Because the original had vertical dropouts. Back in the day DJ bikes were just small hardtails essentially.

Northwind
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That’s how I bought my Hemlock- stuck in a ridiculously low bid while drunk, a week later discovered a) I’d bid on a Hemlock and b) I’d bought a Hemlock. Went pretty well all things considered 🙂

You didnt buy mine did you? 😉

Did they put the decals on the 29er by mistake? 🙂

I’ve reused a couple of times with no issues.

Proper MTB shoes seem to last far longer than skate shoes on the bike. I live in Etnies Kingpins off the bike, but on the bike is always use dedicated shoes

Ryan’s spokes delivered 2 sets within a few days (measured 1 wheel wrong!)

So if anyone wants 16 unused 266 and 16 unused 267 double butted spokes…

He’s on holiday until Monday

Retrodecals is great. Try Facebook or sales@retrodecals.co.uk

The main thing that put me off these is reviews saying that it felt like you were standing on a ball (or a polished metal plate)

And the weight

Interesting that they didn’t just put a surcharge on it.

If it’s a Shimano bb and a gxp crank it won’t work without a top hat as GXP uses a smaller bearing than Shimano. The axle length is fixed so you may need spacers to preload the bearing. Is the Wave washer in place?

Just some washers. don’t need anything fancy!

Old BB was a 73mm specific, new one is a 68/73mm?

This

But if it works, it works

tdog
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I find skate shoes too soft/flexible. Get sore mid sole on a long ride and from bigger impacts.

I’ve got some Adidas trailcross which are fantastic. Not as heavy as 5-10 with the same sole. Shimano flat shoes are good as well

brant
Free Member
Do you remember when Lucozade was marketed as a thing to buy people who were ill in hospital?

Still the best thing for a cold or hangover. Original recipe obviously.

Although a Monster Ripper works well as well if your hanging

I don’t get the ‘gravel bikes are best for UK trails’. You could survive most stuff but even my local woods, a proper MTB will be 1000 times better

That’s just the history, it says nowt about the new bike.

It kinda alludes to it.

On-one / Planet X are a bit like Surly to me. In that I’ve no real idea who a chunk of their range is aimed at and it seems to overlap significantly

Pitbull was a steel Jack Flash

It’s a broad church. In the shed I’ve got a jeffsy 27, an e-converted 29er rigid for commuting, a nostalgia Marin bear valley se single speed (well almost finished), a Saracen DJ frame to build and I really want an inspired trials bike. Borrowed a Trek Rail last weekend and it was a revelation for bike parks, so that’s also clouding my vision. Had a couple of CX bikes but sold em on as didn’t really gel.

I spent a whole 24 HR race with U2’s Elevation in my head. It broke me.

But yes, sing to myself when riding. I nearly always ride with headphones, so recently anyone near me has had the vocals only of various Lamb of God songs 🙂

The smallest one seems quite big still, so you cant really size it right down.

Very odd bike

I would love a new Zebedee

Still use my v1 3LED most days in winter. On second set of battery cells and had to replace the BMS as well.

Much prefer the remote battery, and they are so well made

A new zebedee would be fun 😉

2 bolt (the ones that mount to a canti brake boss, not the trials specific ones)

I have the same problem. Guides seem to be the same old low quality rubbish that juicys were (the lever appears to be the same).

My fix will be to use them until they need real fixing…and then get some MT5s, SLX or XT. I can’t be arsed with trying to fix crap

Bez

I always fix the tube there and then and put it back in. Then I don’t forget to fix it later.

Haven’t found Slime tubes to make patching difficult so far: just wipe the slime off first, obviously.

Pretty wasteful to bin a repairable tube. Only one step above leaving it at the road/trail side.

I always repair tubes. Needless waste otherwise and quite therapeutic to fix them.

I’ll argue slime tubes are horrid things though. I could really feel the imbalance causing ‘pulsing’ at any sort of speed!

Also, since I’ve become the unofficial local ‘pram mechanic’, I hate the bloody things. Local Halfords stick a slime tube in a pram, when it inevitably punctures it doesn’t seal (pressure not high enough?) and when I get the bloody thing I have to spend ages cleaning manky sealant off the tyre and tube (along with dog poo, glass, needles and whatever else the pram had been pushed through) before I can fix it.

It’s also alarming how badly made even the expensive prams are – thin pressed steel, basic alloy tubes with flattened ends, rivets and no bearings or bushes at all or bearings with no method of preloading them so the axle just spins on the bearing seat, no way of taking the material off for cleaning without removing rivets. And shockingly they break and can’t be fixed easily…

They make bikes look incredible value for money

This has reminded me to check the 3 year old sealant in my tyres though!

No. Complete waste of time. A fixed tube is as good as a new tube.

Looking for masks (the ones we have at work have breathing valves so largely pointless) – anyone know of a decent source – all the ones on eBay / Amazon look dodgy…

dudeofdoom
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Bet you wish you lived on an island 🙁

I do (IoW)…perfect opportunity to control it and they still f**ked it up by basically doing nothing until there were plenty of cases.

We are finding it increasingly difficult, and we have tried to take this as seriously as we could, but the cracks are starting to appear.

My OH shielded herself and the boy about a week before lockdown officially started, so it’s been about 11 weeks now. I’ve been WFH and now back in the office with restrictions in place, but not everyone takes it seriously or is fully able to. Masks and goggles and lots of sanitiser available.

2 year old is desperately bored and desperate to see other people and have contact with grandparents, family and other children. Getting hard to keep him away apart from avoiding socialising all together – which isn’t great mentally.

Judging by those I have spoken to, many seem to be in the same position. People are becoming more nonchalant about it, especially seeing the government mess up and confuse everything they do – there is no trust.

Without a real plan to come out of lockdown, without fixes in place for public transport, without a working tracing system, without a logical bubbling of households, without any firm instruction on masks – without these things the GP are losing faith and the lockdown will become impossible to continue. Add into this the sentiment over Cummings and I don’t think this will last much longer, irrespective of R0…which is obviously worrying…

Never had much luck with it in the past and apparently doesn’t really work on horse flies.

To be fair I dont feel safe in my house when they are about 🙂

Compression socks seemed the sensible solution. I wear long baggies anyway.

They may bite through but I’d be happier with ‘some’ protection from the bastards – without cooking myself.

I’d go and browse the sports shops. Alas….

Yeah, the sun legs look like a good idea.

Some googling led me here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/264677850994

Some of the related items are… interesting

Cheers

I’ve found some options for tops, struggling to find leggings

We are also currently working our way through the Disney back catalogue with the boy. A LOT of dross!

I didn’t mind most of Wonder Woman. The final act is absolutely atrocious though.

Rented Jay and Silent Bob Reboot recently. Was expecting more of the same brain out fun, but it was just painful.

On the flip side, watched Knifes Out last night. Fantastic film!

Telegraph reporting that the actual mortality numbers are going to be released (all covid deaths)

Expecting a sharp increase and a sharper increase to come – the mortality figures can be 11 days behind…