have you kept any of the emails? has he sent one stating this problem?

on here or sdh?

With 2250 units on the road…running at little over cost price just to gain contracts, is it any wonder that so many haulage firms have gone out of business. The rates they pay the majority of their drivers is shameful really( I know there are some drivers on a good screw there but still….)

shame it wasnt his business instead.

elton john doesnt look best pleased in 45

condolences to you and your family.

my mother passed away just over a year ago now, weeks before our 3rd child was born and the only thing that kept me going was to think positive….remember the good times and concentrate on being the best parent you can be….make your dad proud of you for being the person you are and how you can raise your children in a wise and worldly fashion.

my vote is for a scott voltage fr frame….i have one and its brilliant

what do you want?

A medal?

Or the chest to pin it on?

Apparently ? 8)

arse gobbling cock sniffer!

ya great ‘tard!

ya big, sweaty minge!

If I had a dog that looked like you…i’d shave its arse and teach it to walk backwards!

shandy- you talking to me ?

nah lol….used to drive 12 car transporters and my birthday falls on the 13th :wink:

on the contrary….i mostly laugh at the silly niche following halfwits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG8LhOpp3ZQ

check out between 1;13 and 2 mins :wink:

ton – im 26 stone mate and have just bought a scott voltage fr 30 2011

mainly because

it has adjustable rear dropouts…qr/12mm/10mm bolt through as well as adjusting the wheelbase
it has a 1.5 headtube….so i can run angled reducer cups if i want to adjust the headangle..it is 65 degrees at the mo’ but with a set of tripples on and a reducer set..i can get it down to almost 62.5 degrees :D
it has the option of using 3 different shock shuttles to allow the use of 3 different length shocks for different terrain and riding discipline…..
you can run 215×63 giving either 140 or 160mm travel – 222×70 = 150 or 170mm – 241×76 = 160 or 180mm rear travel….the best of anything that i would ever want.
it has a 31.6mm seat tube for a dropper post

the only downside for you taller guys is…it only comes in either short or long….both frames are a touch under 15″ from c-c seattube. Im 5’10” and picked the short as it is almost identical in tt length to the 16″ patriot.

bullheart- i mainly ride downhill or freeride….big gaps/drops/fast gravity assisted stuff….sod riding uphill…wastes energy :D
i never really damage any part on my bikes to be honest…i used to ride bmx and trials when younger(still 16stone then) so got used to using my arms and legs to absorb all but the biggest impacts…..its all about being light on the bike in my opinion….not saying that you guys arent….but im a lot lighter and more forgiving than a lot of skinny guys i know that are plowers…it does make a huuuge difference

im running the standard alex rims on my scott at present but have used mavic 521/321/325/721/729, azonic outlaw rims, spank rims, halo tornado/sas/freedoms/combats etc in the past and never really had a problem….if i had to list a favourite…i’d say mavics are the best..namely being 321/721/729’s

any help?

no worries bud…the next shock length down is the 165×38..

it might be an idea to let all air out of both shocks..compress them both fully…measure both i2i measurements….this will tell you how much(if any) closer the rear tyre will get to the seat tube on full compression

hope xc hubs are far better and more reliable than pro2’s…..the only benefit the pro2 offers is that you can change the axle to suit different frames..i.e 12mm maxle/10mm bolt/standard qr

xc’s are qr only
plus..the xc’s freehubs are stronger and last longer than pro2’s
you dont need ear plugs when you freewheel(unlike pro2’s where you sound like a demented wasp on steroids)

in that case then….the simplest/light frame that springs to mind is

orange 5 with air shock and lockout
140mm rear travel
as those frames go…pretty bombproof

the kona’s werent ever the most sprightly bikes to get uphill

true…pre 08 teocalis werent the best…i also had an 05 one as well….it was the bottom linkage bolts on that one :D

to be honest…at 16 stone i’d get what ever i fancied….even at my size, ive never broken a bike or parts….through weight…only by crashes etc.

i ride any components i wish even now…..ive ridden nearly every style bike there is..i.e hardtail xc/through to full on dh bikes and the only ones that start to have problems through lack of stiffness is the ones with silly shock linkages on the longer travel frames.

if he hasnt destroyed a coiler yet(one of the most flexy bikes ive ever had the misfortune to ride) i doubt he’ll break anything.

the best pedalling am bike iver ever ridden is a mongoose teocali…dont be put off by the name…they are really very good…and normally very cheap due to brand snobbery…get something like an 09 teocali super in medium(18″) with a rp23 shock and mate it with some 160mm+ 36’s up front and you’ll have a bike bike is every bit as stiff as any other(if not more) frame on the market with the added bonus that it wont cost the earth to replace should anything unfortunate happen. it’ll climb really well, descend really well and last really well too…..as it happens…my mate has one that gets the shit beaten out of it at least 2-3 times a week..i.e 15′ doubles/10′ drops…longer rides with anything in between.

tom +1….used ss sintered pads in shimano xt/formula k18/hayes 9’s and now for juicy’s

been nothing short of brilliant all the time

how heavy?
how much travel does he want?
what type of riding?

i have knowledge of this problem as i suffer trying to find suitable frames due to my weight.

im 165 kg and have just bought a scott voltage fr 30 and its brilliant for me. because of the lower than average leverage ratio, it means i can run a relatively(for me) low weight spring on the rear….whereas with other frames i’d be holding back a lot due to blowing through the travel most of the time…most spring manufacturers only go up to 750/800lb springs whereas i needed well in excess of 1000lb sometimes.

I now find that i can hit drops that previously eluded me.

as long as your mate is below 18-19 stone….most bikes would be fine..above that and it gets harder

check the overall travel..then divide that number by the amount of stroke that you have on the shock…this will give you the leverage ratio…..the closer this is to 2 to 1, the easier it’ll be to setup for a heavier rider…i.e foes/scott/orange(7+only)….. mine has 170mm rear travel and a stroke of 70mm which puts it to about 2.3/4 to 1
most longer travel frames(newest designs excluded) run close to 3 to 1 ratio.

hope this helps

ive just bought a new bike that came with 2.4 big betty’s on

very good first impressions….feels like minion/highroller cross

this is the funniest thread i’ve read since picolax

its just taken me the best part of half an hour to read, due to much eye wiping (oo’er) and numerous attempts to calm one’s self.

thankyou :D

woburn for me in the morning…trying out my new playbike :lol:

the only place i know thats better…after its rained

provided that you have enough tyre clearance on full travel(tyre hitting seat tube), you should be ok.

all it will do is….like you say, lower the bb, slacken things off a tad, and give less rear travel

http://www.boot-liner.com/acatalog/shop.html?gclid=CMmf0LWy9KYCFQ8f4Qod-0JEHA

fivespot is correct :wink:

the only time that braided hose are of benefit is when you are doing a lot of downhill stuff, where you’ll be heating up the fluid quite a bit and the hoses expanding..therefore reducing the brakes’ power

this thread is useless without pics

would she mind if you told her that you fancy her sister…and that its her you think about when nailing her? :wink:

The stuff at woburn was fine today :D

very little actually posting….though i do spend an unhealthy amount of time reading through the topics :?

i thought you’d had every bike in existence so far 8O …judging by you numerous and frequent clearouts :-)

another vote for the orange alpine 160

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=3414
:D

another mondeo driver here…had a passat..loved it and was huge but kept going wrong…bought my first ford…mondeo hatch…2 fully built dh bikes in with the rear seats down :D….then saw an estate at a good price and fsh etc…i still have it now…

700 miles from a tank without trying
Fits 3 car seats across the back seat and a large boot
Electric heated windscreen….no silly scraping :-)
Comfy
Cheap to buy and run..normal parts are cheap
No cambelt to change/worry about…..chain driven

only downsides are that the injectors and DMF’s can and do fail which are quite expensive

mamadirt +1 :oops:

im in kettering, down in middle earth :oops:…i didnt order the courier..the guy who kindly picked the frame up for me did….are they snowed under up there?

im having problem’s with p2g at the moment too….tried to get a frame picked up in fife on wdnesday with hdnl…still no bloody collection….tempted to use senditnow as it basically parcelforce thats cheaper…but unsure whether their gauranteed next day before midday service will work so close to christmas :?

nowt to do with the weather…but an elderly relative once told me..

football is a gentlemans game played by thugs, rugby is a thugs game played by gentlemen

turns out that they were correct

whats the shock?
i2i and stroke?
where have you ordered from?

they dont fit over a certain poundage on the 2.75″ stroke shocks