isitafox
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7 hours ago, forteh said:
Because our dave is a beefybeefcake™ that needs such a structure to support his atlas like physique?
Yeah 15 stone swinging around isn't exactly a confidence builder on those
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Late update but went to look at above car and it was a nail. Needed a respray and the interior was rank.....
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After waiting weeks for the weather to pick up and work to ease so I had a few days available I finally got my pull-up bar up and the door fitted in the back of the garage which makes me happy.
What doesn't make me happy is we had a new boiler fitted end of last week and I got a message off the wife first thing to say the heating hadn't come on, got home to find the pressure at zero.
Refilled the system but got to keep an eye on it now. If there's a leak it can only be somewhere downstairs under the floorboards but could just be air in the system somewhere still f**king it up as the pipework in this house is a joke......
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Change of plan now anyway, missus says it looks too boy racerish for her to use for work, personally I think it looks tidy
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More cheap to run/service/not tempt me to mod
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14 minutes ago, AdamR28 said:
Yup crack on.
Though an old Micra or something sounds just the ticket!
Well was looking C1/107/Aygo as a friend races the Citroëns but seen the Seat above for £800 more and it's just generally a lot nicer
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After a cheap motor as the cambelt went on mine the other day and considering going cat c/n as it's not something we'd be planning to move on anytime soon so wondered what people would consider about this?
Baring in mind this was done when the car had covered 8500 miles and now it is currently at 40k and has a pretty clean MOT history ever since being put back on the road (just tyres really!)
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Just ordered a couple of 4" fence posts for my pull-up bar but not sure about the sellers logic.
Single posts £38 each or a pack of two for £96.......
Obviously bought two single posts
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Definitely adulting hard when you spend birthday and Christmas vouchers on tools to attack the garden with!
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On 2/7/2022 at 4:54 PM, manuel said:
Despite its weight its surprisingly easy to go up steep stuff, no wheelies just ploughs on up.
I think that's just rigid/hardtail 29ers in general. Took mine over Jacob's Ladder last summer and I couldn't believe how easy it was riding up compared to the last time on a 27.5 full suspension.
Considering I hadn't ridden in ages I went bottom to top without stopping, just sailed up!
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Just watched Ali, looking forward to seeing how they hold up to some proper street rides
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1 hour ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said:
Time for a new bike then! I don't think the n+1 rule even comes into play when a new riding venue like that opens up nearby!
Believe me I've been fighting the need to buy a jump bike for a few months now. When I get the garage sorted my first job will be knocking together something from spares which will then be subject to a few sneaky upgrades when the wife is at work
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New pump track just opened nearby in Eyam (the plague village!), dying for the weather to dry up so I can take the kids for a play but it's given heavy rain all weekend.
Hopefully squeeze an hour or two in on the Adamant there one day next week when the kids are at school.
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On 1/31/2022 at 10:19 AM, Al_Fel said:
Any reason why it wouldn't have been lightening?
Could well have been but there was no thunder and it was too close and bright for there to be no noise associated
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1 hour ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said:
But you're not paying, right?... Sounds like a win to me!
I wouldn't want to, I have no idea what is getting fitted regarding sockets/switches/wiring on the electric and the window company are absolute garbage. I was a window fitter for 5-6 years and got an NVQ in window and door fabrication so I know how rough these guys are.
With the electrics I needed to get the loft cleared and partially boarded out first and sort the minor mouse problem out to make life nicer/easier but f**k that now, he can deal with it when he comes...
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Rant incoming!!!
f**king in laws messing is doing my head in.
New house needs rewiring and bay window replacing. Father in law said he would sort window out which I was fine with so I was planning stuff out for the electrics (switch locations, etc) before ringing a spark to come and have a look when I got told my father in law had sorted it with a local lad who is from a farming family and does electrical contracting. Sorted him coming down and came with him to see what wanted doing expecting it only needed a few sockets changing. He's now dealing with it and I have no idea what the f**k is going on regarding when he's coming, or what he's even doing!
After that f**ked me off I said leave the window and I'd sort it as he'd taken over the electrics, got told he'd already arranged a guy to come and look at it (who I don't particularly like as I was a window fabricator for years and I know these guys aren't particularly great when it comes to fitting) so I said fine but I needed him to look at a couple of other windows as well that needed doing and may as well be at the same time.
Anyway, long story short the wife has covid so I said come after she'd recovered and measure the lot but he came yesterday to just do the bay, I asked him when he could come and measure the others and he kind if shushed me saying not yet, they don't need doing yet.
Turns out the father in law is having them do it so he can run it through the farm and claim the vat back on his tax bill and they just keep saying they're only trying to help. f**king fuming at the whole thing, just want to tell them to do one and keep iut of it but my wife is sympathetic to them and thinks I'm just being grumpy.
More the point I've got two contractors coming ripping half the house apart and I have no idea when it's happening or what is planned
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Just to be clear, this isn't about bowel issues during plane journeys!
Walked in our kitchen last night about 22:00, walked up to the sink and suddenly there was a mad pulse of light outside in the sky that flashed once then disappeared.
Didn't get a clear view as the sky was really misty but it made no noise and I went straight outside and couldn't see or hear anything afterwards.
Can't have been an aircraft as it was too big and bright and I'm pretty sure I'd have heard it when I went out, could possibly have been a meteor but again seemed extremely big for that and I've been scouring meteor reporting websites and Twitter all morning looking for any info and there's nothing.
Really, really weird......
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@MadManMikeHow's that affected you? You've got quite a bit of crypto haven't you?
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Street bike geo isn't really designed for spending much time hopping on the rear wheel so I'd say everything geo/bar and stem wise is fine
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1 hour ago, monkeyseemonkeydo said:
I finally dipped my toe in and went the most lazy way I could by buying £50 of Litecoin, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum via Paypal. Currently around £7 up. Might retire next week...
Live the dream
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On 1/13/2022 at 10:39 AM, Ali C said:
I was thinking this one (tensioner is at 7 mins) though it seems my memory was out and apparently it's 1.2mm sheet rather than 1.8 however if you have a vice I'm sure 1.8mm would work fine.
This summer will be that tensioners 4th birthday!
Nice, might try and make something similar for my Adamant as the double wheel sprung tensioner currently fitted it just huge and ugly!
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I've tried on Duckduckgo and works fine for me as does the links so I don't know what the problem is
TartyBikes has new owners - full info inside.
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Wow just seen Inspired's post on Facebook. Good luck with the future bud, I'm sure whatever you end up doing to keep the bills paid will be a success!
Seems weird as I've not ordered anything major for a while and any time I think of Tarty I still think of the old crew of Gav, Stan, Cap, Mark, Kenny and Ali's legendary bombproof wheel builds!
I can now allow the changing of your username on here, long may it confuse the hell out of me