cable too short and general indexing sorted it.

yeh, its suspension related. It was really bad for half the ride until I relased that the cable outer wasnt in at one end, even so, it still wasn't great. How much below your BB is your cable loop ? about an inch of slack ?

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havent we always been doomed forever ?

100% go local… I've just started taking our Daughter to Nursery this week, my wife has to be at work befor it opens so its down to me… and Believe me, you don't want 20 mins travelling on top of everything else you have to get done in a morning.

I'm in a Bongo camper..on board toilet, water, heating, blackout blinds, TV, fridge etc 😉

Took the temp in the campervan tonight…8 degrees with heating on.. too cold for young uns ?

Timely thread, we are just debating this very subject. We were supposed to be going away in our campervan, which basically has a tent on top where our 14 month old would sleep… and we have elecy radiator.. we almost decided it would be too cold until seeing this thread… think we were just being nesh !

My wife's a Nurse like you to crikey, We see the issues.. and after 2 years of living with this we see the benefits. In the end we got to the Ward, they said, just take her to his room… he's in a room on his own btw. God knows why there was so much hassle before we visited about not bringing her, and all the staff were happy to see her on the ward !

ITU fair enough, I guess no one her understands the context of a Stroke ward……

To put it in context, its a stroke ward. Basically not infected / week people but people who are physically damaged by the stroke. First time he was in there for 3 months.. so anything to break the Mental monotony is a good thing.

We've weighed up the infection concern in that she may pick up infections, but to be honest, she's picked up so many at nursery in the last few months we don't think the ward would be any worse for a single visit for 1 1/2 hours.

The hospital is Sheffield Northern General, It appears policy is left to each individual ward. We have talked to the Ward and finally they agreed to allow to meet in the dining room for a short time. We got the feeling that they thought it was a ball ache that someone would have to bring him to the dining room, which we could easly do… afterall, we've looked after him for over two years with his disabilities.

My main gripe is the context of the Ward doesn't really fit with a ban on grounds of infection considering the effects of stroke don't necessarily increase the risk of infection to the patients. Half the fight with a stroke is in Mental well being…. imagine being a fit mountain biker for 20/30 years, the main bread winner in a family for that time, then suddenly not being able to work, walk, drive or talk properly. Its almost like the Ward have a complete misunderstanding of the needs of those specific patients.

hustler, thats kind of down to the parents to control that action.. which we would.

video is a cracking idea though, thanks all.

not so unknown but overlooked… The Big One !

squishy, Only 2 months ago you were pushing your lights and yet now you have ceased making lights for / perusing the MTB market ?

Thanks for the Public reply Reuben, However, you state above "We will, of course, continue to support all the tiger lights out there, and I do actually have a stock of parts for this very purpose"

Can I buy a couple of connectors please ?(as per my emails) So I can run a "standard" set of batteries that I will put together myself. When I purchased demand was so high you "only" had the large battery set. I thought, ok, I'll buy it with large battery and then buy a small battery later when there back in stock. Nothing led me to believe that you would cease to sell anything for the tiger lights…..
OK, the supports still there, but I can't help but feeling a little bit had.

OR, if your not selling MTB lights anymore, can you not give your source for the connectors ?

mmm, thanks for the feedback all. Intresting about leeking around the valves, I had that issue to but only when I'd used the non spesh valve. I'll stick a rimstrip on and see how it goes OR may try running a 2bliss tyre on the back and see if thats better.

Cheers.

Real shame if they have gone that way as the lights are fantastic.

what tyres you running northwind ?

thanks Stoney, helps a little, considered changing all the connectors… piskes me off that I now can't buy either bits….strange company.

mmm, to be honest, its been the first issue in eight months of riding around the Peak with them.. found them to be V good so far….. what issue have you had ?

mmm, "heavy" frames are heavy for a good reason aye ?

Ride slower.

Anyone else done this ?

cheers Gary.

Alpine is 3400g + shock, so + 220g for RP23

er, I missed a key point of my post.. I used it to record a top speed of 305 Km/h – on the high speed train from Bussan to Soel in Korea.. sentence makes a lot more sense like that 😉

Ive got both advantage and Ardent…. I'll take a while to contemplate how they differ…

first thoughts are that I can't pin down massive differences except I found the Ardent awfull in mud, and the advantage better in mud.

Both need banking over hard to get edge grip

Id say the Ardent is marginally faster rolling.. but not a lot in it.

I used it to record the top speed of 305 Km/h ! But I use it all the time on night rides etc to record the route. good program for free, the live update option looks fun to do some time.

yup… surprisingly have now owned a frame for more than 12 months ! Can't see me doing much swapping anymore, happy with both…

eeek, too short. Bugger. Well defo try b4 you buy on next frame if you can Dan. What about Lapierre also ? Lex's has those for Demo.

If its anyhelp, tracer frame weighs 3400g with shock.

New bike Dan ? the Foes is hardly ridden, your getting worse than me 🙂

Also look at, Remedy, V light. Roscoe, Yeti 7" ? Alpine is like a mini 224 (apparently)

There is a run down on 6" bikes in MBR this month, Alpine takes the "this mag is paid for by advertising" win above the other 3 on test.

EDIT: AND look right at that CRC link – Iron Horse 6" bikes going V low price on CRC

Switch to a 200mm mount, then put shims under the screws to position the caliper for 203mm or 205mm… works with all mount types, hope, avid etc.

Your best bet is to always try to make contact with land owners first. Who owns it ?
Otherwise what tends to happen is the landowner just gets miffed and thinks your a bunch of kids runing the place.
That said, I quite like the approach of both starting to build, and talking to land owner at same time, as given a choice, 90% of land owners would rather you just went away.

Take a look at IMBA or Singletraction websites for advice.

Join a local trail advocacy group and do something about it ?

stolen now but my m8 did, Pics are shown with Talas at either mid or low setting.. cant recall which

hehe, look at the results !

WARNING WILL ROBINSON.. WARNING WARNING !

Keep clear of those m8. Look at the Sunline website… I think you'll find they no longer promote the parallel action (once fitted never get out) headset.

They are OK ish to fit, but had really tight tolerances so you had to force them on. Then once fitted they were nigh on impossible to remove. Do a search on MTBR.com for more (scary) info.

Ive bought two pairs of £500+ forks off him in the past, no problems at all…

Pmsl… that's what I'm thinkin, I paid for this privilege and it nags me more than the Mrs.