There’s something to be said about little cars with bigger engines. mrs rocket has an ST Fiesta which is a proppa point-and-shoot go kart but it is also torquey enough to pull away in 2nd, short-shift into top and drive around in 5th until you have to stop. Does easy mid/high 40s when driven like this but for some reason only returns low 30s when I drive it.

Yeah no probs but not in SPDs

I took the cranks off and tightened the BB cups as tight as I could.

If it’s an internal BB you may not have tightened them enough. 60Nm is about right which is seriously tight.

And as said above taking the cups out, sterilising them and then regreasing them will nearly always fix it. Be sure to grease the cups on the inside where they touch the BB housing.

Also worth checking the saddle and sp if you haven’t already done so

Do that most days on my Motorola I think it’s an L7. Topped it up with £10 just before Xmas I still have £7 left :-)

Personally i would notice it but I would soon (as in 10 minutes) get used to it.

Might be worth getting a cheaper stem with more rise, just to see how it feels before buying an expensive replacement that might not make any difference. You can always keep the cheap stem I think it’s good to have a selection of inexpensive kit to experiment with.

so what’s the problem and what’s it got to do with you exactly?

It isn’t a problem and it’s none of my business. I was simply hoping to get other people’s opinions on the subject.

The Dome nightclub in B’ham. I was wearing Ray-Bans and a silver suit with the sleeves pushed up, Miami Vice stylee. She just looked perfectly normal.

That was err twenty mumble mumble years ago we haven’t changed much :-)

Ice (but not in contact with the skin) is best during the first 72 hours) then heat/cold whichever feels more comfortable. Avoid long periods of inactivity, just keep moving/resting.

To get some mobility back, do some easy stretches (loads on the Internet).

As your mobility improves, do some core excercise again there are loads on the net.

Long term, try to concentrate on alternating your leading leg/foot. Most cycling back pains are caused by muscle imbalance and most people always lead with the same foot on non-pedally descents. This results in one leg that is made of steel and similarly inflexible while the other leg is just there for the ride. Hello back pain.

A bloke from work was in the States on the day the original iPad was released. Queued up at the Apple Store, bought two, brought them back in his suitcase, no probs.

IIRC the wireless needed a bit of manual tweaking to get it working and they wouldn’t recognise the (UK) Apple Store at first but since the first software update they’ve been fine.

Sian is very good but you’re not allowed to run in the wave pool so everyone walks into it with their arms up like zombies :-)

Some good walks along the coast if you’re into that sort of thing.

I once dieted/exercised down to 75kg and people thought I was dying :-)

General consensus is that the 2 is not worth buying if you already have a 1 but is worth it if you are at all unsure about the iPad experience.

Just beware that it is Apple’s way or no way unless you want to jailbreak it.

Superstar’s pads are good but they are not the same as the originals. Not wildy different just little things like not quite fitting in the same way and irritatingly noisy in some situations (M575s + RT76 rotors)

FWIW XT rotors are a tiny bit thicker than most rotors and if there’s any shing-shing going on with your brakes at the moment, it will be worse with RT76s. Otherwise they are outstanding and look pure class on the bike.

Curiously one of my nieces is exactly the same. 11 going on 21, only speaks when she wants something.

Best thing to do is totally ignore the little sh*t :twisted:

Think X7 is SRAM’s ‘undiscovered’ groupset. I have a short-cage X7 mech on the Chucker and it has survived a number of direct hits. It is visibly misaligned but still shifts OK.

when i did my scaphoid in, work paid for a taxi 5 days a week for 17 weeks

I used to work in the same dept as a weapons-grade munter in her 20s who was overly friendly with everyone. She went on hols somewhere and brought in her holiday snaps to show us. I will never forget the image of her corpulent, bloated body lying on the sand with her tits under her armpits, it was gross

have been commuting on the trusty R1 for the last two weeks :D

it’s a bit like taking a shark to the swimming pool but hey ho…

Yup conditions are most excellent at the moment. Have a good one

Find myself bemused by these posts because everyone is so friendly at Cannock. Walkers step to one side and smile when I pass, horse riders wave and say hello it’s another world

There are a few more people around than usual because of the hols but it’s not busy by any means.

Started MTBing in 92 at the age of 30. Had a few years break at the ‘turn of the century’ but got back into it again 2003-ish.

New trails, new bikes, new kit I’ll stop when I’m dead.

As above, it’s almost certainly shock bushes but just check the seat and seatpost as well.

Shock bushes are not expensive £5 from your lbs.

Not petty at all. If you have approached the owner and the dispute is unresolved, get in touch with your local council – environmental health/noise pollution control – the law is on your side. Explain the situation without ranting and they will send a polite letter to the owner telling them a complaint has been received and that they are obliged to do something about it.

Next stage is to keep a diary of the noise. If nothing happens it will go to court and the diary will be used as evidence.

Do not give up, see it through. The law is on your side.

Haven’t used an iPad2 but I have a 1 and it is better than a laptop/notebook for instant-on internetting, great for video and makes a handy (if expensive) digital photo frame. Flash not a problem unless you spend your life on mpora.

The iPad is not so hot if you do loads of typing or want to do anything properly productive. It’s Apple’s way or no way.

Beware that BT will charge you for callout plus any other reapirs if you get them to investigate the fault and the problem is inside your house. Their responsibility is upto and including the primary socket in your house.

Have Recon 327 u-turn and Rev Team. They are very different animals. The Recon has a lovely smooth, linear coil spring feel to it and although it’s kinda heavy the U-turn feature is the absolute dogs wind it down to 95mm on the climbs then crank it up to 140mm on the descents. Very stiff with a 20mm axle. Ideal winch and plummet fork. Loads of tyre clearance 2.4 nobby nic no probs

The Rev is much lighter and uses tech to try and figure out what’s going on. The dual air allows it to be setup pretty much any way you want and it doesn’t dive under braking or bob much even though it has a lockout. The light weight means the std qr version is quite noodly and i would go for the 20mm axle if poss. Great trail fork if you use a bit of finesse. Good tyre clearance with various 2.25s haven’t tried a 2.4

No probs with either fork despite frequent, intense neglect. They are RS after all.

The bushes are designed to wear out and protect the shock body. TF Tuned can provide bushes for pretty much any shock but you may find your lbs can do the same job for half the price, I know mine does.

IMO car journeys have to be done as fast as possible and in the shortest possible time.

But my BIL thinks nothing of driving 500 miles to Scotland and back ‘for the weekend’ :? Not my idea of a weekend but each to their own eh?

I like ’em. I sweat more than Lee Evans and find the Zeroes most excellent. Torq is good in terms of an energy drink but somehow I got immune to it and now I use High5 Energy Source, again most excellent. No real buzz as such but it kills the dead legs feeling after an intense ride.

The caffeinated tabs are also pretty darn good but as said above, you need to drink the mix before you ride otherwise you’ll be climbing up the walls instead of catching some well-deserved zeds.

On a scale of 1-10, off the scale.

Mondays are too much of a shock to the system. Would prefer sleeping in until I wake up naturally, mess about the house for a bit then wander into work, do a bit and then push off at 2-ish. Tuesdays the same but would work til 3. Just about up to speed by Thurs then it’s time to start winding down for the weekend.

Work. Together we can slack it.

Yup. Post up an email and I will fire them off to you

Fox Launch Pro for me. All-day comfortable with a nice big cut-out behind the knee. Great head-on protection and some useful pads on the sides of the kneecaps

+1

Hope are pretty amazing in this respect. They’ve sent me a replacement battery cage for my Vision 1 and a Hed Doctor bolt. In both cases the problem was my fault I simply wanted to buy replacements but they fired them off in the post no charge. Most excellent.

Knees are very delicate and need a lot of care. Keep them cosy ( min 16 degrees) even on warm days with knee warmers and if you can, try some different shoes with more flexible uppers.

It sounds good but living in these places is different to holidaying there or watching them on Life Cycles

I have a cousin who gave up a fairly promising athletics career to go and live with her NZ boyfriend near Queenstown and after the honeymoon was over it is – allegedly – the same sh*t, just somewhere else.

all day medium travel rocketship

That’s exactly what it is. I have an ’08 Rize and it is just awesome. Long and rangy with spot-on slightly aggro UK trail geometry. Rag it round your local loop and feel fresh enough to go round again. Beautiful frame, carbon seatstays wind up in the corners and fire you out it feels fantastic.

Buy one you won’t regret it.

there is a lot of enjoyment to be had from the accomplishments of dealing with bumpier terrain, personally, I get as much satisfaction out of a slow delicate balancing act over rocks or perhaps a skinny log, as I do out of ripping over a jump or drop off.

Interesting comments – personally I breathe a sigh of relief when the trail opens up on Upper/Lower Cliff and have an intense dislike of the slow nadgery parts of the trail.

Just my 2p but IME The Force Of Parcels have always been pretty good. They’ve left wheels and forks with the neighbours when I was out and delivered 48 hr parcels on time – sometimes 47 hours and 55 minutes after posting but hey it still counts.

No help to the OP of course just redressing the balance

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