Shaun H

What are people running for mud nowadays? I'm still off the bike til new year but my dad is finding his Nobby Nics are filling up quickly and wants to get a winter tyre set. Benn looking at Swamp Things but they are quite pricy. Looking for a tyre with good volume and an agressive tread rather than something thin to cut through the mud (he already has a set like that).

SheepH, on PC of course!

Look at it this way, which tyre would you rather lose when cornering? If you like your face, it'll be the rear, so stick the softer/tackier tyre on the front. N.B. when dealing with tyres don't forget that the softness is just ONE element of the grip generated by the tyre. Stickiness and tread patterns can mean a super soft tyre doesn't grip as well as another brands harder compounds

Jesus Christ that case is ugly. If you're using this for work it might also be worth thinking about a RAID 1 upgrade for your data (2 hard drives running as mirror images). If you stand to lose significant work (i.e. it will cost you money) if you lost data then RAID 1 gives you a bit of peace of mind if one drive craps out (still vulnerable to things like power surges etc though)

From that link, I'm guessing by the "carbon effect" title that it's not actually carbon fibre...

If they are the chro-moly cams you can forget drilling them, you'll touch the surface but then it just hardens and you'll get no further.

With a used carbon part you should take a slightly different tack as opposed to aluminium stuff. With ally parts age is an important factor as even on an undamaged part fatigue will work its magic slowly. A carbon part can theoretically go through infinite cycles (depending on resin used) but significant damage (deep scratches for example) will severely reduce the parts ultimate strength. EDIT: Just a note, I wouldn't write off a carbon part just because of a few scratches, you should take into account where they are and how bad they are before deciding how safe it is to use, often scratches don't even go beyond the surface resin...

Long time since I've commented on a video but that was awesome!

Only because there's no market for trials parts of that calibre

I think your gravely overestimating the capability of the chassis in question here

...yes they do? Well the particles don't "sit at the bottom" but they do press down due to gravity.

Thought this might be the best thread for my question. I start my new job in a months time, I will be a design engineer at an aerospace firm (although its a grad programme so I'll get placements all over for 18months) and one of the skills I really want to improve is my sketching ability. I'm not very good at maintaining scale across a sketch and just generally lack talent. Are there any good sites that have guides and exercises to help develop sketching skills?

Just seen Cowboys & Aliens. Enjoyed the story and thought it was a pretty good film overall, not great, but worth a watch for sure.

I watched Exit Through The Gift Shop on Saturday and thought it was excellent. Really entertaining and a good laugh. The same night I then ended up watching Starsuckers which is another documentary film about celebrity, the media and how its used to influence society and politics. Very interesting and can be watched on 4od here.

Unless I'm misunderstanding it, the response to the e-petition by the government seems to suggest that in the event of someone being prosecuted for a crime that leads to a prison sentence, they have their benefits revoked anyway?

Southern Comfort is awesome! Love the atmosphere in that film.

On a bike I use my ears like I use mirrors in a car. I can tell (roughly) what and where something is behind me without having to turn around. I'm not sure I'd say listening to music is outright dangerous on a bike, but it definitely decreases your awareness of what's around you. Worst case scenario is emergency vehicles, as soon as I hear one I'm looking around checking what drivers are doing since so many panic when one comes along, if I had music in I might not know what's going on until the car in front swerves over to make way for an emergency vehicle...

A bit more pressure maybe As I mentioned in the other thread, my dad runs tubeless. He had a burp coming off a small drop at Cannock as he had too much steering lock as he landed and at the same time teared the sidewall (these are non-tubeless tyres I think). He's no longer sure he'll stick with tubeless but other than that he's had no pinches or punctures since converting.

Moon is a superb film in my opinion. Raises some very important questions that may have to be answered within our lifetimes.

If these forks are only saving 200g over ally then believe me there will be plenty of spare capacity in them following any damage to the surface.

If you get it welded, use a small drill bit and drill out each end of the crack to help inhibit its growth. As mentioned welding will make it more brittle so if you can be arsed smooth out the area using higher and higher grades of emery cloth and then polish, may extend the life a little bit longer.

Collected Space Wolves when I was 13-15 and amassed a relatively large army, enough to pick out a very well tailored 1000-1500point army. I believe it's all up in my loft now, wonder what they're worth...

Surely a pub bike is one that you can leave unlocked with relative certainty that it won't be stolen. That Identiti would dissappear in seconds at most places! I've got a proper old school Raleigh road bike that's suprisingly comfortable and pretty rapid. No photo unfortunately though.

Just watched Splice. Awesome acting, but made me feel a bit sick

Just been browsing the Steam community pages and realised I made a TF gamers group ages ago that only Krisboats joined! It's called Trials-Forum Gamers and I think it's open to join