It's there purely for scale Stuart

Stu no2 booze news = I’m working my way through all of beer hawks perfect draft kegs please feel free to ask what is most palatable Andy :-bd Consider me very interested. :-bd I had a look at them a couple of months ago but they seemed to be out of stock on a lot of stuff. What have been the highli...

A rivet nut ("Rivnut") and a length of sleeve or threaded tube would do the same thing if you can't find a sex bolt.

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..are all curently missing from my life. Have to wonder what we're getting for our subscription fees.

Agree with everything lune ranger said there, recently done the exact same switch to Juintech too.

I have had a BB7 caliper fall apart on me during a ride though, while under braking going down a very steep hill. Which was nice.

Haven't put them on bars yet, but the 55s are HUGE.



45s look the business though. Really good surface texture too. Miles better than ESI.

Not everyone is as capable a rider as you Gian :wink: edit to say "vs" is probably the wrong way of phrasing it in my post, but there are bikes that are clearly aimed for different bits of the Venn diagram covering those three variables. If you find one in the sweet spot for you then happy days :-bd

Same here - bottle cage is mounted to the bike and that's it. Everything else is strapped/bodged as required. If you're buying a bike for bikepacking I'd be much more interested in finding something with the right geometry - comfort vs how much climbing are you likely to be doing vs how much will yo...

JohnClimber wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 26, 2021 4:52 pm

Well that was a bastard to get washed just for a photo

I know your boss John. or I used to at least - I was PM on the Ballast Phoenix place over the road when that was being built and Sean was just setting up shop. Summer 2015.

Happy birthday Mike

I've also got an actual irl ride today - taking the full sus out for some rooty, slippy tech around Goyt Valley. Will probably be an utter disaster but it's a lovely sunny day for it. Hoping there's an ice cream van at the car park.

Have a great Friday Boners!

I drew up a lap of (modern) Lancashire last year after Shaf asked whether it could be done. https://www.strava.com/routes/2711956438649107050 Would be nice to give that a go once all this is over. Did one of the Peak District too, which I did actually get to ride https://www.strava.com/activities/37...

This is a fantastic read in the same vein if anyone hasn't read it:

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:30 pm

a night out will be okay from April 12th or maybe March 12th or possibly May 12th?

Are we talking about a night out or a night out?

Nobby Nic on the front, Rekon on the back is a very good combo for grip/rolling.

Got Minion DHF front, N Nic rear on my FS atm and that's also quality, albeit for a very different application.

The guy emailed me straight after the order:

Thanks for your order are you sure you want the 55mm they are huge !

We will put a set of 45mm in as well

Looking forward to this now

My favourites are easily Lauf btw. Absolute game changer. I'd have invested in some but... they look a simple enough design which I'm not sure warrant the £1200 pricetag (shirley)... Maybe if they were closer to £600 and went used for £400 or something. I bought my first pair second hand for £350. ...

My favourites are easily Lauf btw. Absolute game changer.

FLV wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:39 pm

Currently, I have some 2021 SID selects in 120mm. Light, stiff, work really well, half the price of fox.
Best I've had all round.

Are they 29er boost by any chance Dave? Interested in the clearance between the stanchions if so.

I thought the term 'staycation' meant to spend your nights at home but to travel from home to somewhere else each day. This. It now appears to simply mean going on holiday within the country you live. Utter bollocks. Utterly insensitive of the fact that many people can't afford to take holidays abr...

Incoming coms EG!

techno wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 3:45 pm

Girthy:
https://www.supergripz.com/

Nice one. Just bought a pair of the 55mm ones. Will report back, hopefully not from A&E.

I'll let Tom have first dibs but if he doesn't want them I'll take them please.

Make the plans Stu. At worst they'll be shuffled backwards a couple of months while European countries catch up with their vaccinations.

Exit roadmap being announced next monday.

Found this today https://www.deadendsandcake.ch/en/ Looks gorgeous. Obviously it's mostly the cake which attracts me That does look like fun but I really can't see much overseas travel by June sadly. Not this year anywway, it sold out after 4 minutes :shock: tbf they've given the checkpoint positio...

You young people :roll: :grin: (PS. Any bars where they do Ovaltine at 10pm?) As soon as you start acting like an old person you basically are on old person Reginald. Do the things you enjoy imo - if that includes getting out on the smash then have at it. :-bd PS. You might have to smuggle your Ova...