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I'm on my Grandma's now, it's a Samsung with NP-NC10 on the bottom. http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/..._cd=NC10RH/XEU# Seems pretty good! Surprisingly good actually, I'm running Photoshop CS3 portable off my pen drive, it took a while to open it, (faster than at home or work though because it has USB 2.0), and now it's running fine, I've been editing some pics and it's barely lagging at all when adding pretty complicated filters and stuff. Here's a review: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/234621/samsung-nc10.html I think if I get a netbook I'll get one of these, maybe I'll be able to blag this one, she doesn't seem too keen a the moment.

My grandma has one, it's a great little thing. It's super light, not too pokey and it has a 1024x640ish resolution, which is actually not too bad, any mor eand it would be too hard to read stuff. I'm planning on getting the same one for when I go to Uni.

If it's a standard T-Pro, I wouldn't go a penny over £250, and it would have to be mint condition. It's an old bike that isn't made any more that only cost like £420 when it was new, so £350 is way too much if you ask me. Trials bikes normally sell for less than half of what they cost new.

I watch Top Gear, very, very sad but does work to cheer me up and clear my head. No idea why!

Haha, I'm gonna go watch that sketch now. EDIT: Bloody secret SM editing....

So someone spraining an ankle and waking up the next day is a miracle now? Feck, that must mean I must be the messiah!

Haha, you're kidding right? I've had several bikes with different maggies over the years, and I've found that a booster normally makes it hold better. It may make it bite less if you use one on a very stiff frame to start with, but on most it makes a big difference. I ran a Zona Zip, Echo Lite 06, Echo Lite 07 and a Kot MS2 all with and without boosters, with different maggy set-ups and pad/grind combos. The brake on my Kot is by far the best I've had so far, and I've done pretty much everything to it I can, I built it from all brand new bits and it was well worth it if you ask me.

That old "macs don't get viruses" argument is null and void now, there have been a lot more cases of people writing viruses to target macs recently. http://theappleblog.com/2009/01/26/more-ma...-time-to-worry/

Yes it is. Boosters and stiffer clamps and backings make it hold better, metal TPAs make the brake work for longer than 10 mins, lever blades make it more comfertable and more powerful because they're usually longer, and Monty splitters make the pads move more evenly and allow you to run a better hose line.

I love how all these people from other countries are defending him, yet have never met him. At the end of the day he's just pointing out what people should be able to realise on their own, they use a cheap shite grade of steel that simply doesn't have the stregnth to weight ratio needed for trials frames. I did ask the guy why he doesn't use Reynolds 531 or something similar, but I had no idea what he said back. When you're a sponsered rider, the deal is that they give you free stuff in return for you promoting it. In this case though I think people did need to know if they were thinking of getting one. Maybe it was just too long for skinny steel tubes, but I still think with a better grade and some gusseting it wouldn't have gone. To the guy saying steel frames need to be 2.5kg to be strong, how come steel XC frames don't weigh anything like that and last for years? I got a steel frame from my Dad's mate for £45, it weighed less than 2kg and I used it for dirt jumping from 2002 to 2005, and my brothers had it since and he gives it more hammer than I did! It's been cracked once and rewelded about 2 years ago and has been fine since. It's not even that good a grade, just shows how bad the stuff the marinos must be made out of.

Yeh, but it's only like the difference between rubber grips and foam.

Oh, you'll have noticed that his original post was quoted then and that the post you quoted had edited by Krisboats underneath it? Heres his original post anyway...

Ah yeh sorry, it didn't register that you wanted a 24" monitor, it would be cheaper going for Dell I'd imagine. Also it might be a bit slower, but probably less likely to break down than one from Ebay. Rather than one 24" you could get two 22" though if you fancied? Thats what I'm going for soon when I get another 22", I've been testing using a 17" CRT and it's so much better than having one monitor. Just a thought, something else to considor!

Had a look on Ebay? Theres some really good systems going on there for not a lot of money. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GANGSTER-CASE-PC-INT...93%3A6|294%3A50 Yes, that case is called "Gangster Case", it's on overclockers.co.uk. That PSU doesn't seem very powerful, but the rest of it seems all sorted and matching to me.

I'd go with Mike, for £1200 you could probably build a beasty i7 powered machine and have enough spare to get a couple of monitors to go with it.

Pump them up fairly hard, then let them down until they feel right. No-one can say what PSi you should run, all depends on how you like it to feel, now much you weigh and how much the bike weighs.

I'd go for the PC, you get a much better spec and if you ever feel the need to play games or anything in future you can. For me a PC is the obvious choice, no doubt Mackdaddy will be in hear soon, he's been using Macs for years so he knows exactly why they're good and bad. The bad thing I can see is the cost for the performance (although the Mac OS doesn't need as much power to be as fast as a PC), the up side is they hardly ever require wiping and don't break or get corrupted very often.

Futureproofing! It won't be that long, I reckon in 5 years or so it'll be relatively mainstream, just like 1gb Ethernet.

http://tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?produc...;category_id=31 I'd get one of them, it says it's for BMX chains so it should be fine.

He lied, I used a chain splitter I've had since the late 90s, it was fine, you just need to take care with it.

You can't use sentences.

He wants comfy grips, they look like plastic and the rubber looks about 2mm thick.

I dont. And yeh, I hate having unfinished "projects", I love it when I finish stuff off. Some stuff though I really struggle to stop, like when I had my Echo and kept trying to make it lighter, I spend loads on that b*****d thing.

I can't stop adding to my music and video collection, I have systems to organise them and just can't stop downloading! I've got every episode of Just Shoot Me. No idea why, I wasn't that keen when I watched them all on telly! Physical stuff I'm the opposite though, I through away as much stuff as possible, I love having empty draws and surfaces. Comes from before my Mum left, she had a study room that was so full of shite she had to do all her studying in the dining room, so now I love having everything tidy and ordered, all the cables hidden away etc. Have I got OCD?

For all hope brakes the shims are to make sure that the rotor is in the centre of the slot on the caliper, then the pads should adjust themselves over time to hit the rotor correctly. If they don't either the rotors bent, the mount hasn't been faced or the pistons are sticking. To free them off, take the caliper off, pump the lever to push the pads out and use a small brush to lube the pistons with some Dot oil, then push them back in with a screwdriver, wipe the caliper out and refit the pads, push the pistons right back into the caliper and when you pump the lever they should move out the same amount, so if the rotor is in the middle of the slot they won't rub.