Cheers

Having had a few days of wheels from Superstar and been very happy with them, I looked at those gravel /Road wheels myself but I cannot tell if they are tubeless compatible or not?

Orange Patriot (from 2000) rode it hard for 7 years eventually throwing it off a bit of a drop…..landed to flat and rode it out with alot of suspension kick back.
very faint crack at the shock mount.
Orange gave me a 20% discount on a new frame
So I got a Five (08 model) ragged that senseless with 160mm forks on it for 5 years.. eventually the beating cracked the bike around the pivot..
I still havent replaced it with another trail type bike as I ride more road and XC than anything else

last house purchase was a nightmare
we are moving in the next two years due to work shift (closer to trails, really really good trails so the move is worth it) I am not looking forward to dealing with the solicting buffons…

A66 is pretty good and now most of the A1 work south of Scotch Corner is completed and it is 3 lane motorway from there in.

Your other option is M6/M65/M60/M62/M621 if you are close to rush hour seriously do not bother. the M6 from Lancaster onwards to the M621 is a nightmare around rush hour.

Perception of the words used by A (bi or not) by B meant that the comment was seen to be prejudicial.

you are going to break!!! 😈

“By moving to a longer shock stroke and 90mm of rear wheel travel, we were able to substantially lower the leverage curve, which allows for greatly reduced shock pressures, a wide range of usable rebound, and elimination of the ‘dead zone’ of unused suspension travel that 100mm platforms traditionally suffer from,” said Kevin Dana, senior off-road global category manager at Giant.

FOES have been doing this for years – Mechanical Engineers – why have other manufacturers not gone for reduced leverage ratios upto now?
Simple speak please…

Every day is cycle to work day for me.

Harris Gin along with some pink grapefruit.

yum yum

I race XC and Endurance (10/12/24hr) Events.. I proudly wear my Lycra bibs out there not hidden under baggies…

I find there are 2 types of people in this world.
Those that think I am a knob because I diverge from the ‘normal’ path
and
Those who accept that I will choose my own way and occasionally it will be the same way they are going

(NB I do not fat bike)

We have an Icarus 500 DLX, it is a very good tent but the sloped front is a pain in the wet, we have King poles which helps.. but we have just splased out extra on the Awning that has the same issue but you do not drag the water into the main tent.

great sized tent for two samll boys plus the wife and I.. I think the added porch will benefit us away with bikes etc. first outing of the porch this weekend at Pivot

I went to Uni for free with grants (due to folks low income) post Thatcher…

She had her faults but she did not take away free uni.

hell any chance of some paragraphs in that!!

I had to highlight each part as I read it.

I enjoyed the tour, the lack of mountain to finishes brought something new to the event.
Though the flat finishes after a mountain descent.. hmmm
a short sharp 1 to 1.5km rise at the end of these stages would be better. whoever was feeling freshest after a day’s climbing would be able to take a good chunk out of those around them in the GC.

Measure what?

Boiling water is the biggest killer of the coffee when Aeropressing (and other places also)
when I have been in a rush and not let the boiled kettle cool the coffee has tasted pretty average.

on leaving the water to cool (to an obviously accurate 80degC) the resultant coffee has a far superior taste.

Scotland needs to grow more trees before it starts anything else.
oh and so does England and Wales.

So why are we spending millions cutting them down to reinstate heathland?

Madness, Scotland and most of our uplands were tree covered many moons ago..

Heathland was sparse in comparison.

Scotland needs to grow more trees before it starts anything else.

oh and so does England and Wales.

Everything is worth doing once?

Really??
Beastiality, Incest, Necrophilia, Morris Dancing….????

Ride my mountain bike more often

there may be faster, there maybe two that could fly as long
but none could fly as fast and low for the length of time this lady could achieve.
600kts at 50ft and below for 1000nm….

perchypanther – Member
when she did what?
Snapped under the constant pressure of glaring eyes tracking her every movement?

Dude, just go to Argos or Currys or somewhere and buy the most expensive Baby Camera that they have in stock.

The wisdom of STW , who between them have safely raised hundreds of kids to adulthood is clearly lost on you.

Cuddle 😆 😉

my big lad – in a toddler bed (no bed guard) by 18months – (now 3.5 and in a full height single bed)
The little one same 18months in the toddler bed (nearly 2 now) – last night had to swing his legs back into bed as he was hanging out of it.

had no issues – only used an Audio monitor (so I can go spannering in the garage when the wife is out and I can chat back to them when they are still wide awake at 2100 without having to go ack into them)

the shelves – make sure they are pinned to the wal as a previous poster said.
You are being overly paranoid and worried. dont pander let them grow and learn.

Air BnB (you need to keep on top of your bookings or they will kick you off for double booking etc)

Have a local company turn it over for you
get local contacts in trade, sparkys, plumbers etc who will do a good job.
Key lock box –

We have a property let out at the moment but when the current tennant leaves we may well turn it into a holiday let – it will be useful for ourselves as well.

just throwing this out there
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I camped for the first time in 2 years (first time with the second child) for the XC race at Dalby this weekend.
SAturday – Pee’d it down.. once the tent was up the children had fun in the new den … for a little while until they wanted to go play outside on the grass muddy slop
Sunday – Sun shine – sat outside for breakfast and cup of tea.. children had free run of the drying grass muddy slop (parental oversight was only required to prevent young children from being run over by fast moving pedal bikes).
I kind of liked lying in the tent listening to the rain outside.
I didnt like trying to prevent all of the muddy slop from entering the tent..
oh and trying to two small boys from pressing the tent inner against the outer is an impossible task.

I have long legs..
therefore I am out

The high quality but go really cheap at the end of the season.
So I can buy them and Commute in them daily.

just to name a few brands hitting that area.

This is obviously subjective, but in my eyes those bikes are all still way over into the ‘proper MTB’ rather than ‘woodland bimbler’ areas, despite how they might get used.[/quote]

They are proper MTBs I totally agree, but I would put that slap bang into that ‘Sportive’ MTB bikes that has been mentioned.

Oh and that Cleland might be very good at what it does but it looks bloody awful.

The Sportive/Endurance market is a good comparison, where is the MTB equivalent?

Scott Spark 900 (92 or 930 please) or 700 series
Giant Trance
Specialized Camber
Cannondale something or other

just to name a few brands hitting that area.

As far as I can see he pretends to quite like the greens, absolutely detests the blues, obviously prefers the reds and in his younger days used to ride the blacks, but not anymore.

many things on the internerd cause me smile, rarely does something have me laughing out loud. many heads were turned in the office.. no one else got it.

to answer your question

Wood
and not these pieces of tat you get from Homebase/B&Q

Please, please, please do not put up a plastic shed.
the more people that do, the more they will make these ****’ horror shows.

Strawberries
Strawberry flavour stuff…

urgh…. everyone who likes those = weird…

I have friends in Chesterfield, and they really like it.
If I could handle a none bike commute I would live over that way myself.

I have started to follow aP’s choice in ‘discussions’ and point out that my boys would no longer have a father if they had killed me with their lack of consideration for a vulnerable road user.

though yesterday’s ‘discussion’ along these lines with a lorry driver I got told to F*** off…. and that he gave me ample room..
he really really did not and cut back in early as well.
in 5 years of commuting this route, it is the first time I have properly had panic that I was going to get hurt. (massive adrenaline spike)

his company has an email now I have calmed down. I doubt they will educate their drivers.. but the least I could for others sake is try.