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  1. If you think you'll want a car, then DONT BOTHER with a scooter, its just a waste of money. unless you live SERIOUSLY in the middle of nowhere, you don't need it either. I survived with my pushbike for an extra year on top of most people as i couldnt even get a provisional till i was 18 for medical reasons.

    If you like motorbikes, and want to ride them in the future, then fair enough, try and find a decent 2nd hand geared 50 and have some fun.

  2. Midlife crisis yea, but chav? Don't know many chavs with £15k lying around :P

    Youd be surprised! ive seen a few blinged up baseball cap wearing most likely chavs in STs. they just save the doll for a bit longer, and have another kid to get more benifits.

  3. Think about what you say and ask the differnces?

    confused!

    glow in the dark:

    stores energy by absorbing EM radiation in the form of light, emits it again as light.

    UV reactive/reflective:

    absorbs UV, and emits it as a colour we can see. Does not however store any energy.

  4. I rode one on a velodrome two weekends ago, and i have to say, while kinda fun, i would never ride one on the road, even with brakes. I forgot a few times and tried to coast and it nearly kicks you off the bike.

    spds are a must i think, do really help.

  5. i just don't get on with long bikes, they don't feel right to me.

    I like my leeson and although the most trials specific bike ive had (the only one i cant sit on whilst riding) its still similar to a normal MTB as you say, so switching from it to my get around rig, or XC rig is nice and easy.

  6. dunno if it'll be on. think how f**ked up the bath and west got...and how much it'll cost them! EVERY building around the camping area got ripped to pieces! proper anarchy. on one of the fires late last night people were dragging sofas and stuff from inside somewhere. they seemed to employ the tactic "if we let them do what they want, there won't be riots" haha. there was bugger all security really.

    its been like that in previous years, and if they had more evenign entertainment, then there would be less people getting pissed by tents lighting fires. Just one warehosue thing this year for entertainment, and a half arsed bar. previous years theyve had massive outdoor stage, drum+bass tent, and more.

  7. I am back. was a good laugh, but still seriously disapointing compared to previous years. no trials, no dirt jumping, no bsx, less exhibitors, generally a bit crap.

    That is not funny! depending who you hear it from, the guy is critical in hospital/died in hospital. All he was doing was squirting ketchup around on people, someone punched him and he fell and hit his head on a rock.

  8. Anything else? Full tank of petrol ok?
    petrol is a bit confusing. if you have an empty tank you can get condensation rusting the inside of the tank, if you leave it full the petrol can degrade so you need to drain the tank. after 9 months you should be ok though, our vans been sat with half a tank for a yeah or so and still starts.
    I'd have thought it would be ok. Just get in there and start it once a month and let it run for a few minutes.
    not too little time though, gotta warm the exaust up otherwise condensation will rot it from the inside out.
  9. maybe, but we can try. hopefully the rain will deter a few of the day visitors who were intending to pay on the gate, which should make things a bit quieter. things usualy get quiet late in the day too, coudl do a sesh then maybe.

  10. If its for a disk wheel, it certainly wont be radial.

    My favorite pair of wheels ive built were half 3 x and half radial. Black spokes, silver hubs, black rims with silver machined braking surfaces. looked mean as. They were for an XC rig though, shame it got stolen.

  11. Right, not read much on this thread but seeing how 'Health and Safety' pays my wages I'll take offence...

    Ok, you're 20 years old, a year younger than me. Health and Safety (in the workplace) kicked off about 1974 before it became a regulation to cover YOU at work. Before this employers could ask you to do anything they liked...not much of a difference from 12 year olds maintaining cotton looms in Tudor times. If you died, that was it.

    Ok, I'm not all for the 'No win; No fee' sue everyone, American way of life bullshit. But because of 'Health and Safety' as you narrowly put it, you are not working in your own shit, stupidly long hours and experiencing near death everytime you go to work.

    And if that was a rant about how 'kids can't play conkers' and all that bullshit you read in the paper, its not actually true, its down to bad practice.

    Anyway, if its such a joke, why don't you go and qualify on the ridiculously hard exam, get the diplomas and put it all right....being the expert that you clearly are ;)

    Buuuuut, anyway, dont take that all personally mate, Its just annoying when I work my balls off and people generally call what I do a 'joke'...

    The people who pay me hundreds of pounds to do easy work are the real joke :P It's not all bad :)

    Woah! chill! I do understand H&S is there for a reason, and is generally a good thing. I didn't back it up as i rpesumed people would relise what i was saying, but obviously not, this is the internet afterall.

    What i think is a joke abotu H&S is that most of it is just general common sense - something this coutry seems to have a big lack of at the moment, and some of it is getting really very silly- conkers being an obvious example. I also think my trafalgar 07 thingy shows what i mean quite well two. You shoudl be able to asses danger to a certain extent yourself, and decide whether an action is safe or not. you shouldnt need to be told EVERYTHING.

  12. A friend of mine printed various swear words and insults on several pieces of A4 paper, in very big writing, then slipped them into printers at about one every 10 pages. Really pissed people off who were printing coursework!

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