my tools at work have failed testing .....(i have no design input , I'm simply project co-ordinating) BUUUUUT I'm being replaced on the project , I've handed over and I'm off to Majorca for a week tomorrow with the bike , the runners and the wetsuit worry about what im going to do going forward when...

exposure get my money all day(night maybe) long when i need lights.

Angus bike chain get my money where i can for being ace people.

things i dislike -

Altura clothing - Variance in sizing across models of the same size mean no more.

Cat eye lights - seem to let water in for fun and are pricy.

Wrist mounted hr is sporadic at best.

Not very good for dynamic intervals where hr is up and down alot as the lag is large.

Good for rough idea of where you were all day but not great at sport.

Turbo lighter .

Pah just warm the bottle up under my oxter.

Light with a steel .

Yeah but he's no longer special .... Definition of a dead niche innit

He means it was no longer niche/exclusive/special.

Everyone interested tried it for them selves and realised it wasn't some magic bullet.

*Fat bike owner and proud but it's no magic bullet*

yeah sheesh it wouldnt be cheap.

mines was an old kona Sutra frame and some old DH rims i had lying about + some used krampus forks

Added a bafang BBS motor and battery + a used xtracycle free radical.

probably owes me 1k or there abouts.

home brew version of what johnystorms posted ive been using for 2 years for errands/pub and commuting when knackered.

works well.

I think the man's point was that rohloff don't make the rohbox so it's not fair to blame them for set up hassles.

The rohloff supplied clickbox is easy to set up.

roads are public.

Downhills and enduros are generally on privately owned (although publicly accessable) land.

either way you have to get permission from relevent bodies and do Risk Assessment and have insurance to run them.

mines been running on dedicated left hand drop outs on a thorn raven enduro , and ragley TD-1 it now runs on a DIY speedbone on my 9zero7 fatty set up very similar to how shand has it except with a slot machined into a Disk Mount adaptor for the OEM 2 plate. never had any issues from those things.

I've had 2 alfine 8s - both really draggy. Got a rohloff and it's draggy - and as pointed out the deadening of the rear of the bike is a whole other issue in its self The least draggy is the 9speed freehub internally 3speeded sturmey archer on my cargo bike it's actually excusable. Shame it's not se...

Had my rohloff for 10 plus years. It's been on various bikes and currently resides on my fat bike. I did build it onto a race bike drinking the koolaid about it not dragging and even having less drag than a regular derailleur drive train. What a load of drivel. It's like pedaling through treacle. Ev...

A blissfully quiet and traffic free sunrise tour of god's country my old stomping ground. With a huge full moon followed by a spectacular sunrise.

Got a new whisky glass from my folks

And new rigger boots Nd work shirt from the good lady.

Sorted now. Cheers

A light one preferably.

Straight/inline and uncut 400mm

Suitable for oval carbon rails.

Nor material/brand phobic but prefer light weight -but not silly/fragile light.

main goal for 2019 is the Larig Ghru Hill race.

Many years ive liked the concept but never thought id get into a shape i could do it - ive never been a runner.

its a possible dream right now if i get an entry.

its cheery friday as A. Its friday and B this weekend is my first RACE since strathpuffer 2010. Im looking forward to it . Ive got fire again. I raced so much when i was young i kind of got over racing. Ive spent the last 6 months getting fit again. Lost a feck ton of weight and learned how to run.....

"hate that with a vengeance and believe my mate Jack should be able to use a highway no matter how tired he is. Others should drive anticipating him and other hazards." It's not about pandering to fast things. It's about doing predictable things. Something an over tired human does not do w...

Rolling road closure in the form of trained and accredited motorcycle outriders is a standard proceedure for road racing these days. Makes life for us Marshall's so much easier as they have the authority to stop cars we don't. I still don't agree with riders doing multiple days of racing while putti...

These look just like a fixed route tour via a different name.

"There’s been a September start too for the last couple of years" Only 4 of us (me , Andy ,Crispin and ian) of us showed up for sept start this year. Not sure the loop has the same number of people attending since it was dropped as a qualifier to the bigger events. Still a loop any budding...

why board with plasterboard ? Id not go with loft insulation either. MY garage suffered this issue with the metal clad roof. i went with Kingspan seconds from fleebay cut and between joists to tight fit and filled the gaps with expanding foam. That fixed my issue. Ventilate - ventilate and ventilate.

I was banned from the work carpark last Monday with my land rover.

3 drops disperses over a rather large area in the rain.

They tried to estimate it in litres for the cpar......I was like dude....if there was that much on the floor the engine would be empty....

my correctly sized bontrager OMWs showed up yesterday at last. im a size 44 - bought a 45 - they were too tight - went to a size 46 and all is good. The rest of my car should show up today. Got a phonecall from reception at work last week when i drove in during tipping rain. *i believe your the owne...