CurtisRider

Just because they are gay doesn't mean they will shit all over your sheets? Why are Christians so against gay marriage anyway? Jesus had two dads and he turned out okay

Where's the cheapest place to find Specialized tyres? I have Rubber queen 2.2s but they are too tall for my frame and fork Shame as I really like them!

Although Georges efforts were embarassing to say the least, there were two of you doing the same job which makes things a billion times easier

Ahhh was I gonna say! Us regular people can't do it that cheap Last time I got some delivered it cost me about £25 which was more than the wheels cost me...

Tenner for 4 wheels with tyres? With who?

How come you have gone back to standard?

Sounds like the Cupra is a billion times cooler than your old A3 Need to see what it is like now!

I awkwardly carried (read slightly lifted and scuffed along the floor every so often ) a 1.9TDI engine from a toledo with a herniated disc, not the most pleasant experience...

I found it easier to raise the body high and lower the engine to the floor with my camper, then just tilt the engine on its side onto a trolley jack (or some wheel skates if you have any) and pull it free

Passat looks great Tom! PM me your number so we can go for a ride

Back to black those tyres! Then fill each hole with a smiley face sticker

What size? And more importantly, what style?

My lass moans like hell, and even more with -35mm It is pretty uncomfortable to be fair

I will next time! I didn't realise you were so close PM me your number as I got a new phone so lost many numbers. Might be up for doing a morning this coming weekend?

Good stuff! Noticed any difference? I ended up getting a nearly new Specialized 9mm hub for £1.20 off ebay so the poverty hub project was stuffed into the toolbox Rebas feel more positive in the ruts now

Had a good ride this morning at Bestwood, nice and slippery with plenty of puddles around. Bike stayed remarkably clean, regardless of the muddy sections: And my modified roof bike rack works superbly, very happy with it: Shame I had to come home to do coursework this afternoon...

My oil had been sitting in my forks for 6 years, until the other evening when I finally got round to servicing them :$ They were like new inside and the oil looked perfect! As kris said, in reality it is really not necessary to change oil/pressures THAT often (but maybe slightly more often than 6 years...)

Forks now fixed, the O-ring responsible was TINY! All groovy now, I can leave the bike upside down withour the oil flooding out...

Why not just refurb yours then? It's not difficult and you can do them 1 at a time if you use your spare wheel (Assuming you need your car daily). Short springs on standard shocks isn't a great solution long term, however you might as well use up your standard shocks, it's not like they are worth anything! Those basic shortened ones are only £100 (or £140 with springs but I would rather have the Eibachs) so you will probably have enough time to save for them whilst you kill the standards

That shock pump will be fine. If you need to pump your forks/shock that regularly then I suggest you get them serviced... my rear shock didnt get touched in 2 years and still had the same pressure in!

So I have had this a few months now and it is treating me well! The upgrades I have made have improved it considerably with the bonus being that it just keeps losing weight! Others who have ridden it have thought it was a far more expensive bike than it was, nobody has noticed the 'flex' that the bikeradar review suggested it had. I have rebuilt the wheels with new hubs, which has been a blessing as the original wheel builds weren't too great (poor spoke tensioning). Front end feels more positive with the 9mm hub, and both wheels roll so much more smoothly over the old Formula units. Changes: Sunline V1 bars (£15 new) SLX 36ep rear hub (£15 new) Specialised front hub (£1.20, 4 rides old) Superstar 9mm skewer SLX 11-34 cassette (£4, few rides old) SLX 36t ring (£4, looked like new) Deore RH shifter (otherone was smashed) XT front mech (£4) Got to love cheap upgrades...Sunline 65mm stem should be coming through the post soon, as I feel the 80 is just a smidge too long+ I wanted a lower stack stem due to my steerer being a touch short (it only just meets the top bolt on my current stem) Rebas have had thier first service ever (And they were perfect inside), I just need to pull out the damper unit as it has the common gate leak, which I totally forgot I needed to sort...luckily it appears to be an easy fix. I also modified my budget roof racks to forks mount with 9mm QR axles+ I modified the arms so that they also secured the bike and offered a locking option. This was done because the original clamp arm setup would not reach my downtube unless the bike was really far forward and the bike moved too much. Rack works great now, the fork mount is so stiff! Hopefully tomorrow I will get some photos of it muddy, I always forget my camera!

As well as my nice Rockshox shock pump (that I appear to have misplaced) I also have this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Beto-MP-035-Suspension-Fork-Shock-Pump-RRP-25-/400398510159?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item5d399c684f Totally fine, works just as well as the RS one and is uber cheap! Used it quite alot recently as i have been playing with pressures and it has been great

Well things might have changed recently, that was 3 years ago wasn't it? Still got bits left to sell of that haha

Worth it to break it at that price surely?

Haha, well I always found it interesting to take photos of bugs with my macro setup. I should probably dust all that stuff off really, or sell it