This is not encouraging. We do have a witness who saw what happened. I hope they contact them and actually do their job and represent us!

I have a red one and can confirm it keeps my head warm and my heart warm and fuzzy!

Really like it when i was out and abiur in europe this las
week and when I am in the Arctic circle this December will try to join the 21st century and post a picture of it!

Feels well made although a couple of threads have come out of the pot pom

Thanks qwerty they look great. Will see if they can meet the ‘trail’ element I need.

Alexander = lapland

Well I am taking the ife and 3 kids to Alexander this year to meet ‘ACTUAL’ santa for 4 days so by the time I get back I expect to actually shit mini santas

Budget?! I dunno, got 3.5k to spend on upgrades so thinking:
2K on wheels
1.2k on forks
300 on bling parts (bar stem etc)

Heard nice things about crank bros, or maybe SC reserve?

I am print and happy to pay the extra. Need to grab a bobble hat for winter too

That bombtrack frame looks identical to my freeranger.all the details are the same.

Love my free ranger. Its brilliant, still stock but will get some better wheels on it. Don’t even think the tyres are that bad. I have creme egg paint job. Looks great in flesh and gets the odd compliment. Only downside is force 1 brakes are super noisy in wet

That’s actually 1 thing I hate about my bike The large ugly stem. I will see if there are any ‘neat’ 35mm dia stems, as a good deal on a decent carbon bar in 35mm is available

Was loving the idea of this, then saw its 15kg!

Hardly light! My 130/140mm travel fuel ex is 16kg, with some pretty run of the mill components. For a lot less I could easily drop 1kg off that bike. Shame as I quite like the look of it

What’s wrong with having a high front end?

I like it! 👍

Works for me and is clean and clear View on samsung s21. So long as it doesn’t log in me out everything I use it I don’t mind

That is really shocking. I have been looking at Stanton Sherpa very closely and want to get the mk3, but if support stops on the custom bits then no way will I invest £2000 in a ti frame that could be written off so easily and is supposed to be versatile but blatantly won’t be when parts are stopped being made

The Party Wall etc act 1996 covers this.

In this instance you are considered the ‘adjoining owner’. Your neighbour carrying out the works is considered the ‘building owner’
They should appoint a surveyor to serve a notice to you under the relevant provisions of the act (from you describe it would be a section 3 notice describing elements of work covered under section 2 of the act. You will then have 3 choices,
1-agree to works – nothing further happens they crack on as they wish
2-Dissent to the works and agree for their surveyor to act as agreed surveyor to prepare an award covering the condition of your property, the type and nature of their work and any agreed limitations (methodology, timing etc) or
3-appoint your own surveyor who will agree an award the same as the above with their surveyor. Either way you will not pay penny, the building owner picks up all costs.

I would recommend option 2 as a minimum or ideally option 3. The nature of the works is very intrusive on your property and likelihood of damage high. An award will put a clear line in the sand on working methods and techniques as well as agree the condition of your property BEFORE any works start.

PS been a party wall surveyor for a long time!

I almost don’t want to post this:

2020: 37% – job move & payrise
2021: 3%
2022: 12% – promo in new firm + performance bonus.

Can’t imagine bonus will be much if at all. Also oredict 2023 will be v little if anything as well

Wife is s nurse so 0% for last few yrs as top of her band. Which slightly balances it out.

I know I am the exception and v. Fortunate. I empathise with those that have had small or no adjustments. I personally would find it soul destroying.

I am looking at the same as you. Not massive pickings. Its either cc race or hard-core hardtail.

Best I’ve found so far is Turner Nitrous Ti, but import is difficult.

What about Stanton sherpa ti? 120mm decent geo, not to steep or slack?

That is horrible. The worst the driver will get is the repair bill for his bumper.

I have a mk2.5 (facelift) ot is a great car but it is on 18″ wheels from factory and they are way too big. The tyre roar from them is awful, would have much preferred it on 17s or even 16s. But it was 4k, in lockdown when I needed a car. 2.0 tdci in titanium trim, with all the trimmings, taken from 65 to 100k in less than 2 yrs done really well

Nice! Post pics when built please!

I have been following this thread as I have a trek fuel ex8 that feels a bit soggy and sits deep in its travel (no pop) and been thinking of new frame and whether ti go flaremax or jeht.

Cotic seem to be rapidly turning into the alfa romeo of the bike world (just without the unreliability!)

Santa cruz blur? Has a large ‘triangle’ and tucked away shock (under TT) lots of bottle mounts Inc under downtube

Free ranger owner here. Love mine, no issues in thousands of miles my go to bike, cannot praise it enough.

Also loads of people say they love the creme egg paint Job, it does look great in the flesh

Thanks all, some good looking options there. Thinking of a 3-4hr ride c.1000m of climbing I guess. That STW loop looks good will look at other links too, Thanks all.

Plan to park at Edale Station which is where boss wants to meet

Thanks bunnyhop.

Are the permeable? I think if changing driveway material it now has to he permeable and is a planning matter. Not saying planning is required (not looked into it) but remember something on the subject to slow wate run off times

as the broken road has sliding drop outs (As you describe) and you leave in 5 weeks, i would move them now and start playing around to find a position that is most comfortable, as it is only an allen key you can always move them back

I am glad to see the thread did not descend into a man v woman thing. That was not my intent at all. My wife is an amazing woman a great thoughtful mum a hard worker, she just has a way of making me feel guilty about the things I like. Example:

Me: I’m going for a ride on Sunday morning
Her: but daughter has a party
Me: well you take her and the 2 boys
Her: I cannot do that as I want to get ready to see my parents later. Oh just go.

Now I feel guilty that my daughter either won’t get to go, will go with a stressed parent. So I suck it up and don’t go and swallow the issue. That is just the latest one, but it happens over and over again.

On the whole I have a huge amount to be thankful for. 3 gorgeous well behaved kids, a stable job, a career path set out. I need to focus on positives I think.

Thanks for that replied (both on here and in messages) I am terrible and confrontation and avoid at all costs. This will simmer away until I either accept my ‘lot’ in life or I have it out again…

It’s been had before, I’m then told to ‘just do what I want’ which then makes me feel bad and am told that she can’t win. For her life is purely about the kids, whereas I am seeking a bit more balance, apparently that is wrong.

The fact that she goes out with friends goes to shows, goes for dinner, goes wild swimming is not the same at all…

I don’t post on here much, but this thread is interesting. Fundamentally I am miserable.

I have a wife and 3 lovely kids, v well paid job etc etc etc, but I have no freedom. It often feel like the only time I will get freedom is when I drop dead.

Constant demands are made of me from 1000 different directions. If I push back I just get abuse. I couldn’t even rest when I had covid so she could go out for day and left me with kids to look after. When I complained afterwards was told I was controlling.

Would love to get off this carousel of work, money, stuff. But it will be impossible unless I leave the wife and that will destroy the kids. What’s a man to so?

Does anyone reckon you can get 650b+ tyres in a scandal?

Cam her thinking this would be a discussion about all the terrible things happening in the world and how we can stop it.then I saw it was about how a person put some paint on a rock 🙄

Thanks Phil, v space efficient!

Current bike is a trek fuel ex, but it’s alu and a bit heavy rear sus makes bike feel soggy.

The spur sounds nice, will look into it

Phil H, got any pics of that?

Should’ve said the carbon gravel can take 650b road plus wheels. That might be an option for the long gentle stuff.

I am mostly a wheels on the ground so can’t see me needing loads of travel, but a short travel FS like a Blur might be ideal

What do people use their whippets for? How good is it on technical terrain? I have a 130mm 29er which I am beginning to feel is too much, but not sure if a whippet is too much of a step down…

Yup was NS Savannah (which makes more sense as wasn’t a steam ship.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NS_Savannah

It is a good idea though especially now ships are so much larger

And the big US aircraft carriers.

Didn’t a US president try this with Atoms for Peace?! I think they made a cargo ship SS Savannah if memory serves but it wasn’t commercially viable so that was that. Money is king. Until we work out we cannot eat it 😒

I’ve opted out along with my NHS wife nurse

I went a few years ago. Sat on pit straight seats opposite McCartney when Hamilton and Button drove for them.

It depends on what type of ticket you have? If not a specified grandstand seat then take bike to get around, but where its busy will be annoying feeding it through ppl.

Good place to watch is banks around maggots beckett complex and at the end of hanger straight. Maggots/beckets looks amazing with cars flying round. Hanger straight has overtakes

Yep, it’s the wrong bike thanks all, did genuinely help

Thank docrobster.

I will give them a call, I am looking for versatility and An all rounder, not sure the Transmitter is what I need. I would have a frontier if it had a bit more travel/didn’t look awkward in the bigger sizes!