spode@thinkbikes

I kept mine in my room.

Why did you end up on your ass? what discs were you running?

Yeah, I've done it before too using QR. In this case we are using the bolts though. I snapped my hanger and reverted back to my DMR instead of putting on the rohloff. I feel silly for it now!

Picture I took on the train the other day. Suppose I should get some decent shots really I'm riding hangerless too, but using a DMR. It means It does slacken off a bit in my set up over time, so I just have to loosen the wheel and tighten it. I don't know why I didn't think of running the rohloff hangerless too - I'll give it a go tonight

I'm running 20/18 right now. So either would be a change. I've got some RaceFace cranks at the moment, circa 2000. They are slightly bent I think, so a new set is definitely needed before long Have your discs bedded in fully? I noticed a few squeels here and there in the video, I'm not getting any of that. I much prefer the clickyness of the Hope hub over the "zip" of the Chris King.

As I said on the observed trials forum, we're running almost identical set ups However, I'm liking the small teeth. What are you running - 16/16 ? Dual Discs For the Win. Should be some footage of me on mine coming up soon, got some nice footage while I was out in San Francisco.

I didn't quite get the whole download, but saw the majority of it. Some wonderful riding guys. I know that area well, so I know those lines and they are tough! Have to go out for a ride soon Fred, drop me a line when you're next about. Kent riders for the win!

The bruising has gone down a LOT and with some nice pain killers, I made it to Taiwan fine. Although last night I picked up my friend over my shoulder (firemans lift) and felt a nice pop in my buttock and now it hurts again. I think that's the key here, the bruise is quite deep and the impact of the injury has hurt the muscle - not just the surface.

Yup. I've done them more times than I can recall. But for some reason I landed on the last one perfectly at 45 degrees ready to do the next one and I just went for it. Big mistake. I am actually tempted to go to the doctors purely because they might be able to prescribe me some pain killers (or if I'm really lucky a local anasthetic and syringe to pop) to make the flight doable. The photo was taken on my phone in the bogs so it looks a little more black that it actually is. Don't get me wrong, it's a really dark colour, but it's definetely purple, not black. Just call me Bollard-Boy

I hate my arse! (and you better not be a guy!!) bhups you f007, that's a bruise It didn't bleed at all, I expect if it had it wouldn't have hurt as much.

Quite possibly the most painful thing I've done in a long long time. They were only about a foot high, square and about 8 inches x 8 inches. Bikes distance between them? Did the first four fine, but then I turned 45 degrees and went for another. I didn't really look properly and saw too late that I was aiming for the CORNER of the bollard. Landed, then tyre just slipped out and all my weight fell right on to the edge/corner of the bollard/block. The picture you see was taken a day later. The colour is the same as it was when I first did it, but a lot of the swelling has gone down. I reckon it must be pretty deep. Words cannot describe how it feels and how it felt. Can't sleep. Can't sit down. Can't ride. Can't walk Worst thing is, I have an 11 hour flight to Bangkok on Saturday. Then a 4 hour flight to Taiwan. :(

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I think if there was something major wrong with the memory, you'd know after 1:45. Have you tried clearning the CMOS? Maybe you've changed a setting that has screwed things up a little. And I would try the Knoppix Live CD too. It would be good to remove software from the equation. What is the CPU temperature like? Do know what CPU it is?

Not all recovery CD's format, some will have options for light recovery, or recovery of apps only. But in this case, it sounds like a hardware fault and I agree that MemTest would be a good start. The Ultimate Boot CD is quite a useful bootable CD with a collection of tools on, including MemTest. Quick Google for that will bring it up. A copy of Knoppix is also useful too, to eliminate the software corruption issue. This is a bootable version of Linux that requires no installation. I have seen BIOS' on brand new boards that are "laggy" but the performance hasn't been affected. So I would possibly ignore that as a red herring. Once you've sorted out what the problem is, a BIOS upgrade might solve it. I wouldn't recommend doing one until you have solved the issue mind you. At the moment, considering all your other problems it's sounding a little like your motherboard is unhappy. But it's difficult to diagnose this stuff over the net - it may well be something VERY simple causing all of this.

Am I the only one impressed at how far the quality of pictures on phones have moved on? Looks like a good ride though. I'll have to pop back to Kent for a Folkstone ride at some point. It's one of my favourite riding spots.

Do you mean that inside the BIOS it's really slow to react?

Sounds fun and I could do with visiting my sister (who lives in Swindon). Are you actually going to be doing a lot of riding, or just pissing around for your birthday? No offense, but If I come up to Swindon, I want to get a decent ride in :P Happy Birthday and all that

If only those Ashtons had disc mounts Liked that.

I just snapped my rear hanger. I've bodged it by using part of a DMR tensioner wedged between the wheel and the frame and using the bolt of my rear wheel holding it on. I'd take a photo, but it's all boxed up for my trip to San Francisco...

Oooh, you'll start a debate!

Is that Herne Bay?

It's good.

I really wouldn't suggest an adapter.

On 26", the Saracan MAD has rear disc mounts. But by far the best implementation of rear disc mounts I've ver seen is in the KOT MS2, which is what I ride now.