with shoes – i have to use flats on my bikes due to my knees.. so i have yet to find overshows that work with these..

any ideas?! i can dry my shoes at work so i guess its not a big problem..

ok thanks.. yes sorry if its an often talked about subject..

its 20km each way the full commute, pretty flat on the way with big descents into Lausanne. Easy but in summer i take it fast so i shower at work and leave certain things in the office to reduce the weight every week..

i have full mudguards.

my plan was to stick to the same idea – get up and go, shower at work..

but if i do the 2-3km to the station i’ll shower beforehand and then get dressed for work – the main question was this – if i do this and then do the 2-3kms and its pouring i get soaked!

right, thanks.

i was kind of hoping for recommendations – like overtrousers/jacket on top of normal clothes, pack in the pannier and im off..

i thought with the wealth of experience on here i might get some tips on what people do and what work and especially what doesnt..

but i like the sarcasm thats great. useful too.

We don’t do presents for exactly this reason! I don’t need things..and if I do I tend to buy them already like ^^^

Do tend to get the young one a thing or two but try to keep it in the same way – useful stuff..he loves it (for now anyhow)

im liking that commencal!

will have a think – anyways the season in switz is pretty much over as its cold now…so he’ll grow more and should be ready for this in 2018.. we’ll see.

same boat but with a 2009 model…

have tried 1 battery and it was pants..

found that trek do a superfly 20… 8kg..

cant find a frame/fork that i can then build up.. crazy

i’ll have to see whats available here in switzerland.. wasnt going to go boutique but 10-11kgs is taking the mickey..

ok thanks.
hes got an early rider 16 which he loves but he needs gears to do the forest rides and not die!

as i said maybe not in the uuk.. but europe its been front page bbc..

anyway as usual stw rips apart any meaning to the post for some stupid pedantic arseholes.

i thought it might be a subject that likemonded people might be a little bit appalled by with regards to how things like this (and of course much worse i know) happen..

convert – are you just trying to be an arse?

wow didnt realise you lot dont read the news..

sorry for not keeping to stw’s standards i was just a bit shocked..

here in mainland europe its been big news, maybe less so with the un-united kingdom?

guess i knew the poor chap? jamie ffs..

will know for next time… btw it is front page on the bbc..

sorry i dont follow, you say that you see the play?

if you have the bike on the ground, and lock the front brake do you feel any play?

if so, undo the stem bolts and then tighten the star fangled nut to see if that fixes it..

I suffer from these.

i tend to get them on weekends or the end of the afternoon so it impacts less work…but have had to take many days sick.

i am lucky in that my emplyer is sympathetic to the condition. I have tried endless different methods and approches. i find currently that accupuncture is the most effective.

Bud i am followed by a neurologue but dont know what this means with regards to the employer legally.

Some good things said above, but also migraines are very personal and whilst i have several triggers that i obvously avoid, i do get migraines randomly without warning and thos freak me out totally as how do i as a normal human being even consider ‘preventing’ this?

diet
eyes
teeth
accu
hypnosis
chinese medecine in general
doctor (useless really in comaprison to the others)
sleep
stress

etc etc

i dont want to have to get old for them to pass!

Edukator – Reformed Troll
Bonjours tout le monde / bonjour à tous (et à toutes)
Qu’ils apprennent le Français.

If you have trouble understanding people who speak phonetic languages have a thought for how they feel when they hear a non phonetic language such a English and hear things like:

W?d?y?w?n?d?

Comb, tomb, bomb, womb.

mais mec tu as mis un s à bonjour?!

good luck and keep strong.

so the only thing you have changed is the cassette and the new cable?

i would go with you havent enough tension in the cable then?

shift to the smallest rear cog, undo the cable clamp and pull the cable as tight as possible. Undo any of the tensioning screw that you have before tightening so that you pull thru the most cable.

then try and re-index if needed.

i use the ocean one, and it has a light scent but nothing really. i dont sweat too much anymore and there is no alu.. i spent a while experimenting! my T’s were the same as yours – now nothing..

i only use this now since 2010… deo

free shipping so i take 5 at a time.

works brilliantly.

fixed last night – that was clearly the issue.

ta muchly

ok thanks i’ll look tonight!

thanks stw!

the frame is this: frame

and the mech looks exactly like this: mech

which both seem to be DM… now is it right to just fix the mech straight to the frame or do i indeed need to remove the top link?!

Ok this is something else that has changed since 2008!
It’s a cube frame and I’ve just checked on the site & it says that the f & r use direct mount… the rear mech is a ‘standard’ xt shadow+…I’ll try to get a pic.

What does DM mean? I just read I may need to remove the top link from the mech for it to work? Is that a possible?

Max. teeth large sprocket: 40T / 42T for 1×11 only
Min. teeth large sprocket: 40T
Min. teeth small sprocket: 11T
Max. Front Difference: 10T
Total Capacity: 39T

thats what i have so it should work!

im going to bed will think about this tomorrow..

well ive just checked the order and i did order a 11spd mech… how would i tell if it is 10spd?!

its a GS – normally can accept up to 42..

chain length is good – any longer and i have no tension in 1 & 11

the mech is 11 spd, shifters also.

the b limit screw?

the h and l are good and the mech does go if i force it by hand.

the limit screw i mentioned isant actually the limit screw but the screw that alters the angle of the mech – any further out and it fouls with the cassette 3 before the top..(this is the b limit isnt it?)

ah ok i have just given myself a lesson in headset new standards… wow this didnt exist in 2007…!

ok thanks for the heads up!

F*** YES.

Someone you don’t know and will likely never meet just properly welled up at that news. Can’t imagine the sense of hope that seeing that chink of light in what was starting to look like an ever darkening tunnel must feel like.

^^^^^^
this. good news

^^^
exactly, well said.

Keep that spirit up and keep fighting. Vent here when needed.

ok cool, thanks v much for the ideas!

should have mentioned that we have finished all the JD ones and he loves them but is now outgrowing that.. wants longer more complex stories..

he loved fantastic mr fox last summer..

at 8.28 you see him rolling back down the bank, wearing blue jeans i think. he was in the corner worst possible place imho. RIP.

i wasnt meaning a lynching…

hopefully you’re proved right spin…and justice might be done.

taxi

hope you get it back! looks possible?

i did this in june last year and it flumoxed the doc here… when finally found what i had it took 3months but i still get pain..

congrats OP. one child naturally here but impossible to conceive a sister or brother.. have gone through tons of stuff and in the end kind of gave up. its hard.

hope all goes well for you both, and enjoy!

andrew.gunstone at gmail.com

hello!

ok no probs.

its this:

http://www.harrisonstrimsupplies.co.uk/trimfix-contact-adheshive-case-of-12-112-p.asp

i can buy it and get it delivered to you?

rubbish ive just thought – we are heading to france thursday night.. i might have to go with onandon with his offer if he’s still ok with it..

you think you’ll be near geneva when?

email me & let me know your number & i’ll call you.

thanks

i havent checked hornbach but all i have found in 3m 77 80 or 90 and the max temp any of these holds is 80deg…

hornbach arent generally specialist – they do everything not very well..

nail on head globalti..

No worries Phil, i wouldnt ask you to come by Lausanne!

ideally i would have arranged a pickup but it aint possible..

may have to do a trip to the uk as this is doing my head in.