Could be the (re)start of a whole new adventure.....

Bloody hell, he must have shoved hard to get that through the slot!!!!
Very nice BTW

Dave Barter wrote:

In Reverse wrote: It's great that Spain has that emergency tyre delivery service. Delivery guy seemed a bit edgy though.

He gave you chocolate FFS.

My point stands. He went for me with a sword about an hour later iirc.

In a rather annoying twist of fate, i missed the postman and his delivery of an airshot cylinder today...... And then got my first pinch puncture of the year this evening.... Tubeless conversions x 4 tomorrow i think.

In Reverse wrote:

Dave Barter wrote:

In Reverse wrote: It's great that Spain has that emergency tyre delivery service. Delivery guy seemed a bit edgy though.

He gave you chocolate FFS.

My point stands. He went for me with a sword about an hour later iirc.

My normal postman doesn't arrive with the greeting "YOU BAASSSSTTTAAARRRDDD!!!!!"

Good stuff Scotroutes, my first bike was a curvy SV650, although mine was the S, not the N. Had a lot of fun on it. Watch out for carb icing up your way when it gets cold, makes the bike cut out. You can get an additive called Silkolebe Pro FST to put into the fuel to help with that


I picked up a pair of brake pads for my Arkose commuter. I've done about 5k miles on it without changing the pads, blew the fluid on the front on the ride home last Thursday. Had worn through the backing plate of one of the pads, whoops!

New fluid and new pads - now feels great again!

Some lovely new carbon poles from Stu for the trailstar and another meths stove.

A New bike for my daughter 16' Dawes little duchess "dad there's no doll seat but the basket is cool"

And some new brakes for me

benp1 wrote:Good stuff Scotroutes, my first bike was a curvy SV650, although mine was the S, not the N. Had a lot of fun on it. Watch out for carb icing up your way when it gets cold, makes the bike cut out. You can get an additive called Silkolebe Pro FST to put into the fuel to help with that

* takes note *

It'll likely be rested up over winter. It's really for commuting to/from work and we're only open April-October

Sorry, it's called Silkolene, that was a typo

I had to use it through winter down here in London, but that might mean April and October for you...! Particularly for early starts. I got used to bump starting it while it was still rolling along using the clutch!

Colorado Trail guidebook. Porcelain Rocket Albert & Mini Slinger.

Plans afoot.

My laptop after receiving a hard drive transplant ... it's super fast now

Bleh, a bunch of orders seem to have disappeared recently. Getting a bit concerned that my new postie is lightfingered, because I've never had a single thing go missing previously.

I wanted a new knife so thought I'd treat myself to something nice and it arrived earlier today. Handmade, Damascus steel blade and bone / hardwood handle - 'tis lovely.

You can never have too many knives...

Who made it?

This is a little late as ive been too busy riding it to post about it, good thing i suppose...

Postman delivered a brand spanking new trail bike, Specialized Camber 650b womens!
(Yes i chose a womens bike, it fits better)

My first full suspension trail bike, for trail centers, bike parks and trying to keep up with my partners "Gnar" riding! 130mm travel front and rear, 27.5×2.4, 1×10 Sram with a huge cassette. A world away from my 100mm 26" hardtail.

Then a couple days later we walked into tredz and walked out with a SECOND Specialized camber for the other half, matching bikes FTW.

Since then ive had plenty more deliveries. Enduroguards for the forks, in "his and hers" colours, new grips, some tubeless valves, new side access bottlecages, tiny 550ml bottles, new riding socks, my partner bought new riding shorts for "summer" and im now officially utterly skint!

My old hardtail goes to my dad now so he can get into mountain biking, setup much better for him than his old bike, and significantly lighter.

All in a busy (expensive) few days.....

GregMay wrote:Colorado Trail guidebook.

Walking or cycling?

Planet X OG bars arrived today. Hand position feels good.
I think strapping a bar roll on will be tricky as hoses and cables are right in the way. We'll see.
Delivered within 36 hours of order, with basic postage.

Pirahna wrote:

GregMay wrote:Colorado Trail guidebook.

Walking or cycling?

A lot of both when racing the CTR

THIS ... all because none of you selfish b'stards would buy it when I asked. I just hope you're all happy with yourselves?

Bearbonesnorm wrote:THIS ... all because none of you selfish b'stards would buy it when I asked. I just hope you're all happy with yourselves?

You just keep telling yourself whatever you need to get you through it

A copy of The Chalke Way - cheers for the heads up Mike although my copy cost £5 so considerably more than yours.

I've only skimmed through it but it looks interesting. Once I've read it the next step will be to plot the route on my mapping.

not technically the postman - carbon frame, couldnt resist as it was way under half price and I've lusted after it or something similar quite a lot in the past

Some very nice stuff appearing on this page over last couple of days Very nice knife Stu, wouldn't mind something similar, but for now the Mora will have to do as I have a big spend coming up
Meanwhile back to the mundane, the postman delivered some very nice alloy pin pegs, in a lovely anodised red and some nice ybeam pegs in a not so lovely anodised blue via a couple of ebay sellers all the way from China at silly money prices too. (Got the tips on this forum somewhere). So that's me pretty well set up for pegs to cover a variety of conditions now, also wanted some better pegs than came supplied with the Trailstar clone.

A new tyre to replace the brand new one I'd ripped whilst riding in the lakes last weekend.
£50 for one ride.