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That's exactly what I thought, all the trails round here are what I rode in my teens on hand me down cheap rigid bikes so I know they're just as fun. Yeah couldn't really knock it at that price, tyres are a bit iffy but other than that it's spot on for now.

Yeah she's a Jack Russell, the smallest of 6 pups and turns 9 weeks tomorrow

I can't even consider a mortgage for at least another 4-5 years and I'm 38 next month so not a good prospect! Never been good with money/savings but hoping to get on top this year with lots of overtime and getting 100% debt free other than the car payments but then I'm the only earner here and with 3 kids (who eat like adults) it's hard work. As for your situ Ali you just need to look at it as getting your foot in the door for a couple of years then hopefully wheb you've got some money paid off you can move on to something better. Anyway, in other Happy Thread news......

My latest acquisition, On One Big Dog. Sold the full susser and got this for some more speedy runs on the road and light trails. And if I decide it's too hard I can get some forks to soften the front end up.

I can't believe you're using a list of people's social media posts as a potential source of truth. The world would be such a better place without Facebook, Twitter, etc...

Ah well the well travelled wheel dream has come to an end by the looks of it. The tracking number shows that they're (or whatever is actually in the package) out for delivery on the Isle of St Thomas in the British Virgin Islands. So they almost got the country right On the plus side I put a claim in through PayPal and they refunded me within 5 minutes!

Wet weather means rain which means floods which means no trains running which means I can sit at work eating cake and drinking tea and "not" watching Guy Martin shows on Channel 4

Ordered a pair of rims from a potentially dodgy website (but they were cheap enough to not worry me) and the journey around the world is hilarious. I can't quite understand how the cheapest shipping option takes the parcel on the furthest journey, surely that costs more? So far after originating in China it flew over to Miami and is now currently in Puerto Rico with an expected delivery date of this Thursday. Looking forward to catching covid from it if and when it finally arrives, intrigued to see if they're still straight and round when they land

Even worse than that, it's not even a bike site it's one of those sites that lists literally everything, bike stuff, random clothes, household goods, you name it they probably sell it!

I managed to find a website that had DMR Backlines in stock so ordered a pair. Slightly dubious about the whole situation mind as the website was in French, based in Canada (which explains the language). The rims were extremely cheap (£40 posted) but are now on their way, not sure what's gonna arrive if anything but the price isn't that much so won't be the end of the world of it all goes tits up. Interesting thing was when I got the shipping information from them, the rims were shipped from China and went to America via USPS and have just yesterday passed through customs in Miami. God only know where they're going to end up but will be interested to find out

I was same but Revolution instead of Evolve, I did upload it to Vimeo but looks like my account has been deleted at some point

What should have been a quiet nightshift where I can get a few hours kip has just turned after a report of someone ready to jump off the viaduct. Transport police and my manager are on their way and I could have sworn I heard a scream about 20 minutes ago but could easily have been something innocent and my mind playing tricks on me. Needless to say I'm wide awake now

Power put through a DJ drivetrain is nothing like the power put through a trials drivetrain, especially for a big chunk of sexiness like Luke

Why not a screw on freewheel?

Wouldn't really make any difference whatsoever, if anything performance would be slightly worse. The split lines would be pushing the pistons in and the crossover would just hold fluid. You could potentially split the hose and then split each line again to run feeds into both holes in the slaves but I can't imagine it would improve the feel. Either way it would be almost impossible to bleed the system.

Why would you need a crossover if you were going to split the feed?

As far as I know, the Ashton is 1025 wb/+25 bb rise/380mm stays/72º head angle

People (read "Women") who walk around talking to people on speakerphone with the phone held up to their face. Why not make the effort to lift your phone an extra couple of inches and speak like a normal person!

Anyone ever seen something for sale and bought it because it was cheap thinking it'd come into use in the future and then lost it? I've had a few things but the most annoying was a couple of years back when Trialtechs HS33 pads had just come out and I bought a set in black Phatpad backings off here for a tenner! Didn't need but couldn't turn them down, stuck them on my bits shelf in the pantry and have never been able to find them again. They came wrapped in cling film so can only assume they got chucked in the bin at some point, absolutely gutted!

Would do me fine, a good 5mm shorter than my current 24

Assuming I can correctly see 'burns and Hope hubs then you'll be looking probably £350+ in the current bizarro world we're in. Ebay probably the best option

3 kids at home for the foreseeable now, luckily the wife doesn't work anyway so we don't have to worry about childcare. Just hope the weather picks up soon, lockdown in the summer was great being outdoors so much. Won't be enjoyable if it's just constant rain for weeks...

The wife and me want to call her Pip (she won't let me have Stella ) but the kids aren't keen. Tough tits though cause I'm paying so I get final say

Umm'd and aah'd before Christmas as the prices are obscene but we've bit the bullet and put a deposit down on a puppy!

Bought myself via the wife and kids a new pair of Swift Solo's. Don't like them as much as the old Terrex Solo's but beggars can't be choosers