Just to throw another metric out there… The sizing of everything has gone wild since I bought my Meta AM in 2015. 

To give the reach metrics more context, there is a metric called RAD

To give some help, I’m about 195cm probs 196 on a good day, and this helped put the massive 535mm reach of an S6 bike into perspective, as I have a 900mm rad, and the rad of the S6 is 880mm.

You can get Jimmy’s pies from the south island too!

Let us not forget…

I second the gorge… The second time I’ve seen a helicopter evac, Barney was a nice ropie.

Roxborough/Clyde/Alexandra has some fantastic scenery riding available. Lots of stuff available on trailforks.

Nelson was my favourite mtb destination of my entire trip and you could easily spend at least a week there and never ride the same trail. Not that it only has volume, I’d happily spend an entire week at the same spot ;).

Haha thanks Cougar.

Are people getting around this using umbrella companies? Or was that the general intent?

chvck

Member

What sort of techs are you into? There’s a Manchester tech slack where quite a few jobs get posted (from recruiters and devs/techies), there’s also a job wanted type channel on there too. Depending on your interests/skills we’re pretty much always hiring at Couchbase who have been great employer for me.

That slack channel is a goldmine. Thank you so much!

What I’m into – On the development side I’ve worked on Python and Java (more so) projects in the past, in Scrum and Kanban. In terms of security it is more mobile focused but I have a nice broad understanding of network security – I think what I’m lacking on this side is experience with specific tools.

I think the dream job would be something in PT

Cougar

Doesn’t HP have a presence somewhere just off the M60? (I may be misremembering, it’s been a while.)

I did a training course at UK Fast in Manchester a couple of months back, it looked like a phenomenal place to work. To get down from the upper floors they have a frikkin’ slide for crying out loud!

I’m surprised you’re struggling, InfoSec is crying out for bodies at the moment. Are you going to BSides, incidentally?

I’ll give HP a look. Thank you!

Sadly I haven’t heard great things about UKF.

I REALLY wanted to get to bsides but then I missed the drop the other sunday, I was too late!

Thanks for that. I had never had any worries of being short on riding destinations ;).

Thanks Craig, I’ll give the Facebook groups a go. Nice one on buying the ambulance, all the vans I’ve seen so far look teeny.

I do 20 miles each way on the road, not as much as you but it’s harder than driving.

Have tinned tuna at your desk, if you get hungry but aren’t willing to eat a tin of tuna you aren’t hungry.

Lunches – fresh salads with smoked salmon fillets from lidl.

Take a bar or something you can eat half way through your commute.

I read this as you trying to remove the chainset?

I have this issue when removing my RF chainsets.

Your crank puller is just going right through the hole. You need to put a one euro cent (emphasis on the one cent, the tiny coin) in the section exposed when you’ve removed that bolt from the drive side crank arm, then put the crank puller on.

the puller should put force on the coin, pushing the arm off the non drive spindle. This is what works for me, but BE GENTLE.

trail_rat – Member
Does bath not have a park and ride ?

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It does! It’s really really good.

alpin – Member
Ive longed for the sounds of a boxer and blow off
drill a hole in the exhaust…

Oooohhhh so not the same!

I’m not of the belief that I’ll be on an open road in the fast car. Ive longed for the sounds of a boxer and blow off! I could even overtake people when I wanted.

The thought of the practicality of the van, and the very real fact that there aren’t any open roads.

The leggy has more space than the forester?

But its reputation as a bike wagon is unheard of!

12 months jail and a fine for oldnpastit’s advice, I can imagine it would constitute unauthorised access under the computer misuse act.

Just play to your strengths. If it gets really out of hand you’re always wearing a helmet.

I always dream that if I was in a situation that got horribly hot I’d have the reactions to do some key to bush action and ride away.

Gav did you get that done under warranty? Or did you do it yourself?

It was hilarious hearing a guy on the same uplift as me at BPW chatting about his.

His complaint about it was that it would creak constantly for whatever reason. So much so it lead to him rebuilding the frame constantly and repressing bearings etc.

Get a meta. Be done with it.

The game! I think that drug dealers have easier lives!

prezet – Member

@dynastar – I’m a web developer which is on their skills shortage list so I’m optimistic about finding something quickly.

I’m a developer! I’m just a bit wary about their 3 years experience criteria. I’m hoping a job offer first would mean that they might wave that.

dynastar – Member

Do it…..you will have an amazing time out there. Just expect to see lots of rain.

Even more than here?

chilled76 – Member
Colorado is supposed to have some great riding. Never been myself though and of course there’s the upcoming American civil war.

On a positive note the exchange rate will be awesome?

dynastar – Member
Definately the right place but very hard to do now – in terms of moving over permanently. Property now eyewateringly expensive – even now in Squamish – with crappy paid jobs.

I wouldn’t be moving over permanently. I’d be aiming to go for a year, working in a crappy paid job and traveling around.

I’ve worked in schools for a while. Although theres the ‘you get 15 weeks holiday a year’, most of them will come in during that time to prepare.

In my experience they work damn hard and I’m not surprised that they work 60 hours a week.

It seems that the majority of the time is the overhead. The lesson plans mostly. The one place I worked in seemed to be too many cowboys and not enough indians. There was some sort of constant fear the teachers lived in that some senior member of staff could burst in at any point and rate a teachers lesson. It really put me off teaching.

Other things which are more important e.g. replying to parents, SNE also take up a lot of time.

Do the seats come out matt? Thinking of putting a camping bed on them.

matt_outandabout – Member
It’s a car.
Usually diesel.
Often in a boring colour.
It handles like soup.
I am not sure I get the ‘ultimate’ and ‘MPV’ in the same statement….
(Biggest – Galaxy)
(Touran, ours was unreliable and costly, if comfy and utterly practical)

Biggest is definitely what I was after.

superstu – Member
Not sure but you’d probably get a better response in chat rather than bike forum.

PS: I have a Kia estate which is great on fuel.

I thought that it would be inferred that it would purely be used for hauling bikes around?

They look the same bar the commencal one is threaded all the way.

They aren’t mega slow, can’t you buy next day from them?

http://www.commencal-store.co.uk/rear-hanger-for-all-meta-v4-c2x14157424

Can you not just buy one from Commencal?

On the ‘What van for someone who has no money’ front. I’ve been looking at the Hyundai i800, its more of a shuttleline but I’m hoping that the seats come out easy enough.

I’ve ridden the hope tech enduro rims for ~10 months. They were great, until last week when I flattened one side of the bead walls. That was when I was running the rear at 28 PSI.

They were great until then! Now I question everything and every review I read on gear.

I think you do have a say. I went to Stepping Hill, they were trying to set it back into place. They thought that had, then my shoulder just slunked and it fell right back out of place again, when I went in I said that I wanted it plated. After trying to get it back in again they gave in, admitted me and gave me a plate the next day.

HTH

You’d think so!

I’ve not tried it yet but… I think they’re (legend and drew) right as the tightness of the chain brings the pulley closer to the arm BEFORE the mech has been pushed inwards (towards the hub) thus moving the arm further away from the pulley.

Thanks legend and drew!

Shall give it a go and report back.

I have a v4 meta, in XL. I also have 38″ legs, it is anything but short.

Have you thought of one of the new scouts? They look awesome. I’ve got a MK1 Solaris and that’s what I’d be looking to swap to if I did, also leaves you with £150 to spare for components.