Its more about the chargers than the batteries, specifically the build quality and the (non) CE approval.

Oh and we’ve had one of them chargers go bang. Stripdown revealed shoddy soldering on PCB and badly trimmed tails.

Food for thought.

Westworld.

Fine performance by Yul Brynner

Also the sequel Futureworld, watchable but not a patch on Westworld.

Myofascial release with a tennis ball, the best 42p I ever spent. I’m plagued by severe back pain usually occurring 30-40 minutes into a ride. The only respite I get whilst riding is to stand out of the saddle and arch backwards to stretch the pain out.
Started with the tennis ball at the base of the spine & buttocks and it’s really sorted out my glutes, particularly the left buttock which seems to be my problem area.
I also strip my IT bands daily and Psoas release. I then carry on with yoga stretches followed by planks & side planks then dips.

Some of this may be of benefit to you, it’s certainly helping me.

Stu

I like the ODI cross trainer. Soft but not too squishy!

Dangerboy you will not be disappointed.
The SC600 is awesome!

Zebralight SC600. Can be had for £60ish. IMO the best single 18650 mini torch or why not make up your own tailored to your needs ie Solarforce L2P host with whatever drop-in module you fancy eg 1/3/5 mode XML/R5/Q4 etc etc

Congratulations, the bling is back!

Magnesium the night before in a fairly large dose otherwise I’d be contending with a migraine from hell post ride.

Oh and High 5 magnesium tabs in the bladder as well.

In 7 to 10 days I’m told.

45 mins easy ride as a warm up then 45 mins balls out max effort seems to be effective for me. Agree with othess that distance is meaningless.

Yeah apparently they are a tad quieter. Not a big fan of the freehub noise so maybe not a bad thing !

Sounds like DLM (Digital Line Management) to me. Phone up CS and ask them if its currently throttling your connection.

Happened to me, some type of exchange hardware that allegedly detects errors on your line then throttles you down until it finds a stable speed. Resettting your router during DLM allegedly worsens the problem as the exchange hardware thinks its seeing more dropped signals.

Worth a try

Correct !

Love it. Definately one if my better purchases :-)

Its powdercoated. WTA coatings near Annan, Dumfries & Galloway.

Candy blues or any other candy colour require a silver basecoat whether it be done by Olympic ( Turners powdercoaters ) or anyone else. Conveniently mime was already Sparkle Silver and was in excellent condition so the candy went over the top.

I have no issues with shock fitting and is in my opnion a factory quality finish.

Hope rhis helps

Stu

Love mine especially since a full rebuild in Turner candy blue.

120mm Reba’s / 70mm stem / 740mm bars ( to be reduced to 720mm)

Sam,

Who sorted your shock for you?

With 2 new models surely the remaining 5’s won’t re-surface in an 8gb guise as per usual when it comes to last gen iPhones ?

Not a dog owner but was impressed when I overtook a Staffie on a downhill section. The dog even had the etiquette to pull to one side as I passed him on the straight. He was haulin’ ass, I overtook him at over 30 odd mph IIRC.

I remember thinking to myself If I was going to get a dog it would be a Staffie

Pirelli P-Zero Assimetrico’s on the golf. Amazing grip in the wet & dry.

I had Kuhmo’s on before that and were quiet enough but couldn’t be pushed as hard the Pirelli’s

Young lad that works with us blew his first months wage on random shite including said Civet coffee.

Tasted no better than a cup of carte noire.

Funny watching a group of rock ape grease monkeys smashing up one of the worlds most expensive coffee beans with a ball pein hammer for the cafetiere though.

Was a proper 2001 space odyssey moment.

Do any of you notice the PWM on the Chinese lights.
Like a strobe effect in the corner of your vision. Not everyone is overly sensitive to it.

I’m going to sell my iPhone 4S to get one of these.
Played with a one tonight and was impressed

Second hand unlocked and £12 / month GiffGaff all the way.

I’m not saying I ride full-on with only a helmet torch. I’m saying I could and did get round on one torch if I had to.

I always ride with 3 lights.

Bars, helmet & spare helmet one in the backpack :wink:

I don’t see how much better a £150 light could be and why you would need anymore light than the x2 could provide.
Providing it lasts at least a year trouble free it will be well worth the money.

1. Step Regulation
2. Better thermal conductivity
3. Better quality control
4. Better quality cells
5. No visible PWM in lower output modes

You get the idea…

My impression of the Chinese units is as follows:

Purchased a cbseen unit and proceeded to ride a red route at a local trail centre in the pitch black.
Without warning the light immediately switches off during a descent. Not good.

It gets returned under warranty and the battery pack now has issues. Never again.

Luckily at the time I had a helmet mounted torch on which Is a Zebralight SC600. It is by no means cheap but I can ride trails with that light alone & can trust it.

Personally I would say that for towpaths / roads / urban then Chinese is fine. For riding at warp speed in the pitch black on a gnarly trail I wouldn’t entertain them.

Your welcome !

Yes, berry flavour all the time. However my Hydrapac bladder now has a permanent day-glo green tinge to it.

I can categorically state for the record that the Dualco grease gun did not put enough grease into the bushings of my Flux & 5 Spot. I think that the injection method isn’t good enough due to the small spiral groove in the bushings ie too much resistance.

Turner state that you should never over grease the bushings to the point that grease comes out of the sides.

I assume that’s because your essentially mis-seating the o-rings which would allow for dirt ingress.

I say bollocks to that. I pump till it comes out of the sides then fully clean the grease away on the outsides so the o-rings sit right.
You’d be amazed how much watery dark grey grease comes out of them.

Oh and by the way I have the genuine grease cartridges for sale at £8 delivered.

Will probably outlast the life of the bike.

Yeah this:

Thru drilled M5 x 20 Socket cap screw with a grease nipple welded on. Simples.

I Have all my zerks plugged off & simply screw this in for a quick blast of grease.

The originals are a bad head anyways. Especially when you have to clean the zerk off first ( unless you keep them taped up)

If you want one gratis let me know and ill knock one up for you

Speicalized does everything so well why bother with anything else?

Are you an employee of MBR magazine ? :-)

Interesting. Never considered a shadow + setup. Thanks

7 months after the Doctor stabbed my right nut whilst trying to hook the vas tube.

Time-sert inserts. Superior to the standard helicoil.

It was at this point when it all started going pete tong

If its the hands on approach or the “mechanics” you love I’d suggest that retraining as some kind of Maintenance Fitter / Millwright / Engineer would be the smart choice. Potentially better earnings, less hours & more days off ( on the right shift pattern ) and most importantly, more variety.

If its all about the bikes then please totally disregard the above and go for it. Whatever floats your boat!

Newcastleton’s highlight is a 24/7 changing room. Not challenging by any means and more of a quick blast but it has its place. I like the loneliness of the place if you know what I mean. There’s never anyone there !!!

Mabie cafe had nice bacon butties but now it’s shut.

Ae has a chemical toilet and the omega man’s cool.

Dalbeattie is more of a challenge than the above trails.

Not a JVC.

Put one in the golf and it has a very painful response speed when skipping iPod / iPhone / USB
tracks on the touchscreen.

^^^^^ This

Because like Dickie, I have one also !

I’ve had the Anthem as well but personally feel the Flux is the better ride. Much stiffer IMO and less bob out of the saddle. Does seem to blow through the travel with the correct sag though

Oh and the top class customer service ( that I’ve experienced first hand)

2.3 mile 4.8% grade, 710ft elevation difference @ 6.9 mph.

I’m a truly shite climber.