Warranty is 5 years anyway regardless of shady purchase

It shows you on the diagram?

I can do it and I’m shit

So you are worried that your 29″ wheel won’t fit a 650b bike because it isn’t boost? :/

Email Spesh uk and ask them for the part numbers, then ring nearest Spesh shop and ask them to order spares for you

Don’t do this.

Specialized don’t distribute it Swiss spikes, just go to a shop with your wheel/spoke and nipple measurements and they will gladly help you find the right one.

Most likely a DT comp but your not exactly going to notice if your new spoke is a few grams heavier

Ask frog or measure them?

Surely that lot will cost as much as the bike though…

I don’t think it works with other levers as the cable is the other way round. Also the fox one is the nicest one anyway

Thanks for all the great advice and stories of success.

A lot of you are very much right when you say you need to just see it as a change of lifestyle/habits than a diet.

Worst part is I actually know quite a lot about diet and fitness only about 5-6 years ago I was actually very in shape, so can’t even plead ignorance…

I watched it all recently, I think I liked it but I’m not sure, might just be because everyone else is telling me it’s so good

Search for “mavic rim valve converter”

Just put the old cassete on the new wheels and stop being so anal 😉

Just bought the 900 lumen road light off him, it arrived faster than it said it was and the light works can’t really say much more as only got it yesterday…

A charger hopefully

He’s not too bad at this enduro thing is he…

Interview from a few days ago “I’d like to win one of these races one day”

Today “Sam hill wins EWS”

Pfft, I’ve got more fat on my body than all of them out together

I live above some shops and there is parking ot the front consisting of two lay-by ‘s opposite each other, I without fail everyday will see someone drive past both of these ans park on the curb over double yellows and within 5 feet of the junction to save themselves 10 feet of walking to the shops…

Same thing where I work, there are double yellows for the first 20feet of parking by the shop (because it is on a busy junction) but after that a whole street of free for 2 hours parking, but a huge number of people still just dump their car on the double yellows to save that whole 20 paces extra.

“Can you make it quick I need to get back to the car I’m on the double yellows” 🙄

Or maybe he didn’t pay for it…

Most likely just too much cable tension

Race face and absolute black do them

Madison have them in stock, so pretty much any lbs can order them for you

I glanced at the thread title and read it as pubes 😆

Was it bought as a frame only or bike?

New specialized sequoia?

Live in Newport, so Bridgend is not a million miles away. Email is in my profile if you have any info thanks

I’ve been away for the odd 2 week course etc and didn’t like it(neither did the kids) plus it make things difficult with childcare as the missus works part time so I look after them to cover most of that.

Their does appear to be a reasonable amount of jobs available around Cardiff or Bristol which isn’t too bad of a commute if I had to.

Thanks for all the help guys, not really interested in forces/working away type stuff as don’t really want to be away from the kids…

First project is fix my laptop and start looking at some free online courses and give some coding/programming stuff and go and see how I get on, in the mean time I’m looking into apprenticeships if there is anything that will pay me enough to live on for now.

So someone got some XX1s and sent their old ones back for a refund on the XX1s? What a ****

Specialized AWOL?

Thanks I’ll take a look at that site, seems good in that I can learn in my own time and build up a bit of a portfolio without huge expense (just time/effort) and then I might be in a position to make it a full time job.

Seems worth at least trying considering I’ve apparently got the right mindset/aptitude for programming/coding.

Alexxx – or anyone else that knows…

Could you possibly point me in the direction of any decent web development courses to try?

Also currently I only have a Chromebook which I guess wobble great for this sort of stuff. Any recommendations of what sort of power/memory etc is needed from a computer to be useful for web development? As if I like it then obviously I will need s tool for the job.

Looks like their is a fair amount of jobs available for decent wages.

People person? Pragmatic? Not queasy at sight of blood/puke/poo? Ambulance emergency care assistant could be a good way into a decent job. In my trust they pay band 4 plus unsocial, many folks clearing 25k plus, plenty of OT too.

I tolerate people rather than like them generally… I have always worked in customer facing jobs and seem to do ok but realistically I would probably be happier to be left on my own to get my work done.

Not scared of gross stuff (have 2 kids and a dog!) So that is certainly an option

Not a bad plan canopy, I know someone who is doing just that and making good money. The issue is he has probably already taken most of the customers around here and I just don’t have the funds to start something like that up. I am a qualified bike mechanic (and do the odd job for “friends” outside of work) but just don’t really see it ever paying well enough to be my only job long term.

I’m not really sure what I’m good at that is sort of my problem with my whole life 😆

I was one of those kids who just did well without trying up to GCSE level but then had no idea what I wanted to do so got a bit lost and had no real motivation and just fell into a few mundane jobs that anyone could do so never really tested myself much to figure out what I can do well

Really appreciate all the help lots to look into.

Enfht- I think I could make more using said rented house for “indoor gardening” but risks out way the rewards 😉

Might look into the web developer thing if I can try some online courses see how I get on not a massive risk to take. Will look at apprenticeships for the jobs mentioned, I’m not expecting to earn loads straight away obviously but I literally can’t afford to live on any less than I earn now so would have to be paid work.

Really appreciate the help guys.

Gas engineer/fitted seems like a good job but I can’t see a way into it whilst still earning money…

Driving instructor seems to be a less favourable option than I might have thought

Saw the blades of one being transported on lorries on the m4 a few days ago, they look **** massive lying down

Nursing / paramedical stuff has no bursaries in England anymore so unless you can survive as a student for 3+ years forget that.
Police? Fire service? Prison Service?

Police won’t let me join, probably the same for prison service and most civil service jobs I have applied for in the past (nothing major just got in trouble for something once a few years ago…)

Have 10 GCSEs and did A levels in Biology, chemistry and physics but only got D’s and E’s because I didn’t want to go to uni (well done 18 year old me :roll:)

How are you at problem solving? Computer programming? Project management?

When working for an insurance company I took a aptitude test for an internal programming team and got 98% but Failed to get past the interview I asked and I had the highest score of everyone interviewed…

But have no actual experience of doing it for real
Think I’m relatively good at problem solving never had any experience of project management

Thanks for the advice, some good ideas.

Live in south Wales so not exactly got a huge amount of options. Not really in a position to move at the moment but will take a look at those jobs…

Driving instructor is something I am considering definitely seems like something that might take a while to build up a client base and get word of mouth around.

Uni isn’t really an option as I can’t support my family for 3 years+ with no wages I’m pretty sure the government has cut the bursaries and stuff for nurse now as well?

Same around here, I always pay but most locals park down the road so they don’t have to pay. It’s £2 for a full day or £1 for 2 hrs not exactly extortion