Left side for me :D

Wanted a soul last year but the wife doesnt like them so that was that ! ..instead we bought a brand new kia Rio which has been ace :) … very very happy Kia owner here

I have a uraltour seat pack from russia, ordered through ebay, £28 ish plus postage, excellent service and great seat pack

Brilliant ….well done jenny Jones

Dont think there are many frames around now that have or use down tube gear bosses ? …. plenty of old frames had them ..
Hence not included maybe ?

Trying to resist ! …dont really need them but …. !

Going to Coventry !!

Exotics on both mine :)

TiRed – Member
I have. Soma Sparrow bars, SS and 26″ Conti cross tyres. Not yet swapped the forks. I was thinking of going with a set of 700c wheels and fork, but have yet to check the geometry with a spare set if forks I have. Finding 26″ cross tyres is not easy. Conti wire been was the only option I could source.

Had never heard of sparrow bars, look interesting !
Mine is 26″ and have some conti cross tyres, all i need now is some midge bars and some bb7`s and should be good to go ….. not sure how short a stem to go with ?

Fits me fine as its a small but am also concerned it may be a tad long ?

ahwiles – Member
bikebouy – Member
Singular Swift FTW, everyone thats ridden them loves them,

i din’t.

(annoying toe overlap, and i’ve only got size9’s)

Thats because of the silly sized clown wheels ….. stick with proper size size mtb wheels :D

Shame they are white :(

They do normally Stick shut ,Change quite a few each week,usually draytons ! … as long as the pin is free then it should be ok ? .. if not just isolate, drain down and change the pin, 15 min job at max :D
Did u unwind the head to max before screwing in back on ??

Jamie – Member
Akira – hadn’t spotted that it was a single ringer, cheers. I think I was drawn in by the colour…
If the Arkose 3 had been available in that green, I probably would have gone for one.

….as shallow as that sounds.

Pretty much the same here, love the green but not really taken by the silver although will end up ordering one sooner than later

Happy Kia owner here , sorry not a new Carens , but a new Rio , 8 months old and coming upto 10,000 miles ….. great car for the money and wouldn’t hesitate buying another Kia

Are we only doin 29″ers ? … as im a short arse and still ride a 26″ .. here is mine before my aber to Birmingham trip

I have 2 very obsolete 26″ scandals .. one black and one pink :) … no intention of changing them

I have an older thule rack and its awesome , rock solid at all speeds ! , carries 3 bikes with the adapter, its Big, its heavy but a pleasure to use, one handed tilt action with all bikes attached …
Usually only carries 1 bike now as my lads don’t ride anymore, so bit of a waste really :(

I use a spoon on my road bike, in fact all my bikes have spoons on, cheap and they seem to fit my fat arse ok :)

Similar thing to what im looking at as well , kinda planning a devon C2C to do around april time :)
will keep an eye on this thread :)

We used to use either Reynolds or Ceeways for columbus tubing for either lugged or tig welded frame sets, Ceeways site is crap at best !!
As you have now have your oxy setup, i assume you are in need of lugged tube sets or are you going for a bit of fillet brazing ??
forgot about Haden components as well, not sure if they are still around?
http://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/haden/

Liking the look of the Devon coast to coast :0) … did a similar thing over Christmas, Aberystwyth to Birmingham over 3 days

looking like sharm el sheikh middle of may for 10 days , just me and the mrs :)
maybe a bit of touring middle of the year :)

Very good write up :)

I’ve bought a uraltour seatpack through ebay, was delivered from Russia in 14 days and was ace value at £28 plus postage of about £8

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251370082523

Cheers keef …. best get the engraving done :D

Is there a prize for dead last ?? …… As id like you put my name down for it :D

Yep mine worked :D

My Kia Rio 1.4 diesel has averaged 53.7 mpg since ive owned it , and i now has just over 9000 on the clock , which im very happy with :D

That was excellent :)

Fairly easy to make your own :)

Looking at one of these myself,dont think you can buy better for the money :)

Distance 1,340.6 km
Time 86h 5m
Elev Gain 15,210 m
Rides 51

Sorry not much help, but my old best friend emigrated out there years ago and loves it ….. wish i had the balls to do the same :( …
he has plenty of snow at the minute !

Gone :)

As RD … local so im in :)

Ive had great service this week off them ….. happy customer here

Train from Birmingham to Aberystwyth day after boxing day, and then riding back to Birmingham over 3 days …. route planned is straight over Cambrian mountains and stopping first night in Rhayader carrying all my gear bikepacking style :D

Had to replace my lads screen after he shut his headphones in between screen and keyboard !! ….. frigging laptop was only 6 weeks old ! …. screen was just over £60 and piece of piss to change :) ….
Small flat screwdriver and a very small Philips head screwdriver was all that was needed …
plenty of vids online and most are very similar …..
had my screen from here http://www.laptop-lcd-screen.co.uk/shop/