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by FLV
Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ridersmate - bit like SPOT.
Replies: 24
Views: 3528

Re: Ridersmate - bit like SPOT.

Lughnasadh wrote:If you are in a remote location with little to no noticeable GSM network would you know if the unit had managed to send a message out or not?
Or if it got the panic text through, but not the OK text....
by FLV
Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:43 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Fat Fork Disc Rotor Spacer
Replies: 6
Views: 3664

Re: Fat Fork Disc Rotor Spacer

Thats a nice workshop.

How close to proper thickness is the spacer then?
by FLV
Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:00 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ridersmate - bit like SPOT.
Replies: 24
Views: 3528

Re: Ridersmate - bit like SPOT.

http://www.ridersmate.com, there is a video on the landing page which explains some of the features and will give you a pretty good insight into the product. Many thanks for reading this and we wish you happy and safe riding, whatever your ride may be. David Coleman Founder So does it work out your...
by FLV
Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Rovaniemi 150
Replies: 399
Views: 68663

Re: Rovaniemi 150

Id go with option b. but before you roll the top down kneel on it and make it more sausage shaped.
by FLV
Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:18 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Flying with bikes
Replies: 30
Views: 3545

Re: Flying with bikes

voodoo_simon wrote: Be worried about the rear derailler as my mechanic skills are close to a chimp!
Dont need to disconnect any cables or the chain. Just unscrew the sucker from the hanger and move it round to inside the frame somewhere and tape in place.
by FLV
Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:15 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Regular Peak District Night Ride?
Replies: 434
Views: 93223

Re: Regular Peak District Night Ride?

Yep, Fox house is the plan.
by FLV
Tue Jan 27, 2015 10:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Flying with bikes
Replies: 30
Views: 3545

Re: Flying with bikes

I have a beat up bike bag if you want to borrow it Low pressure In tyres. Pedals off. Mech off and strapped din side the rear of the frame. Brace the dropouts and forks where the hub goes. Pad spacers in the calipers. Brake levers loose on the bars. I sometimes remove my rotors too protect both them...
by FLV
Tue Jan 27, 2015 2:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Arizona Trail Race Flyover
Replies: 7
Views: 803

Re: Arizona Trail Race Flyover

Some nice looking singletrack in Aarons video. Dont much like the look of a bike on my back like that though. How far is the HAB?
by FLV
Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:39 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Bivi bags
Replies: 95
Views: 16629

Re: Bivi bags

any left?

I'd like one too.

Postage paid as you say of course.
by FLV
Tue Jan 27, 2015 1:27 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Rovaniemi 150
Replies: 399
Views: 68663

Re: Rovaniemi 150

Some training .. hoping Rovaniemi will be A LOT more rideable http://vimeo.com/117805138 I like that clip. the landscape looks huge. I also particularly like how the two pushers seem to be on slightly different lines. Both probably moved aside thinking "this isnt the bloody trail" both pr...
by FLV
Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Regular Peak District Night Ride?
Replies: 434
Views: 93223

Re: Regular Peak District Night Ride?

top stuff, see you there :-)
by FLV
Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:00 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Regular Peak District Night Ride?
Replies: 434
Views: 93223

Re: Regular Peak District Night Ride?

shall we try again? 7 ish. Give or take, Wednesday night. if we meet at the road side parking just up from the fox house pub (SK 267803) we can do longshaw, white edge, baslow triangle, curbar-frogatt, up burbage (which is still pretty trashed and muddy at the bottom due to the forestry work) then b...
by FLV
Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Washing down kit
Replies: 7
Views: 842

Re: Washing down kit

http://www.phdesigns.co.uk/cleaning-down-sleeping-bags-and-clothing Copy and paste: Clothing: machine washing is described (for hand washing, see sleeping bags). Use a pure soap product. These are not easy to find now, so you may need to buy something designed for the job from an outdoor shop: if yo...
by FLV
Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:35 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

Re: bloody hubs

Are you thinking of carrying the cog and bolts and removing the disc rotor?
Flipping the wheel round?
Would the cassette miss the caliper? should do I would guess.

Or running a 135mm wide fork?
by FLV
Mon Jan 26, 2015 12:28 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Highland Trail 2015
Replies: 738
Views: 131307

Re: Highland Trail 2015

I will taking a diablo this year.

I had more in 2013
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

Re: bloody hubs

I guess I have yeah.

Aye, supposedly bombproof these hubs. still, easy fix
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

Re: bloody hubs

hopes broke 3
DT's 1

recently. well, 12 to 15 months
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Highland Trail 2015
Replies: 738
Views: 131307

Re: Highland Trail 2015

on a 5 day 2013 HT430 I used my lights for about 6 hours total, maybe 7.
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

Re: bloody hubs

manufacturing standards are dropping if you ask me.

Wednesday, hopefully. my cars in the garage just now but should have it back.
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

Re: bloody hubs

Uh huh. Better start taking spares on long rides. It's a 1 minute fix if you have the parts.

I've written to Dt to see what they say.
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 3:17 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

Re: bloody hubs

undercut?
As in they effectively pull themselves together once they start to engage?

Yes. They are.

Once the edges are gone though...
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:26 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: bloody hubs
Replies: 18
Views: 1785

bloody hubs

Another hub on the blink. the supposedly bombproof Dt Swiss ratchet system. http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/davekane101/new%20stuff/20150125_112015_zpsxnaf3igw.jpg Hub failure today. Only 150km ish on the hub. It wouldnt engage leaving me with a bit of a stroll / roll home. On the bench at ...
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 2:15 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: tiny packaway rucksack
Replies: 24
Views: 4560

Re: tiny packaway rucksack

Nice. I had an rr5 for a while. I now have a 97 918 And love it the most.
by FLV
Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:06 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: tiny packaway rucksack
Replies: 24
Views: 4560

Re: tiny packaway rucksack

Err. What bike benp1
by FLV
Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Highland Trail 2015
Replies: 738
Views: 131307

Re: Highland Trail 2015

I think I know the answer to my own question. I Just seem to be avoiding it...

It might be getting towards time to stop doing so...