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Congrats dude. Still jealous of the palm trees!!

What the actual f**k is going on here? Does nobody write their own essays anymore? And why does no one spam the forum offering any other service except bloody essay writing? Is it really that big a market? Where's the fakeID services, fake friends for FB, Instagram etc. services? Diversify damnit!

I really don't get adult birthday/xmas presents... I'm 38 years old, if I want/need something I buy it. I don't need no damn charity!! [/miserable,ungrateful old b*****d].

Can't wait...

You haven't met my kids... They'll make a nice place shit in about 3 seconds...

Behind the scenes up now. Shows a bit more of the extremeness of the terrain.

Some frames have slotted mounts to account for the wheel moving, others (not in trials that I've seen) have the wheel and brake mount on a separate bracket so that they move together. I've never really had any issues and most brake setups will let you off with an element of 'mismatch'.

Horizontal dropouts will usually end up with a simpler, lighter and more compact setup because you can just use integrated tugs or snail cams rather than having a mechanism with springs, pulleys etc. Obviously if you use a hacksaw blade with a bit of moulded/3D printed plastic or whatever that difference becomes minimal. Traditionally vertical dropouts came from running mechs and gears on small mountainbike frames and that kind of stuck on stocks (do we still use mod and stock?) until fairly recently. These days manufacturers seem to be picking up on neat integrated tensioners and bolt through axles which is nice to see.

That was one of the reasons we extended our current place. I don't even understand how it's posible to move in one day and the stress, effort and money involved just didn't make sense. I'd love a detatched place but seeing as we'll have paid off the mortgage in a few years I think we'll just stick where we are now probably until the kids have left home and we're ready to downsize. Like Luke we jumped a rung or two by going from renting a 2 bed house to buying a 3 bedroom semi with garage, garden etc. With the extension it's now effectively a 5 bedroom though for now the boys are still happy sharing which means one 'bedroom' is a toy room and the other is set up as an office while also having a spare bedroom. Local schools are good and it works for both of our jobs so no point moving in the foreseeable future.

It's a shame the camera flattens things so much. I bet in real life that's scary as shit but on film it gets lost a bit.

So inconsiderate!!

I was a bit lucky on that front- although not for credit history reasons I was brought up being told that credit cards are fine so long as you pay off the balance each month. I did that for many years and it was only after getting a mortgage that I started abusing 0% purchase cards to spread the cost of bigger items but again I do it sensibly. My current card 0% deal ends next month and I've got a rolling spreadsheet that means that I'll clear all of the 0% purchases (bikes, kids bikes, sofas, holiday payments etc.) that I've used the card for justi in time and have my new 0% TSB card waiting to take over once the current deal's up. I don't get cashback on the card itself but I have earned over £1000 using topcashack and over £1300 with Quidco over the years which helps things along.

That's where I fall over... Our first mortgage back in 2010 was fixed for 5 years at like 5.2% or something which made sense at the tiem as we assumed things would start rising after the slump. Never happened. When that deal ended we got a 10 year fixed deal at 3.24% which sounded good, again expecting things to start going up at some point but it's just never happened so we've kind of screwed ourselves over both times! That's part of the reason for the big overpayments- I think if I was on one of the current 1% rates I wouldn't be too fussed but the maths says I just need to sack it off as quick as possible.

That's definitely different! Not sure my wrists would cope with a rigid front end though...

How bad was the dent. If it's now back at DMR is it worth asking them if they can work any of their magic (i.e. fettle it with a hammer!) so you can use the exact frame you returned to them?

Yeah we're not planning moving anywhere anytime soon. Extended above the garage and utility room over first lockdown last year (thankfully we paid that through savings so didn't have to take another mortgage or loan out) so now we've gone from a 3 bed semi to a 5 bed!

Just lol! We're currently around £1700 per month (£950 mortgage plus £750 per month overpayments). Should knock it on the head in 3 years which would mean we're paid up in 13 years which isn't bad going I don't think (£168k original mortgage on a £198k property).

I want a house with palm trees!! Looks awesome .

To be fair there's not much that doesn't mean no trains is there? Leaves, snow, rain, wind, strikes, animals, mechanical problems, track works etc. etc...

What did you and Staci do?... There must be some reason!

Shit man, I hope he gets over it. It seems like a really weird thing and it's almost a lottery how things turn out to especially above a certain age. My dad's 71 with COPD so is being fairly careful. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Congratulations! It's a great feeling having your own place! We rented for a good 4 years while I was doing my EngD before buying and it was so weird being able to do stuff to the place without first having to think about speaking to a landlord!

If it's just the mini BMX saddle you should be able to pick one up on eBay or a racing BMX shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/888/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=bmx+mini+seat One thing to be aware of is the post size required- not sure what it was on the mission but double check what you buy is compatible or that you can get a shim to cope with any discrepancies.

I used to ride around with a nail in my pocket so I could use it to tighten the lockring. Brace the nail against the chainstay, insert in the pin spanner hollow and roll the bike backwards. Ah, those were the days...!