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  1. M

    Ride carefully - I fell and had a life changing stroke!

    Good to hear you wife survived
  2. M

    Ride carefully - I fell and had a life changing stroke!

    there is one thing i will tell you , ya will keep on improving and look back on how far you have come , not many people realise how absolutely serious a brain bleed is
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    Microspline cassettes and chains

    isn't a slx micro spline cassette 60 odd quid From merlin right now?
  4. M

    Devaluation/current state of the market

    id pardon your atempt to be obtuse , but the forest fire you had no control over burned down your entire house anyway
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    Devaluation/current state of the market

    I dont find it funny that people would rather watch the world burn but it is what it is , lemmings are going lemming doesnt matter how pious i am in my beliefs
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    Devaluation/current state of the market

    You can drive your ev and try every single think to save this planet , problem is its a ticking timebomb waiting for whichever other despot is ready to push a button , i doubt very much that the amount of things we have all done this year to mitigate climates will be a drop in the pool in...
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    Devaluation/current state of the market

    My other bike which is a supercaliber needs a new rear derailleur , the AXS one is 600 quid plus .......if it had been a cheaper bike when i bought it it would be in the canal lol
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    Devaluation/current state of the market

    Similar story on a guy iknow with a lease/pcp car , dont think the BIK tax he saved covers what he owes , poor sod
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    Devaluation/current state of the market

    An associate i know who has his own business jumped on the EV bandwagon he was telling us down the local pub t other day he owes porsche for the Taycan he has sat on his drive if he wants to get rid of it.
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    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    Believe it or not precision bolts are quite common ,maybe your looking at stock iso bolts , stripper bolts (yes i recall thats the name) are precision ground in various tolerances we use mainly h7 in titanium , theyre a standard tolerance, i think engineers in general expect so much more, I...
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    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    Yes renthal bar and a nukeproof stem its just more adjustable in terms of bar angle
  12. M

    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    Same here seems a waste to have a fancy carbon shmarbon bar stem you can do nothing with but .......
  13. M

    Levo Gen 3 Levo Gen 3 : No firmware updates in about 2 years

    Exactly this the apple generation has a lot to answer for
  14. M

    Anyone riding the Manitou Mezzer Pro?

    mmc engineer i had all the dimensions on my flikr for people to make tools , used to make them for people click link ----- > mmc engineer
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    Anyone riding the Manitou Mezzer Pro?

    I have loads of them unfortu ately uk support was utterly shite and is now non existant i just love them so learned to service my own , only becomes a problem if you need to warranty but spares are easy enough to get from anywhere in europe
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    Fuel EXe AIBU Trek 9.8 xt exe not to spec but really im just being an arse

    Ps in all seriousness though the cassette which arguably was an item not to get narked about dod actually grind my gears ......bloody thing
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    Fuel EXe AIBU Trek 9.8 xt exe not to spec but really im just being an arse

    Revisiting this in the hope no one thought I was actually being a grump, Trek sheffield shop down fox valley put everything to spec to be fair ive had so many bikes off them I wouldnt have minded if they hadnt its now got xtr and virtually none of the bits it should have come with anyway...
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    Fuel EXe Trek Fuel EXe Megathread!

    I actually love mine now its an ebike for people who (still think thryre a racing snake) dont want an ebike, though i have to admit theres days wher my mrs just rides away from me on her rail and i do like borrowing hers for an hours unadulterated razzing round the woods , this is offset by the...
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    Comment by 'mmcengineer' in article 'The new 2025 Orbea Rise - my wish come true?'

    These things are a bit like electric cars worth way less when you drive it off the forecourt, let alone a year later when you have ragged the arse off em
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    New 2025 Fox fork lineup

    Well as we are in 2024 you wouldnt expect to see a 2025 product ....oh but wait this is the bike industry where it will be on sale at 50 percent off and will have price shagged its 2023/4 products at retailers
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