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Thanks all.

Nope, the exchange is about 5 miles away and “ordinary” internet is piss poor!  The online checker gives a cabinet number, which is the same cabinet number as those that can order fibre.

You just going to leave us hanging?!

Wouldn’t very, very easily pleased folk be, err, easily pleased by this film?

I didn’t go into the film with any preconceptions.  I wasn’t expecting, nor wanting, an action-packed film full of intense battle scenes.

For those that are saying that it was about the characters, the fear, the emotion, etc. – I’d agree on that being the intent, but it just didn’t do it for me.  The acting seemed wooden and the whole thing felt very unrealistic (as in unbelievable, rather than factually correct).

If you liked it then great, and I’m glad my BluRay will be finding a new owner that will appreciate it, but to dismiss anyone who didn’t like it as an action-junkie simpleton who can’t understand anything without having it spelled out to them is ridiculous.

How much you want for the Bluray?

PM me your address and it’s yours for nowt.

There was a long thread, basically some people agree with you, others do not.

Sorry, should have used the search function first.  My bad!

Edit: If the search function actually worked that is!

I loved it. I enjoyed it for what it was…entertainment, not a documentary.

I wouldn’t have minded factual inaccuracies if it had been entertaining, but entertained I was not.

I own an Orange Air 0 too – first time I’ve ever seen someone else with one of the same colour.  Mine doesn’t really get ridden any more, but I love it too much to sell it and in a few years time it will be perfect for my son.

If it were me then I would tell the ex before your son, but this can be done with a phone call once he is with you next.  That way you have shown her the respect of giving her a heads up, you’re not leaving your son to deal with her (possibly adverse) initial reaction, and she can’t spoil the moment of you telling your son.  If she reacts well, then perhaps you could discuss with her whether it would be better to wait until all three of you are together to break the news to your son – in an ideal world it would be better to present a united positive front so that your son knows he can honestly discuss any feelings he has about the matter with either parent.

Pentapeptides

So you’re getting a new dog and are both going to be out of the house all day when you first get it? Sounds like a bad idea to me.  My wife took 2 weeks off when we got our puppy to make sure he was properly settled in before we left him for any amount of time.  Take advantage of someone else being there to look after it while you’re out.  Better for the puppy (which makes life easier for you in the long run), your MiL will be appeased, and you don’t have to see her during the day…. win, win, win.

In Giffnock? Get yourself to Bramble cafe, by the train station, if you want some amazing food.

I found Catkin Braes entertaining enough for a quick spin.

You don’t have kids do you?

Just collected my remaining not ill child from school and had to stop in the road after a small child (with parent supervising) ran into the road right in front of me (she got an almighty bollocking LOL). Kids are like this – this is why supermarkets plan for them and their parents.

I do – does that make my opinion more valid in your eyes?

FWIW, I agree that parent and child spaces should be further away from the supermarket, preferably with appropriate walkways to be able to get to the supermarket. There’s nothing stopping a child from running away from the parking space next to the supermarket into the carpark, so why is this safer than a parking space further away? In fact, those further away may be less dangerous as there’s likely to be less traffic trying to park there. Parent parking spaces are (IMO) more about having enough room to manoeuvre your kids in and out of the car, and (if you have more than one child) having a relatively safe space for them to stand / sit in a trolley while dealing with the other children. Moving the spaces away from the shop would prevent the huge number of lazy gits without kids from using them for convenience.

As for the original topic: I’m 100% in favour of the issuing of blue badges to people with autism should there be a need for it. It’s a broad spectrum and not all sufferers will require a blue badge, and I’m sure the issuing criteria will be imperfect and there will be people that should be issued one that aren’t, and vice versa. However, if it goes a little way to making life easier for people that really struggle in day to day life then I’m more than happy to accept that a tiny minority of people might take advantage of it.

This was ours.

Another vote for Schwalbe Super Gravity casings, but even better would be Schwalbe Procore and whatever tyre you want.

7Mesh Oro. I can’t find fault with mine.

+1 for Hope. Outlasted my old bike and still going strong after 7 years with no attention and riding in some filthy gritty conditions. Had absolutely no hesitation about fitting a Hope headset to the new bike. I’d rather pay more and fit and forget. Price difference is soon made up for by not having to change bearings.

You can on the latest Hope hubs. There may be others.

Just found the new 7Mesh Guardian – looks spot on. Expensive though, and not yet available here. I love my 7Mesh Oro, so this could be a contender for stretching the budget.

The Gore-Tex on my Vapour Storm is fine – it’s the holes in it and the knackered zip that are the problem!

MT500 looks a little on the heavyweight/bulky side compared to what I’m after

Thanks for the suggestions. No elasticated cuffs though, plus I’m not a fan of black jackets and don’t like the Montane blue. Norvan still looks like the one to beat.

Schwalbe Procore

I may have answered my own question. The Arc’teryx Norvan seems to fit the bill. Anyone with any experience of these jackets?

I’ve never test ridden any of my bikes – no regrets either. I either still have them or I’ve broken them. I don’t really see the benefit of test riding unless you haven’t got a clue what will fit you or what you want. Every bike I’ve ridden has required a period of adaptation, and I don’t think that you can get a true feel for a bike within a limited testing period. A test ride on a new bike might feel great simply because it’s close to what you already have and therefore feels more natural to ride than other options.

Even going from a 2010 Five to a 2017 version required several extended rides to feel at home on it – same basic design, largely the same components (I bought frame, forks and wheels, not full bike). However, after a few rides, and once I had the suspension tune dialled, I was much faster than on the old bike.

If you know what you want from a bike in terms of handling characteristics, geometry, sizing, etc. then you can probably gain just as good an insight from doing some research as you can from a test ride.

Dalwhinnie Winter’s Gold would be my recommendation

Still available on iPhone app

Running the Gamut S-Line (ISCG 05 mounting) with 1×11 XT Boost cranks. Required a lot of the (included) spacers to work nicely with the Boost spacing, but no rub and no other issues.

No problem, it’s what I’m running.

Tyre not seated properly?

Could I ask what super calibrated pressure guage are you using?

Err, same one as you – that was my point. It’s consistent, but unless I’m really running 14psi in my rear tyre (I’m not) then it’s not accurate.

I don’t puncture so why bother. You lot can carry on with this ridiculous faff.

Fair enough, it was just that your previous post suggested the decision to not go tubeless was due to the numbers given by your gauge.

I dont know what your doing wrong but I just got one of those topeak digi pressure gauges(free evans gift voucher) purely as the guage on my track pump is beyond useless and I wanted to know what pressures i was running.

WITH TUBES it turns out i was running less than 25psi rear and 22 on the front, on a hardtail and I never puncture. WTB tough case up front and grid casing on the rear.

Think i’ll not bother with tubeless nonsense for now.

I’ve got a Topeak digital pressure gauge. Consistent it is, accurate it definitely aint. Reads way lower than the true pressure. Still useful to have as consistently setting the tyre pressure is way more important than knowing the exact PSI. It’s also why I treat any claims of pressures that people are running with a pinch of salt.

Seems strange to make a decision on whether or not to go tubeless based on a number from a gauge though, no matter how accurate. Either you want to run your tyres softer or you don’t!

Tubeless are a pain in the ass if you’re using an unsuitable tyre. I’ve found this out the hard way. I’ve pinch flatted many rear tubeless tyres (can’t recall ever doing a front one). On my old bike I solved this by buying a Schwalbe Hans Dampf Super Gravity rear tyre. I wasn’t a big fan of the tyre, preferring my previous Maxxis tyres in terms of grip, but I never had any issues with flats ever again (this was before the days of the Maxxis DD casings).

On my new build I’d specced Maxxis Minion DHF EXOs front and rear. I’d hoped to get away with the EXO casing due to the larger tyre volume, and for a while I did. However, with my new bike came higher speeds and soon I was pinch flatting the rear on a fairly regular basis. I loved everything else about the tyres and really didn’t want to change, so the solution for me was the Schwalbe ProCore system. I only use it in the rear wheel, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. The combined weight of the tyre and ProCore system is around the same as the Super Gravity casing tyres, but has the following advantages:

a) I can run whatever tyre I fancy, without being limited to heavy duty tyre carcasses;
b) I can, and do, run much lower pressures than I would ever dare with tubeless/tubes;
c) I can inflate it with a mini-pump;
d) burping the tyre is pretty much impossible;
e) if the outer chamber punctures and doesn’t seal, I can still finish a run or (if need be) get home.

It’s not infallible. I have punctured the inner chamber once, but quite frankly I was asking for it and think I would have probably destroyed a wheel with any other setup.

@russyh – as above, it’s pretty easy to work out if you have the trail maps, but II might be able to get a pass out for Saturday if you fancy a guide (email in profile)

Mother-****ers

Edit: Okay, just seen effectively the same joke right at the top of the article. 0 points for originality for me :oops:

Always. We live in the middle of nowhere with a gate and a long drive. Cold-callers are non-existent. In fact, the majority of people turning up to the house (that aren’t delivieries) just walk straight through the front door without even knocking.

If I pass someone getting out of a car with a personalised plate that is clearly a name, I like to give them a cheery personal greeting.

eg. SU51E GS – “Alright Susie!”

Generally leads to looks of complete confusion. Works even better if it’s Susie’s husband getting out of the car.

Adams family is THE best bit of trail centre single track I’ve ever ridden I whoop and holler every time I ride it! especially Lurch!

I’d have to agree, although my favourite part is Uncle Fester. So much so that I normally do UF twice.

My normal CyB route is the MBR loop as far as the bottom of False teeth – skip Bugsy and do Uncle Fester instead by carrying on a couple of hundred metres past the start of Bugsy – left at the end of UF to climb up towards Pink Heifer but branch left on the unmarked fireroad to climb up to the T-junction, then right to join The Beast on the road climb just before the shortcut – shortcut up the road then 2nd right to climb up to the start of Gomez – full Adams Family – back up the climb on the left (this time taking the waymarked right branch) to do Pink Heifer and the rest of the MBR trail.

I’ll often branch off of Pink Heifer to do Big Doug, then turn right and follow the road / fireroad back to rejoin at the bottom of Pink Heifer, but if you’re going to do that then you may as well just do The Beast with the shortcut – I only do it if I feel like doing a bit more but don’t fancy a full loop of Tarw Du.