Recent content by Pdoz

Re convertibles - I remove my chin piece when I have no other option. Usually halfway up heart attack hill , just before my brain explodes from hypercapnia , or just after the chest pain kicks in. I really should buy a dedicated full face so I'm forced to stop ...... Last week, we arrived in...

Nah, her husband is recovering , unfortunately 3 guests didn't survice...

I found these in the garden - apparently they were used by the traditional inhabitants of this region as an aphrodisiac. I can't imagine how that could be successful , because they smell like rotting flesh - the halitosis would be unbearable!

Much is explained -. All those blue bits were a sign - you were Subliminally aware the problem was circulation , not nerves. And the slightly higher head stem cover suggests you KNEW it was cervical outlet syndrome Easy fix - buy red bits.

Imagine walking into the shower block for the traditional " what are you in here for" session, and explaining you're THAT guy who knocked over granny on the walking trail . if only you bought from a real bike shop........

When you say " throw a leg over" and " holding the bars in the saddle" - was that whilst riding, or just in the shop? Was the dropper post correct height for you? Seat slid forward? Bars correct height? There's only 15 mm difference in reach between the m and l , and adjusting the above would...

How do you know? eg 2018 giant First motor had about 6000 when it died, but that included months with faulty speed sensors Then the bike was retired to children transport duties . The badass does interesting things to the speedo when another speed sensor is playing up! I'm thinking we...

Imagine the shopping bill if we had to buy new parts for every time we adjust something on our bikes! I wonder if this is because of the amount of psuedo scientific ergonomic "education " we are reading in the advertising " tutorials" So far, an inch higher on the seat post has resulted in...

P3eps, if fitting your stumpy bars doesn't help, can I suggest you try sliding the seat FORWARD , not back as you described earlier? Could you also think about exactly what parts of your thumb are tingling ( different nerves +/- dermatomes so it changes our possibilities) My bet - When you...

Three kids, they alternate between emtb and regular depending on what we have planned. My vote is buy a great regular bike but hire an emtb for any longer rides . I find the longer rides easier when they are aboard an emtb - anything over 50 km / 1500 m elevation for my daughters - we usually...

Interesting idea - I'd wonder if some 2/3 mm dyneema could be used with an awl as an emergency repair. We used to stitch fan belts to get us home from outback trips - surely modern synthetic fibres are an option?

Even in wife $ , an emtb is good value. The last time she question my motorbike selection I had a KTM 640 adv, KTM 400, and a moto guzzi lemans. When I was looking at adding my levo sl to the fleet, she commented on how much I was using the giant and how happy it made me.

I'm scared to think of how much earlier I could have retired if I never discovered motorbikes. Or how crazy it is to have 2 motorbikes parked in the shed with less k's on the clock than my 2 yo specialized. In the nicest possible way, coming from someone who had a honda adv fetish before adv...

I'm amongst those who have been impatiently waiting since seeing my first zerode....BUT I'm a bit nervous about what this will do to bike shop viability. Lets be honest, there are only 2/3 mechanically magical components that the average ham fisted backyard moron pays the lbs to fix: 1 sram...

Advertise with either option? Ie $x complete bike or $y as frame only, willing to negotiate on parts. Buyer gets to ride the bike and see nothing is wrong , then as they haggle you get the pleasure of removing the bits you like and they get the pleasure of watching the price drop. They also...