Did ride this until i cracked it ! 2008 Mongosse canaan elite , frame replaced with a nice shiney red 09 model …. excellent bike for the money

BETD…. = waste of time and space

user-removed – Member
Stumpy, I live in the (one-time) car crime capital of England and my premium's £130 less than yours with a 10 year old TD Focus estate, fully comp and a fair few extras – do you use the comparison sites?

#apologies to OP for totally unhelpful post#

Yes ive used comparison sites , as well as stand alone sites and still get crap quotes !
not sure if its the car or where i live / mileage etc ?

Ive just paid £446 fully comp thats with 9 year no claims , parked on drive at nite , only me as driver , i`m 41 and do 12000 miles a year ..nissan primera diesel 2.2 .. thought it was expensive , but tried loads of places and still no cheaper …
Live in birmingham .

I had 2 brass cup holders machined at work and put them onto 12mm threaded bar with nuts each end , all you do is tighten the nuts and hey presto , headset in ..
where are you ?
if your in birmingham , you can borrow it
Have also used a BIG G clamp with bits of wood either end to protect the headset cup ….

Tony

Used to work with a lad called peter stain and his dad alan stain !

A stain and P Stain ! :D

Brack .. really feel for you mate , know exactly what your goin through .. Hadnt really got on with my dad for 15+ years , but last year he was admitted to hospital with bowel cancer and the 8 weeks he was in hospital , i spent as much time with him as i could and we talked , which is something we had never done before, we managed to build a few bridges and patch things up , just before he died ….
Thing is , he died exactly 1 year ago today !! .. 7.31pm to be precise ..
I know it may be hard , but you really need to sort things out, even if its just for your own peace of mind …
Hope you sort it and good luck

I have the red/silver sweep and can honestly say … its the best helmet ive ever worn , fit is first class … i use 1 off road and 1 on the road ..
I prefer it to either giro and met and ive had both … bell all the way
plus when i bought mine they were only £49 !

My 17 year old sons pink scandal !

Just got back from chiro and feel so much better, its not as serious as a slipped disks etc
Piriformis syndrome as above ,the chiro prodded and pushed here and there and i feel alot better ….. £40 well spent me thinks
sciatica entrapment was his verdict

Thanks for all the replys

chakaping – Member
Best thing I ever did

If your company is at all generous then you should be looking at a pretty packet with 12 years under your belt.

You dont know our place , they finished quite a few last year and some had been there 20 plus years and only got 10K – 12K !

Id be lucky if i got out with 8-10K

lowey – Member
No Debt and Small Mortgage ?? job you hate ?

No brainer for me mate. See how much they will offer you.

Yeah i`ll wait and see what they offer first , but if its the same as previous years it will be govemnet mininum , which is s**t
Better than nothing though … some days i just feel like handing my notice it and **** the lot of them …
If it wasnt for the wife and kids to support ,id have left yesr ago

stumpy_m4 – not wanting to be a killjoy but the undulations, bumps etc. at Thetford do tend to provoke achy lower back. Be careful

Thanks for the warning , ive decided to give it a miss ..
Id rather give the ride up than do some proper damage to my back .. there`s always next year !

My first year also , but ive done my back in, and the chiro said i shouldnt ride it..

Id love to ride to work , its just over 20 miles each way , but it would mean leaving the house at 5.15 in the morning , and there are no showers at work ..

Back from the GPs and all they said was rest and take more painkillers !! , which wasnt too helpful really…
I`ve booked to see chiropractor for thursday afternoonn to see what he says about me riding ?
really want to ride and not let the whole team down…

Thanks to all for the replys

Tony

GP should be your first route

off to the GP`s later ….

me as part of a team , but i`m laid up at present with a bad back !

Not mine but my 17 year old sons !!

DM52 – Member
commencal managed to rustle up, eventually, an 06 frame for me earlier in the year so you never know you might be able to get an 08 frame after all

I`m hoping they do , as ive said before i really dont like the newer ones , just abit concerned it may happen again to the 08 frame !
As its a Mongoose canaan , i presume it will be hotwheels the shop will deal with , anyone dealt with them before ?? .. any problems ?

Kuco – Member
Whats actually broken? if it's just the front they might just replace that part and not the rest or vice versa.

Its where the top tube and seat tube meet , there a gusset there and the frame has cracked above the gusset
They also want me to send the seatpost as well ,I bet they go down the route that ive had too much seatpost out and thats what caused it , thing is its still got the standard 300 mm post in it and while it was near the limit it wasnt on it or past it

Whats one of them ? :lol:

I have a Mongoose Canaan Elite which is 8 months old but only been ridden a handful of times and proberly done less than 250 miles ! , while the bike is an absolute joy to ride , the suspension action is first class as long as your seated !! .. not very active while standing though … but i can put up with that
BUT today on a little trip up to long mynd , while climbing it was creaking and groaning like an old lady , got to the top by the trig point and had a quick look at things only to find a nice crack appearing around the seatube gusset !!
so it looks like this will be going back for replacment .. other than this .. they are a nice bike to ride

muenchen1 – Member
Anyone local to the venue and care to tell us how the ground is doing after all this rain?

Also just got back from pitching tents etc ,had a bit of a walk round to see what the track was like and at the mo the only really muddy section is in the woods at the top of the first climb , easily 3-4 inchs in places , i had trouble walking , let alone riding … the decent just after that is very slippery as well …. slid down on my arse ! …. lots of roots at the bottom to keep you occupied … think alot will walk down it or slide like i did !
Enjoy :-)

I prefer it to muc off any day … just think it works better !

This time last week , i was proberly sitting by the side of lake garda in italy supping a cold beer or two !! .. well it was 40 degrees in the shade !

Only downside is getting used to seeing it move about quite a lot whilst on the move. However I haven't ever had a similar rack to compare to. I had a Thule "backpack" previously and that didn't move at all

Just a bit concerned about it moving about !
I could just about move my old thule on the towball and that bothered me !!
I want something solid on the ball

My Canaan Elite

If i must !

Stumpy, is that a Nuggett? Reckon small white bikes look pretty damn cool

No mamadirt its a Mongoose canaan Elite …. awesome bike to ride

http://www.funiviedelbaldo.it/eng/escursioni.asp

Had mine fitted 3 weeks ago and that was £189 for a nissan primera 2004 from towequipe of nuneaton

it wasnt as bad as i was expecting , and the new bit of totty is very fine !!

Spudster 1 – Member
Hey, is the place still available, if so I’ll take it!!

Emailed you back joe

Looking at changing this soon for a slotted scandal , so i have a choice of gears or not …. pic below is just before last years Honc !

Which version of tracklogs have you got ??
if its version 2 i`ll email you the 50k route if you want that ?

Tony

trailmonkey – Member
You won’t want to be doing 20 Quantocks miles with a teenager.

Trust me he`s a hell of alot fitter than me !!