no lockout either and dont use propedal thingy ,parts are reletively basic pikes,hope 5.1 hoops dmr motos,(good fun in the mud!) frame weighs 7lb 5oz exact with rp23 and a couple of ti pivot bolts tossed in. havnt thought of a sell price yet,just waiting for a new toy to appear to tempt me to let it go.(And i know i,d regret it) but one funds another….tazer (as above,the older mod) was another fave but the toptube wasa tad short i think for any longer rides over t'dales etc.. (i,ll keep you in mind for future ref .k.)

As jemima says,the ndiza is awesome fun.bought mine last year ,def burly, and even lightish (30lb) occasionally think of selling on to fund new toy,then another ride in the woods and i just cant let it go.! seems to run on pure neglect with bearings still solid and smooth (all mates on vpp etc replacing bearings left ,right,centre). did a 5hr slog couple of weeks ago. over grinton, gunnerside etc, single ring and loved it. honks up climbs like a roadbike, scalectrix on the way down…(mind you i,d poss swop for intense ss and live with the bearing issues, lol…)

Fantastic,awesome etc etc. And purple.

AND who remembers Melody (S.W.A.L.K) ,I was absolutely besotted with Mark Lester ,i was 12 and going through that 'difficult' stage of life. big coinsidence that he,s just popped up in the news lately about michael J,s children!

I,V been riding longer than most,had my hardtails and my big travs etc.now ended up on my lovely little morewood ndiza.by far the most fun bike i,v had,sprints up rooty tooty hills like a little hardtail,hell, i,v even "won' the village sign sprint on the little darling ,but has enough cush for lobbing it off drops an the like. well recomended. mind you now i,v seen watsisnames tazer ,maybe time to rummage through the assorted credit cards……

quite sure its 31.6mm seatpost ,so thats 34.9 clamp for front changer as well as post clamp..

i ride a morewood nzida,same dimensions, def make sure ‘long’ mod and be prepared to ride out of saddle quite a bit! otherwise if you arnt planning great big xc rides they are the most fun ever! get it AND a xc…

i think the front saint shifter will only do two rings not three. i might be wrong but do check!