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  • Shimano GF8 (GF800) Gore-Tex Shoes review
  • smokey_jo
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    I know a man who has both an Alfa SZ100 and a Delta Integrale – both absolutely mint (Aussie imports) and he’s going to let me have a play in both in the summer – if he hasn’t already sold the Lancia by them.

    Most insane car I went in during my youth (Not me driving though) was a Chevette HSR driven quite spiritedly ! Engine was a 6 cylinder 2.3 I think from a Bedford CF van. Banana Yellow with a roll cage. I think it died hugging a lamppost 🙁 Guy who built it was a Vauxhall mechanic who had two speeds – Flat out and crashed.

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    A page can be as long as you want but a user wants to find the content they are looking for on your site as quickly and easily as possible so design your site around that.

    Do you know what content you are going to present? Start there then think about how you will present it

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    Haven’t run those but you can get Clarks M2 for the same money and they’re pretty good and no reliability issues so far.

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    It may not have levers but there may still be isolator valves. Instead of a lever there will be a screw head which you turn 90 degrees to shut off supply to tap.

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    You can’t blame the calipers, pads or levers unless the cable movement is virtually friction free and it is easily achievable.

    If you’re feeling resistance when pulling the lever then your cable outer is either full of crud, split or poorly routed.

    If on flat bar levers run a gear cable inner in brake outer. Fibrax stuff works fine. Reduces drag between inner and outer and i’ve never snapped an inner or torn the nipple off.

    Road brifters (Shimano) as you can’t use gear inners, although I have thought about adding solder to the nipples, you have to be careful on cable routing as drop bar cable routing will always add friction, tend to get sharp bends on chainstay to caliper mount too which doesn’t help.

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    It’s quite simple, the pope saves

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    Another vote for Saguaro, maybe a mezcal up front if you need more bite, but saguaro handles 3 seasons of the dales just fine on the front

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    Mrs Brown’s Boys

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    looking at pics and video the toll booth end went up first and bore the worst of the damage, I think the gondola and main motorcycle display area are between the toll booth end and the restaurant. Looks like they saved the restaurant from burning down but little else.

    When I spoke to the hotel we were scheduled to go to in March in neighbouring Obergurgl they were making noises that they might not open the ski area at all this season. As this is a key gondola on the hochgurgl side that’s only going to be more likely now.

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    The M2’s have great feel but not blown away by the power – similar to mini mono’s power wise with stock pads

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    Load space in a duster is poor too. If you’re leaving the rear wheel in anything over a medium 26’er is going to laid on it’s side, not upright. And I’d rather walk than be in a Duster for 4 hours, seats are dreadful

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    I went from 22/32 to a 30/40 and managed to adapt ok. Only real struggle is on Steep and Techy and I don’t seem to walk any more sections than I did before I may just get off about 10 yards earlier. I think a 30-42 is worth a try before going 11 spd

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    I found it easier to get some v small zip ties and cut them into pieces the correct length and insert them in the key-ways. Been in there 2 years now with no problems

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    C-class Petrol estate. Get a post-facelift with a 7g auto box. C200 or 250 with 70k should be possible. Find your local independent merc garage and servicing isn’t more expensive than anything else either.

    Roof rails, good load space roof isn’t high. Comfy place to sit and even my very diminutive wife thinks the driving position is high enough. 40mpg on a run, 30mpg around town.

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    Ride with them on your normal bike and make them wait at the top of the hills or cadge tows off them – you get to have more fun on the downhills 🙂

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    Are you using a standard woocommerce theme like storefront or is it a custom one? Lots has happened with Woo and WordPress in the last 3 years so the spec from 3 years ago might not be suitable now.

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    Yari with a MoCo is not fit for purpose on 170 fork IMO. Wife has same bike but one level higher spec and it has a Lyrik. The difference is night and day.

    My 2010 Pikes with MoCo are equally rubbish and that’s only 130 travel with a coil spring.

    Got a 100mm travel Manitou Minute with the ABS damping on my hardtail and that doesn’t spike like the Yari or the Pike despite me having to have them more firmly sprung to cope with less travel.

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    The latest fitbits need android 8 and above to connect

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    I have a Blink set-up and it’s pretty good, doesn’t drop signal, good range on the sync module to the wi-fi network (better than my phone). There was some black friday reductions – might be worth seeing if they are still on.

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    OS site has 20% off everything by the looks of it

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    Blocked valve core?

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    1 Litre slimline tonic bottle is sufficient for my 29 x 2.4’s

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    Just listened to the original memphis recordings album by primal scream, pretty bloody good. I liked the original album well enough but this is a different class.

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    Paper clip

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    I have a 9 spd version of that cassette on a couple of bikes and they shift fine – I don’t cheap out on chains though. Genuine SRAM or KNC, so many shimano fake chains on ebay now I don’t trust Shimano

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    Also interested in a PS4 whilst the hijack is in progress 🙂

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    Got half a dozen sites on my GA dashboard and never paid a penny. IP address is largely pointless. If your home/office ip address is fixed and not DHCP it’s worth excluding it from the results as it can skew it depending on traffic.

    https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1034840?hl=en

    Have a look at search console too can give you some insights as to how your site performs, errors and search terms https://search.google.com/search-console/about

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    GA4 update broke it on WIX I think

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    Are you on a Wix domain or your own?

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    I think I would want at least a couple of sturdy mates in Bethnal Green, but yes Frame Numbers people – plod aren’t interested without them!

    Bike in question if anyone’s interested – it’s going cheap too https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-vehicles/saracen-hack-2-2013-cx-bike/1390235400

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    Would you go to Bethnal Green to buy a bike off a bike thief? Police actually warned him off doing so too saying he would be putting himself in harms way

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    Our lad had his bike nicked in London 3 weeks ago – it’s been for sale on Gumtree for 10 days or so now and the Police won’t do anything because he doesn’t have a frame number even though there are some rare identifiable parts on it that distinguish it easily.

    They actually closed the case stating not enough evidence to investigate even though he sent a picture in of him with said bike with distinguishing features clearly visible.

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    VOIP?

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    Some dentists already do minor cosmetic stuff like fillers and botox

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    I know of a dentist who is signed up to deliver the vaccine, she says that it will be administered in recipients homes, I guess this solves the waiting logistics….

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    C class estate, Comfy and enough room for my bikes without too much faff

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    Any of you early adopters selling a ps4?

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    You can do it by getting small zip ties and inserting them in the key ways cut to the length you want to reduce travel by. Mines working fine after plenty of wet rides.

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