AndrewEH1

It does look pretty good. Why post it then? ...still haven't got my graphics

I went about town taking photos with different backgrounds, including the red brick, and these were the best lighting wise. I might try again another day though...

It hasn't been lacquered, yet, waiting on stickers and then I might get it done after I've decided whether I want to use them or keep it clean.

Yeah, I guess I'm going to have to keep it reasonably clean and polish it up occasionally...it'll be worth it though!

Keeping the gold bits... Cheers, I've had some new stickers made up and they are apparently in the post. I'll update if I decide to put them on.

You'll get it on Monday probably - unless you selected Saturday delivery. Although if it was getting posted by Royal Mail you might get it today. Tarty are spot on when it comes to postage.

I like the gold bits... What would colour would you suggest?

Well thought some of you guys might be interested in this custom Skye, hopefully the only one out there! The orange powder-coat is great but living in Scotland can cause some issues, mainly looking like a tit. So after a few months it was time to change it up. Originally I wanted to get it powder-coated blue, but plans change for the better! So, the new Nitromors is rubbish and the old stuff is nearly impossible to get so I went for Starchem Synstryp. Designed to be used to strip powder-coat off alloy wheel so was nice and strong. Bit of a safety notice - if you get this stuff on you it stings quite a bit so wear gloves and have a nearby water source if you need to quickly clean yourself! Also do this outside or in a well ventilated area as it stinks! My first coat (above) was pretty light so my advice is put loads on, for the frame and forks I used about half of the 5 litre tub. My Skye is also one of the 'older' ones so had 4-Bolt brake clamps welded on, so a bit of hack sawing, filing and sanding quickly cleaned the lines up. So after stripping all the paint off and cleaning up I was still undecided who I was going to sent it to for the re-spray. After hearing back from a few people and having a crisis over what colour to go for I wanted to go for a ride so re-built it in its raw state, looked great so decided to get it polished up! Through a team mechanic friend I found a guy (http://www.grateshine-polishing.co.uk/) working out of a shed in town so after two weeks and £100 the frame and forks were ready! Updated on page two.

Yeah all silver Hope gear, I don't think green would really go that well with the blue frame.

Watched that randomly a few days ago! Wouldn't like to ride that personally.

Worse you can do is report them to ASA and they will ask them to correct the advert.

I get that, but with a Skye you can bash it to f**k and not worry about breaking it. Whereas a lightweight carbon bike might not survive too many hard hits. I'm no expert of carbon, I know it can be stronger than most metals but not so good for scrapes and bashes?

Well the brake levers look pretty good! Calipers too! Surely only top level comp riders will be tempted by this?

Good to see all the videos in one place! All I can say is I'm thankful for the recent developments of DSLR/GoPros!

It did have a massive LED screen on it though...

Anyone who thinks this is some sort of government conspiracy is a bellend. That practice happened in 2011. *Awaits Dave*

Guess you are in a tricky situation, in the immediate aftermath I'd like to think that most pros would down their cameras and help, then perhaps step back once trained people had arrived. Also a lot of others simply ran away, why didn't they help?

Seeing as he's riding it in public now....taken at Red Bull Hill Chasers

"The race clock at the finish line was showing 04:09:43 at the time of the first explosion, which was within minutes of the 2012 Boston Marathon's peak time for marathon finishers"

Worth a wee read, I think Mark would do well going back to endurance racing. http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/5-reasons-why-mark-webber-should-move-to-porsche-in-201-472791643

A few hard stops down a hill when you first install the pads. http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/workshop-how-to-bed-in-disc-brake-pads-31337/

Regarding Qually

I live in Scotland where it is pretty much constantly 'moist' and I never had an issue with the Pro pads. Edit: Perhaps people have issues bedding them in...

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