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Hi all......I’ve a hairline crack in the upper alloy lock ring......anyone got a spare? Silver ideally, but I’m not fussy...... Thanks in advance......darren

Hi men.......I'm in danger of damaging it if I hit it any harder with a screwdriver, but I can't get one side to catch without the other side lifting off....... It's clean and the right size in theory...... I presume a tool exists to sort this? any tips? :D

........we are getting married on Friday july 24th,2015........ ........we will have a knees up at the brewery on the evening of Saturday 25th.......any of you shameless rabble will be welcome!....... .......that's it, now back to your work!......... :D

Hi folks....... I'm running my clockwork in frankenbike form at the minute, in a road biased set up with road brake levers pulling xt canti's. The problem is I don't have a barrel adjuster on the brakes to take up mild cable stretch and for a bit of slack for wheel removal....... Has anyone a...

Hi all.......right, I've spent a bit of time of late doing the garden up, and the last stage is to breath some life into my parched and unloved lawn. Here it is...... There are a couple of small holes dug by my dog, only a couple of inches deep, and the grass is as you can see not looking it's...

.......claims that 'only love hurts like this'........ .......she clearly has never slipped whilst torquing up a pedal spindle using a shite spanner!....... .......or, for that matter, taken a frayed cable unwittingly thrust betwixt little and ring finger!........

I thought 'I will treat the dog'.......... ....20 minutes from packaged to destroyed!.......

About 2 years ago I was offered a low mileage 3.0 v6 x-type for peanuts, by a well meaning friend with more money than sense.......it has gone on to give me two years of hassle free motoring, 31mpg and and a good feeling for the price of two routine services/tax discs/mot's and a water...

Hi chaps.......as per title really!..... I'm going for a frankenbike set up to try something different, and my clockwork has a 7 speed road block, skinny slicks and I'm about to set it up with drops.......the diameter of the bars won't suit the clamps on the dx thumbies I wanted to use, and the...

Hi men......I am in the process of fitting a p2 fork to my Yates, and I need to run the thread down the steerer a bit further....... Is anyone willing to loan me a thread dye for costs and a beer token or two?......... Thanks in advance.......daz :D

Emily maitlis just ended tonight's programme with the words 'sod it!'.......... I bet paxo's m&s socks flew off!......... :D

Rode about 7 road miles to play badminton earlier. Bike unridden for several weeks prior to tonight, but all ok when I took it outside. Tyres pumped up prior to this, all ok with valve and valve core, which I always check out of habit. After an hour of badminton I found the rear tyre was flat...

Following sylus' thread about what pisses you off about retro biking, what about all that is positive about being part of this hobby? I unwittingly stumbled into retro biking before I found the site. I've eased myself into middle aged geekery with a smile along side you all and made loads of...

Can anyone recall that picture a member took of their bike as their little white dog was nonchalantly staring at the camera from about 10 metres further back down the garden proudly doing a poo?........ I think it was from about 2010......ish........perhaps........ Very funny........

Hi all.......does anyone have a copy of the mbuk review of said steed?......it's the grey one with red decals.......thanks in advance chaps...... :D

What do those mega expensive white ceramic bearings offer over the standard cartridge units.....(apart from setting my potential retirement back by 2 years! :shock: ).....?

Where do they sit in the hierarchy?......just landed a set laced to some dx hubs...... :D

3.5 kg package (pine mountain frame).......bubble wrapped and sealed in cardboard.......100x50x15cm.......Atherstone in warks to Huddersfield.......private courier or Royal Mail?....... Just had a quote from a private courier of £114....... Seems a bit steep, but am I not in the real world...

Will a Suntour xc pro mech work with a xt thumbie on index mode?.....am I right in thinking SRAM were responsible for crashing the cable pull ratio party, turning the music off and vomiting on the carpet?....

Please forgive me if this stuff has been raised a thousand times!........but, I have a frame/fork/stem combo that I would like coating. It's new ground for me, but any tips or advice would be welcome.... I presume the items will need sand blasting before coating, thus removing the need for...