have a search on ebay, people buy this stuff and then never wear it.

1922 – looks to be a pretty definitive track:

From Wild Lakeland, by MacKenzie MacBride illustrated by Alfred Heaton Cooper, published by Adam and Charles Black, London, 1922-28.

http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/mb0103.htm

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Also marked on a map from 1770:

Map, The County of Westmoreland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed by J Ainslie and perhaps T Donald, engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/j5ny41sw.htm

Trailer will be £130 apparently. Useful for the supermarket?

Bike £450

http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/04/ikea-unveils-flat-pack-bicycle-will-go-on-sale-this-summer/

P.S. Sladda apperently means ‘to skid sideways’ in Swedish

Its lightweight too, here is a bloke picking one up:

Giant Revolt?

Just stay longer in Lancaster, there’s more superb real / craft ale pubs than the size of the town suggests, each with their own character.

Tap House for afficionados
White cross and Waterwitch for canal side duck spotting
The John O’ Gaunt has just reopened again
The Sun
Gillow near the castle

and more than a handful more.

http://lunesdalecamra.org.uk/pubsetc/northerncity.pdf

Um

I think if someone is making money in the UK then intentionally and knowingly squirreling it offshore to avoid paying UK tax on that UK income then many would judge that to be “evil” as you say.

Maybe your wifes family did just that historically, maybe not. You can’t be accountable for their actions. If I was to inherit such an estate and I felt this was “not on” then I would look into how I can contribute back to society in a meaningful way with the cash that would have been paid to the state.

If I had been a bit lazy with vetting my investments and subsequently found out they had done something I did not agree with my money, I would mitigate this by withdrawing my investment, reinvesting inline with my ethics and values.

£10k ?

Porsche 996. You get one for that, and a lovely one for £14k. In 5 years time it will be worth the same, if not much more.

Get an early 3.4, no IMS bearing issues and a cable throttle for direct human-machine interface. A few have done 300k+ miles without engine work. Hold out for a manual.

Top of your budget (a C4 but looks lovely):
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-PORSCHE-911-996-Carrera-4-Manual-with-private-plate-/322051678179?hash=item4afbc69fe3:g:acoAAOSwk1JWcr7C

Mid budget: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1999-Porsche-911-MK-996-3-4-Carrera-2dr-/252332486391?hash=item3ac0302ef7:g:WaYAAOSwZ8ZW9U9Z

Keep your eyes open and you should get a cracker privately for £10k.

They are rising in enthusiast demand so appreciating in value. Because many parts are shared with Boxsters (and they sold loads of them) aftermarket parts are cheap.

So long as you don’t pay Porsche tax on parts and labour it will be cheap to run. They are as simple as any other car to work on, you don’t need to pay specialist labour rates.

Be prepared for 26mpg unless you only drive on the motorway, but insurance is surprisingly cheap.

Roof bars are available for transporting bikes (look on ebay for 997 roof bars, they share the same roof).

No, which means detailed analysis is pointless for 95% of people. In fact you can still learn plenty from a basic stopwatch.

This doesn’t really matter. It sounds very cool to visualise and share representations of a ride and compare to my mates.

For that reason people will buy it. Do a kickstarter….

Here you go:

http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/education/business-engagement/

We are looking for partner organisations to offer business-relevant challenges for our students to address over a 12-week full or part time placement, during which the student will work on their specified project. Partner businesses can also benefit from our activities programme.
A partnership with Lancaster University’s Data Science programme offers organisations access to the latest analytical technologies and techniques, backed by a global top 1% university.
You have the data – a Data Scientist can bring you the knowledge.

Can any sliding dropout frame not just do the same with a fork change?

Alloy cx forks for adventure? Surely that’s when you need more comfort…

They don’t list the tyre clearance for adventure mode. Or the frame weight.

I’m out.

natch – sounds perfect.

Whats the biggest tyre the niner RLT will take?

I reckon a proper UK conditions gravel/adventure bike needs to be able to take at least a 45c tyre (either on a 650b or a 700c rim). You can then run them at 40PSI comfort without fear of pinch flats or road drag. Choose supple tyres and run them tubeless.

Save the 33/35c cx tyres for cutting through mud and cx racing.

EDIT found niner rlt max tyre 1.75″ (around 45c).
http://www.ninerbikes.com/RLT9

Will acrylic not scratch very easily?

I asked kona if the rove would take tyre bigger than a 40 and it won’t. Sutra has more room to take a bigger tyre.

You could probably run 650b and a 2″ tyre on lots of these bikes, but best to measure up the frame if you are planning to do this.

I’m also looking for a similar thing:
Discs
Drop bar geo without toe overlap
650b x 2.1″ tyres for offroad
700×33 for cx
650b x 40 rando tyres for touring
short chainstays
tall headtube to get the bars high

Basically a 650b MTB frame with classic looks. Drop bar geo, and non-suspension corrected aesthetics (hate the gap between tyre and fork crown), close to horizontal top tube, tall head tube, preferably oromo-steel but AL would be OK with straight profile tubes.

The Penhale and Peregrine come closest for me, but Peregrine is NLA and Penhale might be pricey to get here, both are designed around 700 wheels- i’d prefer 650b to keep the chain stay length in check.

Sonder Camino AL

Genesis Vagabond

Specialized Awol

Singular Peregrine (NLA :( )

Will all take a big tyre 700x50c?

Mango Point AR frameset worth a look but probably won’t take a 50 tyre.

How about this Penhale Gypsy, will take 29×2.0″

http://www.penhalebicycleco.com/shop/gypsy-frameset

There seems to be nowt with really short chain stays though.

Go direct and get a waltly titanium or XACD from China? Lots have dealt this way and got great bikes £450-600.

Or order a custom AL frame from Bike Mielec in Poland, around £200.

A clement xplor MSO 700 x 40c fits and spins, but theres only a few mm of clearance either side at the chain stay. A buckled rim might be a ride-ender.

Also the chain stay and seat stay bridges are also too close for comfort (no chance of guards and very little mud clearance).

Realistically a 35c in the mud is all you would want to run. You would probably get a mudguard in for road use with a 35.

A shame really as there is bags of width at the seat stays and it would be dead easy to DIY crimp the chain stays for more room there.

Just the bridges are too close for comfort for a 700 x 40c. Still its a bargain frame for commute/cx/adventure, just maybe not monster cross!

Having said that, if you run a 650B wheelset, wearing 650b x 40 gives a similar rolling radius to 700×28 and the frame would have enough clearance with the tyre in that position (5mm either side?). A 650b x 50 (650 2″ mtb) would leave plenty clearance at the bridges, but you would want to DIY crimp the chain stays to get 5mm clearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNX90sKhg0Q

I got a set of these Mach 1 3.90 SL rims on sealed disc bearing hubs (possibly novatec like all the others).

Although a “budget” brand, the 3.90SL rim is one of Mach 1’s most expensive rims and they are made in Europe, not the far east. They are pitched as 29er wheels but are 19mm so fine as wide road. Butted spokes, alloy free hub has a steel spline so no dig in.

http://www.mach1.fr/en/rims/390sl-107

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPM1390SL/mach-1-390sl-28-hole-wheelset

Price is reduced to £100 but they were in the recent 35% off stock liquidation so I got them for £65!!!! I think even at £100 they are great value.

They weigh 880g rear and 780g front on my scales without the supplied QRs…..£65!