mrmo point taken, but I think there’s more likelihood that someone would catch/hear/see a thief cutting a door frame out than bumping a cylinder.

If I were a crim (which i’m not)and I couldn’t bump/snap the cylinder, i’d be going through the door panel/glass, especially if it was a upvc panel in the door.

As with many things (including most bike locks), it’s only there to deter an opportunist crim. Unless you live in Fort Knocks, a determined crimial will get in regardless.

If you’re getting a new lock cylinder, it’s worth spending an extra few quid to get an anti bump and anti snap cylinder. Some of the non anti bump cylinders can be opened with (as the name suggests) a small key like implement and a short sharp shock/bump to the end of the implement.

The anti snap is a bit like a break away mech bolt, in that the front section of the cylinder comes away rather than snapping in the centre which allow a tea leaf to access the lock and open the door.

Yale/Cisa etc all do this kind of cylinder for about £20

Can’t speak for Kindles, but my touch screen phone works in a waterproof/dry bag

Miele (fridges) are made by a company called Liebherr (who also make some pretty awesome cranes). You can buy a Liebherr fridge cheaper than a Miele. We’ve got one. It looks nice and keeps stuff cold. Nuff said.

Mike

Steve

Steve being cat worried by the missus

Very easy to find the trails. Follow the red route from the main car park and then when you start seeing trails head off down the hill on your left, pick one.

I went for the first time a few weeks ago. Great fun. First time in ages where i’ve had that nervous feeling on the downhills. A lot are properly tech and steep. Good fun! They all seem to cross each other part way down, so going straight on, left or right will yield a different run each time.

Saddlebag was just an Alpkit dry bag with a load of webbing tie straps round it to hold it on, nowt special.

View was nice in the sun, not so good in the rain and wind!

Pictures of this weekends bivvy.

Friday night out on the Pennine Way from Widdop reservoir for a couple of miles.

Windy but sunny evening

Mate knocked us up a couple of tarps

Nice view from bed

Tarps set up to shelter us from the wind (along with the rocks behind), and any potential rain.

Woke up the following morning getting a wet face. Wind had changed direction 90deg meaning rain straight in to the tarp so it wasn’t protecting at all

F40 LM

And just because someone else did……sound up (careful not to wake the kids)

Turn sound up

(No idea how to add a video)

Trout –

It reminded me a touch of:

Which I though was a touch harsh considering that I can hardly change a light bulb sometimes let alone craft a cnc’d bright bike light!

I was a touch worried as i’d put up the PSA over the weekend before they could ship the brakes and thought afterwards that with the rush, I might end up getting none.

Good news, they are in the country according to the DHL tracking info…….

Looking forwards to getting them, but haven’t got any olives (or inserts) which was a touch silly. Have to find some of the correct ones from the uk.

Trout, in my humble opinion, if the main body has to be square/rectangle section for the battery pack, could the front not be the same section just with a circular hole for the reflector/lens?

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Holy bar ends on riser bars Batman

Reminds me a bit of this:

Why not just buy a cheap tent when you get to the US and have something else here.

You can sort of use Mytracks to follow a route.

Use BikeHike or similar and output it in to a gpx format. You can then import it in to google maps online. Once you’ve done this, you can have it as a map layer on MyTracks (I think) or google maps on the phone and follow it that way (not turn by turn nav, but should give you a good idea of where you need to go).

Bugger was supposed to post this in the Chat forum.

Hi Entonox,

How are you getting on with the SLX brakes? Has the power increased now they’re bedded in?

I appreciate all of the responses. I’m sensing that the vast majority of people who’ve worked in motor sport/F1 have either got out, or want out. Have to say that i’m a bit surprised as it at least on appearance seems like a good line of work, but guess it may not be suited to family life.

I realised the hours were long, but thought the pay was reasonable.

skiboy, as a machinist I presume that it’s all computer controlled? Even a degree won’t teach that, so how do you go about getting into that field?

I’ll have a look at the MIA website.

Looking at the vacancies on the team websites, it seems that a relevant engineering degree is the minimum to even get you looked at (for a grad course). Do they even do apprenticeships any more?

I believe that she owns, or started Pall-Ex distribution.

Thanks for the info.

Entonox, I thought that the free stroke was on both the slx and xt? What does the large twiddly knob do that sticks out the front, is that lever reach then, and the free stroke adjusts the bite point?

It’s sounding like the new XTs might be a very good option for me. Bit cheaper than the new Maguras.

Matt H have you tried the Magura MT6’s on 18BikesMatt bike? How do the XT’s compare, power and feel? (same question but opposite way round to 18BikeMatt).

Potts,

What size rotors are you using with them and what have you previously used/compare them against?

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the offer, but you’re a bit far from me! I’ve got Maguras at the minute and enjoy the power, but obviously the new MT’s are a far bit more than XT’s (and a lot more than SLX), so am wondering which are going to be the better brakes for power!

Brant, indeed you are right. 38mm, so not really a jump up from where I am at the minute, shame as they look nice.

I’ll check out the Kore and Sunlines.

Didn’t realise the MT4’s weren’t out yet.

I think from reading about them that the MT8,6,4 should all have the same power as they are the same brake just with different lightweight bits.

If the MT’s are an improvement on the current Louises, then they will be hard to beat. I think the Louises were only outgunned by Saints in that other forums dyno test.

If they are more powerful, then I doubt the new XT’s will beat them. But, the carbotechture master cylinders worry me. Are they going to be flexy/flimsy, being essentially plastic?

That’s a shocking finish. Go and get your money back (plus some extra to have it chemically stripped) and go elsewhere.

It’s the lazer ultra (all £650 of it)

I realise that most use the upright bar, but I can’t see why. They don’t make much sense to me other than manufacturers can sell a more expensive item.

The upright clamps to the (relatively thin tube) down tube to support the bike. Upside down carriers attach to the points I attach to when i’m riding so are designed to take load. Also the handle bar width will help stability (which is why most people will turn their bike upside down to work on it rather than try and balance it the right way up!).

I’ll have another look, take it Thule are way to go?

Anyone else have any experience of an upside down carrier?

We have a neighbours noisy teenage daughter to deal with.

She plays Lady Gaga loud enough for the whole street to hear. Drives me and the other half nuts. She seems to have a routine of very loud music, followed by some very loud sex with her boyfriend. She’s now also blossoming into a screamer.

We have found that an excellent way to play fire with fire (not that you dirty minded gets!) is to crank on Barry White at opportune moments. She’s certainly quietened down a bit this week since we’ve been ‘trialling’ our new favourite music!

Yosemite and Lake Tahoe are possibly my 2 favourite places that I have EVER been. I recommend to see both. Both are 4-5hrs drive from San Fran so easily doable.

Vegas is a days drive from either of the above (a long day), but driving through Death Valley is another amazing place.

Are you planning to go to the US/California again? If not, while it’s another days drive from Vegas, the Grand Canyon has to be seen to be believed, as pictures don’t show the scale of the place!

Work your way around pushing upwards with your thumb (like you would a champagne cork). Then when its halfway out grab it a twist it. Always works for me.

I have bad days at work and say silly things. Lewis has a bad day and a LOT of people happen to be watching him. Don’t want to spoil the illusion, but he is human and I suspect the haters have had a bad day once in a while and have apologised at some point in their working career.

They are built in a rather pleasant factory on the outskirts of Brixworth. But as with anything I suspect that there are outsourced components so Becky could be in Brixworth (where most of the engine is built) or another village where a component is made.

Having a quick look at the Fischer manual, a 6mm screw in a standard S plug (similar to a Rawlplug) has a typical recommended load of about 60kg.

I would NEVER just use screws and plugs to hold anything substantial onto the outside of a building.

For reference, we have just had a 450mm deep canopy designed at work and that needed M8 wall anchors at 400mm centres (so 10 in total to take the 4m wide canopy). I think the design weight of the canopy was 130kg off the top of my head. We would have thrown it back to the engineer had he specced screws and plugs.

What a complete and utter ugly piece of crap that looks.

Enough about the frame, what about the other bits 🙂

One tip, buy and lay the underlay yourself. It’s proper easy (sharp knife, some spray adhesive and duct tape is all you need) and will save you a load of money.

Weber kit is well worth the money.

For slightly less money, Landmann stuff isn’t too bad, especially if it’s the £15 bbq from lidl.

Generally Weber is the best you can get over here. Porcelain coated bowls, which will pretty much last a lifetime.

Depends what you want to cook. Excel cookers are good if you want to properly Q on a budget:

Pulled pork