How old are the discs?
If the disc is badly worn it will accelerate the wear rate of the pads.
Though one ride seems a bit strange.

Dunno if it’s improved any, but the shelter at the top of Cader Idris used to be awful. It had no door, so the sheep used to get in and crap everywhere.

What geoffj said, but especially point 2.

SB

The hardest road climb in western europe is without doubt situated on Brown Clee hill in Shropshire.

It’s actually an old ‘incline’ that was part of the old quarry works. It’s dead straight, straight up, and harder than anything else in western europe for sure.

:)

Hang on. Not so fast Sheld……

So you laced and trued a pair of wheels. Great, well done, but ride them for a month or so then tell us again.

Any fool can build a pair of wheels. It’s whether they stay true, and do the job that counts.

SB :)

Dry here in Central France.
Did a VTT rando yesterday, a couple of wet stream crossings.

Forecast snow for wednesday!!!

Not on the bike, but off the bike I used an Compex mi-sport EMS.

http://compex.ch/index_inter.php

Another vote for Boy here. Although Live at Red Rocks is good.

Saw them live at the Lyceum in the Strand in London. They were incredible.

Great post brant.
Enjoyed that a lot.
SB :)

I have a 28 spoke front stout hub on my 2004 stumpjumper HT. It’s been, and still is great. All i’ve had to do is change the bearings. I don’t ride the kind of stuff that jedi rides, but I do race XC on it.

SB

I just saw a bit of cyclocross racing on the adventure show. Why does it still exist in these days of mountainbikes? IIRC the CX races exclude mountainbikes as they are quicker to ride so why do folk still race CX?

Skinny tyres and drop bars with rubbish brakes and you have to run sections with your bike.

Are they all mad or am I missing something?

It’s fast, exciting, adrenaline. You never try as hard as you do in a cross race. It requires great skill and finesse, while at the same time being brutal. If I could only do one cyclesport it would be CX.

TJ – I think you are missing something. You should give it a try.

Mrs stratobiker has a s-works stumpjumper hardtail circa 2000. She just don’t like anything else. I even bought her a newer version, but she didn’t like it, and sold it!!!

I wouldn’t dream of wasting money on cars. Bikes are different.

WordPress.

Do you want it so that only the customers with passwords can see it. Or, so that only those with passwords can add to it/edit it, but the whole world can see it?

If you don’t take an opportunity, you’ll always wonder “what if?”.

She was only the Admiral’s daughter, but her naval base was always full of seamen.

Eeeeuuuggghhhh!!!!

That fishmongers daughter one is wrong.
Should be…….

She was only a fishmonger’s daughter,
but she’d jump on the slab and say “there’s the plaice, fillet.”

Well that’s how I remember it.

cheshmatt – tried there. They have them listed, but none in stock.

mcmoonter – Thanks. I reckon breakers yards are our next move.

salad – too cryptic, I can’t understand you. [pause] Just googled “mte ssc p7″…. Doh!!! :)

snaps – I’ve tried for days, worldwide!!!

C’mon STW c’mon!!!!

Elise + damp roads = :(

Do you mean you want to make a link in your text to take them to your pictures?

a href=”http://www.whereyouwannasendem.com&#8221; title=”some text they see when they mouseover the link”>The text they see on the page…</a

the above enclosed in <>

France.

Speaking as an ex teacher…………

We want your child to do well in the SATS.
We teach to the SATS.
Some of us feel that teaching to the SATS is shite teaching.
But, we want your child to do well in the SATS.

I don’t teach no more. Because – see above.

SB

An old stem with an old spacer to put the blade against. :)

You could suggest a trip to Ludlow (beautifil town, loads of history and a castle), and then accidentally pay a visit to Pearce Cycles where they have demo bikes :)

My current one has been up since July 2003.
stratobiker- a bloke a bike a blog

I keep it because it pleases me. :D

epo-aholic – they do have my email address. that’s the point of my post. How did they get it?

taxi25 – It’s all done and dusted. He’s been paid, through paypal, I got the product, both left good feedback for each other. Just trying to figure out how it was so easy for the scammer to get my email address.

OK, try again…

I won an item on ebay. Contacted the seller to arrange payment. So me and the seller both know what we’re doing.

A little while later i get an email from someone saying that they can’t take payment via paypal, and I should write back to them for details on how to pay (this didn’t fit with the arrangement I had with the seller, and whoever sent the email didn’t use the sellers name to sign off). The email was not through the ebay messaging system. It had the details of the item i’d won, plus the whereabout of the seller etc. All info’ that could have been sourced if they had been watching the item. But the bit they couldn’t have got from the item was my email address. I can’t figure out how they got that.

Ebay warns against contact outside of ebay regarding items. But how do they get your email address?

SB

Rather pleasant here in Central France. :)

lyons/Andy,
I’m a couple of hours North of Brive.
There’ll undoubtedly be some great riding there, just take you a short while to find it.

If you fancy a ride up in my neck of the woods. You’re invited.

So there’s two invites, and you haven’t even got the job yet. But we hope you do.

SB :)

what firestarter said + tied and soldered………
and if you’re not a bloater 28 spokes.

Sounds great Mick. Plus you’re a winner all round.

You’ve had great fun riding to work, it didn’t matter if you were a bit late, and ‘cos the rest didn’t show you’re a hero. :lol:

hero = madman ;)

Organic ones stop you better, but wear out faster.
Sintered don’t stop you so good but last longer.

Organic on the front, sintered on the back.

SB

I’ve never tried them, but a couple of times in races when i’ve been battling against someone and they seem to be having trouble with their tyres not biting on rocky/stony climbs…….. both times they were on NNs.

I was on Hutchinson Pythons. Now they are a great tyre. :)

Harlech Castle – My fave, so many memories, from the 70s…..

Exactly WTF u on about Smee?

You big fat troll :)

I made my own…………..

Yes, laugh if you like, but for me, early season ‘toothache of the knee’ is a thing of the past. Oh, hang on, you don’t think I wear them like that do you? No, I just pinned ‘em on the outside of my tights to show what they look like. Normally I just tuck them inside my tights, and the tights hold them in place. Simple! and they work brilliantly.

I made them from the hood of an old duvet jacket (you’d never guess would you), which means that they have a ‘hollofil’ insulating layer.

:D

Great thread!!!!!!! :)

My 68 reissue Explorer…

My Fender big apple strat…

My 79 strat. Bought new by me in 1979 from Rock Bottom in Croyden…

Finally, my Les Paul

It’s a Les Paul Custom. I agonised over buying it for a couple of months. Used to go to the shop at least once a week to try it. Stopped going to the shop as it was stressing me.
So then I decided that if it was still there on my birthday it was meant to be mine and I should buy it. Went to the shop, it was gone. :(

Asked the shop keeper who he’d sold it to. He explained that he hadn’t sold it, it was much worse than that, it had been stolen!!! Worse still, he’d had a bunch of guitars stolen. The thieves had broken in through the roof and were making their escape with his ‘gems’ when they were caught in the act. They simply threw the guitars to the ground and ran. The Les Paul was badly damaged and the headstock had been snapped off! :(

He’d sent all his guitars for repair. I asked him to call me when the LP was back. Three month later I got a call. The guitar was back! Shop keeper tells me It’s good, but not perfect.I dash over…….. The neck repair was 100% there was no way you could tell it had ever been broke. The repairs to the body were brilliant. There was just one place on the binding that wasn’t perfect, but I had to have it pointed out to me.

I bought it without further delay. It’s a beautiful monster of a guitar, and I like the fact that it has a dark history. :)

The English……………………