Recent content by Spangoolies

It annoys me when companies invest so much engineering into a product but then rely on bearings sticking in a part that is also designed to allow them to move (when being replaced). My friend had this exact issue with the bearings on the chainstay-seatstay pivots on his commencal clash. They...

Yer that’s my problem, borderline addiction. There’s only so many times I can lie to the missus I’m going for a poo. Always thought that would help with arm pump, well that’s what I used to justified my actions…

Maybe try adjusting your controls a bit. I recently started getting myself fit again and had a trip to BPW a couple of weeks ago where I suffered terrible arm pump on the first run. Simply rolling the brake levers forward a bit fixed it for me. Other options are trying different size grips...

Yup, had a similar experience whilst rebuilding my fox dhx2 shock. To get the IFP out it has to be compressed with a shock pump to push it out. Mine was stuck in good and proper resulting in it firing through the bag I had taped over the chamber to catch it and any oil, across my office covering...

Im interested in this one, my wife is in serious need of an upgrade. Keep us posted

A bigger chainring up front will make climbs harder and increase top speed

Or take this opportunity to tell the other half it’s new bike time…

And deflate my tyres

I keep mine extended as it limits the chance of me picking the bike up via the saddle with the post down. Also I’m a sucker for keeping stuff in a relaxed state when not using it(even though it will probably be fine down). I do the same with the gears, always shift to the smallest gear to keep...

This sucks. We lost Headdown at QE recently too

Signed and shared. This is probably my favourite local spot, nice and chilled place to ride and great for building confidence. I hope this can be stopped, one jump away from completing the black run, took me 4 years to pluck the courage to hit the big drop, need another 4 years at least

Not just for the ebike but something to get over the troubles I’ve had clamping the suspension/dropper components when I service them. These turned up this week from China for just under £40 all in for the set. Finally some cheap stuff from there that I’m actually impressed with.

I wish I had the funds to get a van and convert it a bit. Planning a weekend in wales and the price for my usual camp site has more than tripled since last year. Not much more to get a room in a travelodge. Not as much fun but camping is supposed to be cheap, rather stay in comfort for that...

They had a big clear hoover hose that the assistant nurse pulled over when they did any burning. Couldn’t smell a thing but I was watching carefully what went up that hose. Hope the discomfort ends soon bud and that the weather is good in 3-4 weeks

Nope, but I consider the fact that I refuse to watch ‘the notebook’ with my wife a sure sign that I’m good. This morning I got her to leave the toilet seat up as a test, didn’t feel the urge to loose my shit and have a go so still good there I suppose