offer him £120

how much are they asking for the Planar 3?

ok heres my take, get a new bearing and fresh oil, a new drive belt (i have a few new ones knocking about send me SAE and i will post one for you)

How much are you willing to spend on a cartridge??? The Nagaoka MP110 is a superb cart for the money and will match the RB300 nicely

Any questions please ask – having owned a few Rega turntables – i now own an RP8

thanks guys, glad I asked the question and did some googling!

was worried that I was buying a money pit

We had damp walls in our house when we bought it (late Victorian terrace). It was on the internal party walls. I am pretty sure it was caused by a combination of…

No dpc
No ventilation through floor (modern laminate placed onto floorboards) and floor very close to the ground beneath
Previous owner insisting on having thick lining paper everywhere

At the time our mortgage company required us to have it sorted within 6 months with guarantees etc

What we ended up doing was…

Ripping off render and plaster up to waist height (which we did ourselves)
Paying a damp proof ‘specialist’ to squirt some stuff into the walls. Cost about £500 for an hour’s work, including the certificate.
Recovering with a lime render and plaster, no lining paper!
Binning the cheap laminate and going for stripped floorboards to get a bit more ventilation.

I actually found the same dpc cream available cheaply online which I have used since elsewhere. ventilation and letting the walls breathe are the main thing though I think.

http://www.permagard.co.uk/aida-dpc-injection-cream-310ml-cartridge.html

5 years later, no more damp

This will be my likely course of action!

thanks guys

i am completing on friday, so gonna go with my gut and live in it for a bit, open windows etc – take up carpets downstairs etc etc

Thanks Dave – Im thinking along these lines as too !

This is such a hard decision to make – when I viewed the house it had just been vacated – however that was 3 months ago and it has been stood empty with no windows opened, when I viewed it i couldn’t smell any damp but I went back today and can smell damp.

I hace had ! person round, who said his meter suggests rising damp and suggests a chemical DPC

Think I might move in then leave it for a bit and see if it sorts itself out!

You do realise that my quote is from a song written by Bob, don’t you, Sbrock?

A thoughtful and philosophical song about the way we live in the world we live in. It seemed apt.

it was my reference to a thread your happened upon, maybe 3 years ago I think about families breaking up etc – I don’t think I was the only person to assume your patronising manner & attitude to people you know nothing about !
Typical teacher though, knows sweet fa about nothing!

Edukator – can’t believe they employ people like you to teach the youth of today

First ride at the weekend, a quick blast around Cannock Chase.
first impressions are good, it really is easy to pedal, noticed no difference to steering through tight switchback.
What impressed me most is how nice the rear end feels, really stiff and precise. Rear shock is nice and plush.
keep you updated!

yep my VAG diesel hatchback is regularly out on the trip computer 2.5 mpg

does 55.7 mpg with 225 bhp – not that I’m bothered like or have to tell the world!

who gives a folk – seriously are people that sad?

Vienna Acoustics are a lovely match with Cyrus

Avoid Monitor Audio at all cost – yuk

I couldn’t even afford a Bronson Alu !

Instead I got a 650b Heckler with a 160mm Pikes, Flows etc and it rides a dream!

Exactly the same geometry as the Bronosn too and built mine to a superb spec for £3124

160 Pikes, Pro2s, Flows, High Roller TR, Hope Tech E3, X9, Thomson post/stem, Easton Carbon bars & SLX Dbl

here : http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/650b-heckler

yeah its helitaped but i do need to look into insurance

yeah i reckon it would. thanks

am i missing something ? could always bung my hope hoops decals on

decals for what??

hey fella

my relationship with my dad sounds very similar to yours

I don’t love my dad, but I have thought about how I would feel many times when he does actually leave this mortal coil – and the way you feel is how I think I may feel.

There is no shame in this, I can categorically say that my dad made my childhood miserable when he was about, he is the most uncaring socially inept bloke I know.

I don’t him to come to any harm, but I really don’t give a shit about him especially the way he dismissed my little sisters suicide

PS are the PRO 2 EVO hubs supposed to be quieter than the originals?

Thanks for all the comments!

I did the build myself, but I purchased the Hope brakes from LBS, they beat the cheapest price online – but they wanted £50 to fit, set up, shorten hoses. When I went to collect they hadn’t shortened the brake hoses, they were hoping I would accept that, i took it home but then took it back for them to shorten them. Only got it back today so haven’t been out on it yet.

Maiden voyage sometime this week.

The colour looks zoo much better in the flesh!

£3174 to build

Can I ask what made you go for this?Did you test ride it or just go for it?

No i just took a gamble, I have owned a Heckler before and loved it!

Jeffus , what am I doing wrong – i need to post pics

my Hecker build

cost £3174

Santa Cruz Heckler Frame
Pike RCT3
Hope Taper Headset
Flows/PRO2 Evo
Easton EA70 Carbon Bars (u)
Thomosn Stem (u)
Shimano SLX Double
Shimano XT Cassette
SRAM X9 Shifters R/L
SRAM X7 Rear Mech
Shimano SLX Front Mech
SRAM PC971 Chain
SRAM PC971 Chain
Maxxis HR2 TR EXO
Maxxis HR2 TR EXO
Thomson Post (u)
Shiman Saint MX80
WTB Pure V
Stans Valves
ODIRogue
Hope Tech 3 E4

V4 are a bit DH aren’t they so gone for E4 – getting braided hoses, Vented SawTooth rotors & all brackets for £350

local leisure lakes have reserved them for me – £350

i meant e4 alsion –

got a price on Hope Tech3 E4s with floating rotors and mounts for £350 – is there anything else I should be looking at before I pull the trigger?

I only got mine because they were mega cheap from Rose.

Lots of people love them, but I’ve had two calipers fail and piss fluid everywhere mid-ride, once on the way down the red route from Arc 1800 to Bourg St Maurice, which was disappointing.

My new Trance has come with M446 brakes, they feel the same as the XTs, lots of power, and about the same price as an XT caliper for the whole setup…..

As soon as they fail they will be replaced by Hope…

Hope it is then!
Loved my M4s so no need to change

mmmm not taken one bit by the look of XTs

cheers Fozzy – i guess a bit of compromise then!
eeerrring towards the Hopes but I will have a search for XT & prices

XT? pros? cons?
I like the bling of the Hope !!!

Bling Bling Ali!!!

funny that, i was offered purple pro2 Evos for same price as black, opted for black though – mmm tropicana blue Heckler & purple – OUCH!

Rega RS3’s driven by Rega Elicit R amp

I’d be tempted to go for the heckler over the Bronson. I’m looking at a heckler with x fusion sweeps, hope hoops, Slx group and a reverb for about 3k with bits from Merlin, chainreaction etc. I’d build it myself as the build kits from Santa Cruz don’t offer particularly good vfm. If your looking to spend 4k you could go for 1×11 group and possibly pikes if you wanted them. That would make for a very bling build!

just built a 650b Heckler with Pike RC3, Pro2/flows, x9 drivetrain, thomson stem/post/gobi, Formula ONE etc for £3100

I’ve just got a 650b Heckler, building as we speak!

NO NO NO NO FFS

footflaps – Member
I’m not trolling but I genuinely couldn’t care about him. He carried a gun with the intention if using it, but ended up getting shot himself. Tough titty.
+1

One less gun wielding scum bag off the streets. Full credit to the police.

exactly good riddance

always been Avid but fancy a change -may have a look at SLX

The One are about £400 though lol