Would’ve thought we’d be in this position at close on the first day!

Reliability, reliability, reliability, never had anything fail (watch both bikes blow up this week now :-))

Never been the alps, somebody’s gotta have positive’s, what about the pyrenees

I work in the trade and this doesn’t sound too legit to me. The new owner should have put the car into his name as TECHNICALLY but not practically that now denotes title.
I don’t like the idea that he’s only had it two weeks, unless he’s a trader there is no reason for him to be selling this car that fast.
He bought the car 2 weeks ago but his mate got it for him??? Sounds UBER UBER suspicious.
Matey, treat this with extreeme caution

How do you repair a front mech that’s got more play than Ryan Giggs?

What’s the K100? Can’t be that hard

bLOODY hELL!!

What on earth was the driver doing?

Best of luck to you and your family

And I posted the pic of my Blur the other day and mentioned that it was just about to be replaced, well here she is.

Here’s my hardtail

It’s brilliant

They need to be comfy for my girly sensitive bits at the base of my hand, it’s comfort rather than thickness that’s important

This is going soon, in fact this week if the new ‘un finally arrives but is a lovely bike to ride and allows me to ride more aggressively than my slack skill level suggests

the friction material/backing plate bond failing might be the clearest difference

This^^

Happened to a mate last week, rubbish

Losses:
the three lowest ratios over a 2×10.

Gains:
No shifter
No cable
No derailler
Less maintenance
Cheaper to run
2 fewer chainrings,
4 fewer chainring bolts.
shorter chain
more mud clearance
fewer mud traps
less thinking
less faff

So why do Shimano make a triple chainring for the new stuff at all :?

I’d stick the mediocre stuff on it, it’s not going to affect the amount of fun you have on it.

This thread makes me feel better cos I’ve not been enjoying being 35!!! Never mind 43

Kit wins

Bedmaker really does win, mine could come wrong size and wrong colour and it wouldn’t be as annoying as that.

Right I’m off to follow scruffs advice.

Think I might go with the extension cable seatpost idea cos the battery packs too big for the stem, although I haven’t got a clue what to do if I get a dropper post.

Already got a L&M on my lid, hmmm, wonder if the battery for that would fit?

ICEBERG!!!

I notice that on BikeRadar they have a forum for feedback on sellers, would that not be useful for here so that people don’t get stung.

I know that the forums’ had it’s issues recently so it maybe be impossible but we could all sleep a little better when using the FS forum.

I have 3 bikes, do very littl emaintenance on any of them beyond cleaning them after almost every ride and almost never have anything fail. Lost a chain about 9 months ago was the last prob.

Surely the OP can’t be that unlucky

That’s what my LBS told me to do

Good to see bigotry alive and well in the game :roll:

She did a good job and should be judged on that. Who gives whether she looks hot in a bikini.

Once a week

grease me up

Merino too?

See, told you I should’ve done more research. :o

OS please

I think I’d prefer something waterproof cos I’m clusmy as a clumsy thing. How do these things tell you when to turn, do they beep at a waypoint or something?

What’s geo-coaching btw?

What SfB while I’m at it?

The satmap isn’t waterproof is it? I see there’s a waterproof case as an accessory so I’m guessing not.

Does anybody know how the waterproof case affects functionality.

So Satmap a clear winner at the mo, how would I plan a route for it.

A mate tells me he uses memory map on his pc for the route then simply saves it to his Garmin Etrex, can I do that with the Satmap? Does it use an alternate route planner?

Will they both accept a route loaded from memorymap?

Are there any systems that don’t offer compatibility with memorymap?

What’s the benefit of this over the Etrex Vista or the Dakota 550

Rewski – stop complaining and get a loan for more Ti stuff

BR – I’ll bet that’s got the clamping force of butter

I'm using it on the inside of my fork stanchions and around the spring

Yes dood, but had been working fine after the tree ****tting incident

lazlo53 I think I might love you

It just makes me shudder to think about buying it. My favourite top ever is my Swobo sleveless merino jersey with the Beer on the left breast but it keeps shrinking so I want to replace it but can't find something that floats my boat.

MrNutt, that is a good idea, me love you long time

The front wheel is coming up to meet me alot more on steep climbs, is that helped by a 0 deg stem?

Is that yes to both?

So if I get the ring drive replaced will that sort the lack of noise, I like the noise the others make