charliethebikemonger does one for about £6.00 IIRC.

29er version would be interesting.

I bought a steel SS frame from them once. As above, really helpful people. Shame if they have gone.

never had a car! never will, if you cant ride or get train or bus their, i dont go!

Add two kids into the equation, schools/childcare & jobs 20 miles apart & a car soon becomes a necessity I’m afraid. Nice idea though, but unless your in a big city you’ve no chance unless your prepared to compromise on pretty much everything.
I spent 2 yrs without one once, but was working 5 mins away, & was single. I used to hire one for hols/xmas etc for visiting. Getting another was like passing my test again.

Pretty sure the one on my Allegro Estate is beige, like the rest of the car.

Looks like a Merc 190…sad way to go. 😥
All cars should finish their days going off a cliff in flames. 🙂
Bike looks tasty by the way.

Didnt like the Tarw trail when we did it last summer. To be fair, it was a scorching hot day, but it just seemed to be 75% climbing. We all felt a bit dissapointed to be honest. The final bit before crossing back under the road just seemed to be a pointless rock-fest. Great if you’re descending but not if your just basically going alongside the main road.
The MBR was loads better. If your heading to CyB, then Llandegla & Nant-y-Arian dont really figure as they are at least an hours drive away. Possibly a detour on the journey though. Nant-y-Arian is our favourite. Brilliant trail, great location & top-notch cafe. CyB just seemed to be full of motorhomes when we were there. A far cry from the CyB of old.!!!
The Mach-X just north of Machynlleth is a cracking little trail. Probably no more than 90mins, at a very steady pace, but if your arriving in the area late in the day its spot on. If your heading across towards Dolgelleau its well worth stopping off. No facilities though, but the longest descent in Wales (I think).

Phil & Ted here. Has been bumped, thrashed, crashed & overloaded with all the kit two kids need for a few years. Single width, can be steered single hand even when two up. Despite being a double its a great single. The cocoon is great for tiny babies. Great off-road & on beach. Will be sad to see ours go, but our youngest now out of that phase. Yossarian’s list is bang on.

There was a second hand Islabikes Beinn 20 small, on here at the weekend/last week. Keep it two years & you’d get 90% of that back on Ebay. 😕
Half the weight of some of the stuff we looked at in our LBS. Whatever you buy, if it comes with silly knobbly tyres bin them for some slicks/semi-slicks, makes it easier for them. That Carerra looks good, better if it didnt have the suspension fork. Totally unnecessary on a childs bike. 🙄
My eldest is 5. Just got him a s/h Beinn 20 small from STW. He absoluteley loves it. I’d rather get shot of some of my kit to buy an Isla, than have him riding something that weighs as much as he does.

Have bikes with XT’s & Pro2’s. XT’s spin faster, (as in spin wheel & let it spin to stop). Hopes very smooth, but always feel quite sticky. The noise from a Pro2 freehub grows tiring. If I was building a new set I’d buy XT’s.
Knack to setting C+C is to mount the wheel on the outside of the dropout with the skewer tight, then adjust. Shimano’s C+C’s need a fettle when new IMO, as they put very little grease in them at the factory.

Fatbike full-suss 36er, running a Rohloff with 3×11 deraileur & hammerschmidt is where its at.

You’ll be surprised how capable it is. Mine has really rekindled something in my riding. Trying a 29er version at the moment, that’s good.

Sorry children, but Daddy wont be coming from that much deserved, & very expensive week biking in the Alps. He lost is footing retrieving a banana skin, & fell to his death. But a nice bi-lingual man who owns the Alps, got off on berating Daddy in front of his mate before he fell.

Nothing like free advertising eh. 🙄
To be fair, the way your post read you just sounded a bit pedantic, I’m pretty certain that your not. 😉

But, time again to remind Zak, who rides the Monkey trail at Cannock, to take his sandwich bags home with him. Or at the very least tell his Mummy not to write his name on the bag if he’s going to skewer them on a tree at the start of the last run.

Well done.

Last time I bought at a dealers it was with Black Horse. Was impressed with the way it all worked, so when I bought another privately I approached them again & got much better deal than my bank.
But, if you can afford it buy a £12k car, but not new, get a year old car.

How ? I mean, must have been a good smack to bust the screen…

Having to Dremmel away bits of your cranks is like having to take a hammer to your chainstays…oh hang on…
🙂
Only kidding, love my two On-Ones.

1200 grade wet & dry, & t-cut. Lots of t-cut.

President realconspiracy has addressed the people.
It’s like Libya in here tonight.

Really tempted to go 1×10, but cant help thinking this is a load of guff:-

PowerLock: SRAM chain engineers developed PowerLock as a tool free, sure and consistent way to connect our 10 speed chains. While PL does not require special tools for install, the especially tight tolerances of 10 Speed drive trains mandated that each PowerLock is good for a one-time application only.

Chucking £3.50 away everytime I want to split the chain…

For now I’ll stick with 9spd & put up with the lack of an extra 0.0625 of ratio.
(34/32…36/32)

I put a timed stat in about 5 years ago. Found the cheapest method is keeping the house about 16c overnight/unoccupied. Much lower & the heating is seemingly working full wack for an hour or more to heat it back up again. Its a 60’s ex-council semi with solid walls, so cavity insulation not possible. Considered dry-lining outside walls but not sure 25mm or so would really make much difference ? Anyone in the know care to comment ?

Local Housing Association were round a couple of years ago, cladding their remaining housing stock with 4″ polystyrene slabs, & rendering over. I spoke to someone at the Housing Association, with a view to getting ours done at the same time. They offered to do it at the same price they were paying for their properties…£8,000. I was gobsmacked. A gang of 3 blokes were doing a house a day.
I worked it out, given a 20% saving it would give me a 70yr payback.
🙂

Run my slidey 2nd gen 1×9 sometimes. No problems. I usually split the chain before swapping back to SS wheel anyway, but to set up I just push wheel forward till rotor is in position & tighten. Only slightly more hassle than vertical drop. Takes me 5 mins to convert SS to 1×9.

Why not run two cogs at the rear & swap when you start tiring…
I’ve always run my SS bikes, 26 & recently a 29er with two rear cogs. Ok, not strictly SS, but started because bike was a commuter. Most slidey dropouts should cover 2 teeth range on same chain length.

Few from Oz.
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Shame the insensitive bastard didnt die in his bloody landrover when the train hit it. Arsehole.

Couldnt you just have sliced 1.5mm off each post mount on the adapter…

Chap at work has a 2.0 diesel XC60, reckons it’s excellent on fuel.

Audi Q5 looks nice. Surely a 3.0 engine is a bit OTT for such a car.

The Q7 seems to be the strap-on of choice for self employed plumbers & plasterers round here. 🙂

Debbie Bishop.

Yes, & this applies to “Zak”, who also lovingly left his nicely labelled sandwich bag tucked under a rock at the top the 2nd to last run on Cannocks Monkey trail. Little ****.

My brother said it galled him to see his daughter splurdge £130 on some ugg boots. But it was her money, saved up over a good while.

Clearly some very serious health & safety infringments going on there. I’m going to suggest an audit. 🙂

Ace. Simply ace.
Reminds me of jumping my Chopper off the Post-office steps in Lichfield shopping precint, & nearly going through the MEB shop window.

I couldnt get over how capable my 2nd gen ss Inbred was with the forks at 120mm. It made me realise how overbiked I was with my FS for 90% of the riding I get to do.
Giant NRS probably my biggest dissapoitment. Oh dear.

I’ve no issues using them, & like it or not they raised the bar for a lot of other bike shops with their free delivery, & next day in most cases.
My main concern is the effect on the STW second-hand market. 🙂

I wouldnt spend £50 on that. Rather pick something decent up s/h. Often see Inbreds on here around that price, you have to be quick though.

How tall is he ? I’ve a medium GT Avalanche frame looking for a new home. Not looking for much for it.

What Jeffus said.

All mine have done that over time. They still work great though.

Cant say I’ve ever used threadlock on rotor bolts, & cant say I’ve ever had any come loose either.

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