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Just got this. It was sitting on a front garden on my way to go and collect some parts for my scooter. Had a sign hanging on the frame, please knock on the door and ask. so I did. Spoke the owner for a good half an hour, he had the bike when he was a teenager and due to ill health he couldn't...

some new tyres. new innertubes. new rim tape. trued the wheels. adjusted the brakes. fine tuned the gears. all ready for tommorrow.

so sad.. never really spoke to him or knew him but from what ive read of his posts he seemed a top bloke. rest in peace :(

a bit has been going on. decided to put it in this thread instead of starting a new one. unfortunately i have just lost my job. the company i was working for went bust. ive had to sell the car so that i dont have to sign on for a month or so. im now living back with parents and my relationship...

Re: Cheap work bike.........or not........Trek content :shock: that wheel :shock: never seen one do that before... looking good so far, looks nice and clean.. :)

dont understand why they were doing that in a car full stop! im not the best of drivers ill admit that but i always give cyclists/motorcyclists/horse riders the respect and space some of them need/deserve. police dont care because your "just a cyclist" you need to keep bugging them and get them...

the cider bike - temporary workhorse/casual rider

while im at my parents and have use of internet thought id post up what im peddling to/from work on now. not retro, nothing special, rather shite but its doing the job and doing it surprisingly well. halfords special apollo phaze 22 inch frame, front and rear disc "brakes", 21 speed with...

the 39mpg is with tools loaded into boot I should of added, better than my focus ever was. not had it unloaded yet so cant comment on unloaded mpg.. ive not had any issues with it yet and im not ragging its tits off to get it anywhere, though suppose you do get a good one in a load of shit ones...

maybe a estate? ive now got a 2006 Vauxhall astra 1.3CDTI life estate :oops: cost £1500 with 83,000 on the clock. have seen plenty of the 1.7`s and 1.3`s for less than 2k ive put 20k on the clock so far and its doing fine, returning 39mpg with plenty of space in the boot for my tools and dead...

and coalpool is worse than brownhills :lol: not long moved into my own place... in brownhills :facepalm:

lol :) not updating anymore and only popped on because I got a email notification, I cant ride for a long time because of health issues. the frame got cut up for a recumbent trike project which is currently on hold.

This is just my two pennies on the whole immigration thing. dont really care what anyone else thinks. Personally id only let the ones who are qualified/experienced enough to do the jobs that we actually NEED filling such as doctors. People who actually want to work hard and will fill what we...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Speci ... 1203262888

i keep telling people that the chinese are totally nuts... nobody ever believes me.

ive been around cars all of my life, been around tuning all of my life also, ive worked on high end cars such as Porsche cayenne`s, bmw`s, mercedes AMG`s as part of my apprenticeship im on with Halfords. so I do know a bit and im not completely clueless. what I was talking about was just...

seriously, I might not be a experienced mechanic but I know enough to say that if you lower the rear end it will take weight off the front end, it will effect handling massively and not in a good way either, if your set on lowering the rear end of the car at least lower the front end. im not...