Tomm

Go to Decathlon, I reckon they would have something for you

Until phones approach the quality of *any* cheap digital camera, I will say they are wank. Fair enough they're passable for taking pictures of your mates on a night out, but for anything more they're toss. I've got a 6 year old, dirt cheap 2MP digital camera that takes better photos than any phone, which is pretty rubbish. It doesn't even have autofocus but it's still loads better than any phone camera. Why the hell can't they just put decent cameras in them. Rant over. You can get any phone (just about) to sync with a mac via bluetooth, as long as the hacks are available. Apple do update isync every now and again to add recent phones, but it's always a few months after they come out. So you need the hacks. My w810i works fine

EDIT: Just check the orange spv is compatible with your mac. Most phones can talk to iCal/Address book with a plist hack but it's worth checking, because I doubt those Windows phones will offer any software for getting info from your mac.

Yes but it still has all the image quality of a powerful wank. Still looks pretty cool. I need a new phone and I was looking at various deals but nothing is really that interesting. They all kind of have their niche, like some phones have good cameras (K800i), some are just pretty much a music player (w880i) some have good "multimedia" stuff (N73), some are kinda like a PDA and some just look pretty and do a mixture of things (that LG Prada, Samsung phones). You just have to work out what you want I reckon. I know I would never use WiFi or 3g or GPS so I don't care about them. I'd rather have a small nice phone with a music player that's decent for those few times I'm without my iPod.

Hmmm, I would have thought I'd have no trouble finding one, but I was wrong. I know this one isn't great but you get the idea

Yeah, I ride some narrow bars on my 24. Not sure how wide they are probably 24-25 ish. Anyway, whenever I ride on bars wider than 28 it just feels terrible and I can't get used to it. BUT, on the whole, people like wide bars and that's not a coincidence. I reckon you'd get used to them. Besides, the ea70s aren't THAT wide are they?

I think Iolo offers internal cable guides on his (Steel) frames.

They're all different. Maguras are M8 for the main hose and M6 for the crossover. Don't know about any others. And if you're thinking of attaching a different lever to maguras you wouldn't be the first

Ew gripshifters! Aren't they a bit annoying?

Right, I'm sure I can't be the only one that's noticed that there are no crowds whatsoever in all these pics? I would be happy if my bike was an extension of my own body and I can do anything on it I want! It's like Ronaldinho - he always looks well cheerful when he's playing football.

It does work sometimes, quite a few people run it like that. I think it just reduces the friction in the whole drivetrain. Adam (tarty) ran his like that for quite a while. But if it's skipping then it's not a great idea I don't think.

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

It's just the way you give an impression of complete arrogance. Like you're much too good to read the whole thread, or use manners, or to even write in sentences. My guess is that you don't actually want to help anyone, you just want to have all the answers so people will look up to you.

Haha, well played sir

This thread is cursed

Good point, why doesn't he just do that? You really are an insufferable arse, Ash.

I'm more and more tempted to just get a 24UK 'cos it will just be exactly the same geo, give or take. Only problem is they've gone up quite a bit and I'm not sure I can afford a new one. Hmmmph.

A chain tensioner won't solve your problems. If your mech is set up properly, then it will tension better than any single speed tensioner*. If you want to save some weight then by all means buy a tensioner. I'm just saying that there's no point splashing out on one when you've still got this problem. Can you post another picture with the chain like it is? *With the possible exception of Rohloff

Yes there is. Take some links out for starters. If that means buying a chain tool for about £6 then do that! It'll come in really useful in the future, I promise. Then take the spring out of the mech as Krisboats has explained to you (or read THIS) - which will require a 5mm allen key and perhaps a screw driver to pry the circlip off. If it still skips which is pretty unlikely, make sure that the mech is all lined up properly and the chain line is straight. You can do this by reading any instructions for setting up derailleurs or even just your common sense... For the last time, buying a tensioner WILL NOT HELP.

Yup that's exactly what I thought

Yeah if you won't use the videos or the extra space, what's the point in the 30gb?

But that will give you much less tension and solve nothing. Like I said, the best tensioners are mechs themselves. Just set it up properly.

No, money is tight at the moment. Might get a 24UK if it comes down to it, but not sure I can afford that. I might look at getting a cheap 26" frame and building that up if I can't raise the cash for a 24

So I was out riding in Manchester this evening and I began to get a funny feeling in my cranks. Something just wasn't quite right - I thought my cranks were loose or something. So I have a look and there's a crack. From a to b in this picture: Except it's all the way around the downtube --> bb shell --> round back of seat tube --> BB shell on the other side. It's not small either: The weird thing is that I'd looked in that area for cracks about a week ago (there's a scratch just next to this crack that looks a bit like a crack, so I'd specifically looked). It's also got a crack in the toptube (at the headtube) that's been there for over a year and hasn't got any bigger. Anyway, RIP Ashton ET

I agree a lot of quotes are stupid, but how exactly would having pictures help this? It would just be another opportunity for people to share stuff I don't care about / showoff.