As a front, i’m a fan of the Ignitor and High Roller. Both rock solid in my experience.
Maxxis are great tyres. I’ve never been 100% convinced by the Contis and Schwalbes that I own/have owned. Panaracer are out of the game these days, Kenda do a few good uns i guess. Michelin were never turned up…….what else is out there? No one else is going to give the huge choice that Max does.

No, but when sending “cash” to complete strangers, use Paypal, “for goods” and if the goods don’t show up open a dispute. You’ll win your case.

It was a fabulous weekend, both Moto 2 and Moto GP. Both races had my pulse rate going through the roof!
Casey Stoner is gone and forgotten! Sure he was always very fast, but when did he ever give us great entertainment like that? Great time trialist, but not a great racer. It’s not only his personality that endears Rossi to millions of adoring fans, it’s the impossible murderous things he does on the race track. Last night, the life was put back into Moto GP and it’s going to be a brilliant season :D

I did ten speed on my bike this week and it feels great. Two by ten seems to do all i need with a simpler front mech set up. I was going to do SLX, but ended up doing XT, so have some SLX shift units for sale here

http://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/1308936/

Email’s in profile if you’re interested. :-)

I’ve got some fake Jawbones, OP. Will drop you a line…….

“Bedroom tax; what’s all the fuss?”
Well, here’s how I see it.People in social housing and living on benefits aren’t always the lifestyle unemployed scroungers. Many are people on benefits due to disability or chronic mental health problems. Until the health service has the resources to help them, they’re effectively on the scrapheap ~ discarded by society. A single person housed in a two bed flat won’t always have the alternative of a one bedroomed premises as councils simply don’t have them. Moving costs money too. Ok for you or I, we hire a man with a van or truck and move ~ a person without a pot to piss in can’t do that. Plus there are always other associated costs with a move. Where they live, vulnerable people also have roots, friends and a support network; all that is lost if they move to another area which can compound isolation. As it stands now, people will typically have to find £10 to £20 per week out of their meagre benefits to top up the rent. Not even IDS could manage that. At the last budget, I come out about £195 per annum better off. I’d rather not have that money and that people who need it had it.

Crazy increases! I posted a BMX handlebar yesterday. Before the increase, based on weight, would have been £4.45. Now based on size/weight, it cost £11.96 Mental! Even regular little boxes fall into “medium” package category and have gone from £3.15 to £6.30 for second class recorded. And this is hot on the heels of the last round of big price hikes in january 2012. I’m now weighing up the pros and cons of My Herpes and Collect+ :roll: I think long term, parcel costs may push people to trade more locally. Maybe it’s time for STW “Area Groups” so we can trade amongst our selves without involving the postal service so regularly.

edit; PP in the same boat as me ~ I made a loss on some items i posted yesterday!

I agree with what zippy said. Return goods by recorded mail, refund upon receipt. Situations can mostly be avoided with good photos and accurate descriptions before hand, but sometimes peoples’ opinions differ.

I wear boxer shorts every day, then put my trousers on over the top. :-)

About 70/30 split in favour of web. So much choice out there which one shop can’t hope to stock. I also enjoy the randomness of accidental purchases – i like a little gamble and buy things i usually wouldn’t if the price is low enough :-)

Proper game of two halves. Roy should have made changes earlier on and i think Frankie Lampost would have made a better job of steadying midfield. England just seem to panic the moment there’s a threat like they have no confidence or belief.

It’s what, second race of the season? Team orders? Crazy…. no one has any great advantage , let them scrap it out, it’s what the paying public want to see. Today has reminded me why I stopped watching F1.

There are certain forms of all music, which have me rolling around laughing, wether it’s meant to be funny or not. ELPs Brain Salad Surgery has always had me in stitches – and Judas Priest’s “Breakin’ the law” – oh man ~ a masterpiece of comedy. :lol: I love it!

Sounds nasty, CG ~ shouldn’t it have cleared in that period of time? Only haematoma I ever had was in my thigh as the result of an RTA. It was hellishly painful and restricted movement completely for six or seven weeks, but cleared of it’s own accord* after that.

* with the help of a few phisio sessions now i remember it.

Hope they can sort something for you soon.

I use Rons front and rear in dry to medium conditions ~ they aint the greatest in real clay type mud. In the height of summer dust season, I sometimes put a Ralph on the back for a bit of extra speed. Good tyres!

Careless Chucker…….Pete Tong……no change there then :lol: (glad he’s ok though ~ nice guy!)

Seen the timesheets this morning? Cal running third for several sessions, ahead of Marquez and Rossi ~ very impressive! :D

I can’t quite work out where the first video was shot, but the second one definitely isn’t open yet.

As far as i remember, it was a pilot scheme rolled out in Bristol that didn’t really catch on. I’m not sure it ever went national. £60 odd seems like a pretty fair price :-)

There was a Bikehod on ebay last week that didn’t sell at £65. Might be worth searching completed listings and dropping the seller a message if someone’s after a cheap one. In Bristol, it was.

Second vote for Formula brakes. I first fitted a pair in about 1998, their castings and fastening were made of cheese ~ everything crumbled like Caerphilly. Now they’re great, up there with the best.

Giant bikes……..used to be what bike shops stocked if the couldn’t get a “decent brand”….. look at ’em now!

Well, I watched Vertigo followed by The Birds last night ~ time well spent. I’d rather watch his films than a film about him :-)

THAT picture of Marco ~ one of my all time fave pics.

Spoony’s got it right i think. Easy to service or change oil yourself ~ a pro service may well cost more than they’re worth.

Sounds fair to me; the customer is always wrong.

More of a liquor than a spirit, but well stuck into a bottle of Cointreau here. Easy drinking, sweet, sticky and warming……. :D

My liking of Pink Floyd is very on/off – WYWH isn’t one of their best IMO and I nodded off half way through.
But the programme about The Doors which was on after was much better and held my attention :-)

Bon voyage, Gilo…… mind out for gators in the swimming pool! :D

Or vice versa :? Either way, it’s going to be exciting!

Rome’s ace! The usual suspects are all listed……go and enjoy them.
If you’re there on a wednesday Popey does his address in St.Peter’s Sq every weds morning – you could give him a wave. The queues to get into Vatican and St Peter’s can be enormous, but bear with it ~ it really is worth it. The Sistene Chapel was a bit underwhelming, considering it’s reputation, but the Vatican museum is outrageous! And St Peter’s is probably my favouite building :-)

Come, come, now Flashheart – try to take things seriously :lol:

Marquez is already an alien, (Partly cos he has a factory Honda), but we’ve seen what he can do and how aggressive he is – I think he’ll be up there in all races.
Great seeing Rossi at the top of the timesheets again and the smile back on his face; gotta love him after all the years of quality entertainment he’s given us. Stoner was always quick and a joy to watch in slo-mo when he was on the edge, but he never liked a good scrap did he? He was never entertainment in the way that Rossi is. Did you ever sit on the edge of your seat wondering what the **** Stoner is going to do next?

Digital bathrooms scales do funny things according to the surface they’re standing on. They’ll read higher if standing on a plush shagpile and lower if on a hard floor. :-)

Not the greatest pic, and a bit out of date, but…..1998 steel Stumpy….

Comes out for commuting and woodland pootles when it’s dry n dusty :-)

Boggy!

http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thegoldenretrieverbracknell/

Come out of Lookout car park, down to roundabout at end of the road, go straight over and just on the left. Nice garden to sit out with bikes, not too posh inside, so probably won’t mind a bit of mud. Beers good and food is ok too – not mega expensive :-)

What he said, but in different words! ^^^

Lave Dome – lightly used 1990 model, bought by me in 91. Very nice too ~ had it for all of six months before i bought a custom built Overburys Pioneer :-)

The Pie n Ear

I get my prescription done at Specsavers, cos they’re handy. But their selection of frames is dire ~ fine if you’re a librarian, but nothing for the outdoors type of guy.

Lol at MM! :lol:

Zuffle?