TomR

Funny that, the other day i remembered how good finch were, dragged out their old album and it was shit.

Comeback Kid - wake the dead No Trigger - More to Offer

I started getting into it but not been out for a while, although i did a construction site a while ago which now has a crane a storey or two above the roof ridge level which may be cool, and theres a couple of cranes in MK i spotted overlooking a lake and windmill, would be a great daytime explore that.

How to: Cut down a steerer tube. What you’ll need: Hacksaw Saw Guide or Insulating/masking tape Scribe/Screwdriver/Blade De-burring tool/Files I've seen plenty of people cock up this incredibly simple task simply from poor judgement, and equally as many people not dare do it just because it's on an expensive pair of forks, so here's a how to. Method: If you’re removing spacers from an existing setup, remove your stem cap and arrange your stem and spacers as you please. (Note: when cutting make sure you know where your star fangled nut is – you don’t want to chop it in half!) If you’re installing new forks, slide them in dry (i.e. without grease on anything) ensuring you’ve got all your headset parts in place, compress it as much as you can by hand and do everything up how you want it. Once this is done make a mark where the top of the stem comes to on your steerer tube. Remove the forks (removing the brake and wheel also helps) and clean them up. Don’t try and get away with not having to clean and re-grease them, because there’s a 99% chance they’ll get covered in filings anyway. Measure 5mm down the steerer from the mark you made and make another one, like so: If you have a saw guide - use it, if not, then wrap some tape around the tube where the lower mark is as a guide for cutting. The idea with the tape is the straight edge - if you don’t wrap it perpendicular to the tube, the edges won’t meet up, for this reason its better to use tape that doesn’t stretch. Make sure there’s a decent overlap so you can guarantee you’ve got it straight. Clamp your forks in the vice. If you’re using a metal vice, use some bits of wood or jaw protectors to avoid damaging your forks, and whatever you do – DO NOT SQUASH YOUR FORKS! Nip the vice up and get someone to support them if you’re having trouble. Tips for n00bs: Practise on an old bit of tube or pipe first, if this fails miserably take them to your LBS. To get the cut started put your thumbnail up to the point you want to cut as a means of stopping the blade slipping. Remember – a saw blade is directional, it cuts while moving forwards (assuming the blade's in correctly) so pushing down on it with all your might while cutting does absolutely nothing at all to speed things up, Just use a decent blade, take your time and keep checking it's straght and it should be fine. Warning! Do not ignore you own How-To and cut through your star fangled nut! With the end now cut off, remove them from the vice and check your handiwork. You might need to square the cut off with a file so stick them back in the vice with the steerer pointing straight up. File the steerer up to the tape with a nice wide flat file. Check by eye for the most part but you can use a square to check its straight when you’re getting close to your mark, although if we're honest is not the end of the world it it's a bit on the piss. De-burr the inside and outside of the tube with the be-burring tool/file. You don’t want a huge chamfer on it, just a nice clean edge. Brush/wipe away any filings, re-grease & refit.

Hahaha, what on earth? That's something i'd be worried about!

AOF were shit when i saw them live, but i was really hungover. Didn't Brand New appear on the second stage, announce themselves as the flaming lips, play 4 songs then leave?

Good stuff, i've started going up chicksands a fair bit recently too.

I used to be on one but forgot what it was and can't find the registration email in my inbox, so what DJ forums do you guys all use?

The Human Abstract - Some f**king sick guitar work going on, reminds me a bit of A7X from the Waking The Dead Era, just a f**kload more solo's.

Sounds like the brakes are set up on the piss to me.

Insurance isn't stupid for cyclists, imagine if you slipped when filtering through traffic and scraped the side of a porsche or a merc? Imagine if that was your porsche or merc. And cyclists can cause accidents too, and can be penilised for breaking road traffic law, so why not be insured or have a system for penilising idiot cyclists? Obviously it's totally un-enforcable in a practical manner, but it's not a stupid idea at all. As for letting cyclists ride on the pavement, that's just a stupid idea. Local authorities have minimum standard widths for footpaths and cycleways - and funnily enough there's a reason for that - people need space. And i bet if you were allowed to ride on the path all you'd do is post threads saying 'sign this petition to stop prams being allowed on the path as theyre in cyclists way'. Don't be a pussy, just ride on the bloody road, it's really not hard.

Cheers for that, sounds good enough to me!

Can anyone tell me if the S/M size has the same size shell as the L/XL with different pads in it, or are the shells different too? Cheers very much, Tom

Joe, phone the DVLA and ask them if its coming up as valid on their system and then ask for written confirmation of that. When the police pull you show them the letter dated whatever it was, then if they pull you ever again tell them you're going to report them for harrassment or something.

What was wrong with the Mk 3? Did you get end up with a bit of a crap one? Theres loads of cool little mods for the Mk4's, you'll probably come across a few on the forums.

Get a mk4 astra, can pick them up for cheap as chips these day's and have pretty much the same engines as the Corsa B's, albeit a bit more up to date. Wheck out http://www.astraownersclub.com forum's for loads of info. Plenty of engine available and usually good insurance.

I usually wind the adjuster right in, set the pads to the rim then wind the adjuster back out as a rough guide. If they're not moving in equal distances then they probably need bleeding.

Good on you for diving in and sorting it out mate, bikes are easy to fix once you start as you can see how they come apart as you do it, it's harder to understand without doing it.

For christs sake, why do people go nuts after a few days thinking they've been robbed, and especially after a weekend. Have you even asked the guy about why it's late? Checked with Royal Mail/the courier? did you get a tracking number off of him? do you know what the expected delivery date is/typical delivery times on large items?

Amen to that! you know it's summer when you're driving to MK with your shades on, blasting out Set Your Goals and you get overtaken by an R1 on the back wheel!

I can't bunnyhop my ashton for shit. That's with zoo bars and Re'sy'stem stem on it.

http://www.monkeymag.co.uk/Competition/wil...ompetition.html Free razors and the chance to win some kit - all for nothing!

Brains finally dropped into gear - should be in the best of the net thread really, oops!

Taken from another forum (may be a repost?): (final cut of the last one)

Wheres your helmet Not bad though, showed a lot of riding!