i've seen it done in a 107…so it will fit in an aygo 🙂

all those things point towards what could happen if a virus took over your mailbox

Would love a beetle

dont get the person saying that an escort is an alternative – price wise there is a huge chasm. You can get a semi decent beetle beetle for ~£1500

A similar condition escort will be twice that

stuff like the chicken fight in family guy is the reason its so good…its just so brilliantly random

Simpsons is often too twee for my liking 🙂 Good though…shame Channel 4 only seem to have about 10 episodes they just keep repeating (although ALL of Channel 4/E4's stuff is like this.)

yes 🙂

No..but i have in the past – google for Gmail Captcha Unlock

Watched 2 or 3 episodes, then realised they were gonna drag it out for 6 series, and swiftly got bored…didnt seem like it had a plan.

Then again, LoM/A2A got like that in the second series of A2A, but i still watched all of it, and enjoyed it immensely 🙂

They are just spacers and a cog 🙂

I reckon there's a fair chance – as one Tory chancellor famously once said that unemployment was "a price worth paying" (obviously he wasn't talking about his own unemployment)

Norman Lamont…lovely man 🙁

did anyone spot the 'Right to Work' protestors on the news yesterday? Was i imagining it?

should be something on the seatpost, but they only need the tiniest smearing of grease

I bet the scots are a bit pee'd off with our new PM anyway!

Because they make bikes even more fun

sorted 🙂

a socialist government cannot be totalitarian

Hahahahaha! China for example!

Communism and socialism are not the same thing though! They may be born out of the same theories but they are not interchangeable

China is (supposedly) communist as it has centralised political control….however it also allows capitalist theories when it suits them (to make make money) – worst of both worlds – no freedoms, but no equality at the same time.

taka – Member

soft tails should have the same sort of bb design as this

Why?

More weight, no added benefits, plus the pivot means no real pedal-feedback, which can mean a bobby ride.

forgot about the globals!

Steel:

Titanium:

there was also a company that did an alu one (name escapes me), which was less encouraging

Theres also the Scalpel, but this is more a pivotless full sus rather than a softail:

The new Cannondale Flash is different again – it uses a flexing seatpost (cleverly layered carbon) to provide about 40mm of 'travel'

I've got a rh XT one, if that helps 🙂

njee20 – Member

Nah, I wouldn't worry! Not that much different to things like Yetis or Cannondales with flattened stays designed to flex. Had you cut the bridge out of your seat stays and stuck in a shock I may be worried, but not when it's designed.

I imagine its a ritchey or similar – so then it WILL have a shock in there 🙂

ask on classifieds – a lot of folk take them off straight away – i always do

Well at least we got rid of this person 🙂

carbon337 – Member

What will happen to Mandelson? I presume his Lordship is for life so will still be kicking about at the top of the Labour party?

He's discovered immortality and has pics of the queen doing the bad thing

he will never, ever go away

scared yet? 🙂

I think most of us are of the opinion that all one needs is a nice bike and time and a place to ride it.

HERE HERE 🙂

GaryLake – Member

I'm amazed at how aggressively and openly 'left' STW is, I figured that with everyone being wealthy IT workers with Audis and Yetis it would be a little more representative on here given the way the vote actually went.

might be representative of the issues of FPTP 🙂

Theres more lefties than righties (as totals) 😀

As i understand it, steel and ti can both flex a certain mount without any long term failure – this is why they are generally short travel.

press conference imminent

ooh, the germans are chuckling at us for being undecided (on bbc news) 🙂

tron – Member

If you're not a capitalist – ie, you don't believe in the exchange of cash for goods and labour, have you ever considered somewhere more aligned with your views? Say, Cuba or North Korea?

Or do you mean you are a capitalist, but you don't subscribe to the "market is king" Neocon outlook?

Its pretty much impossible not to enter into the area of capitalism in modern society – but that doesnt mean i think its fair. Neoconservatism is doubly wrong 🙂

Ok, fair enough, its impossible to move away from some form capitalism, but as an overall goal i feel its wrong. Why cant the proceeds be more evently shared rather than the top end hoovering it up – we still live in a very class-ridden society, and the split of voting seems to endorse this (huge swathes of land tory, dense urban areas are not)

Why are you talking about communist nations? Communism implies that TOTAL control is heralded by a centralised (and supposedly shared) power base. That hasn't been discussed here.

So Gordon Brown is looking more like a capaitalist to me!

But don't worry about what politicians say, just keep your head in the sand and vote for the party who's ideals that once accorded with your views.

Spongebob – i don't know if that was directed at me, but at no point did i mention voting for Gordon Brown – i mentioned not voting for a capitalist ideology as i feel its morally and ethically wrong.

Conservatism goes hand in hand with capitalism so by default i'm not a Tory. But that doesnt mean i'm 'New' Labour – I've always been one that slated the current labour party for moving away from their supposed core values. In fact i mentioned something along these lines on page 4 🙂

And anyway, what is the point in manifestos if they can be gone back on almost straight away. I voted for the concept that i thought that least strayed from my own 'ideals'.

And yes, the current system is quite obviously, massively, broken

That massive german one isnt a Panzer Maus – its a Landkreuzer 1500 :-)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster

Maus was still massive, but the 1500 dwarfed it – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus

http://www.vincelewis.net/ultratank.html

The russians also had a huge tank, but i cant find a reference right now!

always liked the swedish take on the tank:

Tijuana Taxi – Member

Fair enough for used stuff, but does anyone need a picture of a brand new item,surely you know what it looks like if you are looking to buy it

Or do people really want pics to make the sure the seller actually has the item in their possession?

Not a bad idea – plus a pic can show if something actually IS new

freeridenick – Member

Would like to give it a bash – but around here would be a nightmare as all our riding is wooded singletrack…..

You just have to perfect the wide bar shimmy 🙂

I run fairly wide and high bars (no idea how wide though) – gives me more confidence

I sometimes wonder if people recieve party's policies via some kind of ethereal message from the spirit world – they certainly don't seem to read the manifestos or listen to what the politicians are saying.

To be fair, all parties manifestos are 99% bollocks, so its fairly reasonable to completely ignore them 🙂

I voted against a capitalist ideology, rather than for a particular manifesto.

whoever asked about what the results would look like with PR:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8644480.stm

Nick – Member

Given the voting that took place and the number of seats each party has, the only sensible option is a ConDem govt, but please please please can we have Vince Cable not George Osbourne as the Chancellor (not going to happen but I can hope)

Gideon will be heartbroken if Davey drops him for the chance of power 🙂

From what i have heard of him, I like Cable

grum – Member

replace the word Tory with labour in that sentence, then add civil liberties

Well, on tax for instance – both Labour and Lib Dems broadly support more redistributive tax systems than the Tories, who favour tax cuts for the rich.

plus possibly scrapping/reducing the minimum wage?

As mentioned above, the interesting thing about this, is that it seems that it could be the end of 'new' labour – as 'old socialist' labour will sit more comfortably with the lib dems as its further to the left.

not a bad thing really! The population is becoming more left leaning?

Cured mine, and actually gave me the ability to stop

which was nice

coil u-turn lyriks?

adjust to suit then 🙂

My old one :

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Drill

and remember to spray a load of wd40 on it beforehand next time 🙂