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Do this but have a look at GiffGaff. £10 a month 'GoodyBag' (not a contract so not locked into anything) gives 250 minutes, unlimited texts and unlimited internet. Can't fault them.

Luca Di Montezemelo says no...

But you're so good at it.

Surprisingly entertaining race and a fantastic result!! Also get a really warm fuzzy feeling inside watching Alonso go backwards down the field In other news- Jenson Button... wtf? And finally in other, other news, glad to have found an alternative way to view the live race rather than waiting for the BBC highlights.

When I saw the Youtube still I actually thought he'd done it in the Jim'll fix it suit he once did a video in!

Such a nice white tracksuit they're making everyone wear. Where do I get me one?!

Says the guy who paid £250 to paint his Limey! People in glass houses...

At what point does a base jump become a sky dive? Does a skydive have to start from a non fixed position such as a chopper or aircraft?

Ah, so it's powdercoating we're talking about is it? Or spraying like you said in the first post?! More money than sense some might say .

That's crazy. Each to their own but I don't think I'd pay £50 for a frame to be powdercoated let alone £250.

I think they saw you coming...

Good call. http://www.mtbr.com/cat/tires-and-wheels/hub/gusset/dozen-150/prd_366047_127crx.aspx

Pass. Can't find it on that nicksimports.se site, or the free-coaster.com site it's hosted by. Looks like a 12mm through axle though so not sure how useful it'll be on a normal trials bike.

You exaggerate so much! "Full frame-£35 Handlebars-£15 Forks-£20 Wheels-£30 Cranks/Pedal arms-£15 Pedals-£10" Anyhoo... is he using rattlecans in his shed? Proper professional spray gear in a booth? Oven? 2 pack paint? Powdercoating?

Sad news indeed. Without going into too much detail, is there anything that the rest of us could learn from what happened? Did the truck driver not see him or was he not able to stop in time for the junction? Thoughts are with his family and friends.

I don't think those whheels will suit it but ok.

Can you say effort, Ash?! Only reason I'd strip it unless needed is if I decide to get it powder coated for the hell of it. Shamus- definitely useful- sounds like delicate electrics need to be removed (R/R, ECU, instrument cluster etc) but might take it into work at some point and get the resident welder to have a look, see how awkward he reckons it would be.

Ok, so I noticed yesterday that the frame on my motorbike is cracked pretty epically: The bit on the right is the start of the crack and the rest is a reflection of the crack travelling around the back side of the tube and round pretty much 50% of the tube . The frame's steel and sits about 40-50mm from the engine. I guess my question to anyone who has any experience with this sort of thing is whether the whole bike will need to be stripped to get back to frame only to weld or would it be just engine out of the way to get access? I'm just worried that welding without stripping could cause damage to the electrics or whatnot (I have no experience of welding at all...). The other option at the moment is to put the bike back to stock and trade it in to a garage so it's their problem!!

Yup, and that jet lorry thing as well- very impressive. Kind of half arsed attempt like the astra just seem a bit daft. Judging by the size of the air intake it won't be able to breathe properly anyway and the fact there are no youtube videos of it actually moving (let alone at Santa Pod) makes me think that maybe it doesn't really work as a propulsive device. Would like to see some footage of it actually going.

You know there's issues when a McLaren is unable to make any kind of move stick on a Caterham. Definitely a boring one. I think if any circuit would benefit from being artificially wetted every year, it's Monte Carlo!

I'd still hazard a guess that it's pretty much pointless. Something with driven wheels will be half way down the 1/4 mile before it pulls away. Where's the fun with drag anyway?

I'm not saying all the Northern riders cause problems but it seems like whenever there's a big ol' debate about TGS vs. street or whatever the aggressive trouble makers who tend to get warnings/banned seem to me to be from oop north. Juuust sayin'.

Yeah, fair enough. It does seem somewhat unfortunate that the majority of the twats on here do tend to be primarily from the (dare I say it?) Northern TGS mob...

That looks like it's just a standard car with a bin welded on the back with an engine that you can't possibly use practically on the roads (just imagine sitting behind it at some lights on your motorbike...). Wonder what the insurance is like... Any modifications? Well, y'see...

You say that but I can see where he's coming from... those of us who have migrated to a more chilled, flowy, '24' style of riding tend to be the slightly older generation who have done the sidehop thing and got bored and as such are also in general of the generation who have stuck with trials, grown up with it and can see things from a different perspective than those who are younger and relatively new to the sport. Agree it's a generalisation but not necessarily completely unfounded.