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Been trying to sell my van for a while and finally got a nibble. It's a person in Scotland who can't come down, and says they can ONLY pay me with PayPal and send a courier to collect it. I said I didn't want to because of the fees (to avoid directly accusing them of being a scammer), and they said they would send the money before sending the courier, and would send it Friends and Family to avoid the charges. Is there any possible way to be scammed when RECEIVING money via Friends and Family? I read things published this year saying that FaF immediately means you have no protection as the sender, but nothing coving this case. Something about the phrasing used in messages just feels suspicious, but I don't know how it could be a scam - please help lol thx

Any IS +20mm mount, for both front and rear. For Hopes, that's their F mount.

They don't come on here, but find Josh Leech and Sam Wheeler on Facebook/Messenger or Instagram. They're both based near Oxford and super friendly

I know some people here used to be this way inclined, but unsure if they're still around. How rough is it? I've never been and I have no friends and I'm somewhat wary of going alone because experience tells me people get a bit rowdy at metal gigs, ontop of my existing social issues. I know there's good people there too. If truth be told I'm very out of touch with the scene and don't know any of the other bands on the day, but Meshuggah are headlining the Saturday. I am keen on them and I've wanted to see them for years and years so I'm thinking to just get a day-ticket just purely for them. They don't come to the UK very much, understandably.

Well, maybe you feel terrible, but the bike looks lovely! haha. Just keep riding - it'll come!

Yep. You might even say that they're "little over priced if you look about for what they have sold for" They were only £30 when new!

The geometry difference is just in the head-angle, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. The difference will be quite minor. I don't have any personal experience with Extention frames, but I've heard some good things and some bad things. My interpretation would be as follows: If you want to save a bit of money and have something that is good enough, go for the Extention. If you value very high quality components and want something you know you can really 100% trust and can afford to pay for that, get the Inspired. If you're still torn, just go with whichever you prefer the appearance of. They're so similar I doubt most people would notice the difference in geometry, and riding a bike that you think looks nice makes an appreciable psychological difference to how much you enjoy riding it, I think.

People are getting some pretty worrying definitions of old-school, these days Came in here expecting a V-Racing or something!

No. I got the 2018. I think it's largely similar to the current one, but with a bolt-in rear hub and non-integrated headset, and a few things like that. They're a lot nicer than the old Hexes. I always loved the look of the early ones, but hated how they felt. The new ones are a lot more responsive, and based on my couple of weeks experiece, they ride very trials-like with a longer bar/stem combination. (Nothing wild - just the kind of thing you had on your pre-Hex bikes.) Come to Radfest and try it out

I ended up on a Hex because I couldn't find anything else suitable. I wish you luck!

Somewhat confused that criminal damaged can't be condoned, but physical assault is celebrated?

People SHOULD be charged with criminal damage. 100% agree. The people protesting are knowingly doing it, and so have accepted that the cost is worth it. That's why I'm saying they should do better criminal damage. If you're going to prison, at least make it worth it! Edit: Full transparency - I didn't realise these people weren't going to prison. I was operating on a fully formed concept that they were doing these things KNOWING they'd be paying for it, but decided it was worth it. If they're not, that's f**king bonkers.

Oh right. Haha. I don't really keep up to date because when I do I get borderline suicidal. Yeah, at least that's getting people upset in the right industry. Just do that loads, loads more. Then even the oil companies might take note because it'll be hurting their precious, precious sales. Edit: Does smashing the screen actually prevent a sale taking place? I feel like if you needed fuel you could just run some in and take a rough guess at how much you'd used.

That's actually a really good idea. I guess they don't go for it for the same reasons terrorists historically target iconic things. It's the symbolism rather than the actual effect. If terrorists really wanted incite terror they'd be much better off f**king up the water supply, snipping power/communication lines, poisoning random tins of food in supermarkets, quietly sabotaging bits of railway in the middle of no-where and other stuff like that which would just make people feel unsafe going about their daily lives because literally everything is a threat. But they don't. They want to send a message, so they target famous sites. So as a parallel I guess they're not going to glue themselves to a pump because that's only one station for as long as they last. If they get the concept across (which they won't), it would have a bigger impact. What might work is if they went around damaging all the hoses though. Five minute job - slash all the hoses or destroy the pump triggers and run off to the next station. Do all the stations in a local area in a day and you've caused people a right f**king mess.

I'd go a long way out of my way to not have Jitsie written anywhere on my bike!

You definitely should! It does - basically indestinguishable from the Mk2 Ashton in terms of ride feel, except a ridiculous amount stiffer. Only downside so far is the saddle gets in the way a bit. Planning to make an Ashton style scoop to cover the seat-tube as low as possible. Should also save some weight and look absurdly cool too, which won't hurt

... That there is an incredibly valid point 😅

Had to get a new framekit. Getting used to it.

I definitely wouldn't have the gumption to do it, but I can see why they do it. It seems a progression from "We've tried discussing things, and people say they want to do something about it but then nothing changes." If lower key things don't work, you escalate. Look at how just about any conflict goes. And what they're fighting for is one of the biggest things going, so things can escalate pretty far. I think the issue is that they (or others with the same intent) DID do the other options to try and get people on board, but they were just ignored unless someone found a way to make money of doing something that incidentally aligned with their goal. SOME of them are clearly just assholes, but I think some are just desperate, and reasonable actions have failed them, so they've resorted to unreasonable ones. If people actually acted on the things they're rightly concerned about, they wouldn't feel compelled to do them. (Again, some would probably just find a new cause to do them for, but they're the aforementioned assholes.) Not necessarily condoning it, but I can understand it.

Just before that spreads, it's worth noting that the two events are so temporally removed from each other that I really don't think it's fair to link them.

There is a lot of vanity out there, but I wouldn't worry tooooo much. I think it's largely that the people who make stuff with a purpose typically feel less need to show it off. I've usually only really seen people making practical stuff online in threads like this. "Here's what I'm working on. It's not working. Please help."

Thanks Harden Moor. Real damned fun. She's just retired for now on grounds of obesity. Switching to a 2.2kg Ashton frame lightened the bike by 800g The increase in stiffness probably makes more difference than the weight though, to be honest. It rides basically how I was hoping the DIY would, so my geometry estimations were a bit off, but glad I tried. I think the short chainstays feel nice but were actually making a few things harder.

I've been really enjoying riding, so I wanted to start filming again and I've hated every second of it. I'll try and film something which sucks less when it feels more approachable. Rocks are fun, and so are big bikes, and it makes my spine not tear itself to pieces, which I have to say I generally view as a positive. Yes, the tanwall looks outrageously dumb, but it happens to work really, really well.

I don't know anything about him so I'm not going to say whether you should or shouldn't trust him, but purely regarding the hub having issues, you need look no further than this forum. Many people have reported issues with the ratchet strip breaking or coming loose, amongst others issues. I personally have used two Pro4 hubs (one left standard, the other modified to 116mm) over the course of... maybe 8 years (?) and never had any issues other than a few skips at the start, but there are enough people saying it that there are definitely some issues with them. You don't have to take Yohan's word for it

Another one you probably won't find but just in case it pops up: Neon Bow was pretty close. 1090/+30/72. Edit: Also just realised - Yaabaa 1499 was 1080/+30/380.