Went cold turkey last September, first 3 weeks were tough but not had a craving since. I’ve been tempted a few times when having a drink but nothing a quick word with myself didn’t sort. Biggest help to me was having the right kind of people around.
Good luck with it, my fitness and recovery improved massively despite eating like a horse.

Are the cups loose in the frame, heard of another case of a Yeti having an over teamed headtube…………..?

My ardents are fine as where my advantages on my previous bike

Free-Wishing Well
Queen-Fat Bottom (sp?) Girls
Boston-More than a Feeling
Bad Company – Feel like makin’ love
Foreigner-Feels like the first time
The Knack-My Sharona

You may have the common motion control o-ring failure. Not a big job to put right, just need to replace 2 o-rings on the damping rod. Loco on here does the kits, he’ll probably be along shortly if not Google Loco Tuning

Bestowed upon me on my first ride with the Bogtrotters by SFB on account of a lighting a ciggie half way round

You need the washer set up to fit straight to forks for a 160 disc on post mount without adaptor.

Mine mounted straight onto mx pro post mount 160mm disc with usual avid washers

For the more northern of you the Bowland Beast (last year’s National Cyclosportive and previously known as the Pendle Pedal) will be taking entries in early January too

Madison Flux are £20 at Merlin and the same saddle as Charge Spoon

giving up the tabs :-)

Freesat Box for £30

When I worked there many moons ago I remember stock take being around this time. Might be nothing to do with year end etc. though.

Coming up to end of financial year so could be stock taking?

http://www.val-u-computers.co.uk/

Just set off without 2 instead :roll:

Another vote for Puppy here but for other distro’s ON a usb stick this site is the place to start: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/

You don’t have to wipe it, you just need to change the BIOS settings to allow it to boot from USB.

Advantage 2.4 – as big as most 2.5's

Mint is based on Ubuntu so should have same driver support, plus you can use both Mint and Ubuntu forums for help setting it up.

I've used the XFCE version of Mint for a while as a sole operating system at home and have always found a solution to hardware issues with a little research.

Puppy Linux on my laptop because it's so damn fast but I don't know how good the 3g support is on that one.

Glad you're OK James, you're not the first Boggie to fall foul of that particular jump

sfb in humble shocker "but my own riding skills are so scant I'd not presume to give instruction" ;-, your riding skills are better than that, it's the teaching skill that you may not have confidence in. Having been on a few of sfb's beginner rides and tried to help newbies I've learnt that everyone is different in the way that they can accept advice. Having been on the receiving end of Pro instructors advice it's apparent that they know how to ride but more importantly how to teach. Simple exercises for even experienced riders can make huge differences to their ability.

Maybe Stephen Warnock will get the chance he deserves now.

If he only weighs 40kg's replace brake cable inners with gear cable inners, I used to do it and I weigh significantly more than 40kg's.

Removes friction on the cable so easier for smaller hands.

EDIT – I still use gear inners on my BB7's and I have never snapped one yet.

Is that the first use of 'Fecundity' on STW?

Trust sfb :roll:

+1 Almera, Group 4 insurance on a 1.4. 2 Bikes with wheels off easily. Go for the MK1 though as the boot opening on a MK2 is a bit faffy.
45mpg and no-one wants to nick it.

Almera is group 4 insurance can get a decent 5 year old one for that money.

Try 'Honest John' and 'Parkers' sites for reviews.

Remember to change the damping oil for something more lightweight, I ran 5wt in Tora's and I'm (maybe was) 11st. The stock 7.5wt slowed the fork down too much for me.

Almera's are boringly reliable – I have a MK1 (P -Plate) and it refuses to die. The 1.5 in the newer version is a bit weedy so 1.8 a better idea if mpg not important. The lighter interiors look grubby very quickly.

I can get 3 bikes & 2 people and kit in my MK1 3 door but I wouldn't expect to get that in an 2002 model.

It was a bit chilly wasn't it – saw one fella in just shorts and a short-sleeved jersey 8O

http://www.bogtrotters.org/route/showrouteframe2.php?route=186

"Muff Spreads" from The Second Coming

My vote goes to "Bleeding Muff" so far though

Just been on the DX website and found this in the comments:

"sku.25149
Emitter Brand/Type: Seoul Semiconductors SSC
Emitter BIN: P7-C-SXO

sku.29489
Emitter Brand/Type: Cree
Emitter BIN: SSC-P7-C-SXO

Can anyone shed any light on this?

IGMC

Johnny,

Have you managed to suss out the difference re: the regulated current output of the bar mounted version versus the helmet mounted version?

Sorry meant as " that DX Magicshine light"

Almera 1.4 – group 4 insurance, 2 bikes with front wheels off, incredible reliability and 45 mpg. Check for rust as it's the only thing that kills 'em.

P,R,S,T plates for less than a grand rest on insurance. Insurance on my Almera cheaper than on my previous 1.0l Polo coupe (L plate – 1994) !

Nobody nicks 'em because they are gopping ugly, left mine unlocked in numerous dubious places and nobody even emptied the glovebox.

Real NoSoBad are back to defend their title

Whatch out for TRO's though on these ORPA/ white roads – mainly relate to vehicles rather than bikes.

Old bit of tyre and some zip-ties.

Change to Gripshift