burty wrote:my old light decided to pack in
so splashed out on a exposure six pack , eye wateringly expensive but turns night to day when its on
and will also last up to 36 hours on low
but more important it came with stickers
IMG_0912[1] by paul burty, on Flickr

I borrowed one to use at relentless this weekend. They are crazy bright!

Heavy too. Race is perfectly adequate for...well, racing I suppose!

Had a pair of Montane Terras turn up, I need a long leg and a medium waist. Why on earth do they insist of making the 'long' leg vary with waist size?? Are fatter people taller and vice versa?! So the long leg isn't long enough, grrrr

I've lost weight some my XLs are too big, good for dog biking though.

Some nice wheels manufacturing drifts. Got tired of bodging some bearings in with sockets/old bearings. Happily, they fit my old cheap bearing press too

Blood test kit from anthony Nolan .

If your under 30 and eligible get registered !

One of those impulse purchases...'beater Ti spindle kit. Better hope I never top 90Kg now.

Greetz

S.

An airshot for my tires (cheaper than a compressor n ace )

Love mud 650b wheels for when I'm hammering the stooge around rocky trail centre's and wanna save the roval from a battering ( heavy though )

And some new whisky glasses that balance themselves

Mike wrote: And some new whisky glasses that balance themselves

Need more info!

What I need is some whiskey glasses that balance me!!

A week ago my rear rim exploded riding along the rufty-tufty Thames cycle path. Mercian have just rebuilt it for me around the CK hub. Not many requests for 26 inch non disc wheels these days I expect.

Also got one of these Upso bags from Carradice which I can put under the saddle or on the handlebars if I need just a little extra stuff:

http://upsobags.co.uk/recycled-bike-bags/seat-packs

Zips still a bit stiff and if used on the bars you will still need to stop if you want to get anything out of it.

@Mike - did you try your Airshot yet?

And this time it wasn't the postie, but the LBS man's been sorting out mah Lois...32T Gamut on the front...fresh 11-36 XT on the back and a not-so-stretched 1051 hookin' 'em up. Ready to get f*cked over by the winter grit.

That's me sorted for the next little while. Back to the ramen dinners and your regularly programmed schedule.

Greetz

S.

A campag rear mech and some latin.

Think I know who sent that ... thanks!!

Some climbing goodies. Want to try some indoor climbing with my son

Petzl Hirundos
Black Diamond ATC Guide belay device
a few screwgate carabiners
DMM chalk bag, chalk and a couple of brushes

Got an intro session at The Castle on Saturday

A Mucky Nutz Fat Fender and Gut Fender from CTBM

Another Airshot here. Very pleased with it, worked a treat after wrestling with just a trackpump for a day. First time I've been beaten though!

Bit of a haul today! Second hand highball frame for singlespeed duties this winter, singlespeed dropouts for same, some of those boost sids that someone put up a psa for and a wtb kom rim because they're cheap at the moment!

Tomorrow is bike build day, first run planned for monday's night ride. Quite excited!

WTB scaper 29+ rims from CRC - they are already a pretty good price at £87.50 but they are also in their clearance list (WTF?) so if you add the code CLEAR2016 at the checkout you get £10 off. If you want a pair, buy them separately and you get £10 off per rim. Just need to buy the rest of the bike now

Rear axle for the berlingo and a 100mm t50 torx bit. After the torsion bar snapped on the way to ride in Aviemore last weekend.

The ride was good though.

Knog oi bell yay

Didn't fit, wrong size boo

TRP Brakes for the impending CX build.

Schnozzle

I gave in after seeing so many recommendations for it. Lovely wee pouch it comes in too!

ScotRoutes wrote:Schnozzle

I gave in after seeing so many recommendations for it. Lovely wee pouch it comes in too!

It's just a brilliant name

Trail-rat wrote: the torsion bar

That said, I'm still trying to work out what set of bushings/joints/control arms et al. on the complicated BMW suspension setup needs replacing to sort it out and handle more like it should when "making progress"

I'm fairly sure the subframe bushings are part of the equation. They arrived the other day:


309 (03-11-2016) by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

I'm also mixing some automatic transmission fluid with the manual transmission fluid to make the gear changes a bit less notchy. The er gearbox and diff oil were a bit past their best when I drained it out (took fricking ages to get the diff oil out as there's only a fill plug )

Need to wait for a nice weekend of weather before I drop the subframe though

its near fitted as well..

between showers of snow , freezing rain and hail ive taken the old axle off and stripped it and rebuilt the new one ready to bolt back on tomorrow.


urgh poly bushes.

Polybushes made me buy a 20t press so i could fit OEMS again.

Trail-rat wrote: urgh poly bushes.

I agree, but I wasn't confident I could press OEM rubber ones in on the driveway, and they were a good price!