still waiting for mine, bloody on back order… going to be my commuting steed and maybe for doing end to end for my 40th (along with following the tour in the campervan which is 55% finished, climbing mt blanc and the marathon de sables)

oh!! thats my wife (not the one in the shorts!)

cheers,

when we bought our ti wedding rings in NZ a few yrs ago, the guy who made them said that to get them back to new (brushed finish), use hot water, soap and one of those slightly abrasive spong washing up pads…. its a brushed finish on the frame but not sure about doing this….

made an offer to some bloke on ebay and he accepted, got them last week and they were new..result..

nah, don't want the litespeed replacements, need some nice squirlly font thing for the Vortex road bike… a nice litespeed on the downtube and a small vortex on the top tube….

managed to bag a new G30 vented for £35, so spare cash for the clear…

yellow and clear its looks like…

ive got the new altura fuse welded waterproof ones..nice looking, lightweight and have done the job so far…. ahhhhh i remember the karrimors well!!

managed to ge one of the new panasonic 14v li ion drill drivers at a (great price £150)and opted for the makita orbital jigsaw.. cheers all

thanks Druidh…..

if anyone has some of these spacer knocking about, i'd appreciate it if you could pop on in the post to me…. need to sort this for a hilly sportive coming up…
one_sphATyahoo.co.uk

nope 10 speed but definatly in need of a spacer…. anyone got one knocking about??

get me an autograph… my little girl is being brought up on jungle and he is the original master…

cheers folks..great advice

ahhh, i also used the turner flux for TUTB, saved my arse a peach as i couldnt walk for 2 days having done the puffer on the hardtail…..
now, full suss of HT for enduros?????

well, well, well, i never expected the thread to go this way…anyway, puffer is no contest to any of the other events i've cycled. 1 pair per lap in 07 and 08. yep true the faster you go the more you're going to go through the pads…

The point of this thread was that as i literally burned through SC pads at a very high rate, i always expected this to happen (4 sets for £25 was a cost i accepted) but i was just impressed with the performance of the ones last weekend….

mixed pairs – 6 laps.. state of the bike was reminiscient of puffer 07.. may stick with the Sc red pads for awhile now – worked a peach with the R1's

ahh, its going back to merlin, sorry about no pic, havent got a clue how to do that on here (even after being a memebr for 5 years!)

do i get the headset dickyboy??

secondhand from a charity shop (not the matress of course, that was new)

that should read sabbath

cheers vikingboy…would appreciate that… i have shortened the hoses using the 'ONE' connectors so i think its the same. Mine are last 09 R1's – I'll try to find out if anything has changed between the models

yep, it was the joint fixing ring i was tinkering with, i thought that i was fixed in place more solidly than perhaps it is designed for…all works well now though….

Its only that i took off the driveside nut which then removed the cassette joint pully…. Qustion I have is once everything is back in place and on the bike, should there be a little play in the cassette joint pully / bracket (the bit that the cable runs into)or should it be fixed soild/
cheers

cheers folk… looks like the cassette is the best option, i'm runnin a sram force rear mech so will check if this will take a 28t. anyone want to swap a mint red chainset (170) for same but compact???

oh, apologies to tragically1969, i will never use that term again!

hows about £8.50??

I'll post a pic of my Falky F1 when its done… thinking about making my own Kydex sheath also

i work in the outdoors teaching forest school and bushcraft… thanks for the info on the law, we are pretty clued up in that dept… we have to be

i'm 5ft 7 with a 30 inseam so the small seems the one for me. I ride a Med compact litespeed at the mo.

oh well, was hoping for more than that (don't we all)… probably gonna keep her then

cheers

don't know if i can be ar$ed… anyone with a small sabbath silk rd pro wanting to swap?????

CHB, what you got..7900??

Another vote here for Hammer Endurolyte pills here, 2 – 3 per hour depending on how hot it is… I've never had cramp since using these..

headtorch – check, kit organised – check..

its just for the rest of the team. Liking the work lamp idead off the car battery, anyone know the rate of consumption for these work lamps?

Thanks TT for the colour coded advice..may get mopre sorted for this seasons events…

try Macbeans in Aberdeen, the finest coffee shop around (IMHO):

http://www.macbeans.com

My current fav is the blue sumatra at the mo, lovely chocolatey undertones…

oh, just noticed the website is down, give them a ring, ian knows everything there is to know about coffee

ahh, threw caution to the wind… got a lovely 'outfit' from agent provocatur (yes could have got a new set of fox forks) but there you go….

lets just hope it does the trick?

yep been looking at myla…. rather tasty…., i know her size to a T so i'm gonna take the plunge… BTW, it maybe a con but i'm gonna get something out of it!!!!

thanks folks… shimanos are fine but the neoprene cuff always lets in water and i dont find them that warm even with 2 pairs of icebreaker socks on….

lakes it may be….

I bet its gonna go for a fortune…..

cheers folks, it was the niner air i was taken by…now, where can i get these cheap???